From quicktime to avi

[newyork2000]

Hi everybody

I'm totally new to videoediting. I've captured several short clips with my digital camera and now I saved them on my computer. They're in quicktime format.

I want to edit the clips and realize a single .avi file to be then published on my website and blog.
How can I do it?
What software do I need for?

[Baldrick]

Try first mp4camtoavi, it works with some quicktime movs. Or else use Super or Mpeg Streamclip and convert to avi divx,xvid.

[newyork2000]

Try first mp4camtoavi, it works with some quicktime movs. Or else use Super or Mpeg Streamclip and convert to avi divx,xvid.

Great! It worked perfectly.
Problem #2. I'm editing the clips cutting unuseful parts with VirtualDub but... everytime I save the new file, which is shorter, adn thus should be smaller... it is 10 times the size!!! The orginal 13mb 1'18" clip has been cut into a 55" one for... 110MB!!!!
What's wrong in my settings? What corrections do I have to make in order to keep the size UNDER the original one?

[Shopcat]

In vertualDub, before saving your edit you must click Video then compression

then select the codec you like.

[Baldrick]

If you just are cutting use Video->Direct Stream Copy and the video wont be reconverted.