Reduce webcam streaming file size

[vlc-ra]

I'm using VLC 3.0.16 on linux Ubuntu 22.04.

I want to record video from a webcam, which VLC does very well at, with one problem.

The resultant files VLC saves during recording grow at a rate of several gigs every few minutes - I need to reduce that greatly.

Under menu > open media > capture device > options > video standard, there are numerous
options, I tried using a few with no success in file size reduction.

Any suggestions? Is there some other menu setting that will work?

Thanks for reading and any help, RA

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

Uh, analogue video standards are only for analogue video capture.

You need to transcode with Convert/Save if you want digital compression.