[SBE] Video question: Quicktime render is unusually LARGE

[Gibson Prichard]

You didn't do anything "wrong," Curt. You probably didn't know that
QuickTime is a wrapper and file format that can utilize many different
codecs. With different codecs come different file sizes, resolutions
and options. As Frank pointed out, ascertain what your client wants to
do with the file and choose the QuickTime codec that is most
appropriate for that application. For web viewing, H264 (MPEG-4) would
be a good choice, for video editing DV (25mbps motion JPEG) would be a
good choice.
Unlike Windows Media which is both a program, a file format as well as
a compression codec, QuickTime is the former two and supports many
codecs.

Good Luck,
Gibson
Nashville, TN

On Sun, Aug 15, 2010 at 12:26 PM, Curt Yengst <cyengst at star991fm.com> wrote:

> I'm not a full time video production guy, but the occasional job comes up.

>

> I had a request from a client to take a 5 minute (20MB) Windows Media video

> clip and convert it to Quicktime.  Easy enough, I thought.

>

> I was able to easily import it into Vegas 5 (my current platform), then

> "Render As" Quicktime.

>

> A couple hours (!) later, it finishes, but the finished Quicktime file

> weighs in at 13GB!

>

> What did I do wrong??