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We run a small construction company and do a lot of work for insurance company s, for example. If the clients house gets damaged either for fire or vandalism we send out our builders to access the damage and they video the damage as well. This is where the problem appears the videos are too large they range from 10m all the way up to 50g, so we then compress the video files. This leads to poor sound quality and jump and starting play back, no good. How can we create a report for the clients and have a movie playback for them with the appropriate footage and not take ages to download.?Can we build our reports in word and insert the movies and then send to the client? As there is a option to create a web page in office but I would have no idea on where to go from there, so if any one has some tips please help.

Sure, I��ll do your homework. :DWell, If the client has these damages from fire (ect..) there is no needed for audio. Cutting audio would allow more footage to be viewed. Also, Videos aren��t 100% needed, pictures are perfect as well. If videos are highly required I suggest getting a VSH recorder for the footages (seriously). These VSHs could be used for backs-ups for a small business only. If the video was recorded it could be compressed into a .WMA (File types: http://www.fileinfo.com/filetypes/video)�� Compressing the file will make the file smaller and easy to access. You might also want to look into bigger hard drives. If the videos are to much for a database (being stored on the computer) you could invest in Portable ThumDrives. This would be good for a small business. Only for a small business : )The websites�� Online streaming will be important. And servers will be needed. Invest in servers 2 keep the files, thus, when these files are needed the embedded video from the site will be viewable from the servers. Talk about HD? Some more $$$ will totally be needed.-This would be a rough draft of my report to the teacher : )GoodLuck!

I m not too literate with this stuff but it sounds like the format your recording in is a bit too detailed. What type of files does it output? .mpg? .mov? 50gigs is rather large. I have movies in great quality, 3 hours long that are 500mb so that only leads me to believe there is room for improvement on your compression ratios.

How about just using still images in stead?