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Compressing 3hrs of footage
Here are my hardware specs:
Imac
OS X 10.6.83.6GHz i5
10gb ramrunning CS 5
HD video shot on Canon 5d mkii and 60d
audio on zoom h4 (but only mp3 mode)I had to shoot some random local council meeting for a client – something I’m not used to as it was 3+ hrs – and they need it exported to DVD or a file.
They don’t mind SD so I figured it’d take less space to go SD (even though I shot SD)
I brought in all my clips and synced them with the audio track and then used Dynamic Link to send to Encore to make a first play DVD. It’s taken almost 24hrs and it’s not even half done!
I also tried compressing a clip (Vimeo SD settings) in Premiere and that was going to take over 350 hours!
The HD clips are dragged and dropped onto and SD timeline btw
Is there a better, more efficient way of going about this to get the client the final product?
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I can’t speak for your render times, that really depends on your processing arsenal.
H.264 is going to be the way to go, as a file. HD would probably take less time to render since there is no scaling involved. You also won’t need to check the maximum quality box (needed for better scaling) which means faster render times.
As for bit rates, I would try 10 MB/S CBR first (if you are going HD) , or VBR 2 pass / 5 average / 10 max.
CBR will encore much faster, do a small work area test and see if you like the quality. If this is talking heads, you might even be able to go lower and keep quality in.
Then hand it to then on a stick.
For DVDs, 3 hours is a very long time, unless you are going to a dual layer, and I wouldn’t recommend that on a consumer burner.
Vince Becquiot
Kaptis Studios
San Francisco – Bay Area -
cool
that helped
I’ve got a pretty solid mp4 at about 3gb – which is a-ok with me
thanks!
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