What's the best tool to reduce avi file size and still retain a decent video quality

I have search big G and the forum and there are a lot of opinions out there so I am hoping that someone here has some experience with this

i am trying to get into file uploads (porn, anime, etc) but I don't have a lot of time.

i do have a LOT of files because me and my brother just love downloading stuffs from the net and i think it's time for our 8TB+ of files to make some money for us

if you're interested in a JV or any similar opportunities with these files, you can see my bro's collection on hxxt://pzykoh.com

PS. in 2 hours time, I will be away for a family vacation but I am hoping to get some ideas as I really am looking for some passive way to earn money after big G drop the hammer on my autoblogs

btw, thanks BH for that idea, i got i think $200+ passive income for something that took me 2 hours to setup and just left it afterwards

If it can't be saturated nor represent direct competition for you, you can share your passive income and maybe some people might tell you what to do with your STB+ files

i actually have a simple plan, reduce the file sizes and post these on forums (anime goes to anime forums, porn goes to porn forums, and so forth)

i am also interested in case people wants to do a JV with the files that I have

edit: as for my previous passive income, like i said it was from autoblogs which I also learned here but sadly, google killed that method

convert to mp4 h264 encoding maybe? i'm guessing here, but h264 is high quality

Sometimes when I want to convert something to a smaller file I use just windows movie maker, it's super simple and can make small files pretty quickly. I have premier and sony vegas, but for youtube windows movie maker usually does the trick.

Nero Can do most of what you want, but a converter like anyvideo converter will have more options for you.

i am actually looking for something to convert the usual 350mb avi to something from 150mb to 100mb as long as I can retain the quality.

My idea is even though there are a lot of uploaders, I am trying to make sure my uploads have a great quality so that people will keep downloading the contents that I plan to upload regularly, does that make sense? or should I just convert them to mkv?

PS. i am still not sure what's the best avi to mkv coverter

I like Camtasia studio, you can also add watermarks etc

Lower the resolution
Lower the framerate
Then convert to WMV
A simple free tool called SUPER Converter (erightsoft) might help

check out handbrake, its opensource, and supports batch processing.

When converting, using a better compressor helps minimize any loss of quality. During conversion make sure to use a mpeg4/h.264 compressor. Reducing the bitrate will reduce the size of the file. Finally, since you have a lot of files, make sure to use a converter that does files in batches like Digital Media Converter Pro. Here is a good article that explains how to reduce file sizes without much of a loss of quality -

Hi Everyone.

Thanks for the replies. I will definitely check them out.

@adam, you might have posted the link incorrectly