Best way to shrink size of video? - Thanks!

[joe at actionline.com]

Thanks Rusty!

Rusty Ramser wrote: Examples...
> Simply convert the existing video from MOV to MP4.
> ffmpeg.exe -i IMG_0551.MOV -c:a copy copy.mp4
>
> Convert from MOV to MP4 and also scale it to 1280x720
> (don't know what the original resolution was, but you
> get the idea; replace with 480 if you want even smaller).
> ffmpeg.exe -i IMG_0551.MOV -c:a copy -vf scale=-1:720 copy.mp4
>
> If original resolution is slightly non-standard and not
> evenly divisible by 2 and you're getting errors with the
> above command, this one gets around odd resolutions.
> ffmpeg.exe -i IMG_0551.MOV -c:a copy -vf "scale=1280:trunc(ow/a/2)*2"
> copy.mp4