Re: Video file archiving

On 2007-11-28, Artnut <art@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I have a videofile made from Sony DSC S500 cam.
What format is it ? If it's mpeg-1, you might be able to compress somewhat
by encoding it to DivX. But don't expect to reduce 38 MB enough to attach
the result to a mail.

barely 2 minutes, the size is huge 38MB. I wish to send this file as an
email attachment. Hence, I used the tar -cjvf vi.tar.bz2 filename.
Twice (at least) wrong:
1. you don't use email to send large files (try www.yousendit.com)
2. you don't compress images or video

I tried this command as a super user and as a user but most of the time I
got errors.
Becuase you use the wrong syntax, nothing to do with the user.

From this experience, I infer that unlike text files, the video files aren't
compressed well.
I thought that to be common knownlegde.

I hope there must be some utility for Linux/ Windows that enables a user to
archive/compress the video files more deeply. Can anyone here please direct
me to such a link? Tried Sorenson Squeeze but facing download issues.
Forget it. Stop looking.
The only real gain in volume is trough loss of resolution/quality.


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