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[Closed] Video compression software - what's good and free?

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stuartie_c

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Got a 800MB AVCHD file that I want to compress to something more maneagable for upload to Vimeo.

Any suggestions?

Posted : 22/03/2012 10:08 pm

retro83

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I *think* handbrake supports AVCHD. It's a very good encoder. Output to mp4 in h264 video and AAC or MP3 audio.

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Posted : 22/03/2012 10:17 pm

stuartie_c

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Thanks retro!

Handbrake has done the job nicely - converted to mp4 and still pretty good HD quality.

I'll need to play around with the settings to get greater compression, but it's a good start.

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Posted : 22/03/2012 10:41 pm

soundninjauk

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MPEG Streamclip is also great if you're after something a little more esoteric than Handbrake will do for you.

Posted : 22/03/2012 11:19 pm