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That is normal, most consumer HD cameras
shoot at 24,000, and pro cameras shoot at at least 50,000. Compressing footage like that to below 5,000 or really below 50% would result in major degradation.
 
I see! thank you everyone, this will help a lot for exporting even better quality videos in the future.
 
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