compressing a .mov file

solokco

Ok, here is the deal... I have being recording a couple of videos to make a tutorial... I have like 5 of them already, and now I want to ZIP them... I KNOW mov files are already compress, but the thing is that one of the videos i made I can compress it up to 30% but the others i cant.... they were recorded with the same properties and all that stuff...

and i know mov files can be compress up to 50% because I downloaded a couple of tutorials and this files were zip to that ratio, but i dont know how... ...

Im using the Stuffit software for zipping and Camtasia Studio for the recording....

anybody know´s what i have to do?

Forrest

This topic came up a few days ago and some solutions were discussed http://forums.parallax.com/showthread.php?p=622430

solokco

That topic is about a Camcorder... they talk about making a MOV file into a AVI file... but i dont want that... I just nee to compress the MOV file... ... just I dont know how...

Forrest

Upgrade to QuickTime Pro - see my linked message

Unsoundcode

Hi solokco, there are more tools to deal with avi files than mov files so converting to avi (although initially you end up with a larger file) makes editing and encoding simpler to deal with. Next you have to take into consideration what size video and level of quality you want. Mpeg1 is available free and gives a so so quality Mpeg2 can give almost DVD quality but I believe you have to buy it, both give very good compression ratio. You also have to consider what kind of media you want to play the files with you may need special software for certain files to play on a computer or special formats to play in a cd (vcd/svcd) or dvd player. This link explains·about everything you could wish to know.

http://www.videohelp.com/

Jeff T.·