I have a few music video's 15-30Mb is the average for a 3-4 min video, but this does depend on how you compress the files. I have a 1 hour music video compilation and that takes up nearly 1Gb (but i have kept the audio/video quality to "high"...) In answer to your other "how to" question, there are many ways to convert video files of different formats - many ppl will give you their recommendations... these are mine, now I know how to use the s/w properly I NEVER have any problems converting to an iPod friendly format...here's a C&P from an earlier post:
Hopefully in answer to the many posts on “how to get various video formats onto your iPod” I have put together a summary of applications
I use. I have tried a few others with varying amounts of success (some of which are free) - I have finally plumped for the software produced by Xilisoft as providing good quality video relatively affordable cost for use with
PC’s and numerous MS operating systems. The link below takes you to their site which not only allows you to download trail versions of their software but also has a comprehensive set of tutorials and FAQ's for their iPod video conversion software.
I have regularly used these applications to convert
various file formats to iPod friendly video. They are simple to use although frequently processor and RAM hungry:
Use
Xilisoft iPod Video Converter if you want to:
[*]Convert various video file formats to MP4
[*]Convert most audio file formats to MP3
[*]Extract audio from video file and save to MP3
[*]Encode several files simultaneously
[*]Pause encoding process to run other CPU time consuming programs at any time
Supported file formats:
Video:
[*]MPEG(mpg, mpeg, dat, vob); WMV; ASF; AVI; QuichTime(mov, qt); MPEG4(mp4); 3GP; DV(dv,
dif); Real Video(rm); Animated GIF(gif - decoding only); Macromedia Flash(swf - decoding
audio only);
Audio:
[*]MPEG Audio(mp2, mp3); WMA; WAV; AU; MPEG4 Audio(m4a); Real Audio(ra); OGG; AAC; Raw
AC3(ac3); NUT Open Container Format(nut);
To convert
DVD's to an iPod friendly video format:
Use
Xilisoft DVD to iPod V4:
[*]Just pop the DVD in your drive select compression variables (default settings work well) and sit back!
All these products are available on a "try before you buy basis", yes there are applications for XP which are free but and may work just as well but I have converted many hours of video for my iPod without hassle using the Xilisoft products (no I don't work for them!). Check there web site
HERE
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Windows XP 5G 60Gb (Sexy Black)
