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Compressing movie files?

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Hello,

I am fairly new to Mac and just transferred a video file from my video camera. However, the video is only 10 seconds long and turns out to be 45mb!.

I have done a quick search, does anybody know how you compressed the files, particularly in MOV. format?

Thanks
 
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From iMovie, if you choose File >Share... and click on the QuickTime tab, you should see a list of compression choices. If you select "Expert Settings" you can specify the codec, pixel size, and audio settings of the exported MOV.

H.264 and MPEG-4 are some of the most advanced codecs for a QuickTime (MOV) movie.

(You can import any QuickTime-supported file into iMovie if its not already there.)
 
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Redbull

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Many thanks.

Finally manage to do it. I am so pleased with my new Mac!
 

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