• Adobe Premiere Pro

  PP2 exporting QT file size issue

  Posted by Tonyc24 on July 10, 2007 at 8:49 pm

  So I created a clip and exported it using the export – adobe media encoder – quicktime selection. i them posted that file on my website, but it seems the files are way too large and take people 2 – 3 minutes to load and view. What are the best export movie settings to use for QT for putting on the web? I am using 29.7 as the frame rate…could this be why it is so large? basically i need to shrink the files down. FYI – the length of the clips are about 5-6 minutes.

  Jeff Brown replied 18 years, 10 months ago 4 Members · 3 Replies
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  Blast1

  July 10, 2007 at 11:59 pm

  You could try slowing down the frame rate, also what is the frame size?
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  Mike Velte

  July 11, 2007 at 11:36 am

  Premiere cant do decent (quality:file size) QT video. The Sorenson 3 codec is old and lame. If you really need a .mov file and are adventurous, try the H264 codec. There are no presets for it so you will need to make some settings. The file will require QT player 7 to play. Premiere cant do really good H264 like QT Pro or Squeeze or Procoder.

  Otherwise stick to Windows Media Video.
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  Jeff Brown

  July 11, 2007 at 3:24 pm

  Start with some basic math: how big do you want the file to be (in MB)? Then, you will need to experiment — a lot — with frame size, frame rate, and data rate combinations. Keep in mind that most codecs that let you specify data rate express this in Kbps, which is Kilo _bits_ per second, not bytes. Start with a target Mega Byte per minute files size, do the math (there are 8 bits in each byte), and start testing. For small files, try 320×240 at 15 FPS for starters. Sorenson is old technology at this point, I’d agree with trying H.642.
  I have gotten the best quality/size results using Flash video (with the on2 codec), if that’s an option for you.

  Compression is still somewhat of a black art…

  -jeff

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