I’m sure this has been answered before. Compressing AVI

I’m working with a 20 minute video and cutting clips out that range from 3 – 4 minutes however when I export them from Adobe Premiere Pro CS3 the video file comes out to a 700 MB avi (for the 3-4 min clip). Is there an easy way to compress these down so it won’t take forever to upload to youtube without sacrificing quality?
Thanks
Answer #1
Without sacrificing quality no. Something is always sacrificed when you compress something. Even if it’s hardly noticeable. I would look into the compressions like xvid, divx, x264, theora… etc Decide which one you want but I don’t know if youtube supports those. I know converting it to .wmv would make it smaller but it may look like crud.
Answer #2
It sounds like the video isn’t actually compressed. That size is about what it would be uncompressed.
You would have to check what formats uTube supports as I don’t know and don’t use it.
Answer #3
Yes, you are saving it as RAW uncompressed video which takes loads of space. Compress to XVID and you’ll be fine.
Answer #4
Thanks guys I’m using xilisoft converter and trying out a few different formats to see which one turns out best..