HELP!! How do i make this avi file smaller. i used ulead Vid

[hypnoticpimp]

Please help. i have a .avi video that is about 189 MB big. and i used Ulead Video Studio to place a watermark and pic on it and clicked on file save as. and saved it as a .avi file again! First it took 5 hours for the whole process to finish! and the whole file was over 800 MB big!!! how can that be . when the original avi file was only 189!!!! Please how can i take this 800 MB file! and encode it or shrink it down to at least 200 MB (avi file) Just 1 file?! what do i got to do? what tools should i use. and what encoders should i download!?? please

this was my avi before i used Ulead (gspot)



and this is how my avi file looked after i used Ulead Video

[monzie]

I dont want to sound arrogant, but have you actually READ what GSPOT is telling you about the new file?

Try HELPING yourself, whats the point of helping you if you CANT be bothered to READ? How about you play SPOT THE DIFFERENCE with those snapshots.......and GOOGLE for anything your unsure about.

[ghoster]

guess gspot dosent come in brail because it looks like he can't read....

[jimmalenko]

guess gspot dosent come in brail because it looks like he can't read....

First thing, PCM audio. You've gone from 11025Hz @ 18kbps to 48000Hz @ 1536kbps. Over a runtime of 56 minutes 55 seconds (or a total of 3415 seconds), this equates to a size difference of 632.8MBs (Old audio took up 7.5 MBs, new audio takes up 640.3MBs). So most if not all of your problems are coming from there. The way to fix it is to choose a codec for audio compression. I don't know how to do that in the software you're using, but that's what you need to do.

Second thing, Video bitrate. You've gone from 445kbps to 648kbps. This equates to a size difference of 84.6MBs (Old video took up 185.5 MBs, new video takes up 270.1MBs).

[hypnoticpimp]

Jim! please can you tell me what audio compressor i should get? and where can i download it! on my software ! theres not a place where i can choose the audio compressor. only vidoe!!!! please tell me what other program allows me to choose audio compressor and video compressor! and please tell me what video compressor to use

[mats.hogberg]

You should have used VirtualDub in the first place, if all you wanted to do was place a watermark (or n00bmark, as I prefer to call it ) on your AVI.
I suggest using DivX5 or XviD as video compression, mp3 as audio compression.

/Mats

[jimmalenko]

You should have used VirtualDub in the first place, if all you wanted to do was place a watermark (or n00bmark, as I prefer to call it ) on your AVI.
I suggest using DivX5 or XviD as video compression, mp3 as audio compression.

I concur.

If your software won't allow you to change the audio compression (I believe you must be able to, somewhere) then you're using the wrong software

As much as mats is going to be disappointed ( ), you look like an excellent candidate for my watermark guide.

[mats.hogberg]

[midnightsun]

apparently he also went from 10f/s to 30f/s but killed the resolution (720x540->320x240).

[jimmalenko]

...AArrgghhhhh! Not the Evil Watermarker again! Bring out the garlic and wooden pole!

[jimmalenko]

One more thing I forgot to mention ...

... if it's porn you're adding a watermark to, my email address is jim.malenko@gmail.com

... I'll ..........ahem .......... "proof" it for you ......

P.S. I don't "do" fat chicks either

[midnightsun]

pr0n at 10f/s. Man that's gotta blow, pardon the pun LOL

[mats.hogberg]

ROFL!
(Poor hypnoticpimp - his quite legitimate thread ruined by some regulars who should know better... Mods, maybe suspend me (and possibly some more) for a week or two, so VideoHelp has a chance of recovering?)

[jimmalenko]

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