Question

I just recently made two videos on my digital camera. One of which was 8 minutes long and the other was 4. The file size for the 8 minute long video is 1.83 gb and the 4 minute video file size is 1.02 gb. The video is fine on the camera but once it's on my pc it lags a lot. I don't want the video to lag when I give it to the person that I'm giving it to. I was thinking that it was just because my pc is slower, but is that why its lagging? If so, will it lag on their pc if their pc is better? Thanks xx

Answer 1

Perhaos it will be better. you could also trnascode it to a different format and see if it helps. A simple, free way to do this is with winff.

Answer 2

I just downloaded winff, and i put the file in. But it has Convert To:
This is what I'm supposed to be doing correct?
Also, if so, what do I convert it to?

Answer 3

Recording in RAW helps.

Answer 4

AVI generally works. Then choose a preset. Fuulscreen or wide screen to try. Then see if it comes out looking like you want.

hba, raws can come out a ton more choppy if a person does not have the machine for the bitrate.

Answer 5

@hba For example, I have a pretty simple video segmment,59 seconds, 25 fps, very little motion. As a raw it is 553965 kbps. As a Huffman it is 174698 kbps, as a Lagarith (which I use for editing) it is 45922 kbps, and all of these have a pretty high IO demand. h.264 going for quuality brigs it down to 374kbps.

Answer 6

Alright, thanks! :)

Answer 7

I can point out a number of other free tools if you need them. Even a full video editing and titling suite that is 100% legally free.