Is there a way to edit Video for size without Cutting the video down to multiple 3 second videos?? Does that make sense...?? I want to send some video of a show..a car actually, and the entire thing is about 1 minute.. but when I go to send it, it says the file is too large? when I try and edit it with the Kodak software, seems all I can do is Cut/trim beginning and End so that it is smaller in length.. even then sending it takes 5 minutes??

sorry, I am dumb when it comes to this stuff.. any other ideas?

Mike

Mike, try editing it using a program built into Windows called Windows Movie Maker. You can start and stop the footage anywhere, skip sections, etc.

how do I find that?

Start> Programs> Windows Movie Maker
On my machine

Check the physical file size on your machine. If you're getting a file too large error, it's probably not the length of the video but the physical size. Many ISPs have limits on the size of file they'll transmit via email. I know when I worked for DFAS (DoD) we had a 5MB total message+attachment(s) size limit. If the email and attachment were going outside of our mail system, e.g., someone not on our email server, the limit was about 3MB since the email had to be encapsulated and there is a lot of overhead from Microsoft with that.

You might be able to convert the current format to a lesser video quality, compressed, or another format, etc. to save space. Don't know the format you have but here's one suggestion page:
http://www.deskshare.com/Resources/articles/dmc_ReduceFileSize.aspx Might try a Google search on "video file format sizes" and see if something there can help.

Another thing to take into consideration is not only the limit your email provider may have but that of the recipient - it may not be the same limit. :thumbsup:

Thanks!!

DivX sets the standard for high quality video and small file size. Convert your file to the DivX format and it will be a fraction of its original size and still look great. The only rub is that the person who plays it will have to have the DivX codec loaded onto their PC for it to play or all that will come across is audio. The codec is free and all of the DivX software can be downloaded here http://www.divx.com/