Best render settings for high quality .mov video with small file size

Lola wrote on 3/28/2017, 10:49 AM

Hi 😁 I'm using a Sony Vegas Pro 13.0 I need to render a 3 minutes video. The video will be broadcast to an audience in a hall. The file format needed is .MOV. I can see that the file size of the videos which already uploaded in ftp folder by the organizer is around 13. 7 MB - 107 MB. (1920 / 1080 with 29 fps)

Can you teach me how in details, to set the best render settings in Sony Vegas without losing any quality? (step by step)

If i need to render it first in .AVI format and convert to .MOV,which render setting should i select? because it can take so long to render a file..

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john_dennis wrote on 3/28/2017, 6:43 PM

"The video will be broadcast to an audience in a hall."

We need a definition of broadcast.

1) ATSC, over the air

2) Wi-Fi network (A, B, N or AC) 

3) Wired network (1000 Mbps or 100 Mbps)

4) Someone at a podium has a Mackbook Pro attached to a projector

5) Ad nauseum 

"The file format needed is .MOV."

Do they actually need the video in a .MOV container or are they just too Apple-centric to know that other formats exist that work just as well or better? 

"Can you teach me how in details, to set the best render settings in Sony Vegas without losing any quality? (step by step)" 

You've asked for two mutually exclusive characteristics. 1) small file size 2) without losing any quality.

If you are playing the video from a wired network or local disk or thumb drive, the following demo will produce files that play well on my one and only Apple device, an iPad Mini.

Full Disclosure:

You must load Apple Quicktime to do this procedure.

The audio in these files is lossless.

The video, at around 25 Mbps, should be good for presentation in Full HD.

In 13 years of using Vegas Pro, this is the first time I have considered doing such a thing.

If I really wanted to deliver a compact, high quality file, I would use Handbrake to produce an .mp4.

For unconstrained bit rates I would be inclined to use a Blu-ray template and LPCM audio.

No matter how many times you post this question, I'm only going to answer it once.