free video edit and compression software what ones?

[B3rni3]

Hey guys

I am currently starting a new lets play series for the first time and I plan on uploading it to youtube. I have done the recording of the gameplay and commentary with fraps but the original files are very big as in huge so what I am wondering is what software should I use to compress the file size and what software should I use to make the videos. Preferably free software as atm I am broke after buying my new pc.

I have a bandwidth limit with my isp so I obviously want the file sizes as low as possible but I would like to keep the quality as best I can.

Thanks for any help

 

[seumasbeathan]

If you dont want the files to be so big then I recommend that you use MSI Afterburner to record the gameplay

 

[Pr3d4t0r]

never heard of vegas? lol

most people on youtube use it to compress/render the files using it since its fairly simple and quick

now the price...Im cant force you to use torrents or tell you to dl it that way but i can assure you that its there, you can always buy for couple houndred quid if you want to, but as i said i shouldnt really be promoting piracy

 

[dugdiamond]

never heard of vegas? lol

most people on youtube use it to compress/render the files using it since its fairly simple and quick

now the price...Im cant force you to use torrents or tell you to dl it that way but i can assure you that its there, you can always buy for couple houndred quid if you want to, but as i said i shouldnt really be promoting piracy

tut tut

(-1)

just use google - the a quite a few shareware apps out. you just need to look

 

[equk]

There are a few free programs to do compression.

Handbrake is really simple to use: http://handbrake.fr/details.php

I've only really used it on mac os & linux but it looks like there is a windows binary on the site.

Virtualdub is also pretty good for free but it is a bit more involved in configuration etc.

http://www.virtualdu...g/download.html

 

[nepas]

WinFF is free,there are some nice tuts,on how to set it up for best youtube quality and things like that

http://winff.org/html_new/

 

[Rastalovich]

Loads of free stuff out there.

I still use VirtualDubMod for cuting frames, FormatFactory for some conversions, and MediaCoder for others (especially as it uses Cuda).