exporting from imovie to avi - HUGE filesize!

[ruggerjvd]

I have some home videos I made and I want to share them with friends, etc.

One file is maybe 10 min, but when I export using imovie, and avi settings of "better" for example, the resulting file is close to 1gb. The compression in imovie offers dv, dvntsc, etc., I don't see options for sorenson, cinepak, etc.

How do I export to a reasonable sized file? Do I need to take that file and then convert using ffmpeg, or something like that?

[ZeroSix]

what .avi codec are you using... this has everything to do with it. You should install DivX Pro.

[tgpo]

To export to other Quicktiem Codecs simply do the following:

Click File/Export

Set it to the following:
Export: Quicktime
Formats: Expert Settings

Set export to Quicktime Movie
Click Options
Under Video click Settings

You can then select the Quicktime Codec you want to use.

[ruggerjvd]

I see where I can do that, the only issue is, I can't export to .mov, as i need to share this with the PC world. that's why I was looking at avi as an option.

thanks for the help

[tgpo]

PCs have no problems playing Quicktime files.

[ruggerjvd]

I didn't think WMP could play .mov files. THis would assume that the PC'er has QT installed, right?