How do i make my video sizes smaller?

[Bravo568]

I need help on how to make my video captures smaller. Like what program can i use to make it smaller?? what i mean is like its a 20 MB video file how can i make it like a 10 MB file?

Thanks

Also well this make the quality bad?

[thecoalman]

I need help on how to make my video captures smaller. Like what program can i use to make it smaller?? what i mean is like its a 20 MB video file how can i make it like a 10 MB file?

Thanks

Also well this make the quality bad?

You can significantly reduce the file size capturing to mpeg2, DivX or WMV. Whether or not you'll be able to do that depends onb your computer as they all require a lot of processing power to do that.

You can convert them after capture to any of those without a hitch regardless of CPU, for computer playback only try out Windows Media encoder for computer playback only. Keep in mind that they are all lossy formats which are lower in quality than a AVI using a lossless codec which is what I'm assuming your using now. Another thing to note is if you plan on using this footage for DVD mpeg2 would be the oinly compressed format you would want to capture too besides AVI.