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Nitro 64
March 20th, 2006, 16:06
I have completed my video and have converted it to .avi formet with the help of Mupen64. But the size is slightly... Huge. a whopping 494Mb for a 14 minute video.

My Request is... I need a compressor (Freeware) With very little (Or no) Limitations, many i have tried only convert 70% of the imput or they have a huge "TRAIL VERSION" Written over the screen.

Any Ideas Guys??

Thanks..

Nitro

:mupen64:
KingVendrSnatch
March 20th, 2006, 17:35
Try VirtualDub (http://www.virtualdub.org/).

Its free and does what your asking.
Nitro 64
March 20th, 2006, 18:34
:bouncy: Thnks mate.

Still 1 problem

I need to compress the audio withtin the video...

Any ideas.

~~Nitro~~
Nitro 64
March 20th, 2006, 18:58
Would like a responce Quite quickly Please.

Thanks.

Nitro
Falcon4ever
March 20th, 2006, 19:04
just use the xvid codec (video) / lame mp3 (audio) in Virtualdub. both codec can be downloaded for free... (doom9.org)
Agozer
March 20th, 2006, 19:56
I've had good times with ffdshow + VirtualDub combo, when you let ffdshow handle all the compression settings.
Showtime
March 20th, 2006, 21:08
its too bad pj64 cant do that
Hacktarux
March 20th, 2006, 21:38
Video is already compressed by mupen64 (if you have chosen the correct codec: i'd suggest xvid for example or another mpeg4 codec). I had problems compressing sound so it's not compressed by mupen64 and i'd suggest compressing it with the LameMP3.

You can compress sound using VirtualDub : set the video to "direct stream copy" mode and set the audio to "full processing mode" + choose the audio compression codec.
Doomulation
March 21st, 2006, 09:49
If you have a good enough system, I recommend RealAnime - and easy tool to compress with the latest technology (though the default presents were chosen for anime in mind).
maximius
March 22nd, 2006, 04:12
"compressor (Freeware) With very little (Or no) Limitations"

7zip?
Doomulation
March 22nd, 2006, 10:05
"compressor (Freeware) With very little (Or no) Limitations"

7zip?
No, a codec is needed. Video compression technology. No zip can compress a video as good as a video compressor.
Toasty
March 22nd, 2006, 20:44
Even a lossless video compression codec will give better compression than a generic algorithm like 7zip.

EDIT: Just to avoid confusion - I'm referring to an uncompressed source.
smcd
March 22nd, 2006, 21:41
7zip Compressing a video that was encoded with "microsoft video encoder 1" can lead to staggering results. I took a 20MB clip to under 1MB :P (Compressed a file recorded with CamStudio, a desktop recording program) Better codecs, like xvid, do not recompress so well with 7zip.