AVI Compression With Windows Movie Maker
Video files take up a tremendous amount of room. They not only take up large amounts of PC disc space, they can also be unwieldy when it comes to transferring them by email or posting them on You Tube. To solve the problem, you need to use a codec, which is a program that compresses or decompressed video files. There are a number of codecs in use. The popularity of the AVI format is that it can be compressed with many different codecs.
Files can be compressed in one of two ways, either “lossless,” or “lossy.” Lossless, as the name implies, means that the file loses nothing when it is compressed. In lossy compression, on the other hand, parts of the file considered non-essential, are removed during the compressing process. A difference may be noted in the quality of the video.
AVI files can be easily compressed with the Windows Movie Maker. To compress an AVI file, it must first be downloaded to Windows and then placed on the time line just as if the editing process has just been completed. Next the file must be saved to the computer and named. A folder which will contain the video must be selected.
Lets say the file is 35 MB and you want to send it by an email service, which will only download files less than 2MB. You can then select the second option, “best fit to file size.” You then adjust the video to the size you want, as low as 1 MB. You save it and it will be automatically compressed.
The Movie Maker has other options for compression. Lets say you want to cut your file size down by half. To do this, you can click on the third radio button, which reads, “other settings.” Clicking on this option causes a drop down menu to open up, which displays a number of additional options. You can, for example, alter the size of the video by altering the bit rate per second of the film. The menu allows yo to select speeds ranging from 150kbs to 512 kbs. The larger the kbs, the larger the file will be. Make your selection, then check below to see the size of your file. Adjust your selections until you are happy with the file size. Good luck.
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