4th gen
04-03-2004, 04:32 PM
If you've got a video file that's too big to fit on one CD, you can try cutting off a certain portion of the file (e.g. the end credits...). It's fairly easy to do, using VirtualDub (http://www.virtualdub.org). There are only really a few steps involved:
1. Open VirtualDub and drop in your video file:
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[img]http://www.arap78.dsl.pipex.com/open.JPG' width='200' height='120' border='0' alt='click for full size view'> ('http://www.arap78.dsl.pipex.com/open.JPG')
2. Move the time bar to your desired start time and click on the "start offset" arrow, as shown here:
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[img]http://www.arap78.dsl.pipex.com/startoffset.JPG' width='200' height='120' border='0' alt='click for full size view'> ('http://www.arap78.dsl.pipex.com/startoffset.JPG')
3. Then move the bar to the desired end time and click the "end offset" arrow:
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[img]http://www.arap78.dsl.pipex.com/endoffset.JPG' width='200' height='120' border='0' alt='click for full size view'> ('http://www.arap78.dsl.pipex.com/endoffset.JPG')
4. Then you have to choose your video compression. Go to video>compression and select a codec:
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[img]http://www.arap78.dsl.pipex.com/compression.JPG' width='200' height='120' border='0' alt='click for full size view'> ('http://www.arap78.dsl.pipex.com/compression.JPG')
5. Then just save the file in your desired location:
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[img]http://www.arap78.dsl.pipex.com/saveclip.JPG' width='200' height='120' border='0' alt='click for full size view'> ('http://www.arap78.dsl.pipex.com/saveclip.JPG')
Simple :)
1. Open VirtualDub and drop in your video file:
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[img]http://www.arap78.dsl.pipex.com/open.JPG' width='200' height='120' border='0' alt='click for full size view'> ('http://www.arap78.dsl.pipex.com/open.JPG')
2. Move the time bar to your desired start time and click on the "start offset" arrow, as shown here:
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[img]http://www.arap78.dsl.pipex.com/startoffset.JPG' width='200' height='120' border='0' alt='click for full size view'> ('http://www.arap78.dsl.pipex.com/startoffset.JPG')
3. Then move the bar to the desired end time and click the "end offset" arrow:
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[img]http://www.arap78.dsl.pipex.com/endoffset.JPG' width='200' height='120' border='0' alt='click for full size view'> ('http://www.arap78.dsl.pipex.com/endoffset.JPG')
4. Then you have to choose your video compression. Go to video>compression and select a codec:
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[img]http://www.arap78.dsl.pipex.com/compression.JPG' width='200' height='120' border='0' alt='click for full size view'> ('http://www.arap78.dsl.pipex.com/compression.JPG')
5. Then just save the file in your desired location:
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[img]http://www.arap78.dsl.pipex.com/saveclip.JPG' width='200' height='120' border='0' alt='click for full size view'> ('http://www.arap78.dsl.pipex.com/saveclip.JPG')
Simple :)