• VEGAS Pro

  Rendering for video downloads

  Posted by Chris Nana on September 30, 2013 at 11:36 pm

  Just been playing around with different rendering settings in Vegas MS 12. Trying to get a reasonable picture without getting to big a file size.

  My original file was filmed in avchd 1080/50i and has been converted to cineform avi. Total file size is 60gb for 90mins.

  I’ve been rendering 15 mins chunks. Under the Mainconcept AVC setting i find HD720p gives a good compromise at 4000kbps and audio at 96kbps.
  File size is 466mb for 15 mins…so the full film would be around 2.8gb.

  Is that too big for downloads? I was hoping to share these films via dropbox.

  The next compromise was going down to 540p at around 2500kbps and likely ending up with a file size of 1.8gb. I am noticing a few artifacts here though.
  540p at 5000kbps was bigger in file size than 720p 4000kbps with no improvement.
  720p at 3000kps (total film file size 2.1gb) is worse.

  Bit disconcerting when i see downloads on retail sites at 1gb for 120mins…but i guess they start off with better picture quality and use more sophisticated compression.

  Chris Nana replied 12 years, 7 months ago 1 Member · 0 Replies
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