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Let’s break a few email etiquettes along the way.
Heaven forbid if someone is on a dial-up connection or a slow WiFi.
There are other ways to send videos across -YouSendItis one which even has an Outlook plug-in.
Here’s the bad news"video files are among the largest single chunks of digital content out there.
So, an elephant won’t turn into an ant even with compression.
Yes, the mutation can be done for free.
But that’s made up by the decrease in file size.
But compression is really a complex subject.
It is something that’s on the frontiers of today’s science.
Compressing Videos with VirtualDub
VirtualDubis an Open Source free video tool which mainly handles AVI files.
It can read (not write) MPEG-1 files.
The best thing about VirtualDub is its speed and the number of codecs you could use it with.
VirtualDub has a few codecs and lot more you’re free to download.
We will use theXviDcodec to compress the video file.
Experiment with the parameters for video compression.
Compression also brings in blocks of pixels called image artifacts.
Quality being subjective, find your balance between quality and file size.
The others like Avidemux
If you want to look beyond VirtualDub, take a look atAvidemux.
This is another free Open Source video editor with the added advantage of being cross-platform.
Avidemux has a tool called theCalculatorwhich can calculate compression ratios basing it on a final size.
What about Windows Movie Maker?
Windows Movie Maker is a part of Windows XP and Vista.
Digital video compression is all about getting to know file formats and codecs.
To achieve desirable quality results, you have to play around with the configs.
Let this quick and dirty guide be just a starting point.
Do you send compressed videos using email?
If so which is your compressor of choice?
