[Glenn Payne]

Yeah. That’s what I’m thinking as well. I thought it was because I had the video in the timeline still. But when I removed it the file size stayed the same.

Thanks again for trying to help! Maybe someone else will stumble upon this thread and have some advice.

[Glenn Payne]

Still trying to figure it out but I’m stumped. :/

[Glenn Payne]

From looking at three audio folders for three days of filming they have 4.85gb, 13gb, and 13.11gb respectively. That’s the on-set audio itself. Lots of poly wav files. 1-2 boom mics, 2 lavs, operator’s mix for L and R channels.

Is it possible that the file is genuinely that large (5.58gb)? I completed a feature film of mine this last year with the same system and same re-recording mixer. It was a 90 minute film and the three reels I sent him (30ish minutes each) were all around 3gb each, so 9gb altogether.

This short film is must 24 minutes. We had a different sound mixer but both used poly wav files and had a comparable number of channels/tracks per file.

[Glenn Payne]

Thanks for clarifying. I went back and double checked. No range was selected so the MP3 size would still be 47.7mb. I switched the option to WAV and the full file estimate is 429mb.

I keep trying various tests and ideas to see why the AAF is ending up at 5.58gb and no luck so far. :/

[Glenn Payne]

And for reference, the XML I’m making the AAF from (via X2Pro) is only 1.8 MB.

Thanks again for any advice!

[Glenn Payne]

Thanks so much, Tangier.

I gave the audio only export a shot. That MP3 file is just 48 mb.

Discard disabled clips & Discard inactive clips were both selected before.
The trim handles are set to 5 seconds.

When I took out the video previously the file size didn’t change at all, which I thought was odd.

[Glenn Payne]

Update: When unchecking the “trim embedded audio” the AAF grows to around 19 GB.

[Glenn Payne]

Any thoughts?

[Glenn Payne]

Great. Thanks, Steve!

[Glenn Payne]

thoughts?