Big discrepancy between estimated size of exported file and actual size

[Ben Balser]

Pro Res won’t add anything, so whatever the native bit rate is of your footage, that’s what is going to be exported, that same bit rate. You need to make a custom preset in Compressor with the specs you need, then in FCPX, add it as an export preset. That will convert the bit rate to whatever Filmhub requires.

Or just Export To Compressor and customize what you need if it’s a one-off export.

[Scott Herriott]

Ben, many thanks for the quick response…appreciate it!

[Scott Herriott]

Quick follow-up, how do you find out what the native bitrate is on the footage in the timeline?

Thanks again,

Scott

[Doug Metz]

Can you walk through the steps you’re taking to export your timeline?

When exporting a timeline as a ProRes HQ master from within FC, the output file will be ProRes HQ. No settings change necessary.

[Scott Herriott]

Thanks for responding Doug, appreciate it.

– I activate the timeline which has my film on it

– Then File > Share > Export File (default)

– Export File window comes up, I go to Settings, set Codec to Apple Pro Res 422 HQ (which is required at Filmhub), tick the Include Chapter Markers box (it should be noted here that the est. size of the file says 101 GB…when I did it…it only came out to 39 GB…that discrepancy seems big, no?

– File is done, I then upload to Filmhub…(6 hours go by).

– When it’s done I get a message that says “compression – bit rate needs to be higher”

I have this film up on Amazon already and it looks great…I do seem to remember that that exported file was bigger, unfortunately I can’t find it (needed to add chapter markers for the Filmhub version anyway).

Below is some compression info from Filmhub

Thanks for your time, Doug

[Doug Metz]

Gotcha. Just to verify, the Settings panel would have ‘Video and Audio’ selected as the Format, then PRHQ, and check chapter markers. Nothing unusual on the Roles tab, I assume…

What’s the resolution and duration of your timeline?

[Scott Herriott]

Resolution is 1920 x 1080

Length is 75 min. and 49 sec.

And, yes, Video and Audio were chosen.

Don’t see anything unusual in the Roles section.

[Doug Metz]

That is strange, as you said, 39GB is definitely too small for that combination. Do you have Invisor or some other tool to analyze your output file?

[Scott Herriott]

No. I’ll download Invisor and post the results here shortly.

(Not sure if these two facts have anything to do with it…but I just, within the last couple of weeks got the FCPX latest update…editing with older version. Also, in the last couple of week upgraded my operating system to Ventura from, jeez, I don’t know, one from a few years ago.)

[Doug Metz]

Haven’t tried the free one, so I guess we’ll find out! ;^)

I’m exporting some client footage cut to the same duration, and exporting PRHQ overnight just to see what I get.