converting canon avi files

Stephen Fisher wrote:
> i have a canon A710IS camera
>
> When i take a video (30 f/s , 640 resolution), 15 seconds comes out as at
> 30 odd Mb. I will rapidly run out of hard disk space at thatt rate.What
> recomendations can people give for converting to a smaller size.
>
> I am not worried if file ends up being an avi, mpeg or wmv i would just like
> it smaller.
>

There are tools for most platforms to do AVI
conversions to a DVD compatible format. Afterdawn

http://www.afterdawn.com/

is a great resource. Lots of software and FAQ
stuff there and threads such as this one:

http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/308223

Phil
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> i have a canon A710IS camera
>
> When i take a video (30 f/s , 640 resolution), 15 seconds comes out as at
> 30 odd Mb. I will rapidly run out of hard disk space at thatt rate.What
> recomendations can people give for converting to a smaller size.
>
> I am not worried if file ends up being an avi, mpeg or wmv i would just
like
> it smaller.
>
>
If you really are interested in shooting video, then you should get a mini
dv camcorder.The video feature of digital still cameras is an add on
feature, like a camera phone, and never yields as good results as a
camcorder engineered for the purpose of shooting video.
Have a happy new year!



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>> i have a canon A710IS camera
>>
>> When i take a video (30 f/s , 640 resolution), 15 seconds comes out as
>> at
>> 30 odd Mb. I will rapidly run out of hard disk space at thatt rate.What
>> recomendations can people give for converting to a smaller size.
>>
>> I am not worried if file ends up being an avi, mpeg or wmv i would just
> like
>> it smaller.
>>
>>
> If you really are interested in shooting video, then you should get a mini
> dv camcorder.The video feature of digital still cameras is an add on
> feature, like a camera phone, and never yields as good results as a
> camcorder engineered for the purpose of shooting video.
> Have a happy new year!
>
>
>The problem withusing a camcorder is it is one more thing to carry around.
>The video on canon camera is good enough quality when viewed on 32 inch
>widescreen TV. Most videos iwll be looked at by family once and then
>archived.

When i see that a film (90 minutes) can be on the internet and only take up
700mb of space and be good enough quality then i would have thought there
would be some way to dwonsize my video.

Happy new year to you as well


Regards
Steve
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>> i have a canon A710IS camera
>>
>> When i take a video (30 f/s , 640 resolution), 15 seconds comes out as
>> at
>> 30 odd Mb. I will rapidly run out of hard disk space at thatt rate.What
>> recomendations can people give for converting to a smaller size.
>>
>> I am not worried if file ends up being an avi, mpeg or wmv i would just
> like
>> it smaller.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Steve
>
> http://www.erightsoft.com/SUPER.html works pretty well for conversion and
> is
> free. If you want to try editing the clips, then you will need some
> video-editing software. There are many such packages from free to high
> fee.
> If you have a DVD burner, the software that came with it may allow
> rudimentary editing and file conversion.
>
I'll have a look a the above. I won't be editing the clips. Most clips will
be approx a minute in length and will be just d=saved in a directory
detailing month and year clip was taken

Thanks
Steve
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>>> i have a canon A710IS camera
>>>
>>> When i take a video (30 f/s , 640 resolution), 15 seconds comes out as
>>> at
>>> 30 odd Mb. I will rapidly run out of hard disk space at thatt rate.What
>>> recomendations can people give for converting to a smaller size.
>>>
>>> I am not worried if file ends up being an avi, mpeg or wmv i would just
>> like
>>> it smaller.
>>>
>>>
>> If you really are interested in shooting video, then you should get a mini
>> dv camcorder.The video feature of digital still cameras is an add on
>> feature, like a camera phone, and never yields as good results as a
>> camcorder engineered for the purpose of shooting video.
>> Have a happy new year!
>>
>>
>> The problem withusing a camcorder is it is one more thing to carry around.
>> The video on canon camera is good enough quality when viewed on 32 inch
>> widescreen TV. Most videos iwll be looked at by family once and then
>> archived.
>
> When i see that a film (90 minutes) can be on the internet and only take up
> 700mb of space and be good enough quality then i would have thought there
> would be some way to dwonsize my video.


Hi...

Suggest that you take a look at ulead video studio... it will change
the format of your .avi (uncompressed) files to almost any other format
you can think of...

Take care.

Ken
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