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compressing to under 4gb
I have a client who needs the FCP movie I have edited for him to be compressed to an mpeg file and under 4gb. Right now the FCP file is 4.13GB. Knowing nothing really about compression rates. Would someone be able to recommend an MPEG rate that would get my movie below 4.13?
Thanks
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So, the file you exported from FCP is 4.13GB? What codec did you use? Does it need to stay that codec? If not, what codec does your client want?
John
MacPro 8-core 2.8GHz 8 GB RAM OS 10.5.8 QT7.6.4 Kona 3 Dual Cinema 23 ATI Radeon HD 3870, 24″ TV-Logic Monitor, ATTO ExpressSAS R380 RAID Adapter, PDE enclosure with 8-drive 6TB RAID 5
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I exported as a .mov from FCP. Needs to compress to an mpeg
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There’s always the tried and true “just select the default settings, compress it and see what you get, tweak from there” strategy.
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I will try that. Thanks.
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How is your client going to use the mpeg? I’m assuming it’s mpeg2. That can be used for a DVD at lowish data rates (under 7mbps), or it might be a transport or program stream for broadcast which would be 17 to 25mbps. You’ll have no problems shrinking the size with mpeg. The issue is more about quality than size unless it’s for DVD. Then, you’ll be safely under 4GB regardless. Here’s a great little data/space calculator app from Digital Heaven called VideoSpace. It’s free.
John
MacPro 8-core 2.8GHz 8 GB RAM OS 10.5.8 QT7.6.4 Kona 3 Dual Cinema 23 ATI Radeon HD 3870, 24″ TV-Logic Monitor, ATTO ExpressSAS R380 RAID Adapter, PDE enclosure with 8-drive 6TB RAID 5
FCS 3 (FCP 7.0.2, Motion 4.0.2, Comp 3.5.2, DVDSP 4.2.2, Color 1.5.2)Pro Tools HD w SYNC IO & 192 Digital I/O, Yamaha DM1000, Millennia Media HV-3C, Neumann U87, Schoeps Mk41 mics, Genelec Monitors, PrimaLT ISDN
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Use is not DVD. Use is to run as a loop movie just through viewing monitor.
I exported as mpeg 4 straight from Final Cut and quality was terrible.
Exported as mpeg 4 through compressor and file way to big, but quality awesome
I am now trying mpeg2 export from compressor. I am trying to preserve the movies original dimension of 1920×1080. Want it to view as 16:9.
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