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Optimising rendered file size
Hey all, I’ve just been playing around with the files that I’m collecting for a DVD I’m making, and much to my shock I’ve found that little clips (which I render separately to see how they truly look) are a LOT larger in file size than I’d expect them to be.
For example, a 2 minute clip for credits with nothing but a black background and white text takes up 400MB…what’s up with that? I’m pretty sure I haven’t changed the rendering settings so they’re on the default setting right now, is there any way to optimise the file size without losing too much quality?
Cheers!
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5 Replies
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You’re rendering it as an AVI file, right?
DV-AVI is (approx.) 13.5 gigs/hr so 400 MB for 2 min. sounds about right.
You want to keep it in AVI until you’re ready to make your DVD.
Then the file size will shrink. -
Thanks, I plan on using Nero Vision to burn my DVD, so does that mean if I just drag the AVI file in it’ll automatically shrink?
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I don’t use Nero so I have no idea if that will work.
I use DVD Architect to “prepare” my DVD and then RecordNow to do the burn.
As long as Nero does the conversion for you, yes, it will shrink in size.
My suggestion would be to try it with an RW and see what happens. -
Makes sense, thank you!
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Hi again, I’ve tried using Architect (demo version) and dragged in the media files, but the files don’t seem to shrink…I’m not sure if I’m doing it right.
I used Nero and a few of the files *did* shrink, but a few actually got bigger…which was confusing.
Any clues as to what I ought to be doing? I’m still trying to work out how an hour of a movie file takes 3+ gig (I used ffdshow as an attempt to reduce file size) when I’ve seen media files which are under a gig in size and still have very good quality.
Thanks in advance.
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