Couple of Questions Re Compression and Editing Software.

[EBass]

Hi all

So I'm doing the Mongol rally (driving from UK to Mongolia) and figured it would be nice to get a semi decently made video for posterity. I didn't want to spend a great deal on equipment, A) Because its a rough and tumble ride and stuff breaks and B) Because robbery and banditry aint entirely uncommon where we're going.

So I got a cheap camera and will get a cheap netbook. Of course I'll need to trim and compress the video I take along the way, but I'm totally new to this.

So for COMPRESSION.

Looks like my camera's videos come out in these specs.

- Mov format
- 1280w x 720h
- data rate: 10623 kbps
- total bitrate: 10883 kbps
- 24 fps

Audio
- bit rate: 260 kbps
- channels 1 (mono)
- audio sample rate: 16khz

What would be the best software to compress the above without losing quality?

For editing, I really don't need anything fancy, just something to cut and snip and weld bits together so I don't have fluff I don't need taking up space on drive. Can palm off the fancy stuff to someone better qualified when I get home!

Many thanks.

[Baldrick]

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