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playing large avi files

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    i have downloaded some of the Lost tv series in AVI format.I have copied them on to a disk .I can watch AVI format on my portable dvd player,however it wont play some of the larger files (699mb).I amreally new to this,can anyone help?
     
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    The 350MB episodes would be ~640x352 or so. The 700MB HR ones would be 960x540 or so. The chipset in your player like most can probably only handle upto 720x576. 960x540 is way overkill for a portable screen anyway, as is 5.1AC3.
     
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    Is there anyway that i can make these eposodes smaller so that they will play on my portable dvd player?
     
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    Sure. Just re-encode at a lower resolution.
     
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    Hi
    sorry I am really new to this,what do you mean by re-encode at a lower resolution,and how do I do this
    Thanks for your help
     
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