# Compressing Video

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/compressing-video/10964>\
**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\
**Created:** [April 18, 2006, 3:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/compressing-video/10964 "2006-04-18T15:26:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![JaysGreenLX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jaysgreenlx/32/7321_2.png) [@JaysGreenLX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JaysGreenLX)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 3:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/compressing-video/10964/1 "2006-04-18T15:26:47Z")

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My digital camera takes some decent movie clips and will record for as long as I have media space.

I would like to take videos and put them up online to share with people, however, the file sizes when I download them off my camera are enormous.

What kind of program do I need to be able to compress these files and still maintain some degree of quality?

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**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 3:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/compressing-video/10964/2 "2006-04-18T15:59:09Z")

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You can DL demo programs like Dr.DivX or I think Windows Movie Maker can do it as well. Look around [www.download.com](http://www.download.com)

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**Author:** ![Bacon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bacon/32/7230_2.png) [@Bacon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bacon)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 4:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/compressing-video/10964/3 "2006-04-18T16:20:44Z")

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Virtualdub is also a decent free one. Or if you have no issues with.wmv files windows movie maker is good at compression. :tup:

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**Author:** ![articzap](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/articzap/32/7361_2.png) [@articzap](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/articzap)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 5:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/compressing-video/10964/4 "2006-04-18T17:21:03Z")

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wmm is super easy and super efficent at simply compressing…for editing use something else