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Thread: Size of file indicated somewhere before upload starts?

Started 2 months ago by Guy67
When you export a movie using quicktime/options/settings/compression type, is there a way of knowing what will be the size of the file before the upload starts, or do we have to wait 2 hours to find out because it varies from one file to anther? I'd like the size to be under 1 GB, but would like to try different settings without spending 3 months doing tests....
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Karsten Schlüter replied 2 months ago
Guy67 wrote: .. is there a way of knowing what will be the size of the file .. Short answer: No. Long answer: many upload services have a time-limit (as YouTube), length of project is shown.. iDVD has a length-limit too, not size. and in compression, you can only estimate the final file size, example: your videos shows only 2h of plain green.. => can be compressed ...

Guy67 replied 2 months ago
Thank you, that answered my question. I have a follow up question: If I want to commit to a certain setting, because I'm very happy with it, but the size is slightly over than what allows the host site where I'd want to upload it, 1 GB, is there any way I can slightly compress it? Thanks in advance, Guy...

Karsten Schlüter replied 2 months ago
Guy67 wrote: .. is there any way I can slightly compress it? a often forgotton position of 'knobs to play with' when reducing file-sizes is audio.. stereo to mono, or lowering the sample rate from 48kHz to 22kHz does in many cases less harm to quality but reduces size by a few MBs ...- and, if your converter tool allows it, setting the bitrate manually, e.g. using ...

 

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Thank you, that answered my question. I have a follow up question: If I want to commit to a certain setting, because I'm very happy with it, but the size is slightly over than what allows the host site where I'd want to upload it, 1 GB, is there any way I can slightly compress it? Thanks in advance, Guy Quad core   Mac OS X (10.4.6)    
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Guy67 wrote: .. is there any way I can slightly compress it? a often forgotton position of 'knobs to play with' when reducing file-sizes is audio.. stereo to mono, or lowering the sample rate from 48kHz to 22kHz does in many cases less harm to quality but reduces size by a few MBs ...- and, if your converter tool allows it, setting the bitrate manually, e.g. using 2000kBit/sec or 1900kBit/sec ...- has little noticeable effect on...

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