Windows crashes when I try to compress large .MOV file from iPhone

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Published on 2012-10-04T02:14:41Z Indexed on 2012/10/04 3:40 UTC
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I have a 40 minute, 6 gigabyte .MOV file that I transferred from my iPhone to my PC. I need to upload the video to Youtube but the file is too large. When I try to compress the video, my computer will shut off when the process reaches 3 or 4 percent. This has happened in Windows Live Movie Maker, Riva FLV encoder, and VLC.

Any ideas on how I can get this file down to a reasonable size so I can upload it online?

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