plzzz guys recommend some programs to do so i have an anime eposide xvid as of 175 mb.avi i want to encode it to a smaller size i know the the quallity would be less so plzzz what are the best pros to encode it to a smaller size by changing the bitrate or what so ever using this avi format..!
First, you'll lose some video quality. But open the movie with VirtualDub, choose Video__Compression___Xvid (you'll have it), and set a smal bitrate (smaller than the original; just try or use a Bitrate calculator). As targer quantizer, on Xvid, you can choose from 1 (Highest quality) ; almost a 1/2 DVD in size, to 31 (smallest file). Use Twopass: on the 1-st pass it analyzes the movie, at the 2nd pass it compresses the movie by choosing a bitrate from '0' to your maximum chosen (and it will be chosen according to the difficulty of the piece of the movie it's compressing, determined at 1st pass). The profile for DVD mocies it AS @ L5, but if the movie has already a low resolution than a DVD, you can choose another. A good way is 1) reduce the movie resolution to VCD's with TMPGenc 2) compress the MPG with AS @ L3 Twopass.
I'm certainly no expert like Aldaco12 but I've used Movie Shrink & Burn a few times to do this, with very good results. I've noticed that the target size has some variety on the size that you input so it may not be the right app for you precission-wise, worth a try though for ease of use alone. http://www.softforall.com/Multimedia/Video/Ashampoo_Movie_Shrink_Burn_207070123.htm
