well, turns out i had a copy of DivX converter on my machine. converted the 1.3GB file down to 52MB. w00t!
(now you must all watch my 4 year old's pre-school x-mas recital. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RNz2rZsfUI&fmt=18) :D On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 2:05 AM, Mark Henderson <[email protected]> wrote: > Charlie Griefer wrote: > > hey all... > > taking a crack at importing some video my wife shot today. 6 minutes 20 > > seconds of my daughter's pre-school x-mas recital. Using Vista's > built-in > > import utility, I have a 1.3 gig AVI file. > > > > any recommendations at how to compress this file? or a better way to > import > > that will compress during the import? > > > > n00b at this :) > > > > thx. > > > You may well have a solution by now, but... > > for XviD/divX compression; try Gordian Knot. Thats always worked for me > on AVI, mpeg, and DVD ISOs. The only drawback is that it takes a long > time to complete so if you want speed this isn't the best solution. > > http://www.autogk.me.uk/modules.php?name=TutorialEN > > HTH > Mark > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:282870 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
