Sharing on web

[MsCynic]

You guys were all so helpful yesterday that I feel brave enough to ask this question now. I've searched for the answer but can't seem to find quite what I'm looking for on the forum.

I have a couple of items that I recorded on the PC tv tuner which I'd like to share on a couple of different websites. Problem is, they're each around 80 mbs in mpeg format.

Earlier this year a Dutch tv journalist told me about some new technology that enables websites to host large, high-quality video files, but temporarily shrink them to enable quick email transmission or web download. Does anyone know what this is about - eg what it's called?

Alternatively, what's a good way to reduce a video clip to a reasonable size for uploading to a web site?

Thanks in advance,
Jo

[yoda313]

Hi,

Some alternates:

Try divx/xvid.

Or use windows movie maker to make wmv (windows media video) files. (there are other converters found in the tools section)

Kevin

[thecoalman]

Alternatively, what's a good way to reduce a video clip to a reasonable size for uploading to a web site?

Windows Media Encoder which produces WMV files that are the most universally playable.

[MsCynic]

Thanks guys - I'll look into those suggestions.
Jo