captured video is too big. need help.

[JC00]

is there a way to dramatically decrease the size of the video being captured? is the only option to decrease the quality?

[Tommyknocker]

If you capture in .avi, why not use a compression (codec) like DivX? Or if your card supports it, why not capture in one of the MPEG formats?

[Dave B]

But the codecs above will decrease the quality. HUFFYUV is a lossless codec (smaller filesize, no loss in quality) but it still creates big files.

With only 8 gigs, you need to take Tommyknocker's advice and capture direct to Divx or MPEG. If you're serious about capturing though then you need to invest in a new/second drive.

[JC00]

thanks for the help. i was using huffyuv and yes the size is still big.

btw. i already upgraded my hdds.

[DRfrankenpimp]

get the mjpg codec from morgan multimedia.

[Dave B]

Thanks for updating the profile. With the amount of disk space you've now got I can't forsee any problems in capturing in either HUFFYUV or Pegasus MJPEG.

(That is unless your harddrives are full of suspect material )