Best export settings for 2GB maximum file

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December 28, 2020
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Hi All,

I've created about 200 1.25 hour yoga videos in mp4 format. They look great and are vimeo friendly. My client is moving her platform to another and it will only accept a 2gb file. My files average 8gb. Please share with me the best settings to achieve 2tb max while keeping best quality that I can.

Thanks so much,

Lisa

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Steve Griffiths

Inspiring

Check to see if the new platform accepts H.265 encoded files. This codec provides higher quality at low data rates than H.264(MP4). The results can be quite significant.

Also as Basil1891 suggests - try encoding one of your videos to around 3000kbps (3Mbit) and audio at 128kbps in MP4/H.264 - if there's not much movement in your videos, this may be OK. Use your existing Vimeo preset that you've probably been using (from Premiere Pro or Media Encoder) and dig down into the settings and change them to the above. Ensure VBR 1 pass is selected ... see how it looks.

Keep in mind that it's possible the new 'platform' your client is using may re-encode any files uploaded ... this may make them look worse. Would be interested to know which 'platform' this is?

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basil1891

Inspiring

Just wanted to clarify for OP, my suggestion about encoding in H.264 apply only if 'new platform' allows streaming of original files. But if there is unavoidable transcoding on the way to end consumer, you really should deliver H.265 in this case, as at such low bitrates (below 0.1 Bits/(Pixel*Frame) it's way better at preserving details

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basil1891

Inspiring

a frame sample to show a difference, likely more complex than yours, but still useful imo

Adobe Media Encoder H.264 vs X264 vs X265:

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Michael Grenadier

Legend

if you're files are 1080, you might consider reducing the pixel dimensions to 720.

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basil1891

Inspiring

Fitting 1h:25m of footage in 2GB = ~3100kbps for video and ~128 kbps for audio, for 1920x1080 x h264 that's very low. Result could Ok if camera is static, and there is little to no movement in frame. Otherwise 'you have a problem'.