[geargrrl]

I think I've got a format issue.
I shot some little videos with my Canon SD 850. They are only like 40 seconds long but 62 MB? What? I want to email them, they are mvi format. what do I do to make them smaller.

thanks

gg

 

[geargrrl]

OK, so maybe I am an idiot and they just are made that way.

 

[Quo Fan]

My guess is that mvi is Canon's format for movies in the camera, so you have to convert them to avi, or some other format using software.

 

[geargrrl]

so what software would I want to compress it or convert it or (load it to you tube <grin>)

 

[RenegadeRick]

I used MS Moviemaker since it came on my computer. It works pretty well. I'm happy with it.

Seconded. It's quick and easy... and free.

It does have it's shortcomings, but if that is all you want to do it is plenty capable.

 

[binary visions]

If MS Movie Maker won't convert it, you can try Stoik Video Converter:

http://www.stoik.com/products/svc/

I guess you have to rename your MVI file to .avi (Stoik recognizes the format, just not the extension), then you can open it and convert it to whatever you want.