VulgarisMagistralis
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Hello everyone, this is my first time posting here. I've made a small edit to a film and I intend to post it at some point. I'm not going to lie, I don't have all requirements yet to publish my edit here, so this post has the double purpose of accruing some posts and answering some questions.
So, I am on a macintosh and I used Apple's Final Cut Pro for editing the film. The original, main video file is from blu-ray, it has 6 channels sound and it has an 1080p resolution. As I replaced some scenes that were edited by someone I don't know and the quality for those scenes is 1080p, I didn't care for trying anything larger than that.
I have plans to change some bits of the soundtrack later on, but for now I'll stick to the original sound.
I'm happy with the results, but the original file had around 7GB and the final edition has almost 13GB! I kept an eye out for the specs of the files, and they are basically the same. Same framerate, same sound settings, same video resolution, etc. But it's bigger than necessary. The editions are not so dramatic that justifies 6GB of extra content, so I reckon Final Cut did some mischief there and I need to find a way of compressing it without losing quality.
Now, I don't have a surround system at home and my telly is nothing impressive, yet I'd like to deliver a good enough video to those people who would prefer a better setting than mine.
What do you suggest I can do to reduce the size of the file and keep the quality untouched? I've been playing with HandBrake, and I've read somewhere that the console client for HandBrake is more powerful than the standard client and can make some stuff under the hood than cannot otherwise be done with the normal app. I am open to using other tools, if you have any in mind.
What would you do?
Thanks for helping!
So, I am on a macintosh and I used Apple's Final Cut Pro for editing the film. The original, main video file is from blu-ray, it has 6 channels sound and it has an 1080p resolution. As I replaced some scenes that were edited by someone I don't know and the quality for those scenes is 1080p, I didn't care for trying anything larger than that.
I have plans to change some bits of the soundtrack later on, but for now I'll stick to the original sound.
I'm happy with the results, but the original file had around 7GB and the final edition has almost 13GB! I kept an eye out for the specs of the files, and they are basically the same. Same framerate, same sound settings, same video resolution, etc. But it's bigger than necessary. The editions are not so dramatic that justifies 6GB of extra content, so I reckon Final Cut did some mischief there and I need to find a way of compressing it without losing quality.
Now, I don't have a surround system at home and my telly is nothing impressive, yet I'd like to deliver a good enough video to those people who would prefer a better setting than mine.
What do you suggest I can do to reduce the size of the file and keep the quality untouched? I've been playing with HandBrake, and I've read somewhere that the console client for HandBrake is more powerful than the standard client and can make some stuff under the hood than cannot otherwise be done with the normal app. I am open to using other tools, if you have any in mind.
What would you do?
Thanks for helping!