Alpinfox Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 I've shot a few videos with my Canon sd800 and would like to upload them to You Tube but they are too large. I need to shrink them down. Anybody have any recommendations? The current file I'm working on is .avi, 1min and 4sec, 640X480 pixels, 30fps, 101mb, and 1622kbps. I'm using Windows XP. You Tube's max upload size is 100mb, recommended 320X240 pixels, MPEG4 format, 30fps. Is there any decent freeware that will do what I want? I tried "Squared 5" program that Olympia Climber recommended, but I got nowhere with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary_Yngve Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 What about Windows Movie Maker? Also Quicktime Pro will do the conversions. A version ago, all one had to do was generate a quicktime pro key to enter in to unlock the full version (google for it)... dunno if it's still true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olyclimber Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 HHAHAHAHAHAH MY TEST MONKEY. I HAVE NEVER ACTUALLY TRIED THAT PROGRAM, MUST BE THE REASON IT IS FREE, LOLZER! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpinfox Posted July 19, 2007 Author Share Posted July 19, 2007 Good news: I was able to shrink it down using Windows Movie Maker. Bad News: WMM split the file into two pieces, one 34secs long, the other 29secs long. Is there some way to avoid that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayB Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 If it's a one-off edit that you're looking for you're probably better off just handing it over to someone with editing software installed on their PC and asking them to do it for you, borrowing their machine for a bit and doing the editing, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpinfox Posted July 19, 2007 Author Share Posted July 19, 2007 I'd like to learn how to do it myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olyclimber Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 UR NOT QUALIFIED! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foraker Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 Dare you ask archenemy about video editing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken4ord Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 UR NOT QUALIFIED! He might not be qualified, but I think he has enough time these days where a rock monkey like him could possibly learn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpinfox Posted July 19, 2007 Author Share Posted July 19, 2007 (edited) WOOOHOOO! I figured it out! So I got Quicktime Pro and used the File>Export>Mpeg4 function to shrink it down. That worked OK, but I couldn't figure out how to add music, stills, text, etc, but I did figure out how to do that with Windows Movie Maker.Anyway, here is a video of a training flight I took with the Port Angeles USCG helo rescue team yesterday. These are the guys who rescued the climber with the broken leg off the summit of South Brother in the Olympics a few weeks back. Made with Windows Movie Maker: dyO1W74ySNs edit: Here are a couple videos of them rescuing folks off of the South Brother: Sd3S9nsWsik -agdGYP8c_o Edited July 20, 2007 by Alpinfox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olyclimber Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 DID YOU ENJOY THE SPIT??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpinfox Posted July 20, 2007 Author Share Posted July 20, 2007 YES IT WAS SPITTING OUT THERE! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bstach Posted July 20, 2007 Share Posted July 20, 2007 Thats a spitting image of it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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