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  Compression – best settings in Vegas, please?

  Posted by Tinfish on March 19, 2006 at 11:25 am

  Hi.

  I recently made a short video in Sony Vegas using the Orbiter space simulator
  (here’s the link to the vid if you’re interested) —
  https://x-plane.net/home/xplain/test-head.zip

  The video is under three minutes long with a file size of
  14mb. I rendered it as a WMV file using the ‘CBR’ compression settings in Vegas, with a bitrate setting of 750k.

  Could anyone advise how I might reduce the file size further
  (below 10mb is my aim) by using a different and more efficient compression setting in vegas?

  Thanks.

  T.

  –

  The docu-movie of the decade:
  https://www.whatthebleep.com

  Tinfish replied 20 years, 4 months ago 3 Members · 5 Replies
• 5 Replies

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  Edward Troxel

  March 19, 2006 at 12:17 pm

  To reduce the file size, you MUST reduce the bitrate.

  Edward Troxel
  
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  Tinfish

  March 19, 2006 at 12:45 pm

  > To reduce the file size, you MUST reduce the bitrate.
  Edward Troxel
  ——

  Thanks Edward.

  What would be a good bitrate setting to maintain
  decent quality?

  Also, I never touch the audio settings when rendering.
  Would it be worth trying to compress audio more efficiently?

  Thanks.

  T.

  The docu-movie of the decade:
  https://www.whatthebleep.com
• 

  Edward Troxel

  March 19, 2006 at 1:02 pm

  [Tinfish] “What would be a good bitrate setting to maintain
  decent quality?”

  You need to experiment with different frame sizes and different bitrates. Naturally, smaller frame sizes will look better at lower bitrates. Only you can decide your best compromise between quality, file size, and frame size.

  Edward Troxel
  
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  Ralph Hajik

  March 19, 2006 at 9:34 pm

  Hi Tinfish,

  You did a find job and entertaining. My question to you is by using music that someone else made, doesn’t that bring us into the copyright violation?

  Ralph
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  Tinfish

  March 20, 2006 at 12:15 am

  >Hi Tinfish,
  >You did a find job and entertaining.
  >My question to you is by using music that someone else made,
  >doesn’t that bring us into the copyright violation?
  >Ralph
  ——-
  Hi Ralph,

  I posted just the url to the video as an example
  of what I was trying to achieve in compressing video files.
  It wasnt meant for entertainment.

  I’m not sure what the forum policy is for posting such links,
  so I’ll have to fire the question back to you.

  Feel free to arrange to remove the link if you wish.

  Best regards.

  Tin

  —

  The docu-movie of the decade:
  https://www.whatthebleep.com

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