Exporting ProRes for TV – too big. Alternative?

[Tyler Dewitt]

Sorry this isn’t an answer to your direct question, but I was curious if you are completely forced to use FTP? If you could use a service like Dropbox or GoogleDrive, the 5 GB file size wouldn’t be a problem.

Definitely curious to see what others say about shrinking the file size as well.

[Shane Ross]

What are they asking for, file type wise? I delivered a news package to a PBS news show and they requested a high data rate H.264 file.

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[Brad Dececco]

I just don’t know how to export it differently – like do i create a new sequence and copy and paste? and if so, what settings? Thanks!

[Shane Ross]

No. Export as a QT movie…self contained…using the sequence settings. Then take that into Compressor and encode to H.264. There are presets, but you might need to futz with them to make a high quality H.264. It would REALLY help to get specs from the client. They could say how to encode…what settings to use.

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[Stephen Smith]

I agree with Shane. Most of the TV stations we deliver to will take a H.264.

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[Spencer Averick]

Yes do what Shane says. If they don’t give you exact specs, use these specs and you’ll have a great looking file under 2 gigs.
-h.264 file
-frame size “1920×1080”
-frame rate “current”
-data rate “10000 Mbps”

[Neil Goodman]

[Shane Ross] “No. Export as a QT movie…self contained…using the sequence settings. Then take that into Compressor and encode to H.264. There are presets, but you might need to futz with them to make a high quality H.264. It would REALLY help to get specs from the client. They could say how to encode…what settings to use.
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you could also do a “non self contained” export, which will give you a quictime reference file, which i usually find results in smaller files when converted to h264. user mielage may vary/

Neil Goodman: Editor of New Media Production – NBC/Universal

[Brad Dececco]

Ok great thanks. I do this in FCP or compressor?

[Spencer Averick]

Compressor. Like Shane said below, export “Quicktime Movie” “Self Contained” from FCP. Then bring it into Compressor, slap on the h.264 setting, then make those 3 adjustments. Frame size(in Geometry tab), data rate (in encoder tab in “video settings”), change frame rate to “current”(in encoder tab in “video settings”). Then in the “summary” tab it will tell the estimated file size.