I have a video that I want to get on to my website, and it’s about 20 seconds long, but it’s 6 MB!!! And that’s waay too big for a 20 second video.
I’ve downloaded a TON of free video encoder things, but they either don’t support Quicktime files or it’s too big of a file (because I downloaded the free version) or something.
Help… Please…
Please? Anyone? I just need to convert it to a .wmv file.
hey
what program did u use to make the video?
Download it
if you want to have .wmv file - you can download the free Windows media encoder from
from mpegs you can use virtualDub and of course most of the videoediting programs have an export function for quicktime, real, wmv and mpg
hope that helps
dude, i feel for you.
i recently ran into such a problem, and i asked a good friend of mine for some video encoding programs, and instead of giving me it he pointed me in the direction of www.webattack.com . when you get there up at the top there are several buttons, one says “freeware” click on it, then scroll down to the “video encoding” link, all of that stuff if pretty good, and it’s free and doesn’t shut down after so many days, it’s there and operational forever. i would actually suggest that everyone should go there, there is so much cool/useful freeware at this site. i hope it works for you!
matt
If the file that you are trying to convert is a QuickTime file and you’re running Windows then you can use The RAD Video Tools to convert the file to an AVI. Once it’s an AVI you can use other tools like the Windows Media Encoder or TMPGEnc to compress it.
The RAD Video Tools is a free program that can convert QuickTime files to an AVI file.
Links:
TMPGEnc
The RAD Video Tools
Windows Media Encoder 9
DivX is also an option, but…
The free version does not include the advanced MPEG-4 compression. You have to use the Pro version to get the best compression. The people viewing your video would also have to know to download and install the DivX player and codec. It’s a free download, but the people have to know that they need it and where to get it. MPEG-1 or WMV is a better option.
Thanks, I’ll try those. Right now, I’m on the downstairs computer, where the video I want to encode isn’t, and my mom is using the upstairs one but I hear her coming down so I’ll go try it.
Well, the Windows Media Encoder doesn’t work. It says:
The file “C:/Documents and Settings/bla bla bla/bla bla bla/ME.mov” is not a valid source file. It may have an unsupported or invalid format or may be corrupted (0x80040111).
Enter a different file name before continuing.
I haven’t tried the other ones yet, though.
You’ll need to convert the MOV to an AVI first using The RAD Video Tools. Convert it to an uncompressed AVI. It will be a big file, but uncompressed is the best source because it because it doesn’t degrade the source quality with compression artifacts.
After you have it converted to an AVI you can feed it to the Windows Media Encoder.
You’ll need to play with some of the compression settings for the Windows Media Encoder. There are some default settings, but you’ll get better results if you dig down and twiddle with the bitrate setting yourself. Two pass variable bitrate encoding works best.
It worked! I’m in the process of uploading it right now, and I’ll post the link in a second.
It’s not a uni video, it’s a speedcubing video. Sorry to disappoint you… 
I solved it in 20.44 seconds, which is quite good for me.
EDIT: Uploading it did that freaky thing where the URL is juge and makes no sense, so instead go here:
And click on
Michael Atkinson solving the cube. 20.44 seconds.
You might need to join the group, unfortunately. I don’t think you need to, though.
Yes you do… 
Phil
Oh… Sorry about that. I’d post it in the unicyclist.com gallery, but I don’t think it was meant for cubing.
What you could do is join, then watch the video, then quit. I do that all the time.
The video gives me a strange desire to dance like a hamster. 
That’s right, I implemented subliminal messages into the song. If you play it backwards, it says
DANCE, JOHN CHILDS, DANCE LIKE A HAMSTER!!!
Actually, it’s just the cool version of the hamster dance with the cool music and all. I’m having oh so much fun with my movie maker program.
Nice video, thats crazy fast. I just broke the two minute mark myself:( I’m having fun with it though:)
I wish the Dan Knight freefall video worked…
Thanks.
The freefall video worked for me. Maybe you need to download the new Windows Media Player, or something…
Is your cube lubricated? If not, then you should consider it. It can lower your times greatly, and you can practice for longer without getting tired.
Do I have some minor problems understanding you, or is it possible that your hands could get tired of twisting a cube? How many hours a day do you practice? Or are your hands just weak?
Hmm, maybe you should start making power cubes. They would be just like normal Rubik’s cubes, but they would be heavier and harder to twist. After practicing for about a month with one of those your strength would have grown greatly and the normal cubing would be a lot faster. 
Atleast I find it useful when lifting weights that I start with a smaller weight. Use that same amount for something like two weeks. After that I increase it a bit and do it for two weeks again. Then if you try smaller weights again I usually have had a little more progress compared to using only one weight for a month.
Oh. Please tell me there isn’t already a cube for power training. And if you start making and selling those please give me a little share of the profits. For example, buy me a trials uni.
edit. And how about a softer cube surface? Imagine it! Your hands wouldn’t start aching because of the sharp edges and all.
This might be almost as useful as the suspension MUni at NZ unicycleshop.
Trust me, twisting a cube at 2-3 moves per second without the cube being lubed is not easy on the fingers. And it just kills them when you’re doing it one handed. A few speedcubers have actually had wrist injuries from it, and needed to take a few days to weeks off from cubing.
Rubik’s Thumb is a repetitive stress injury caused by lots of cubing. That term made it into the national news during the 1980’s when the cube craze first hit. Rubik’s Cube mania was crazy back then. Rubik’s Cube stories were on the national news. Non-cubists were familiar with the term Rubik’s Thumb. Crazy.
So yes, playing with a Rubik’s Cube a lot can cause repetitive stress injuries and that is something that the serious cubists have to be aware of. It would not be a good idea to intentionally use a very stiff or very heavy cube because that is only going to aggravate any repetitive stress injuries.