# Compressing video with codecs

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**Created:** [August 5, 2010, 9:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/compressing-video-with-codecs/312502 "2010-08-05T09:13:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![szox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@szox](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/szox)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 9:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/compressing-video-with-codecs/312502/1 "2010-08-05T09:13:03Z")

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Hi,

I have an array of BitmapData and I want to make a FLV video out of it. The problem is that “raw” video takes a lot of space. How do I make compression of such data in actionscript 3?