Compressing mov Files

Hi People.
Am hoping to get some help from here with regards to a certain problem. I have a 1.19 GB quicktime mov file which I would like to compress down to a size small enough to email across to someone. It's rather sentimental (of my nephews 1st xmas day - trying to get it across to his parents)
any ideas would be hugely appreciated!

Here is a bit rate converter. It will figure out the file size for you. It's free!
http://www.pimley.net/projects/
Most email accounts have a 10 MB file size.
Another thing you can do is post the video on youTube. You can make it private to were only you can he can view the video. youTube has a maximum of 2 gigs and 10 minute file size. youTube has a help section for making the video. You need an account. If you get stuck report back to here and I'm sure some of us here will give you some help.
Tip: use the h.264 format in Quicktime Pro to compress the video. You must have Quicktime Pro to do what you want to do.

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Take the exported quicktime files. I use reference files, and drop it into compressor (open compressor and import it or just drop the file into the list area there). In the dropdown settings you should be able to select a web version that suits you and export it.
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How does compressing movie files work?

Hello! I am new here, and with FC i made a 17GB movie. However, i wish to compress it so it doesnt take up as much room on my hard drive. Can i compress this movie file so it takes up much less? How should i compress it? And does it hurt the quality of it or how do i de compress it? Thanks!

Can i compress this movie file so it takes up much less?
Yes. What format is it now, what size are you aiming for? H264 is a good choice, great results and a much smaller file size.
How should i compress it?
Use Compressor or QuickTimePlayers "Export" function -you already have both.
MPEG Streamclip will also make H264 and is a free download. There are several others which you can buy, Autodesk Cleaner and Sorenson Squeeze are two that spring to mind.
And does it hurt the quality of it...
It can turn out poor if the compression is overdone. Test your compression on a small section first -you could mark in and out on part of your movie in QuickTime Player, copy/paste it into a new QuickTime Player document and use that for testing.
or how do i de compress it?
That usually does not turn out so well. Keep the original instead -hard drives are cheap these days. Just buy an external drive and store it there.
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Compressing mov file

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Hi Joensen.
I performed the task a couple of months ago and can't seem to remember exactly how I did it. I will go back and look into the process and post what the process.
In the meantime, I know I used Compressor and compressed it significantly. Hope this helps in the meantime.

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+Yet another note!+
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But I've found a better route than Compressor's built-in routines (I use Motion for my video heavy lifting).
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"COMPRESS" is greyed-out/unavailable.

Do you really want to compress the jpeg or reduce the image size? Those are two different things entirely. To compress a jpeg while keeping the pixel dimensions the smae export out of iPhoto via File ➙ Export ➙ File Export and in the Quality menu select the amouth of jpeg compression you need to make the file size smaller.
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I found that I could change the file type to .flv with On2 VP6 codec, but I cannot use that because my file type must be .mov. I am bringing the compressed .mov into Unity as a movie texture and Unity will only accept .mov .mpg .mpeg .mp4 .avi .asf.
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Afraid Compressor won't work with MKV. If you have access to a system running an earlier version than Mavericks, and with Perian installed you can use MPEG Streamclip or Quick Time Pro to convert to a mov.
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So do you need QT pro to compress a movie file

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I'm on a budget , is there any shareware or freeware or some way (legally) of compressing my movie file(s) to a smaller size
please.
-becca

OK great.
Where can I obtain Streamclip? to cut the offending 48 seconds .I had a quick look on Macupdate but nothing came up
BTW you said that audio is puny and video data rate is absurdly high Is there a way when recording ( I use a Canon Digital Ixus 55 camera with movie capability) to sort this out to avoid this 'issue ' in the future? ( I know the audio is never going to be good on a stills camera but thought to ask as you seem very Knowledgeable .
Thank you very much for your help QuickTimeKirk it is very much appreciated , I can't explain how much ,, becca
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I lose audio when I compress my .mov file to an .mpg. I use FCX and Compressor (and I've tried all 3 .mpg transfers that compressor allows)Help!

I have to compress my files to mpg to use on the multiple PC's in the district for broadcast. They wont/cant take my .mov files. Whenever I compress the files to mpg in any of the 3 non-transport formats, audio is affected.
Help please.

TVBroadcastTeacher wrote:
IWhenever I compress the files to mpg in any of the 3 non-transport formats, audio is affected.
Transport streams aren't acceptable for their broadcast requirements?
Russ

Compress a .mov file

I know this has been asked a million times, but because I don't know anything about making movies to begin with, I couldn't follow any of the other threads.
I have a 120MB .mov file that I want to compress to less than 25MB so I can email it using gmail. I right-clicked and selected "Compress," but it only got it down to 99MB as a zip file.
My friend once sent me a video of similar length (3 or 4 minutes) that was high quality and only 11.7 MB, and since this one is bad quality I figured it would be easy to compress. But I can't figure out what to do or what program to use to do it.

What applications do you have?
To do good compression, you need a compressor. Final Cut Studio comes with one as do a couple of the i-apps. There are some online compression systems, too, but I've never used one.
The "compress" operation you ran at the Finder level merely compresses the file, it does not actually create new media in a newer, more compact format.
bogiesan

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