[thelist] dvd grabber- recommendations?

[Martin Burns]

On Mon, 20 Aug 2007 11:14:37 +0100, "A Maynes" wrote:
> How can I reduce the size of a mpeg file so that it maintains it's
> quality?
> 
> My camera captures mpegs up to 8mb for less than 30 seconds it's just
> too big to do anything with online

Ah, this is one of those 'How do I get energy for free' type questions.

Essentially, you can't... you'll lose quality with increased compression.
However, you'll maybe be able to lose some filesize without *noticeable*
loss of quality.

This might be good for you:
http://www.elgato.com/index.php?file=products_turbo264

Cheers
Martin

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