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Exporting for compressor
I was wondering what the average time to export a quicktime file using the dv ntsc settings, 45 minute project, self contained and not self contained? I’m new to video editing and I don’t know what’s going on but it seems that exporting either self contained or not is taking the same amount of time. I don’t know if I have a problem or not, but it seemed like the first project I did last week didn’t take as long. I am importing footage from a dvd using mpeg streamclip creating a quicktime dv ntsc file. could it be that the file created this time by mpeg streamclip was created wrong.
Both processes are taking about 16 to 20 minutes and the non self contained file is only 600 megs smaller. Any ideas?
Thanks, Bruce
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4 Replies
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So is 15 to 20 minutes about right for a 45 minute file?
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basically,
you wont get the benefits (speed of export, small file size) of exporting a reference movie
unless you have rendered everything in your timeline.and that includes the olive-grey “Full” quality RT effects.
by default that is not ticked as a renderable item in Sequence menu > Render All.
so go in there, and tick “full”,
render all (option R)
and THEN export your reference movie.oh, yes, the ref movie also contains AUDIO,
so that takes a little while to process and does add to the file size.nick
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Excuse me if I am putting my two pence in where it is not required but I’d also suggest exporting a test clip of 30 seconds or 1 minute and applying your settings in compressor until you get an encode you’re happy with.
This gives a good indication for the full encode and reduces the export times you mentioned, plus the compression time, times by the amount of attempts it gets to get a nice encode. You then only have to sit through the long export and encode times once(in theory), which is particularly helpful on long form projects.
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Thank you for all the support. I will check all the aspects you guy’s suggested. Every little bit help’s in figuring out all the ticks of this program. On another note, after I finished the project last night I went and started over and all was normal, rendering time cut in half for a self contained file and the non self contained file was only 500 megs instead of 9+gigs, o yeah and it exported the self contained file in 6 minutes instead 20. Must have been a filter underlying or something that didn’t delete, who knows when your such a noob at something. lol
Thanks again, Bruce
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