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Having problems with different video formats
I'm new to using a program called PowerDirector 12, but I think I have the basics down about how to save a video after shortening it to what I want it to be. The final problem is the different formats. When I shorten a video, it's partly to shrink the file size. But when I use .avi, the shortened video's size ends up actually being much larger than the original. So I tried MP4 and thought it was what I needed when I noticed the file size was much smaller. But here's the problem with that. I tried it once, and the audio was gone from the final video. I tried it again with a second video, and the audio was there, but the video was nothing but a green screen! Two completely different results using the same MP4 format. What's going on here? How can I shorten a video and actually have a shortened video with its audio that doesn't have a noticeable degradation of quality?