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Compressed Video too Big
I was given a .mpg file 2 hrs 6 minutes long. I compressed it using Apple’s Compressor but the video file alone was 4.23 gigs. How can I make the file smaller? Does this have to do with the mpg file I received? I’m not sure I can change the mpg but I thought I should ask. Was it my settings on Compressor? I used the 120 min 2 pass version with minor customizations. What are my options?
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You can lower the bit rate, but it will effect the quality.
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Yes, I’m doing that and compressing again. I’m wondering why this is happening. I recently completed a project that was just under 2 hours and it wasn’t nearly as large a file. It was around 2.7 gigs with the same bit rate as this project was originally. Why the deviation from one file to the next? Is it the source material file type? mpg vs. qt?
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