Publishing AVI from Captivate 4 - why such a MASSIVE file size.

I've produced the AVI from Captivate 4 without a problem, but the resulting file is massive; over 500 MG for a project with 47
slides.
The .cp file for the project is only 7 MG.  Why is the AVI so massive?  Is there something in my setup causing it or is it simply in how Captivate converts the SWF to AVI?
Thanks for any input,
D

Codec selection is  more art than science. A few years ago, when I was playing with codecs more heavily than now, I fell in love with the Sorenson codec...only problem  was, no client machines had Sorenson installed.
So I either had to push Sorenson to the clients or figure out what the clients had and work with that.
That is pretty much where I am now, working within the set of codecs that everyone tends to have.
It was great fun exploring the best codecs, but if people couldn't see the results, that rather tended to diminish the effectiveness of the video.

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