QUICK HELP - convert 200 to 10 megabyte

[theaveng]

I have a thirty-minute TV episode I want to convert from 200 megabyte downto 10 (or 20) megabyte, so I can share it with a long-distance friend with 40k dialup phone connection.

What's a user friendly (or even idiot-friendly) and easy way to get this done?

Thanks.

[edDV]

Try Windows Media Encoder?

[minidv2dvd]

what format is it in to start with?

converting to a tiny .flv, like youtube videos might work, the riva encoder is free.

a better way might be to burn it to cd and mail it. it wouldn't look like crap that way.

[theaveng]

The container is AVI, and the video codec is XviD MPEG-4.

a better way might be to burn it to cd and mail it. it wouldn't look like crap that way.

Yeah that's probably the best route, although I'd have to use a DVD since there are 30 of these episodes.

[edDV]

The container is AVI, and the video codec is XviD MPEG-$.

a better way might be to burn it to cd and mail it. it wouldn't look like crap that way.

Yeah that's probably the best route, although I'd have to use a DVD since there are 30 of these episodes.

Be sure to put the player on the DVD. Best if it can play from the DVD.

[theewizard]

its going to like sh**

just up load to a file host, and let him DL to a USB device from some other PC besides his one at home

[theaveng]

its going to like sh**

It's Penn & Teller.

It already looks like bullsh**.

[theaveng]

Done. I experimented, and ultimately decided to go with VHS resolution which produced a blurry picture but with still-readable captions, and audio settings for FM quality. Total size == 20 megabytes. 4 episodes finished so far.

video = 81 kbit/s (320x200)
audio = 16 kbit/s (11 kilohertz peak)
overhead=8 kbit/s
total = 105 kbit/s

CODEC = Windows Media 9. I'm thinking maybe I should have used the WM8 which supposedly makes a better picture, but I guess it doesn't really matter.

[thecoalman]

Cut the framerate in half and use mono audio.

[theaveng]

Already cut framerate to 15 fps and audio to monoaural.

I managed to get the videos downto 10 megabytes by halving the size to 160x120, but the various captions were unreadable, so I scrapped those files.