Emailing files

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Larry Mauriello

I would like to know if there is a way to really compress a video file. I
made a 7.5 min. clip of a party. File is about 24MB.
I tried to zip it and it barely makes a dent in the size. Seems I can not
email anything larger than 20MB. Is there a way to cut this file by maybe
25% or so? File was created w/Windows Movie Maker on XP Pro. sp2. w/Vz. as
ISP.

TIA
 
Since you're using OE, you can send the file split up in sizes you want. The
recipient will receive the files one at a time, and once they are all received they
will combine into a single file with many of the received ones ending up in the
Delete folder. You would be best asking about this in an OE ng where they can inform
you on any advantages/disadvantages of splitting the files.

To set it up, on the Menu bar click Tools > Accounts.
Click on the account you will use to break up the file to send.
Click Properties > Advanced tab.
Under the section "Sending" click in the box next to "Break apart...." to select it.
Set the max size you want the split files to be, the split files will be one smaller
than the size you set. Ex: If you set the break apart larger than 512KB, they will
be split into 511KB files when sent.

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Why don't you upload the file and protect that with a password (If you
wish) and then send Email with password and link to uploaded file.
www.Savefile.com and savefile.info are great and free (Don't know about
savefile.info)

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|I would like to know if there is a way to really compress a video file. I
| made a 7.5 min. clip of a party. File is about 24MB.
| I tried to zip it and it barely makes a dent in the size. Seems I can
not
| email anything larger than 20MB. Is there a way to cut this file by
maybe
| 25% or so? File was created w/Windows Movie Maker on XP Pro. sp2.
w/Vz. as
| ISP.
|
| TIA
|
|
 
Larry Mauriello said:
I would like to know if there is a way to really compress a video file. I
made a 7.5 min. clip of a party. File is about 24MB.
I tried to zip it and it barely makes a dent in the size.
Click to expand...

Image and video files are generally already compressed, and using ZIP
on them will not shrink them any farther and could even result in
increasing the size slightly.
Seems I can not email anything larger than 20MB.
Click to expand...

I'm not surprised. Email really isn't designed to do that sort of
thing. And on top of that, few ISPs give their users mailboxes big
enough to hold a message that big.

You really need to put this on a web site, or an FTP server or
something.
 
Larry said:
I would like to know if there is a way to really compress a video
file. I made a 7.5 min. clip of a party. File is about 24MB.
I tried to zip it and it barely makes a dent in the size. Seems I can
not email anything larger than 20MB. Is there a way to cut this file
by maybe 25% or so? File was created w/Windows Movie Maker on XP
Pro. sp2. w/Vz. as ISP.

TIA
Click to expand...

Decrease the Frame Rate.
Ask on th moviemaker group.
 
Tim, IF I used FTP I can just imagine trying to get people to set up to rx
via FTP.
Plus I'd have to read back on on sending via FTP. I do need to look into the
hosting site prev. mentioned.
 
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