Too many MBs problem

brainman wrote on 7/24/2007, 7:11 PM
Hello,

I've been using Vegas for a few weeks, and it just recently started acting up for reasons unknown.

I upload videos onto Youtube and there is a limit of 100 MB.
I use the exact same procedure as I've always used and recently vegas has been wrong about the estimated size of the video.

Example:
About three weeks ago I made an 8 minute long video about 55 MB. Vegas's estimated size was exactly 55 MB.

But just yesterday and today, I made a 5 minute long video and Vegas estimated 37 MB. When everything was complete and I started uploading it to Youtube, it was 130 MB?

I have followed the exact same procedures as I did in the beginning, have used the exact same CD's, same wmv file, everything, but now my videos are amost tenfold MB higher than what Vegas estimates?

Why is this and how can I fix it?

Thanks in advance.

Comments

farss wrote on 7/24/2007, 7:18 PM
What are you encoding the videos to, as in what codec are you using.
I've encoded video for Revver using mpeg 4 and the files are very small and looked just fine.
brainman wrote on 7/24/2007, 7:29 PM
I record off the TV using a DVD recorder and burn it to a +RW DVD and import it to Vegas from there.

Also, what's Rewer? A program, a video site?
Chienworks wrote on 7/24/2007, 9:01 PM
farss is asking what you do *after* importing it into Vegas. When you render to a new file what file type, codec, and settings are you using?
brainman wrote on 7/24/2007, 10:06 PM
Oh, ok.

Here is exactly what I do:
First, make the loop region stretch across the video, then click the make movie button.

I choose burn to CD, then create a CD-ROM with movie file,
For the format, I choose wmv. at the default template.

I click the boxes render loop region only and save project markers in media file.

Then when it's done rendering, I go straight to Youtube.

Hope that clears things up.
Grazie wrote on 7/24/2007, 10:07 PM
then click the make movie button

What version of VEGAS are you using?

Grazie


brainman wrote on 7/24/2007, 11:02 PM
6.0. someone a while back recomended that version for the DVD recorder.
Grazie wrote on 7/24/2007, 11:36 PM
I just opened up my OLD version of Vegas6 and I don't have a "Make Movie" button?

However, when I open up my version of Sony Vegas Movie Studio Platinum 6.0 [SVMS]there IS a "Make Movie" button.

Am I correct in thinking that you are using SVMS 6.0?

Regards

Grazie

Chienworks wrote on 7/25/2007, 3:07 AM
Definitely the Studio version.

Brainman, i would use the "Make movie on hard disk" option. That's the most generic one. Then when you select WMV click the [Custom] button. From the Video tap you can select the appropriate bitrate. The size of the output file will be determined by the length of the video and the bitrate chosen. If you use 512Kbps, which is a good choice for online videos, you'll get about 4MB per minute. At that rate a 5 minute video should end up being around 20MB.
AlanC wrote on 7/25/2007, 3:20 AM
brainman, just let me get this right.

You record TV programmes and upload them to Youtube?

Is that what you are doing?
brainman wrote on 7/25/2007, 8:13 AM
Thanks for the suggestion to save it to the hard drive. I ended up using 256 KB since the 512 KB didn't change the MB size which I actually have already tried. 256 KB halved that which should bring it under 100 MB... hopefully

AlanC, actually, my son records video games on the TV and uploads them to youtube. I do record TV programs just for personal use and not to upload them to any site.