Compressing large files

How do I compress a large file 25mb to send via email. I have stuffit, but no clue how to use it!
Rose

I used yousendit.com. problem solved.

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    what can i use to compress a 5gb file in several smaller files, and that will easy rejoined at a later date?
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    Hi, Simon.
    Actually, what it sounds like you want to do is take a large file and break it up into several compressed files that can later be rejoined.
    Two ideas for you:
    1. Put a copy of the file in a folder of its own, then create a disk image of that folder. You can then create a segmented disk image using the segment verb of the hditutil command in Terminal. Disk Utility provides a graphical user interface (GUI) to some of the functions in hdiutil, but unfortunately not the segment verb, so you have to use hditutil in Terminal to segment a disk image.
    2. If you have StuffIt Deluxe, you can create a segmented archive. This takes one large StuffIt archive and breaks it into smaller segments of a size you define.2.1. You first make a StuffIt archive of the large file, then use StuffIt's Segment function to break this into segments.
    2.2. Copying all the segments back to your hard drive and Unstuffing the first segment (which is readily identifiable) will unpack all the segments and recreate the original, large file.I'm not sure if StufIt Standard Edition supports creating segmented archives, but I know StuffIt Deluxe does as I have that product.
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  • Compressor won't compress large files from QT X Screen cap

    all of my large screen capture files give a "Quicktime error: -36" when I try to transcode them in Compressor. Small ones work fine. Trimming one large file into two smaller ones makes no difference; the second of the two still fails. Ideas please..?

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  • Can't compress large files

    The "Help" menu tells me that I should find a command to compress large attachments on the "File" menu. It's not there, and I'd like to send smaller attachments. What should I do?
    A related issue is that it is taking far too long to send attachments. The transmission rate is showing values as low as 16K/sec.
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    The Compress command is in the Finder's File menu. It will create a zip file that you can mail. Note that the amount of compression you get depends on the content of the files. Some files (movies, JPEGs, most audio files) are already compressed and they will not get smaller.

  • How to compress large files

    Can anyone tell me whether os x has any good built in compression utilities? Or where to download some free ones?? I've got some rather large DV project folders that i want to compress onto one DVD and then delete them off my hard drive.
    Also how do you compress file to .mpkg? That's the extension of a compressed file from an apple utility that i found. once it was opened turned out to be 1.8 gig from 456k.

    OSX can create a .zip archive.
    Select the folder in the Finder, and goto the File menu and select Create Archive.
    But I'm not sure how high compression rate you can gain for your DV project.

  • Compress video files for email from iPod

    I manage an ipod Lab for an intensive English school. We want students to be able to email themselves larger audio and video files from directly from the iPod without having to go through iTunes/iPhoto. We often run into the problem with files being too large to email and are wondering if there is some sort of compression app that we can install on the iPod that will let us compress large files down for email. Something like ESFileExplorer for Android.
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    A cloud-based storage solution such as Dropbox may be the only practical solution, though I'm not sure what video and audio apps would support saving to such as service. Someone else here may be able to offer suggestions.
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  • Compressing a large file into a small file.

    So i have a pretty large file that i am trying to make very small with good quality. the file before exporting it is about 1gig. I need to make it 100mbs. Right now i've tried compressing it with the h.264 compressing type, and i am having to go as low as 300kbits. I use aac 48 for the audio. It is just way to pixelated to submit something like this. But i guess i could make the actual video a smaller size something like 720x480 and just letterboxing it to keep it widescreen? Any hints on a good way to make this 21 minute video around 100mbs?

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    1. Reduce the image size. For example, the change of a 720x480 DV image to a 320x240 will decrease the size by a factor of 4
    2. Reduce the frame rate. For example, changing from a 30 fps to 15 fps will decrease the size by a factor of 2
    3. Increase the compression/ change code. This is the black magic part of online material. Only you can decide what's good enough.
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  • Difficulty compressing a large file - compact command fails

    I am trying to compress a 419 GB SQL Server database, following the instructions in the compression example described here:
    http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms190257(v=sql.90).aspx
    I have set the filegroup to read-only, and taken the database offline.  I logged into the server that hosts the file, and ran this from a command prompt:
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    F:\Database>compact /c CE_SecurityLogsArchive_DataSecondary.ndf
    Compressing files in F:\Database\
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    I use a compression utility like 7Zip, I doubt that I'll be able to query from the compressed file.

    Hi,
    Based on my knowledge, if you compress a file that is larger than 30 gigabytes, the compression may not succeed.
    For detailed information:
    http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa364219(VS.85).aspx
    Regards,
    Yan Li
    Regards, Yan Li

  • Best way to compress large video files

    How do i compress large video files so they dont take upso much space on my imac. 

    If you want to retain the quality you don't.
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  • Hey All, what is the best file compression app to compress large video file on my Mac Book Pro?

    Hey All, do you recommend compressor 4 or what is the best file compression app to compress large video file on my Mac Book Pro?

    X,
    Thanks for checking in.  The anwser to your questions are below.
    Where is the material coming from?
    These are MP4 files from my Canon vixia HFR40
    What software are you using to edit the material?
    I am using iMOVIE 9.0.9
    What do you want to do with the files after compression? I want to email I need to have the file be smaller than 100MB to send.
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  • Compressing large folders containing video files

    Is there any way to compress large folders (600GB) containing video files? I have footage on my internal 1TB drive which i need to get to a client, who does not have a big enough drive but needs the footage urgently.

    BanditBiker wrote:
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    If you search for Video_TS, then the smart folder will contain links to those folders. Just copy them.
    When you click on the results of that smart search, Finder will open up with all those files showing.
    They are already selected.

  • Compressing large video files - help!

    I have about 114GB of video files on my hard drive, and with only 250GB of HD I was wondering how I can compress the files and not lose quality. Is there any software out there, preferably free, or is using the built-in compression option the best?

    Hi gaz_reid;
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  • Large file compression

    Hi there all,
    I have CS3 extended and have been compiling a series of high resolution photographs into one layer in photoshop.  I have copy and pasted each photo and then stitched them together resulting in a file that is 1.35Gb.  I want to compress the file, keeping the resolution as high as possible, so it is easier to use in illustrator and import into ArcGIS.  I have tried saving the file as a jpg, pdf and tiff with variable compression qualities.  As soon as i open the image up in a different programme and zoom in I loose the picture, eitehr to a blank screen or a message saying 'invalid format/picture'.  Opening the file and saving is taking so long too do as well...
    Any tips?
    Thanks a lot

    PSB, JPEG 2000, ECW and OpenEXR are way to go. They all support wavelet or other sophisticated compression methods and, most importantly, tiled loading, which is what you want to avoid those pesky out of memory errors in your GIS application. You may however need specific (commercial) plug-ins to get the functionality for ECW and EXR in Photoshop. a JPEG 2000 plug-in should be in the extra content folder of your install disk/ package. Dunno of it supports tiling, though. Never tried.
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  • Compressing large video files on to a dvd

    How can I put 10 GB of raw video footage on a 4.7 GB dvd? What kind of compression would I use to keep good quality?

    As pointed out, if you want a video DVD, then use 90 Minutes Best, and you will want to compress your audio to an AC3 file. Then you have to bring both into DVD SP to actually author a disc. You cannot just files on a disc to create a video DVD.
    If you want to send files to someone else so they can edit the video, then you do not want to compress the video at all. If you compress the files, then someone edits it and then compresses again (to DVD, web, etc.) then the video will be double compressed. This always results in the loss of quality. Never compress video you want to edit, only compress the final output.
    That being said your file will not fit on a DVD. Two choices, use a portable hard drive, or use Toast to automatically segment the video onto as many discs as needed. The person who you give the discs to (Mac or PC) can then re-combine the segments on their hard drive using a program that is automatically burned onto the discs.

  • Is there a way to "zip" or compress a large file so I can email it?

    I did not buy any zip software so I'm just wondering if there is something that comes with OSX snow leopard that allows me to compress a file.

    Hi,
    How big is this file that you like to sent by mail?
    There are very good 3rt party softwares that you can use for free to zip ore compress bigger files.
    I use Stuffit Expander, I think the most of us will used.
    You can download a copy on their website or go to VersionTracker or MacUpdate.
    Dimaxum

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