text: when i downloaded my homevideo to the computer i selected the hightest quality avi - 12 gigs. how do i shrink? i want to be able to fit the 12 gig hour long movie on a dvd (4.7 gigs).  i don't necessarily need to watch on my dvd player (even though that would be nice) but media player will work too.  thanks. the microsoft movie maker (built into xp) can probably get that down to size for you.  but a file that large will take a lot of time to compress to another type of file.  but to actually burn it to a dvd and watch it on a normal dvd player (not pc in other words) you'll have to use a different piece of software.  i use roxio's easy media creator home myself.  but if you do some searches on google or yahoo you might find something to your liking.  as for how to actuall acomplish your task with roxio or movie maker.. you'll just have to read the tutorials in movie maker or the manual of roxio or whatever software you choose.