The avi format in most cases is a video that has hardly been digitally compressed. Therefore, the size of avi files is often very high. You can compress the avi format using special programs that will reduce its size significantly without loss of quality.
Instructions
Step 1
Get a program for converting video files. If you are engaged in professional video shooting and you often have to convert videos - buy a paid converter, with which you can make the highest quality conversion. If you are planning to convert an amateur video, then the free Any Video Converter program is quite suitable for this task, which can be downloaded from the link directly from its official website: https://www.any-video-converter.com/any-video-converter-free.exe. After downloading, install the program and run it on your computer
Step 2
Load the avi file you want to compress into the program. To do this, click the "Add Video" button. A Windows Explorer window will open, in which you will need to specify the path to the video file that needs to be converted. After downloading, information about the file will appear in the middle part of the program window.
Step 3
Select the downloaded video file by clicking the mouse and select the format in which the final file should be encoded. You can compress the avi format by choosing different codecs, the range of which is presented in the drop-down list in the upper left corner of the program. You can compress an avi movie so that it will be optimized specifically for viewing on a mobile phone screen, or for uploading to an Internet site. In addition, you can compress a video file in avi format in such a way that the loss of its quality will be almost imperceptible, but its size will be reduced several times. To do this, select the DivX, xVid or mkv format. The film can also be left in the avi format by changing the resolution of its picture, sound quality and the number of frames per second in the program options.
Step 4
After you decide on the format, select the folder where the compressed movie will be saved and click the "Encode" button. The conversion will take some time, which depends on the power of your computer. After its completion, the reduced file will appear in the folder you specified.
