Hmmm... I've tried a few different conversion programs. VirtualDub looked
promising until it turned my 3 gB file into a 26gB avi... None of the
compression options worked. I'll play around more after work tonight.

On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 3:47 AM, Allen Thomas <[email protected]> wrote:

> Sounds like it is just a renamed vob file with a size like that. Could be a
> mpeg1. The current mpeg format is mpeg4, a dvd still uses the mpeg2 format.
> The newer the codec the higher the compression level. Any number of video
> conversion softwares can recode it to a different format.
>
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> *From: * "James O'Gorman" <[email protected]>
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> *Date: *Mon, 21 Mar 2011 19:47:04 -0600
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> *Subject: *[Nighthawk Lovers] off topic...
>
> Yeah, this isn't related to the nighthawks directly, but I'm having some
> issues...
>
> Last week, we got to give the 1970 Plymouth Cuda it's first startup on the
> rebuilt engine - a 440 stroker w/ aluminum heads and lots of goodies.
> Someone recorded a video on an analog camcorder. She riped it to the
> computer, and saved as an Mpeg.
>
> The 15 minute clip file is 3.2 gB... and I can only get it to play in
> Windows Media player and Windows Movie Maker in Windows. WMP in Mac doesn't
> work, neither does Mac Preview, Adobe Premiere, or any other player that
> I've tried.
>
> I need the video down to a reasonable size, like 15-20 megs. Movie maker
> created a smaller file, but changed all the colors to yellow and black.
>
> I think I want to re-rip the video and see what options are available. (I
> didn't do the original transfer).
>
> Anyone got any ideas? I would think that M-jpeg would be one of the highest
> compressions, but it does not appear to be doing the trick.
>
> You can just email me directly if you want.
>
> Thanks!
>
>  - JO
>
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