My iPhone 5 appears to be using too much memory, particularly 7.9GB out of the 32GB labeled "OTHER". Even my iPad Air has only 3.9GB labeled "OTHER". How do I identify what "OTHER" is actually used for and how do I mitigate this?

According to iTunes I am using approximately 20.35GB of the available 27.32GM of memory, leaving about 7GB free. Of the used memory, about 7.9GB is labeled "OTHER". Making the same measurement on my iPad Air, only 3.9GB is labeled "OTHER". Why am I loosing so much memory capacity and what do I do to mitigate this problem?
This is having a significant effect on using my iPhone for recording Video interviews which in some cases constitute two to three hours of video. I need to be able togged the "OTHER" memory space so I can do more than one video recording during a session. Lowering the "OTHER" category to 3.9GB, the same as the iPad Air, would make it possible to record two or in some cases three videos before having to offload them to the MacBook Pro for editing in the evening.

Charliebear88 wrote:
No. He mentions freeing up storage on the iPhone, Mac, and hard drive. I'm looking for just the iPhone, and his suggestion for that is downloading some program.
No, it's not, if you would actually read the linked information like I said. There is plenty of information in this link about how to reduce or eliminate your 'Other' data without using third-party programs or procedures:
http://appducate.com/2013/01/reclaim-other-storage-space-on-ipad-iphone-and-ipod /
• Delete Browser Cache
• Delete Mail account and re-add
• Delete Text Messages
• Empty out the Reading List
• Delete iTunes Backups
• Backup to iCloud instead of iTunes
• Restore as new then restore the backup
• Restore as new, but don't restore backup

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