Try Handbrake. It does a conversion appropriate for the end hardware. Quick and clean and files no bigger than they need to be.
Free too, if I remember correctly. Rich On Aug 20, 2:01 pm, Dana Collins <dlcatft...@verizon.net> wrote: > I have a QT movie (.mov format) showing a demonstration of realtime > audio pitch manipulation that I want to use for class lecture. The QT > original is at 27.8 MB - thought I'd port it to my iPod Touch for > convenience (I use an Apple A/V composite adapter for overhead screen > projection on downloaded movies), so, in QuickTime, I select "export" > then "movie to iPod", converting the format to .m4v - I noticed it > took an exorbitant amount of time (27 minutes, when the movie clip is > maybe 12 minutes) and then left me with an m4v file weighing in at a > whopping 80.5 MB! I was sure the file sizes would be exponentially the > reverse (isn't m4v a form of encoded "compression" as mp3 is to > audio?). > Does this sound right? Should I be using a different exporting > algorithm? > Thanks in advance, > Dana --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
