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sannw
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Sun Nov 21, 2004 11:45 am Post subject:
AVI file unable to email |
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I have a file 11.2 Mb movie file (.avi) from my Canon dig camera but it is
too large to email. I cannot see any way of reducing its size - any help
appreciated. Winzip only reduces the size marginally.
Using Windows XP on Pentium 4 computer with Canon Utilities installed.
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Neil Smith [MVP Digital M
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Sun Nov 21, 2004 6:53 pm Post subject:
Re: AVI file unable to email |
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If you were planning on sending it to another windows user, you could
grab lets say windows media encoder, to convert the AVI into a much
smaller WMV video file - usually you'll get at least 10:1 compression.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/9series/encoder/default.aspx
Probably you'll only want to use the qizard which walks you through
the steps, basically after installing the program I'd pick from the
wizard :
1) Convert a file
2) Pick input AVI file and give the encoder a file name for saving as
3) Choose 'Web server' (progressive download)
4) Pick VHS Quality video and FM Quality audio
That gets you a couple of checkboxes (368 and 268 kbps data rates)
Pick lets say 268kbps. Next screen maybe give it a title and author
(none are required) and final screen, check the 'begin converting when
I click finish' box - and click finish ;-)
Your file will probably be encoded in about 10-15 seconds. Now you can
view the file when the encoder finishes, and if you're happy with it
and the file size, just attach it to the email.
If you can stand a bigger file and want better quality, pick the
368kbps box instead, and repeat the process above.
Cheers - Neil
On Sat, 20 Nov 2004 22:45:04 -0800, "sannw"
<sannw@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
| Quote: | I have a file 11.2 Mb movie file (.avi) from my Canon dig camera but it is
too large to email. I cannot see any way of reducing its size - any help
appreciated. Winzip only reduces the size marginally.
Using Windows XP on Pentium 4 computer with Canon Utilities installed. |
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InspectmaGadget
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Mon Nov 22, 2004 12:07 am Post subject:
Re: AVI file unable to email |
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"Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media]" wrote:
Or you can use Movie Maker, which you should already have installed. Does
much the same thing.
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Neil Smith [MVP Digital M
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Mon Nov 22, 2004 2:19 am Post subject:
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On Sun, 21 Nov 2004 11:07:21 -0800, InspectmaGadget
<InspectmaGadget@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
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"Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media]" wrote:
If you were planning on sending it to another windows user, you could
grab lets say windows media encoder, to convert the AVI into a much
smaller WMV video file - usually you'll get at least 10:1 compression.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/9series/encoder/default.aspx
Or you can use Movie Maker, which you should already have installed. Does
much the same thing.
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Good thinking, batman !
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