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AlfCheesey · 03-17-05, 09:58 AM

I've got a canon Ixus 40 digital camera. It take decent video (30 frames per second, 640x480 VGA resolution) in MJPEG format - although still with the .avi extension.

The problem is it takes up so much room for such a short movie, it's really jerky, even with BetaPlayer.

So after searching, I found Bink and Smacker's RadVideoTool - which compressed the avi using DivX5.02 codec - the result - no noticable loss of quality, and file sizes one tenth of the original. These movies now play fantastically on the X50v, with Betaplayer.

I highly recommend this software, and it's free!

The only trouble with this is, you need a computer to do the compression. It seems there isn't a RadTools for the PPC.

When I'm travelling, I won't have a computer to use - so - Does anyone know of a compression utility that I can use on the X50v, so I can plug the SD card in and convert the avi file in DivX, and save it to the CF card?

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AlfCheesey Aximsite Rookie Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: China Posts: 77 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	compressing AVI's from Digital Camera I've got a canon Ixus 40 digital camera. It take decent video (30 frames per second, 640x480 VGA resolution) in MJPEG format - although still with the .avi extension. The problem is it takes up so much room for such a short movie, it's really jerky, even with BetaPlayer. So after searching, I found Bink and Smacker's RadVideoTool - which compressed the avi using DivX5.02 codec - the result - no noticable loss of quality, and file sizes one tenth of the original. These movies now play fantastically on the X50v, with Betaplayer. I highly recommend this software, and it's free! The only trouble with this is, you need a computer to do the compression. It seems there isn't a RadTools for the PPC. When I'm travelling, I won't have a computer to use - so - Does anyone know of a compression utility that I can use on the X50v, so I can plug the SD card in and convert the avi file in DivX, and save it to the CF card?