VS9 creates huge AVI files when capturing

Hoodlum · Post by **Hoodlum** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 7:22 am

Im trying to capture a video using the capture function in VS9. If I select the format as AVI it creates a huge avi. 45mins of capture = 65Gig file. Is there a way of creating smaller files. Another brand of software I was using converted the 1-1/2 hour video to AVI in 4Gig.

My setup is:
Gigabyte P4 Titan motherboard
Pentium 4 3ghz 512RAM
Windows XP SP2
DTB-DTV 3035 TV Card
120Gig HDD
80Gig HDD

Any help would be muchly appreciated.

Thanks

Hoodlum

Post by **lancecarr** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 7:36 am

When you are capturing select DV AVI. It sounds like you are using uncompressed AVI which will give you HUGE files. DV AVI will come in at about 13gig per hour.

Trevor Andrew · Post by **Trevor Andrew** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 8:00 am

Hi

If you can only select Avi, You are capturing from an analogue source, You will not de able to select DV, this option is for digital capture and will revert to Avi if selected.

To reduce the file size you need to select a compressor.

Select Avi
Select ‘Options cogwheel’
Select the ‘capture tab’
Select ‘Use software ‘Compression’—Advanced
Try Microsoft Video 1 from the compression drop down box.

This should capture to 13 Gb per hour.

Your best method of capture is via firewire, read the recommended procedure from the top of the forum.

Trevor

Post by **Ken Berry** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 8:01 am

... And I'd have to add that the other capturing program you used probably saved the 1.5 hours in some other format. .AVI is merely a carrier format, and a variety of other formats can use it as an extension. I would have said that your 1.5 hour project may have been captured in one of the mpeg-4 formats that use the .avi extension (DovX, XVid), but 4 GB is too large a file for them I would think...