Error Code 0 - Compression?

syke · 8 Jun 2009 at 17:10

Anyone know of a way to compress a video file to less than 4GB? Tried the built in compression, but didn't get it below 4GB

I can't format my external, as it's not just for the Mac, so that is out

The file is a .mkv and is 4.37GB.

I could just compress it in say MPEGStreamclip, but as it's 720p video content, i don't want to lose the video quality.

Any ideas?

mr.sly · 8 Jun 2009 at 17:12

Instead of compressing the file is it not possible to split the file in two?

syke · 8 Jun 2009 at 17:17

mr.sly said:
Instead of compressing the file is it not possible to split the file in two?

Could do, but wouldn't that mean re-compressing the video?

Is there .7z or similar, for archive compression that i could then just expand when on the HDD?

NickK · 8 Jun 2009 at 17:20

With movie footage you're very unlikely to get any decent compression (if any) from loss-less compression.

Spyhop · 9 Jun 2009 at 12:56

To simply split it in to chunks for storage:
Terminal: split -b 4000m mybigfile.mkv

To rejoin the the chunks on a drive that will support the big size:
Terminal: cat chunk1 chunk2 > mybigfilerejoined.mkv

Edit - That's just slicing and dicing the file, so you don't have to worry about compression or degradation of video quality.

syke · 9 Jun 2009 at 19:54

^ trying that now, just hoping i can re-join them via external hdd