Thanks for your reply, John! And for doing that math.
Yeah, I’m positive I’m using a codec. Funnily enough I tried going uncompress, just to see what kind of size would I get out of that. I reach 10GB after a few seconds of rendering. It was all kinds of wonderful.
Yes, I aim to process the video further. I’m currently looking into possible workarounds, using aviSynth with .mp4, utilizing frameserver+meGUI in Vegas, and a few others. It would be a long story to tell as for why am I doing all this, so I won’t even go there. My question was answered and my worries confirmed, and I expected as much.
Thanks again!