video editing question
 

i am messing around with my dvd camera
and a 5 minute video is 69 megs

what can I do to lower the file size but not the quality?

:( i hate trying to learn new shit

I would just capture at that rate and then re-render into wmv format and them store the original on an external drive, dvd or delete it. I use Vegas Video 6 for this btw.

69 megs seems awfully small btw... I captured from my HiDef cam and it was 3 GB for around 10 minutes I think... 69 megs is nothing when dealing with video.

Standard DV format (regular) runs upwards to 13 gig an hour. 10 minutes for 69 meg is pretty compressed to start with.

HD is huge...

Alex

That isn't very large to begin with. Video data gets huge when uncompressed.

yeah, i think.. you'll just have to encode it in wmv format.. i use sony vegas 6 for that..

hrmm alright
i guess 69 megs it is lol