Compressing and interlacing questions

[Cheesethief]

I basically have two questions. When I compress files, they're going from about 1.5 Gigs, down to a little over 100 Mb. Using the "20 Megs per minute" rule of thumb, I'm way oversized (both my videos have clocked in around 4 minutes). Is there any other way to decrease a video's filesize aside from shrinking the film resolution?

Secondly, is there any way to remove interlacing after dubbing a video in VDubMod? I use Sony Vegas as my editor, can Vegas remove interlacing? I haven't figured out how to edit script in VDubMod (you're talking to a guy who failed basic computer programming in college). Is AVISynth have a more "drag and drop" or do I need to figure out script editing?

Okay, I guess that was technically more than two questions, but I appreciate any assistance anyway.

[Kionon]

Is there any other way to decrease a video's filesize aside from shrinking the film resolution?

Get a better codec, you didn't indiate what yu were using. H264 does a better job than xvid as an example.

Secondly, is there any way to remove interlacing after dubbing a video in VDubMod? I use Sony Vegas as my editor, can Vegas remove interlacing? I haven't figured out how to edit script in VDubMod (you're talking to a guy who failed basic computer programming in college). Is AVISynth have a more "drag and drop" or do I need to figure out script editing?

Ypu should always deinterlace prior to editng. Assuming you can still do so, I suggest the bait and switch method whereby you clean your source clips and replace them. Vdubmod has an interlacing filter, but I would not recommend it. AVISynth is the better option, but yes, you need to learn to code. It really isn't diffcult at all.

[Kionon]

I hate tis frakking keyboard. Guess I'm going to hav o bring my own from home from now on...

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[Cheesethief]

I'll try something besides xvid, I've got like a dozen different codecs, though I didn't see the one you mentioned. Any in particular work better with Vegas?