Makin Video Files smaller in Sonar

[Teacher]

how? i got this avi that i converted to mpeg-1 to make a VCD but the files converts to 733mb a tad bigger then the 700mb cd's i have(BTW are there 800mb out?) so i was wondering after i import the file into sonar how would i make it smaller? cuz each time i do that cut some audio off then export it back out its bigger then EVER

[AlChuck]

I don't think SONAR has any options for saving the video data in any other way other than AVI. You need a video editing application.

[Teacher]

i already have a program that converts video files to mpeg-1 so u can make VCD's i want to make the original avi smaller...cuz when it converts to mpeg1 its bigger then the cd and when i import then export the avi its starts at 264megs after sonar its almost 1 gig....wtf??? when i'm trying to make the 264 file like 250 or less...how would i do that wit sonar w/o losin vid quality

[AlChuck]

its starts at 264megs after sonar its almost 1 gig....wtf???

I suspect it can only save it as uncompressed AVI.

when i'm trying to make the 264 file like 250 or less...how would i do that wit sonar w/o losin vid quality

You can't with SONAR. It is not a video editing program. It lets you work with video for scoring, but it hasn't got any functionality to render the video any differently, and will only export the video as AVI.

You need something like Adobe Premiere or Vegas Video, then you can assemble your score with the uncompressed video footage and export it in a multitude of formats and levels of compression.

[heinz]

It's pretty challenging laying audio to video using Sonar. I've had to push through several major scoring projects and each time I had to reduce the video to like 80x60 with extreme compression to get a somewhat accurate reference for my audio sync.

[Teacher]

thanks