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zoid

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Nov 12, 2002
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I took a quicktime encoded video-9 megs and exported the same size to mpeg4 and got one 104 meg file. I thought that I would get a much smaller file- any answers?
 

arn

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Re: mpeg4

Originally posted by zoid
I took a quicktime encoded video-9 megs and exported the same size to mpeg4 and got one 104 meg file. I thought that I would get a much smaller file- any answers?

2 issues here.

MPEG4 is simply a codec and can create as large or small a file as you want. It depends on the bitrate.

Second, you are compressing a previously compressed file. The quicktime you have you are converting to an MPEG4. You'll get better results if you start with the raw data.

arn
 
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