final movie too big?

[Cowgirrrl]

i want to render it to a.mov file with the same size (320×240) for people to download from my ftp server…

[Nicholas Toth]

sorenson squeeze…
or when you export it use a different compression setting.
Sorenson or sorenson 3 is good. cut your frame rate if it becomes and issue — goin from 15 to 30fps will DRASTICALLY cut your file size but kill your quality. Compression is an art within itself…

[Cowgirrrl]

thanks…and does the file size drop a alot if i change the audio settings?

[Cowgirrrl]

ok, so i’ve played around with sorenson and different settings and fps…and it is still 32MB? i want to send it as an attachment.
Is there a tip to get it down to 1.2MB or so?
Dont want to embarrass myself – it is for a job interview.

please help!

[Tim Kurkoski]

You’re going to have to play with the compression more. Getting even a minute of video down to under 5 MB requires a lot of compression. Basically, you’ll need to lower either the bitrate, the frame size, or the frame rate, or a combination of any of them.

If you have QuickTime 7 installed, I’d recommend giving the H.264 codec a shot. Also, if you use the File > Export options instead of using the render queue, you can access more advanced compression settings. (Caveat: I’ve heard many people report problems when QT7 is on their machine, but I haven’t had any troubles myself.)

[Enzo Tedeschi]

It’s always a delicate balance between size and quality. If you are compressing for delivery via broadband, I have found that quality is preferable to size, and I am pretty happy if I get my web stuff running at about 3Mb per minute of video. By far the best encoder on the Mac has been H.264 – really crisp encoding at lower bitrates. Far more efficient (with less fiddling) than the sorenson codec.

If you encode down to a meg a minute – it’s gonna look pretty dodgy, I think, no matter what codec you use.

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