Output files are tooooo big

legendaryharry · Post by **legendaryharry** » Mon May 09, 2005 7:38 am

hi when ever i save a project to like mpg or avi or what ever format the file sizes are ridiulously large. 2 second clips at like 60 percent quality are 3 megs. an original WMV video is converted via video studio to a mpg and it becomes 50 megs!!!! and that was at 90 percent quality. why is it that everytime i save a file it is ridulously large!? some one please help as it plagues me deeply

thank you

Post by **Ken Berry** » Mon May 09, 2005 8:20 am

Welcome to the wonderful resource intensive world of video editing!!

rwindeyer · Post by **rwindeyer** » Mon May 09, 2005 8:36 am

For avi files in DV format you can count on about 12-13 Gb (yes, Gb

) per hour. Just buy another hard drive....

THoff · Post by **THoff** » Mon May 09, 2005 4:00 pm

Also, the Quality setting for WMV doesn't affect the size of the output file, it controls whether a sharp picture or smooth interframe motion are more important. The file size is purely a function of the selected audio and video bitrates.