To: Vlad

Ha! This had ABSOLUTELY NO EFFECT when I reduced the quality from 40 to 0 (zero). The output file is STILLl 1,483 KB, which is TWICE the size of the source file.

My challenge to the community (and/or AVS4YOU developers) stands. Take my sample above (avsDemoSource_1.wmv) and open it, produce (save) it with some combination of options that doesn't bloat the file size and maintains the original quality.

To: jfkelley


Hello,

Please send us your original wmv file to our FTP server. Instructions are given on our Support System: http://support.avs4you.com/login.aspx

Best regards.

For those following this thread, this appears to be the net result (as of this date) -- AS I UNDERSTAND IT...

Some systems (like LotusLive video conferencing) record videos using codec AP@L2. This apparently has better compression than the new AP@L3 codec in use by AVS Video Editor.

So, if you load one of these files into the editor, and do nothing else, there's no way to save it out again without bloating the original file size by like 3x.

If I ever figure out a way to do simple trimming of such files without blowing them up, I'll try to remember to post it here.