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Dale Guthormsen · November 15th, 2009, 09:35 AM

Good Morning,

I have a 40 minute hd movie I need to render under 500 mb. What settings would do this and not distort the audio or video? I got it to 650 but had an audio issue.

I have it set to 428x240, 30P, average at 2,000,000 Max the same. 2 passes

I went to 750,000 ave and 1.5 max and it was pretty poor.

When you "render as" to MP4 is there a way to know the file size before you actually render it???!!!!!

I need to submit by midnight tonight.

Perrone Ford · November 15th, 2009, 08:05 PM

The ONLY thing that determines finished size of the encode is the bitrate it's encoded at. The "quality" of how that looks is determined by the codec.

In your case, you need 1,500 Mbps. Do it as CBR, and do a 2-pass if you can. But you may be out of time. Sorry no one helped you earlier.

Dale Guthormsen · November 17th, 2009, 07:58 AM

Thanks Perrone,

I got one submitted.

I am now trying to get a 1280 x 720 file at just under 500 for my vimeo page. At it three days and still do not have one yet.

Perhaps it is time to get Squeeze.

Seth Bloombaum · November 17th, 2009, 09:30 AM

500mb size limitations are certainly a problem for posting long-form programs on sites like vimeo.

The best intermediate file for vimeo, most quality in the least bits, will be MP4/h.264.

Bryan Cantwell · November 20th, 2009, 03:22 PM

For the time you've spent on this, it would probably be easier just to become a Vimeo Plus member... Then you'd have 5Gb/week upload space, and only limited to a 1 Gb limit on a single file. Totally worth it!

November 15th, 2009, 09:35 AM	#1
Dale Guthormsen Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Saskatchewan Posts: 3,048	Help Fast, compression Good Morning, I have a 40 minute hd movie I need to render under 500 mb. What settings would do this and not distort the audio or video? I got it to 650 but had an audio issue. I have it set to 428x240, 30P, average at 2,000,000 Max the same. 2 passes I went to 750,000 ave and 1.5 max and it was pretty poor. When you "render as" to MP4 is there a way to know the file size before you actually render it???!!!!! I need to submit by midnight tonight. __________________ DATS ALL FOLKS Dale W. Guthormsen

November 15th, 2009, 08:05 PM	#2
Perrone Ford Inner Circle Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Tallahassee, FL Posts: 4,100	The ONLY thing that determines finished size of the encode is the bitrate it's encoded at. The "quality" of how that looks is determined by the codec. In your case, you need 1,500 Mbps. Do it as CBR, and do a 2-pass if you can. But you may be out of time. Sorry no one helped you earlier. __________________ DVX100, PMW-EX1, Canon 550D, FigRig, Dell Octocore, Avid MC4/5, MB Looks, RedCineX, Matrox MX02 mini, GTech RAID, Edirol R-4, Senn. G2 Evo, Countryman, Moles and Lowels.

November 17th, 2009, 07:58 AM	#3
Dale Guthormsen Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Saskatchewan Posts: 3,048	Thanks Perrone, I got one submitted. I am now trying to get a 1280 x 720 file at just under 500 for my vimeo page. At it three days and still do not have one yet. Perhaps it is time to get Squeeze. __________________ DATS ALL FOLKS Dale W. Guthormsen

November 17th, 2009, 09:30 AM	#4
Seth Bloombaum Inner Circle Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 3,420	500mb size limitations are certainly a problem for posting long-form programs on sites like vimeo. The best intermediate file for vimeo, most quality in the least bits, will be MP4/h.264. __________________ 30 years of pro media production. Vegas user since 1.0. Webcaster since 1997. Freelancer since 2000. College instructor since 2001.

November 20th, 2009, 03:22 PM	#5
Bryan Cantwell Major Player Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Terre Haute, IN Posts: 277	For the time you've spent on this, it would probably be easier just to become a Vimeo Plus member... Then you'd have 5Gb/week upload space, and only limited to a 1 Gb limit on a single file. Totally worth it!