Re: Adobe Premiere Elem. cannot make "small" output files



Peter wrote:
For example I have taken a 4 min video with a Sony HD cam
(HC1) and on Pinnacle this would produce a ~ 10MB wmv
file, in ~ 320x240 size. Under Elements I cannot get
below 100MB. Even going into the mpeg menu and selecting
Custom and 320x240 (or similar) doesn't do it.
Be aware that WMV is a totally different format than mpeg. MPEG1 and MPEG2 produces very large files.
If you want small files with good quality, i´d recommend to simply convert to MPEG4 AVI compressed with the divx or xvid codec. You can donwload both for free if you don´t have them installed. WMV is "windows only" AFAIK. I´ve never used Premiere Elements, but i´m sure you can create new profiles on the basis of installed codecs, so install dixv first, then create a new profile with the appropriate dimensions and the divx codec.

Eventually I did it by loading the mpeg (200MB) into
Pinnacle and outputting the video from that.
Converting your source video twice is never a good idea, you loove quality on every conversion step.

I don't mind whether it is WMV or mpeg (2) so long as
normal people can play it (it goes onto a website).
If you want streaming i would definitely take a deeper look into the newest FLV (flash video) version, it seems to be quite good.

HTH,
Markus

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