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  • Best fps for video of just one image with backing music

    Posted by Dwayne Trinidad on May 4, 2015 at 10:11 pm

    I’m trying to make a really simple but long video which is just one image with a couple of hours worth of music.

    The file size is 26gb when it is rendered!!!

    I’m guessing it is so large because it’s rendering at 29fps. If it’s only a single still image, then I would have thought that I don’t need 29fps (that’s for motion right?).

    Can’t I set it to 1 fps or if not, what would be the best setting to use?

    Thanks.

    Dwayne Trinidad replied 11 years, 4 months ago 3 Members · 7 Replies
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  • Mike Kujbida

    May 5, 2015 at 12:20 am

    What format are you rendering to? How do plan to play it?

  • Angelo Mike

    May 5, 2015 at 2:30 am

    The bit rate affects file size, not fps. For a still picture I’m not sure it makes much difference. But bring the bit rate way down, especially since for a video that’s just a still image you won’t need it high.

  • Dwayne Trinidad

    May 5, 2015 at 7:04 am

    How do I lower the bitrate?

  • Dwayne Trinidad

    May 5, 2015 at 7:05 am

    It was mp4.
    I want to put it on YouTube.

  • Angelo Mike

    May 5, 2015 at 2:06 pm

    You change that in your render settings. Go down to “Customize Template” when you open it and you can probably lower it significantly. Maybe try 3 or 4 mbps instead of wherever it is now.

  • Mike Kujbida

    May 5, 2015 at 2:10 pm

    There are several different templates for mp4.
    If I’m rendering for YouTube, I use the free Video4YouTube extension from the good folks at Vegasaur.
    https://vegasaur.com/download

    If size is a concern, use the Vegas Pro to HandBrake method as discussed in this thread on the Sony Vegas forum.
    One-click frameserving from Vegas to Handbrake
    Using this method I was able to get a 2 hr. video file down from 10 GB. to under 5GB. so I know it works great!!

  • Dwayne Trinidad

    May 5, 2015 at 9:39 pm

    Thanks Ill try it

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