the godzilla file size

Pokinatcha wrote on 12/27/2001, 2:00 PM

Ok, when I render a project that is about 4 minutes long, as a avi, mov, and so on... it comes out to be, about 200MB with all crappy, low settings. And it comes out to be about 800MB with ok, fairly good settings. any help here would be hot.

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Chienworks wrote on 12/27/2001, 3:01 PM

Exactly what render settings are you using?

Uncompressed AVI will run you over 1GB per minute.
DV AVI will be about 225MB per minute.

Other formats can vary all over the lot depending on the bitrate you use
for encoding. 4300Kbps will probably be almost 10MB per minute

wvg wrote on 12/27/2001, 4:03 PM

Video quality and file size pull in opposite directions. The better the quality the higher the bitrate or less compression used. Compression reduces quality, but results in smaller file sizes. You really need to experiment and pick a template that suits your needs. If you're planning on burning to CD's then your choices are more limited. However if you just want good quality and reasonable file sizes one almost forgotten template that don't get much attention in the forums is the RM template. I've been VERY pleased, provided you select either 1MBPS or 3MBPS rendering. The lower bitrates will have heavy artifacting. For storage (not playable on a DVD player) you can still get around 40-45 minutes on a single CD. Such files play fine off a CD using the FREE RM player from Real.com