On Fri, 15 Nov 2013 09:14:48 +0000 (UTC), Carl Eugen Hoyos <cehoyos at ag.or.at> wrote: >Several ideas come to mind: > >ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -s 180x144 out.avi >ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -qscale 30 out.avi >ffmpeg -i input -c copy -t 10 out.avi Thanks for the tips. Is AVI a more efficient container than MP4?