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Niall Megahey · January 4th, 2008, 11:30 AM

I am trying to make a 2min clip for the internet from a wedding I did for my website. I want to keep it under 10 meg if I can

Any advice on the best settings I should use in Vegas 8?

Thanks

Mike Kujbida · January 4th, 2008, 12:10 PM

I just rendered a 1:44 segment.
Using WMV at the 512 Kbps preset came to 6.5 megs.
Don't forget the iPod crowd either. The 320x240 preset came to 7.8 megs.

Marty Baggen · January 4th, 2008, 05:24 PM

Niall.... if you don't mind spending an extra $30, go with QT Pro. Render an intermediate MOV (uncompressed at the frame size you desire), then open in QT7 and convert to H264. QT Pro is easy because of the nice presets.... which, as Mike noted, it has perfect parameters for iPod as well.

Flash is excellent too... and it is also based on the H264 codec.

January 4th, 2008, 11:30 AM	#1
Niall Megahey Regular Crew Join Date: May 2007 Location: Ireland Posts: 96	compressing for the internet in vegas 8 I am trying to make a 2min clip for the internet from a wedding I did for my website. I want to keep it under 10 meg if I can Any advice on the best settings I should use in Vegas 8? Thanks

January 4th, 2008, 12:10 PM	#2
Mike Kujbida Inner Circle Join Date: May 2005 Location: Windsor, ON Canada Posts: 2,770	I just rendered a 1:44 segment. Using WMV at the 512 Kbps preset came to 6.5 megs. Don't forget the iPod crowd either. The 320x240 preset came to 7.8 megs.

January 4th, 2008, 05:24 PM	#3
Marty Baggen Major Player Join Date: May 2005 Location: monroe, or Posts: 572	Niall.... if you don't mind spending an extra $30, go with QT Pro. Render an intermediate MOV (uncompressed at the frame size you desire), then open in QT7 and convert to H264. QT Pro is easy because of the nice presets.... which, as Mike noted, it has perfect parameters for iPod as well. Flash is excellent too... and it is also based on the H264 codec.