how to make a avi file smaller

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I need to shrink a avi file from 217mb to 15 mb.
Is there a program to do that...it doesn’t matter if the quality gets a bit poor.

If that is not possible with program can i use the cut some pieces out of it.
Im not a pro in this stuf so recommend me some easy things .

Any help appreciated.

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some suggestion:

one:
If you are taking a 217MB and reduce it to 15MB, and it’s already MPEG-4, you might as well not do it. You are looking at just one large block as a picture. That’s going to be too low of a bitrate. You might want to try for like 45-55MB realistically
Two:
what machine are you using, Windows or Mac?
Three;
How long is the video clip?
Four:
You may want to check out the ImTOO Products (not free, and not going to give a link, u can google it) if you want to take anything other than a DVD and rip it down, that is, if you use it under windows. I have used it and it works OK, although, it’s not fast. This is what you probably don’t want to use if you are looking for free. Maybe someone else can provide a link to something like it, but free.
Five:
If you are under Mac, there is stuff like FFMpegX that works, it’s a free software that you can get on sourceforge.

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I¡¯m wondering what u want to do after u cut avi file to some pieces of 15M files,I guess u want to import them into portable player such as iPod, yes ? if that¡¯s the case, u can make it by setting Start Time and Duration via ImTOO MPEG Encoder(as lilyly recommends), u can also output iPod supported files.

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I tried imtoo mpeg encoder after your suggestion. It may make it by setting Start Time and Duration, but Start Time and Duration function of the trial version is unavailable. If no one recommend me a free way, maybe I have to pay for this product. thanks.