Exporting a long movie - Funeral for Young Man

Report · Oct 25, 2017

Hi Everyone,

I hope someone can help me. I recently captured the funeral of a young man (after a tragic accident). He has 7 children, 2 sets of twins included, with the youngest set being only 7. I was asked to capture this service by his wife and it is heartbreaking.

My question is, (I am only new to movie making) the movie goes for 90 minutes and if I export to H.264, VBR 2 pass, Target Bitrate 15 and Maximum Bitrate 40, the file size is 10614MB. How do I get this movie on to a USB or Blu-Ray or DVD, whichever is the best suited?

Thank you for your time,

Tracey

Report · Oct 25, 2017

Hi Tracey,

First, my deepest condolences. It is a very sad thing to hear.

On a technical side, your target bitrate and maximum bitrate is wayyyyyy too high. Try between 4 and 6. This will produce good quality and a much smaller file size. You can even render 5 minutes of the video at lower settings before doing the whole thing to test the quality.

regards

Dean

Report · Oct 25, 2017

Thank you for your kind words Dean. I was worried if I reduced the bitrates it wouldn't be a good quality. Thanks for helping me. I really appreciate it. I will try the 5 minutes and see how it goes.

Thanks again,

Best wishes,

Tracey

Report · Oct 25, 2017

Hi again,

I found that explains the export settings. It suggests a target bitrate of 14 and maximum of 16. I still think this is high. You could go a bit higher than my 4 to 6 to say 6 to 8. I doubt you'll see much of a difference in quality between this and 14 to 16 but the file size will be much higher in the later.

The other thing to note - VBR 2 pass generally results in better quality than 1 pass but it does take double the amount of time to render. If this is not an issue, then go for it. If you need an output quicker, 1 pass will still provide good results and you may not even notice any difference.

Here's the guide video I mentioned:

Best Export Settings for Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2017 | Gaming Careers

Report · Oct 25, 2017

When you say you want to put the video onto a DVD or Blu-ray, do you wish to create an actual DVD or Blu-ray movie disc that will properly play in a set-top player, or do you just want to use the disc as a medium to get the .mp4 file (as data) to the customer to put on their computer?

If you want to create a proper DVD or Blu-ray movie disc, then there are specific encoding formats that must be used for that.

When exporting from Premiere to Blu-ray, use H.264 Blu-ray.

When exporting from Premiere to DVD, use MPEG-2 DVD.

For either, you must also then select an appropriate preset. The resulting files that get encoded can then be used in Adobe Encore to author the disc (you cannot just burn the files direct to disc, must be "authored").

Assuming you are using Premiere CC, the only way to get Encore is to download Premiere CS6 and that will include Encore as well. You can still continue to edit using the CC version of Premiere.

If you wish to author the DVD or Blu-ray movie discs, let us know and we can offer additional guidance in that area.

Thank you

Jeff Pulera

Safe Harbor Computers

Report · Oct 26, 2017

Thank you Safe Harbor. I would like the family to be able to watch the movie on their TV. I think that would be the best way for them.

Am I able to also put the movie on a USB for them to put on their computer?

Thank you so much for your help.

Report · Oct 27, 2017

Thank you Safe Harbor. I would like the family to be able to watch the movie on their TV. I think that would be the best way for them. What preset would I use for Blu-Ray? Is there a file size limit for Blu-Ray?

Am I able to also put the movie on a USB for them to put on their computer?

Thank you so much for your help.

Report · Oct 26, 2017

Thank you Dean, your help has been priceless. I very much appreciate it.

Report · Oct 26, 2017

Hi Tracey,

Happy I could help.

To your question on playing the video on a TV, it depends on what TV the family has. Modern TVs these days have the functionality to play a MP4 off a USB stick. Then they could copy it to a computer and play it from there.

Report · Oct 25, 2017

Use Windows Explorer to copy the file onto a USB drive. Done.