Tech Help

Kk I need help with something. Ok. I recorded a test I did with Spock today and saved it onto my desktop. Its uses Quicktime and is 234mb. What I'm trying to do is this, MAKE IT SMALLER. Mediafire only allows 200mb or less to be uploaded. Weed and Doub Told me about winRar. I have it downloaded but NO IDEA how it works. Im trying to get this video to be as small as possible. Its 7 minutes long. I guess thats it, PLEASE HELP, i REALLY need to learn how to do this....

TY for those who do help


EDIT: I need help fast, and im no techie, bug can tell you that. So im going to need step by step leads please.

Use videodub. All you have to do is click compress, choose your option, and then save it as an avi.

BugHuman wrote:

Use videodub. All you have to do is click compress, choose your option, and then save it as an avi.

are you SURE, cause what you told me about xfire did NOT work...


EDIT: I know macs suck, yes they suck they suck, i have one live with it. I need to find the eqivilent of VideoDub for mac so i can change it to an Avi. So far i have a .zip and a .mov

eeeewwwwwyyyyy mac!

* pinches noze *

ummmm whenver i do video stuff i use openshot... not sure if its mac supported

Not sure if any of these things will be of any use. I think the first one would be the most reliable. Hope this helps.

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=298986

Ok I can get the file to .avi all i need to do is download a reliable freeware that can compress the video...

I've had good luck using HandBrake ( http://handbrake.fr/downloads.php ) on Linux and Windows and I know it is available for MacOS as well.

It does tend to have a lot of options for selecting the type and level of compression you want. While you could spend a lot of time trying to come up with the 'best' options, if you just want to get reasonable compression you can select one of the presets like ipod and probably get enough compression. You could even set the target size (on the Video tab) and let the tool pick the right level of compression to achieve the requested size. However, you need to remember to reserve a bit of space for the audio so if you go with the "Target Size" option, enter something smaller than the maximum size you want so that there is room for the audio in the final file.

The program is both free and open source and the download source I provided is reliable (or at least as reliable info as you are going to get on a web forum!)

I got this weird freeware that is apperently high rated... So im going to TRY to compress it. Bug, you better like this, Ive been looking my BUT OFF for this rank! Ive been downloading and downloading... Its killing me! I hope this one works...

Damit, it only compresses to MP4 or something like that... WHYYY!!!!


I got it all done, i can now makes your vids