# Video Zip? compress?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/video-zip-compress/289071>\
**Category:** random\
**Created:** [May 26, 2009, 2:36am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/video-zip-compress/289071 "2009-05-26T02:36:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![Icehawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/51bf81/32.png) [@Icehawk](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Icehawk)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 2:36am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/video-zip-compress/289071/1 "2009-05-26T02:36:32Z")

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hey guys my 500gig external is almost full ☹ most of it is full of movies and tv shows. i was just curious whats the best way to compress these? i try zipping them but it only makes it 4mb less… any ideas?