Best way to get huge AVI to smaller size?
 

Hi, I've used Vdub to capture from a VHS (using ATI600 on an XP) and these are the specs from the capture. I'd like to get the file size much smaller to put on a USB Stick. Could someone say which Win10 program will be the best for this? Thanks
Format : AVI
Format/Info : Audio Video Interleave
Format profile : OpenDML
File size : 64.6 GiB
Duration : 1 h 56 min
Overall bit rate : 79.6 Mb/s

Video
ID : 0
Format : HuffYUV
Format version : Version 2
Codec ID : HFYU
Duration : 1 h 56 min
Bit rate : 78.0 Mb/s
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 3:2
Frame rate : 29.970 (30000/1001) FPS
Standard : NTSC
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:2
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Interlaced
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 7.533
Stream size : 63.3 GiB (98%)

Audio
ID : 1
Format : PCM
Format settings : Little / Signed
Codec ID : 1
Duration : 1 h 56 min
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 1 536 kb/s
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 48.0 kHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Stream size : 1.25 GiB (2%)
Alignment : Aligned on interleaves
Interleave, duration : 32 ms (0.95 video frame)
Interleave, preload duration : 222 ms

try either staxrip or mediacoder both are free you can encode in h264 (cuda) or x264 amongst others codecs

Appreciate the reply. Which codec is better h264 (cuda) or x264? Thanks

You can do it in VDub2; it has an inbuilt x264 encoder. You could apply your 500ms audio offset, apply any video filters (eg deinterlacing, noise reduction), then "Save As" as an MPEG 4.

You'll need to get the NTSC SAR (Storage Aspect Ratio) numbers for the x264 export box.

You should be able to get your 1h56m movie down to around 4gb, which will be OK (ish!), quality-wise.

If this is as a quick proof for someone on a stick then go ahead and use FFMPEG to encode to h264, or even h265 for small file size.
But don't delete the original AVI. To do restoration work you need an AVI or lossless file. For that you can save some space by capturing/encoding in Lagarith.