How to convert captured AVI to 700MB file

[tomeczek]

I'm using Canopus ADVC-50 card to capture my old videos. The AVI files created are huge! An hour of video creates over 12GB file.

It possible to convert my AVI file to the size of one CD (about 700MB) which would contain the same footage? I saw 700BM AVI files with up to two hours of video! How do they do that?

[Baldrick]

Use divx,xvid or wmv. Convert with dr.divx, autogk or virtualdub. Or Windows Media Encoder for wmv.

Dr.DivX and Autogk are pretty easy to use but Virtualdub requires a bit work, Virtualdub guide:
http://www.doom9.org/capture/postprocessing_vdub.html
(or use avisynth, http://www.doom9.org/capture/postprocessing_avisynth.html for postprocesssing, resizing, filtering, deinterlacing...)

But don't expect same video quality as xvid dvd rips, the source from a dvd is usually better so you get better video quality.

[tomeczek]

Thanks Baldrick! (That was quick!!!)

I checked Dr.DivX and it looks like I can capture directly to DivX.

Will try later today.

Thanks!

[guns1inger]

If you want to edit the footage first, capture as DV, edit, then convert the output to Divx.