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[Crash]

I have a video from my video camera of a trip around Cyprus.

Its 2.4GB yes GB and in AVI format.

How can I reduce the size so I can host it on the interent??

[Piratis]

2.4GB is not that much for AVI. How much time is it?

Use Window Movie Maker (comes free with Windows) to cut the movie into 10-15 minutes parts and then export it as windows media video (wmv) files in a high compression. The quality will not be that great but if you don't do it in this way the files will be too big and not many will bother to download them.

[paaul12]

This might help

http://www.zippyvideos.com/651835889273 ... ideo_0002/

[Piratis]

This might help

Whom? You?

[devil]

I've been professionally involved in video for many years. Are you in Cyprus? I have pro equipment but I would need to know which AVI format (codec) you have used. If DV format, your clip will be about 11 minutes. I suspect, therefore, you have possibly used a more highly compressed format/codec.

To publish to the web, I would suggest you use WMV or Quicktime (WMV gives better quality for a given file size). You would need to know whether your viewers have broadband or DUN, as the degree of compression should be different.

I have a 10 minute Cyprus Government film I converted to WVM files at http://www.cypenv.org/Files/video.htm in both formats. The broadband version may have hesitations of a few seconds when the Internet is busy. The DUN version (smaller pic) should stream faultlessly.