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. > > Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T > ------------------------------ > *From: * "James O'Gorman" <[email protected]> > *Sender: * [email protected] > *Date: *Mon, 21 Mar 2011 19:47:04 -0600 > *To: *<[email protected]> > *ReplyTo: * [email protected] > *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 > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.
