H.264 off your DSLR is a TINY file, VERY compressed, and does not contain 100% of the data for each and every frame of video. Uncompressed is what we professionally consider "larger than normal" file sizes.
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They are smaller than normal file sizes and were originally developed as web delivery formats, and later adopted as low cost consumer/prosumer acquisition formats.įormats such as DVCPRO-HD, ProRes, NTSC, are all full resolution, full frame size, full data for each frame, minimally compressed "normal" file sizes. Long-GOP file formats such as MPEG-2, MPEG-4, H.264, HDV, XDCAM, AVCHD, etc, are all very highly compressed. Higher quality, slower encodes.Īs for file sizes, the truth is that what you refer to as huge file sizes are actually normal file sizes. You can't have both, you sacrifice one for the other. But here's some information to help you along.Ĭompression is a balance between speed and quality. All the information applies to Compressor 4.
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To start with, I'll recommend the book "Apple Pro Training Series: Compressor 3.5". And from them I've learned a great deal over the years.
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There are people who are professional compressionists, it's all they do. It really seems to have a mind of its own sometimes, with varying file sizes being produced even when using the same settings (after changing back to them).
I am also concerned at the apparent tendency of MPEG Streamclip to fail to reset itself (or let me reset it) when making additional converted files and changing (or trying to) the settings. But when I choose those setting with MPEG Streamclip, not only are the files truly gargantuan, but it also takes forever to process them-and sometimes it will fail after well over two hours or more, with the bigger files I am trying to convert. My inclination when processing or copying videos has always been to go for 100% quality and use multipass settings. mov file to directly upload on my website, what settings would you recommend? Video quality is of paramount importance to me, so I can deal with that.īut when I am not editing, merely trying to convert the. So I should just bite the bullet and accept the very large file sizes if I want to do any editing with FCP, it sounds like. When I said the file is bigger, I meant the size of the file, not the frame size. Editing videos for the website is a nightmare every damned time-when it ought to be a simple matter, you would think. These constant problems are really getting me down. MPEG Streamclip seems to randomly assign sizes to the converted clips that are way too big.įor instance, when converting a 1280 X 720 video file to 640 X 360 size, the resultant file is actually BIGGER than the original!!! While I am grateful for the respite in maddening failure for the program to co-operate, NOW I'm having an entirely NEW problem with MPEG Streamclip.Īctually I think this problem has been recurring, I just wasn't aware how bad it was. Naturally, for no apparent reason, it's not doing it anymore.
It's when I was dragging the file from the folder into Final Cut Pro that this problem was arising. I just noticed that if I open the file using the top bar menu on Final Cut Pro, it doesn't do it (fail to recognize the properties). When I open the file in Quicktime it displays the properties, yes.
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