Video editing help

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    Hello fellow aquarists,

    Is there anyone here who knows much about video editing? More specifically how to save a good quality video at a smaller file size?

    I took some videos of my tanks yesterday with my phone. The resolution is 720 x 480 and the file size is 521mb (video is 4m30s). After removing the original audio track and adding another audio track, the file size is now 996mb. After using Freemake Video Converter to reduce the file size a bit, I managed to bring it down to 77mb but lost a lot of quality at the same time.

    Take a tv series for instance, some are 45mins, 720p and the file size varies between 300 - 500mb. How does this work?

    I do not know much about video editing and am in need of a lot of help.
     
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    All depends on what format you save it as. Matroska is a LOT bigger than AVI for instance
     
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    It was saved as AVI
     
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    Which program should I use?
     
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    Hi, handbrake is an excellent programme...I use it at home to convert all my DVD's to digital format :thumb:

    I also use AVC (Any Video Converter)
     
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    Handbrake is the best to use. I do lots of video editing and I almost constantly user handbrake to down size video sizes.

    Moraleta kloof:
     
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