AVI Compression?

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Hi guys
a friend of mine is facing a problem.he has some old cannon digi cam..it takes avi videos at resolutions of 160*120,320*240 and 640*480. The prob is his cam doesnt do any compression like the new digi cams nowadays so even if he takes a 1 min video at 640*480 ...it comes out like huge almost 100 mb or more i think...and he cant share it with his friends online thru file transfers and all..
my question is.....Is there any program that can jus compress the avi file really really well? i thought of divx compression but my friend is a software noob and doesnt knw anythin...hes askin for sumthin like winrar or even uharc that can compress the files...
i tried winuharc on one of his videos..just decreased the avi size by 100 kb :S
please help!!
 
divx is ok but it decreased the file size by 50 % ... can it go any further...any other codec u guys knw of?
 
compressing video is not as simple as compressing something else with winrar i'm afraid. there are things you need to consider before compressing like whether you want to give priority to filesize over image quality or vice versa.. in many cases, encoding speed is also taken into consideration but im guessing your friend doesn't have to worry about time as it's just one clip.

anyway, that being said, try XviD if you have to stick to avi. it's much better than DivX. 50mb for a 1 minute clip 640x480 clip is insane so you may have been using the wrong settings in your divx program. you need to try xvid and configure the options manually..
 
Other than divx/xvid you can also use the h.264 video codec which offers the same quality as divx/xvid with lower filesize. Download a encoder that allow h.264 encoding such as Super.
 
thanx ppl...much appreciated...i tried out xvid...it compressed a 150 mb file into 30 mb with a lil loss in quality...so thats ok...ill try out that h.264 codec though. and report back
 
^ But mind you h.264 is very very CPU/memory subsystem intensive, you the rig mentioned in your sig, it might even take a day for a larger file ;)
 
all things aside its usally not one click...you need to know what setting does what ... you way just end up with wasting space or losing quality .
 
I agree with Blade_Runner & Anish, h.264 video codec Provides the Best Size to Quality Ratio,But very Cpu Intensive,Used By Scene Releasing Groups ,That why quality Of there Rips Rocks
 
u can even try the nero digital codec (mp4)... Its also a neat codec and has a vey easy-to-use encoder in Nero Recode... Simple and fast!!
 
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