How do i convert movies to be the same length but take up less space?
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DVD Shrink will compress your movies to fit on a 4.7GB hard disk.\n\ndivx is good but you need a divx player.
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in depends on the encoding software you use, you can visit some sites for further explanation on this topic, for example: http://www.dvdhelp.com
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Did you take a movie and converted into an animated gif? If it is, there's a few ways to lower the file size.\n\n1. You can decrease the size of the gif. If it's 250x250, you can try resizing it to 200x200.\n2. You can remove frames. Instead of 12 fps(frame per second) try 10 fps.\n3. You can lower the number of colors. Gifs files store up to 256 colors on its palette.
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I usually use Windows Media Player. Just open it and resave it differently. Remember, making a file a smaller size often results in loss of quality.
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Why don't you do a file search from the start menu (assuming you run windows) Use a date based search to look for anything quite recent (up until the time you dowloaded your films) also filter them by size to see only the biggest files (say over 5Mb).  That way you'll find all file that take up signifiant space.
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Use a program like DVDShrink. You can remove extra items (foreign audio tracks and extras) and then compress the main movie if necessary (at some cost to quality) to fit on a regular 5GB DVD-R.
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Try Jodix free video converter doesn't always work but it has helped me a few times.
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Hello Dear\nyou can install this software to convert a lot of formats together.\nhttp://download-search.search.com/click?sl,download-search.1.314.1438.leader2.2.MPEG4.e12df52ebedb7a7465,http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Egoogle%2Ecom%2Fpagead%2Ficlk%3Fsa%3Dl%26ai%3DBkMqDacdMRIWXK8maYJvp2a0C2LjvFMTUsfwBxqf_CrDqARADGAMggrL1AygDQLwSSJA5UNPo1MwFoAHUnvX9A6oBD2Rvd25sb2FkLXNlYXJjaMgBAZUCEUwYCg%26num%3D3%26adurl%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fphil73%2Emp4advance%2Ehop%2Eclickbank%2Enet\nhttp://download-search.search.com/click?sl,download-search.1.314.1438.leader2.0.MPEG4.e1e534986bff04a26f,http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Egoogle%2Ecom%2Furl%3Fsa%3Dl%26ai%3DBG7g1acdMRIWXK8maYJvp2a0Cy_X4FaPAkKgC9_XOyQXwhA4QARgBIIKy9QMoA0C8EkiUOVCO5q%2Dn______8BqgEPZG93bmxvYWQtc2VhcmNoyAEBlQIcIxgK%26num%3D1%26q%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fad%2Edoubleclick%2Enet%2Fclk%253B29430048%253B12870396%253Bj%253Fhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eti%2Ecom%2Fcorp%2Fdocs%2Flanding%2Fdavinci%2Ffirstproducts%2Ehtml\n\nGood luck
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Try Total Video Converter
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If you converted them to MPEG2, use something like MPEG-Tools to merge / append them together. \n\nSearch at videohelp.com under tools for similar tools.
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I use PocketDivxEncoder. It can take a 700MB movie down to less than 200MB. I then use BS Player or PocketMVP to play the AVI file on my PPC
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Try Ashampoo. It's a program for shrinking video files. But it all depends on what format the movie is in. If you're shrinking the file so you can send it to a friend then I wouldn't worry about shrinking it and just use www.yousendit.com.You can send up to 100MB for free and the actual file is stores on yousendit's website. \n\nhttp://www.softforall.com/Multimedia/Video/Ashampoo_Movie_Shrink_Burn_207070123.htm\n\nP.S. The people that suggest a compression software are naive. Video files will not compress well.
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If you want to convert them into another format ( mobile phone, iPods,psp, mp4...and anything else) use this awesome free program called Super http://www.erightsoft.com/SUPER.html
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get a good file convertor like Nero and you'll have no problem. you can with some kung fu use: videolan\ni think, by law i cannot tell you the details.
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Create an account and upload the vids to www.youtube.com (max file 100mb) There you can set them to public or private access.\n\nIf the movies are bigger than 100mb, you can reduce the size using Windows Movie Maker..............or you can cut them into parts.
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Win/Avi/Dvd converter\n\nhttp://www.winavi.com/en/products.htm\n\nBut most movies will not fit on a single disk (usually takes 2 regular cdr's), this program cuts the movie at 600megs. This is if you are using cdr's opposed to dvdr. Cdr allows you to create vcd's which are playable on all dvd players but use normal cds. \n\nYou can use nero to add a title screen and chapters too if you want.
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find the program "DVDDecrypter" (freeware) on the net,  download it,  and use it to rip the movie to your hard drive.  once its in,  you can shrink it w/DVD Shrink.