Burzhui

Dudes and Dudettes i just captured a file from my cam, and the god damn thing is like 526Mb for like a 2 minute file, can i cut down the size of this file or do i have to recapture it? And how do i do it?

thanks guys

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coleslaw

A typical DV capture ratio is in the 3-5 MB/sec range. Therefore, a 2 minute segment should create a file size of approximately 360 MB - 600 MB range. You're right on target.

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Burzhui

but it's too el grande, can i make it smaller, or make the movie smaller?

spigidygak

You don't have to recaputre it. Just recompile it with a higher compression codec, such as mpeg 3 or 4, quicktime, etc. Play with the bitrates and etc.

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hapoo

do all your editing on the 500 meg file, once your done THEN encode it in mpeg2 (my codec of choice for archiving in good quality)

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Burzhui

Cool thanks, now another question can i encode it into mpeg or mpeg4 using premier or do i have to use a different piece of software

jkusar

There are plugins for premiere that allow you to use MPEG2 compression. I haven't seen any for MPEG4 yet (It used to be there, but I'm not sure what happened to it). But if you want the best high-quality compression, check out OpenDivX from Project Mayo.

-Jason

spigidygak

Yep just need the plugins like jkusar said. I have the ability to compress to mpeg4. I believe angel potion has a proggie that'll install a plug in for ya for free.

Burzhui

thanks a lot guys, i shall find them plugins now