How to reduce size of captured file?

[gambit32]

I recently captured a quick 1min 30sec clip from my camcorder using my Cybermail capture card and Vdub. The file size is just huge for such a short clip. It's around 200 megs. I was wondering if there was a way that I could reduce the file size to something more manageable for email or posting on the web?

[gorbaad]

You have to reencode it using another compression type. If you got it from your camera it's probably DV -- try reencoding in MPEG4, DIVX, or MPEG. Use VirtualDub -- it's free...

[gambit32]

I did use Virtual Dub when originally capturing it. I chose capture avi from the menu and proceeded to capture it. It's actually only 13 seconds long and it's 213mb. Is that right? If I choose Mpeg4, aren't there a bunch of different codecs for it? If so, which one do I choose? Any other suggestions as far as compression goes?

[gambit32]

I forgot to add that I didn't capture from a digital camcorder. It's a vhs-c camcorder.

[gambit32]

I think I figured it out...I didn't choose the right type of compression. Silly me. I'll try it again.

[griffin224]

Another idea might be to try encoding it to asf, microsofts format designed for web streaming, it about thirds the size of mpeg files!