Video Help

[Sir Clinksalot]

Hey all,

 

Just finished editing my first EVER video, it's of MNSSHP at MK. It's 9 minutes long which I know is WAY too big. Problem is the size ... not the time. It's 1.91GB. I edited it in Premier but I know there is a way to compress it down. I have searched the help on Premier but haven't found anything regarding compressing it.

 

Any help would be appreciative.

 

Thanks.

[SharkTums]

There are various plugin's you can buy/download that will compress it.

 

I don't have any on this computer, but I'm sure someone will be able to help you out.

[Vekoma Fan Boy]

HOLY SHIT 2 GIGBYTES?!?!?!?!

 

You do need a compressor!

[Carnage]

^ You obviously have not worked with raw digital video before.

 

I've compressed videos using Premier. You just gotta play around with the quality settings when you're exporting.

[TheBannedKid]

What version of Premiere? I have Pro 1.5 and I use the Adobe Media Encoder to save/compress my videos. Its under Export in the File Tab. I usually save my videos as Windows Media Player WM9 NTSC 512K download, but for a 9 minute video you might want to go to 256K...

[robbalvey]

You can import your video into Windows Movie Maker (comes free with Windows XP) and export it as a .wmv file.

 

Here are the settings I use for the TPR .wmv videos:

[Sir Clinksalot]

^ Thanks Robb.

 

I was converting it to Divx which helped but I know I can't use that to burn DVD's for use on the tube. I will try that tomorrow morning.

 

I also wanted to post them in the video forum, but I wasn't sure if you accepted Divx. Hopefully this will work and I can share the video's with TPR.

[robbalvey]

^ The problem with Divx is that it's not a "standard" codec that comes with WindowsXP. Sure a lot of people have it, but by using it you are already limiting your audience.

 

IMO, the "lowest common denominators" when it comes to videos is wmv, mov, or mpg.

 

--Robb

[Sir Clinksalot]

^ Agreed. I was only using the Divx until I found another way to do it ... which you showed me.

 

Thankfully YouTube uses Divx so I was able to put a couple of video's on there.

 

Wasn't able to upload anything today, finishing up Universal stuff.

 

This video editing crap is time consuming.

[CoasterFanatic]

If your main goal is to get the video onto a DVD. Best to go with MPEG2. It is the standard.

 

Trouble is ... you usually have to purchase the codec unless you already have some software installed that includes it.

[mcjaco]

This video editing crap is time consuming.

 

It certainly isn't the most exciting thing to do, but a well edited video is so worth it.