best render settings to make videos smaller

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February 6, 2017
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I have researched online and tried countless variations of render settings to make my videos smaller (under 500MB) but none of them work. This is an issue I am having for videos that are 1 hour long as well as videos that are 7 minutes long. Can anyone help me please?

Thank you!

Sara

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tsternig

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I use a tool called, "HandBrake" to drop file sizes of rendered videos and it works like a charm. You can barely tell the difference in the video's quality after using, "HandBrake" to optimize the video to smaller file size, and it really reduces the file's weight considerably...

Kristian Gabriel

Participating Frequently

Yeah, render settings are a minefield of crazy. Are you checking each one of these?

File Format + Codec
Pixel dimensions
Render at max quality
Frame rate
Keyframing Method
Bitrate (Constant or Variable) - Directly lowers file size (effects quality)
Buffer size
Audio sample rate
64 vs 32 bit encoding
Hardware encoding

All of these thing make a epic difference across endless combinations. Obviously H.264 and H.265 codecs are made to produce a higher quality file at lower file sizes than most Quicktime files. 500mb for an hour of high quality footage is not bad at all. How small do your files need to be? Could you give us more information about your media and workflow?

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sarau19023761Author

Participant

Hi Kristian Gabriel,

I have an hour long video that is over 66 million KB. I have tried exporting it with a number of different settings to try and get it under 500MB and nothing works. Nothing has even come close. Looking at your list, there are some things I have set up (based on different export suggestions from other sites and youtube video suggestions), but not all of them. I am new to exporting video so I'm not sure what you are asking for with regard to my workflow.

shooternz

Legend

Thank you shooternz. These are simple videos filmed using your basic camcorder (yep, a little oldschool). There is nothing fancy about them as they are video recordings of a teammate teaching a "class" at work. I would like to upload this video into our Learning Management System (LMS), which is called Brainshark, so that everyone in our organization can view them at any time. However, Brainshark will not allow us to upload a video larger than 500MB. So I am stuck with the arduous task of trying to figure out a way to export it in a way that doesn't lose all the quality but shrinks it down so we can get it into Brainshark.

Seeing as you have the restrictuion set by the delivery method.. 500MB is not well suited to video content. The IT people maybe able to overcome that. Ask them.

Break your videos down to shorter more pertinent durations. Who is going to watch 1 hour in one burst so a series of 4 by 15 mins eg.