renders huge mov file

KayAt wrote on 4/13/2008, 9:45 AM

I have an .avi file of 1.2 GB in Vegas (5 minutes) and wanted to render to the best solution for uploading to LiveVideo. They recommended .mov file at 434X388 (something like that) so I rendered it.

My resulting file was good but over 5 GB, which will not upload.

When rendering it to mpg1, even 720X480 I get 71MB

Any idea why?

Comments

Former user wrote on 4/13/2008, 10:29 AM

In the MOV file rendering, you have to select a compression format.

I would recommend .h264 at 500 bitrate.

This gives good quality and a decent size, but you will still be about 40 meg or so.

Dave T2

sibeliusfan wrote on 4/13/2008, 1:58 PM

I think a higher bitrate than 500 wouldn't hurt. Maybe 1000? I've had experience with uploading to YouTube and imeem, so maybe this is different. If the video project is not too long (and yours isn't) then the file wouldn't be too huge.

Definitely H.264, though. Definitely.

KayAt wrote on 4/13/2008, 8:03 PM

Thank you, however, I'm not really a novice, but where are you finding these settings?

When I go to custom (in the template area) I don't see anything like the bitrate. Under Video, I see Frame rate, and under video format, I see H.261 and H. 263 but no H.264.

Data rate Unconstrained or Basic?

I've never tried to make a .mov before, only DVD files and wmv files.

Thanks for your help.

sibeliusfan wrote on 4/14/2008, 11:17 AM

I don't have Vegas in front of me now--I thought it had an option to save as H.264. Perhaps not.

you could always open the big MOV file in Quicktime Pro or MPEG Streamclip, and convert it to a smaller MOV file that way. They both make MOV files and they both support H.264.

Paul Fierlinger wrote on 4/14/2008, 1:12 PM

In Vegas you will find H.264 under MainConcept AVC/ACC(*mp4)