Video Tutorial Encoding Woes

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I have created a 8 minute video tutorial, but am reluctant to post it. For some reason I cannot get the file size to be less than 100mb! I have tried Xvid and Divx, but I may not be setting something up the right way.

The video at the moment runs at 30ps with a resolution of 720x480. I tried setting it down to 512x380 at 15fps with a minimal change in file size. I have seen some people making file sizes as small as 7mb.

Does anyone have some advice on how I could accomplish this? I have virtual dub and blender, along with a slew of codecs. I think I lack the experience to optimize them though.

JABayne

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You could try uplading it to google video or youtube. I have put a simple tutorial there it was quite big (Cant remember exact size, over 200mb I think) I used a section of the screen and scrolled around, so that the blender buttons etc would be visible.
http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=904844315977670531

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Also try reducing the SOUND quality. It can really be quite low for just someone’s voice. Dropping the sound quality down really helps filesizes.