Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Compressing a Video's File Size Using Windows Movie Maker

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Upload Time: 2007-08-18 16:29:36
User: Miroku16
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Steps: 1. Save the file to your hard drive 2. Open Windows Movie Maker. 3. Import the file by clicking on "File", then "Import into Collections". 4. At the bottom third of the screen, click on "Show Storyboard". 5. Click and drag the imported clip down into the first frame of the storyboard. 6. Click on "File", then "Save Movie File ..." 7. Choose "My Computer" and click "Next". 8. Enter the file name and location for the saved movie, then click "Next". I would suggest something like "movie_name_1". I also let the files store under "My Videos" since it is the default setting, and then move the file(s) into a new folder at a later time using Windows Explorer. 9. Choose "Best quality for playback on my computer (recommended)", then click "Next". 10. Click "Finish". It will save the MPEG as a WAV file. The display size will be 720 x 576 pixels. Just by saving the original MPEG to WAV this one time, the file size was reduced from 37,000 KB to 9,715 KB! This example was for a 40 second video clip. 11. Now, delete the original MPEG file from the "Collections" that was imported. 12. Then, import the newly saved WAV file (i.e. "movie_name_1"). 13. Repeat steps 4-8, but rename the new file (i.e. "movie_name_2"). However, this time choose "Best fit to file size" or "Other settings". If you choose best "Best fit to file size", you can manually reduce the file size. As this occurs, you can view the reduction in the size of the file, as well as the display size at the bottom of the pop-up window. If you choose "Other settings", there is a drop-down menu with (18) options, depending on the intended application, each with differing transfer rate and display size. background music: Linkin' Park: Shadow of the Day

Comments

Miroku16 ::: Favorites  2008-01-18 20:59:46

You don't have to save it twice. You can just compress it just before you save your video to movie maker. Instead of first selecting best fit, you can go ahead and compress it, as stated below by MrHairyNutz. In the video, I just first saved it in a WMV format first. But either way is still effective to use.
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Miroku16 ::: Favorites  2008-01-18 20:56:54

I'm not sure. But I think it does. If I were you, I'd search the net for that.
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Miroku16 ::: Favorites  2008-01-18 20:56:52

About 3 min.
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Miroku16 ::: Favorites  2008-01-18 20:53:46

Well, I wish that was true. But, even if the video is 100mb or under, the video has to follow the 10 minute limit. Unless your a past director with the old rights to break the 10 min limit, you just have to follow the 10 min rule.
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jrockess ::: Favorites  2008-01-17 14:32:45

Why do you have to save it two times?
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