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Participant
December 17, 2022
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How to know how many bits the file is

  • December 17, 2022
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How to know how many bits the file is.

My video is 10bit files from gopro 11. Is it beneficial to post 10bit video on social media?

Thanks

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Community Expert
December 18, 2022

If it's for social media, I'd say that it is not worth it to maintain a 10-bit workflow.

 

If the finished edit is the product (let's say an episode of a television show or a feature film), then yes it is worth maintaining a 10-bit workflows.

 

 

R Neil Haugen
Legend
December 17, 2022

The answer ... you might have expected ... is ... definitely, maybe.

 

A larger bit-depth and less compressed file will (depending on the upload processes used by the service, which can vary some depending on region or something) tend to appear a little better on better quality screens.

 

But will not be any different on many screens.

 

So will your viewers be on a phone or a nice big TV or monitor? And what kind of 'net connection will they have?

 

I know a fair number of folks who upload ProRes or DNx 10-bit and very low compression files to attempt to get the best possible final image after YouTube/Vimeo/Whomever re-compress the file, which they all do to all media uploaded to them.

 

And many others that just send a moderately low compression H.264/5 file.

 

Your choices are many. And the answer to about any question ... is ... maybe? So test all sorts of things.

 

Neil

Everyone's mileage always varies ...
Participant
December 18, 2022

thank you for your reply. Audio files always show the "bit" in the properties, but I find that video files never show it. Is there no way to know?

R Neil Haugen
Legend
December 18, 2022

That was just asked on the LGG forum, a pro-level forum for mostly video-post folks with a lot of them colorists. In some programs, the properties panel ("Inspector" in Resolve) will show bit-depth.

 

In Premiere, check the file in the Project panel, right-click/Properties.

 

Neil

Everyone's mileage always varies ...