I was wondering.....do you have to completely play the movie through while it is encoding? Is that how it is endoded, by playing the movie completely through? Thanks for help so far.
Nufu is right, with VirtualDub you get much better quality. AND VirtualDub allows you to literally select better quality for your video clip or decrease the quality. For example:
If you need to fit a 100MB movie on a SMC and you have only 92. Decrease the video bitrate to below 88 and the file size will decrease allowing you to fit the file. It doesn't effect the video too much as long as its not a really high action movie....if it is it will only blur......but its still good quality. Just something to look for. VirtualDub.com is where its at.