Compressing Files?

[ChildofJah]

I recently shot and edited some footage, but when I tried to e-mail the clip (using AOL), it wouldn't go through because the clip was too large. How you I compress the file in order to send via e-mail? I'm sure this is a probably an easy fix but I'm somewhat of a novice. I would appreciate any help, Thanks.

[jimmalenko]

DV is about 13GB per hour, so no wonder your email client was having fits. I'd suggest you try a more web-friendly format such as WMV, and use Windows Movie Maker to make it if you have Windows XP (hint: fill out your computer specs in your profile).

[junkmalle]

Try Windows Movie Maker.

[Cornucopia]

How long is the clip?
If it's 1 hour's worth, even a WMV at 300kbps would still be 131MB. Most email setups have a 5-10MB limit. You must either use a file-splitting/recombining utility (or have an email system that can do this automatically), or (MUCH better option) have a WWW or FTP site that the file can be uploaded to and downloaded from. That's really the whole point of ftp in the first place.

What's the clip going to be used for at the destination?
If it's for thumbnail/verification purposes, you can get away with small, highly-compressed files.
If it's for quality control, you're gonna have to give it a larger sample, with light or no compression.
If it's for editing, you're gonna want it to be in a similar format as it was acquired (e.g. DV). You probably want to avoid compression types that use interframe compression (MPEG, WMV). That means the files will be huge!

Scott

[ChildofJah]

Thanks for all the advice guys!

have a WWW or FTP site that the file can be uploaded to and downloaded from. That's really the whole point of ftp in the first place.

Do I have to create a FTP site myself or how do I find one?

[Soixante]

Up to 1GB files www.yousendit.com