can i recompress video? - Club CDFreaks

TheNate04 · 05-02-2003

i was wondering if i could recompress a video.... i have some ~450 megabyte videos that are about 42 minutes long

anyways i was wondering if i could compress them to about half that size somehow

sorry if this is a noob question... thx for ur help

*SirDavidGuy* · 05-02-2003

Sure you can!

What is the source video in?

If it is an AVI or Mpeg-1 file, you can just open it in VirtualDub and Re-encode at whatever bitrate you want. If it is an Mpeg-2 file, you could write an AVisynth script for use with VirtualDub.

TheNate04 · 05-02-2003

its an mpg file... not sure of the encoding... could be mpg1/mpg2 or divx

*SirDavidGuy* · 05-02-2003

Why don't you just try to open it in VDub. If you can't, it's Mpeg-2 and you need to use an AVISynth script.

**ChickenMan** · 07-02-2003

If its 42min long and 450meg in size, then its 90% sure to be an MPEG1. Run GSPOT on the file and it will tell you exactly what it is and any codec used to produce it.

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05-02-2003	#2 (permalink)
SirDavidGuy CDFreaks Resident Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 1,467	Sure you can! What is the source video in? If it is an AVI or Mpeg-1 file, you can just open it in VirtualDub and Re-encode at whatever bitrate you want. If it is an Mpeg-2 file, you could write an AVisynth script for use with VirtualDub.

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SirDavidGuy CDFreaks Resident Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 1,467	Why don't you just try to open it in VDub. If you can't, it's Mpeg-2 and you need to use an AVISynth script.

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ChickenMan Senior Moderator Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Oz Posts: 2,645	If its 42min long and 450meg in size, then its 90% sure to be an MPEG1. Run GSPOT on the file and it will tell you exactly what it is and any codec used to produce it.