06-07-2008, 11:58 PM
We've seen some great feedback regarding laptops and such, and I have completely frustrated myself trying to figure this out, so if you have any experience at all with video editing, please see if you can help me.
I have taken A LOT of M-JPEG video on my Canon camera and would love to post it to youtube or anywhere else, really. The problem is--the files are HUGE. Three minutes=100MB! It doesn't matter if I save them as an AVI or MOV, they're still massive. I sense that I'm going to have to break down and actually BUY SOFTWARE (I can barely even type it) but I would like to know how best to compress this video to a managable size. When I upload to youtube, the quality is horrible. I've seen plenty of acceptable quality youtube videos that are 10 minutes long and I'm sure they didn't start with a 500MB file.
To be clear, while youtube is one option--I really just need to know how best to make a smaller finished product. I know that I can reduce the screen size and resolution--but those really aren't options since I'm shooting wide and a smaller screen will make the video useless. Any ideas at all will be greatly appreciated.
I have taken A LOT of M-JPEG video on my Canon camera and would love to post it to youtube or anywhere else, really. The problem is--the files are HUGE. Three minutes=100MB! It doesn't matter if I save them as an AVI or MOV, they're still massive. I sense that I'm going to have to break down and actually BUY SOFTWARE (I can barely even type it) but I would like to know how best to compress this video to a managable size. When I upload to youtube, the quality is horrible. I've seen plenty of acceptable quality youtube videos that are 10 minutes long and I'm sure they didn't start with a 500MB file.
To be clear, while youtube is one option--I really just need to know how best to make a smaller finished product. I know that I can reduce the screen size and resolution--but those really aren't options since I'm shooting wide and a smaller screen will make the video useless. Any ideas at all will be greatly appreciated.