how to shrink a divx file

[manman]

i downloaded a divx movies and it has 2 parts each of them is 700mb and i join it with virtualdub so it came out with 1.4gb the thing i dont get is how come it has such big size file compare other movies i have in my hard drive
is anybody know how to shrink it and doesnt loase lots of quality thanks

[puertorican138]

It's probably a DVD-Rip as almost all DVD Rips are 700MB. :P

[PlaiBoi]

only way to lower the size is to lower the bitrate. By lowering the bitrate you WILL lose quality. How long is the movie? If it's a long movie, then trying to fit it onto 700mb may not be the best thing to do, since you'll have to drastically lower the bitrate.

[manman]

its minority report its about 2 hours 23 mins 11 secs................
heres the information for it:

AVI Information
Filename: Minority Report.avi
File Size: 1469310976 Bytes (1401.24 MB)
Streams (i.e. Video,Audio): 2

Video Stream
Compression: DIV3 - DivX MPEG-4 Low-Motion
Frames: 205997
Keyframes: 2390 (Every 86)
Framerate: 23.9760 fps
MicroSeconds Per Frame: 41708
Avg. Bitrate: 1166.60 kbit/s
Running Time: 8591.80 sec (2h 23m 12s)
Resolution: 640 x 272
From: 1 To: 205997
Quality Level: 10000 (1-10000)
Color Depth: 24 Bits

Audio Stream
Wave Type: 8192 - Unknown Wave Format
Avg. Bitrate: 192.00 kbit/s
Sample Rate: 48000
Bit Depth: 0
Channels: 2 (i.e. Stereo)
Audio Delay: 0.000 Secs.

i guess the audio is ac3.............so if u guys have any ideas just reply it thanks)

[puertorican138]

If you lower the bitrate your going to have to re-encode which means a loss of quality.

[puertorican138]

You could download a DivX calculator to find the average bitrates that you want your files to be.

[manman]

ok heres the other movie i have that is over 2 hours..... the bit rate is lower
but the quality seems good.....ans why is that??

here the information:
AVI Information
Filename: Enemy at the Gates.avi
File Size: 735340544 Bytes (701.28 MB)
Streams (i.e. Video,Audio): 2

Video Stream
Compression: DIV3 - DivX MPEG-4 Low-Motion
Frames: 188572
Keyframes: 1548 (Every 121)
Framerate: 23.9760 fps
MicroSeconds Per Frame: 41708
Avg. Bitrate: 607.25 kbit/s
Running Time: 7865.02 sec (2h 11m 5s)
Resolution: 560 x 240
From: 1 To: 188572
Quality Level: -1 (1-10000)
Color Depth: 24 Bits

Audio Stream
Wave Type: 85 - MP3 Audio Layer
Avg. Bitrate: 128.00 kbit/s
Sample Rate: 48000
Bit Depth: 0
Channels: 2 (i.e. Stereo)
Audio Delay: 0.000 Secs.