What's a best way to convert video files to the smallest size but good quality?

Question

I have an Ipod nano and i wanna put videos on it but most of my files that i convert (that are 10 minutes) end up being 90 mb but i want the files to be smaller. Is there a way to di this? Im using SUPER to do this, so what widths/sizes/scales schould they be?

Answer 1

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The easiest solution I've found for converting files for iPod playback is WinFF. It is much smaller and faster than SUPER (and still free).

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Here's a video showing you how:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrghOMU5k…

Answer 2

320x240 Is The Current Resolution And The Best Way To Convert The Video Is to Use The MPEG-4 Codec Via QuickTime Pro Or Windows™ Media Player Or Watever Video Program You Have. Depending On Which One You Use You Can Adjust The Bit Rate (Compression) For The Best Combo Of Size/Quality.

Good-Luck!!

Answer 3

Hi,guys,try set low video bit rata and video frame rate:)

Why not try Moyea Video Converter, which has comprehensive video input formats and output formats. It can convert video and audio files with comprehensive formats as follows:
Input formats: WMV, ASF, WMA, AVI, RMVB, RM, RA, MOV, QT, MP4, M4V, 3GP, 3G2, DAT, MPG, MPEG, MP3, VOB, DV.
Output formats: AVI, MPG, MPEG, VOB, MP4, 3GP, 3G2, MOV, WMV, FLV, DV, MP3, AAC, M4A, WMA, WAV, AC3, MP2.
Also it provides some unique and useful functions. Don’t worry about the conversion speed and the output quality, The converter works great with the two aspects, also could run in windows vista suitable.

You can download at: http://www.my-video-converter.com/video_…

Otherwise, Free iPod Video Converter provides an easy and completed way to convert all popular video formats to iPod video. You can enjoy DVD/VCD and AVI, MPEG, WMV, RM, RMVB, DivX, ASF, VOB video files in your iPod with few clicks.

- It's clean and free
- It supports all popular video formats including AVI, MPEG, WMV (ASF), RM, RMVB, DivX, ASF, VOB etc.
- It's stable and fast.
- Easy-to-use wizard-like user interface helps you setup conversion process easily.
- The output video has excellent image and sound quality.
- ID3 Tag can be derived from the input files automatically.
- Batch Processing is supported, it can process an unlimited number of files at one time.
- Detailed HTML help file is included.
- The installing and uninstalling process is very easy.


Step 1. Download the free converter at:http://www.ipod-video-converter.org/free…

Step 2. Click Add Files button. Find and open your video file. Click Next.
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Step 3. You can adjust video size (320x240 is recommended), change video and audio quality. You can also skip the window and leave all parameters unchanged. Click Next.

Step 4. You can edit Title, Author, Genre and Copyright info for the converted file, so this information will appear on your iPod. Click OK.

Step 5. The program will ask you to use the settings for all files. If you do not want to set up every separate file then click Yes. If you want to use different Titles and Video Quality for each file then click No (after that you will repeat Step 3 and 4 several times).

Step 6. Finally, click Convert!

Wait several minutes while your video is converted to iPod format.

Great! Now you have those iPod MP4 files!
In order to add converted MP4 video files to iPod you must use iTunes:

Step 1. Launch iTunes
Step 2. Click File -> Import
Step 3. Select the video you want, then click Videos in iTunes and drag the video to your iPod.

Good luck:)