Help converting from .AVI to QuickTime for web page

[mbeede]

Greetings - I have a 1GB .AVI video (Panasonic DV Codec, 720x480) that I would like to show on a web page in a player. I am using the QuickTime embedded player/viewer. My problem is now converting this video.

I need to convert this .AVI video to .MOV (QuickTime). I am sure I will need to reduce image size (perhaps to 480x320 ?) while converting it.

Can anyone recommend a codec to use for .MOV that will result in a quality picture but reduce the file size A LOT (like down to 100MB'ish). I have tried Sorensen and Cinepak and they result in a very large file.

I have lots of converter tools at my disposal:
* Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5
* WinAVI Converter
* QuickTime Pro
* And several other freeware converters

Any help/suggestions would be most appreciated.

Thanks, Mark

[ozymango]

Quicktime 7 allows for the H.264 codec, so I'd try saving as an mp4 file (just "export" to mp4, it's an option in QT Pro) and you'll save a bunch of disk space that way. You can easily squeeze a gig down to 100mb, though of course not at 720x480.