My Panasonic Lumix TZ5 will be arriving soon, and I'm a bit baffled on trimming down video sizes. The Lumix records video at 720p in 2gb increments, and depending on many things, that might not be a whole lot of footage (15min - 25 min?). 2gb is a tad bit big, so I'm wondering if anyone might know how to compress video files and make them smaller. My motives here are to be able to make movies using Nero and then post them on youtube, and the limit on youtube is 1024mb. I suppose I could just downgrade the quality and gain some more time, but again, I'm looking for how to compress the finished product. Things like choosing what file format (.avi, .mpeg, etc...) and the other details are things I'm not sure of.
I recently uploaded a 3 1/2 minute video to youtube that was 711mb. Judging by that size, I'm assuming that I may only have another minute or two before I exceed the 1024mb limit on youtube. See my problem?
This is taken from a small tutorial on uploading to YouTube:
Quote:YouTube accepts video files from most newer digital cameras, camcorders, and cell phones in either an .AVI, .MOV, or .MPG file format. According to their site, videos saved with the following settings convert and display the best:
