Youtube is the most famous space for users to upload and share their video online, the maximum size of video can be upload is 100MB. For users will having more then 100MB video to upload, is better reduce or compress the video so that it can be upload to Youtube. I just having a video file (.avi) that more then 100MB, here I use the Zwei-Stein Editor to reduce the video size.
Zwei-Stein is a fully functional, non-destructive video editing system which offers many advanced features unavailable elsewhere. This is a great freeware tool for user to reduce or compress the video or audio files.
Here is the step on how to reduce or compress the AVI file by using the Zwei-Stein
- Click File -> Import -> Import Video Clip. Open your avi file.
- Click Destination -> Video Format. Choose minimal video resolution.
- Click Destination -> Frames per second. Choose desired fps value (minimal or acceptable).
- Finally, click Destination -> Export -> Video for Windows -> … choose filename. Select sound quality (to minimize file size use average quality). OK. Choose XviD.
- Done! AVI file size has been reduced.
Below are the lists of features for Zwei-Stein
- Unlimited number of audio, video and picture tracks (*limited only by available memory)
- Unlimited number of video/audio effects for every track.
- Produce video with a resolution of 8×8 or 16000×16000 (~200 Megapixels / frame) and many sizes in between (custom)
- Full automation control for all track and effect variables using keyframes (cropping, zooming, panning, volume, rotation, opacity, key-color etc…)
- Full cross integration of audio and video. (noise gates triggering video effects. video brightness controlling volume etc.)
- Looping of both audio and video signals simultaneously, with adjustable cross-fade on loop boundaries.
- Manipulate the flow of time, forward, backward, speed up and slow down smoothly.
- Grouping of video/audio tracks into sub-groups (submixers) which can then be manipulated (faded/rotated/effected etc) as if they were a single track. (see submixer tutorial)
Audio Features:
- Up to 16 audio channels per track.
- Audio mixing with unlimited amounts of sub-groups in unlimited subgroup levels (16×16x16… mixing limit)
- Integral audio dsp running 48 kHz (16channels x 32bit) with 64bit normalization safety
- Sox audio processing on all platforms. zs4 will implement a sox front end which seamlessly integrates with native features (in progress)
- Musical time toolbars to allow for time related operations within the context of beats/bars/parts
January 1st, 2008 at 8:39 am
Thank you soooo much great program, this is a lifesaver.
June 7th, 2008 at 10:45 pm
Uhm…ok ive done that.lets see how it works,…seems like a fine programm
June 14th, 2008 at 3:40 pm
very nice…. bookmarked this page..
July 8th, 2008 at 7:36 pm
This is the best tool I have ever come across for video editing. It has saved the day. Damn all those other software that claim that they are free only to discover they are limited inlength of video to reduce unless you purchase a licence. I am definitely bookmarking this site.
July 12th, 2008 at 2:21 am
I downloaded and ran Zwei Stein. Open it and get the four part screen. However, when I attempt to export my file (video clip) it will not open into, I assume the upper left portion. I wish to compress the file. Am I doing anythng wrong?
August 13th, 2008 at 11:56 pm
Make sure that you are exporting it in the correct format.
August 14th, 2008 at 12:04 am
Works fine. Thanks!
September 6th, 2008 at 1:20 pm
I have a problem that’s very annoying,, the site is great,, it seems to be working perfect except it always stops at 3:35….WTF is that all about 3:35..
I don’t know how to change that,, when I’m exporting everything is great unti 3:35,, than it freezes my video is 5 minutes… can somebody help me please
September 8th, 2008 at 6:44 am
i choose fps etc i choose 30 and mas resolution and save ti with xvid, the outcome has like 3 frames per second
September 30th, 2008 at 4:32 am
Thank you very much for sharing such a nice info.
Its really appreciated. I was spending quite a lot of time trying to figure out how to reduce the file size.
Thanks for helping us.
Cheers!
Have a good day! :O)
November 23rd, 2008 at 3:34 pm
DAmn good ….. thank u so0o0o much for sharing this software :D……
February 3rd, 2009 at 9:53 am
This is really good. i spent a day trying all sorts of compression software and nothing worked until this. It’s VERY EASY if you follow the instructions and you have a lot of choices about the quality of your compression. Thanks! F
February 23rd, 2009 at 3:56 am
After choosing the final audio quality it says to choose XviD I am guessing as the compression software or alogortihm or something. I do not see it in the list. Is there something I am missing here? I just left it as the default at the top of the list and it seems to work fine. Does XviD work better if I am able to find it?
March 4th, 2009 at 2:54 pm
I have tried compressing my video 3 times with this software - following the instructions - and each time it only converts half the video then the middle section freezes then it repeats the first half again! any suggestions?
March 17th, 2009 at 3:34 am
ahh!! it keeps bugging the video stops coverting but the numbers at the bottem are still moving and all. could it be because my original youtube file is 2 gigs and 200 megs?
April 11th, 2009 at 3:46 pm
To use the Xvid codec as described in the instructions, follow this URL:
http://www.xvidmovies.com/codec/
Enjoy!
Thank you for this tutorial, by the way!
June 22nd, 2009 at 5:54 am
Great tool. Thanks for the tutorial.
June 27th, 2009 at 6:40 am
Whenever I try to import a video it just doesn’t work. It does not responf to clicking on the video I want to import! Any help?
August 28th, 2009 at 5:57 pm
Thank you so muchh for providing this. This really helped me a lot !!!
October 25th, 2009 at 9:02 am
After downloading both the Zwei-Stein editor AND Xvid codec, I’m having the same problem as Keith, Sherry and Jess. Has ANYONE overcome compressing their video and having it stop playing at 3:35?
December 18th, 2009 at 10:57 am
Yep, as what the others are saying. The reduced version freezes at 3:35. Anyone have suggestions to solve this problem?
January 4th, 2010 at 3:53 pm
Same problem as many others - works OK to about 3 minutes 30 secs then freezes. HELP please. Is there a solution to this problem? Thanks Adrian
June 26th, 2010 at 5:59 pm
Ah, a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, as someone once said.
First, HUGE THANKS for shining a light on this fine software - SO very necessary these days. But methinks you might have done well (or, however many years after writing it, do a tiny edit) to amplify on “minimal” or “acceptable” - to the non-very-techies or research-oriented, it’s not clear whether the choices are in ascending or descending order of “compression.” That is, to squeeze the most out, which value(s) should one choose?