-
What’s the best qality export for internet
Of all the options for final cut exports, in general, what format have you found to give the best quality for the smallest file size for the internet. in other words, the best export bang for the buck. I’d like a 5 minute video to be under 200Mb, the smaller the better without killing the quality. Any advice is appreciated. thanks.
-
2 Replies
-
H264 is the best bang for meg in my opinion and also fairly universal nowdays.
Play with settings in Compressor to get the best result. Double pass encoding helps.
-
Hi Matthew.
Just to give you an example, I recently finished a 7-minute video and posted it online. The video was 640 by 360 pixels in size, 30fps and 48kHz audio. The Flash version was the smallest file size, at 26MB. The H.264 QuickTime version was 77MB. A 1280 by 720 H.264 QuickTime came in at 325MB.
I would suggest you encode in both Flash and QuickTime H.264, and see which works better for you.
You didn’t say whether you’re posting the video on your own website, in which case you have complete freedom to choose the format, size and quality, or something like YouTube, Vimeo, etc., where you may be more limited.
Hope this helps.
Jim
Reply to this Discussion! Login or Sign Up