Final Cut Pro X: Clips larger than source? - GoFuckYourself.com

Sly · 03-30-2015, 05:23 PM

I'm new to Final Cut Pro and am stumped. I have a 15 minute video that I'm taking a 5 minute segment out of. I want the 5 minute segment as its own video. I go to Share, set up a profile that says match the source, and the result is a file that is four times larger than the original! The original file is 150 MB, the 5 minute segment is 500 MB!

How is that possible? What do I need to do to get a good quality chop of the original? It should be around 50 MB with similar quality.

MaDalton · 03-30-2015, 05:26 PM

Did you check the bitrate of both files?

NatalieK · 03-30-2015, 05:45 PM

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Originally Posted by MaDalton

Did you check the bitrate of both files?

this

Sly · 03-30-2015, 05:49 PM

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Originally Posted by MaDalton

Did you check the bitrate of both files?

You don't even have a Mac!

Yes, I did. I'm installing an app called Compressor right now.

Will report back shortly!

mikeet · 03-30-2015, 06:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Sly

You don't even have a Mac!

Yes, I did. I'm installing an app called Compressor right now.

Will report back shortly!

your probably to far north

MaDalton · 03-30-2015, 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Sly

You don't even have a Mac!

Yes, I did. I'm installing an app called Compressor right now.

Will report back shortly!

You have set the output bitrate higher than the original bitrate, thats why..

You dont need a compressor, you need to set Final Cut correctly.

And i dont need a Mac to know that :P

candyflip · 03-30-2015, 06:07 PM

Compressor. You're already on the right track.

MaDalton · 03-30-2015, 06:10 PM

Alternatively you have set your output codec to Apple Prores - which is a pile of dogpoo

Sly · 03-30-2015, 07:00 PM

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Originally Posted by MaDalton

Alternatively you have set your output codec to Apple Prores - which is a pile of dogpoo

No I didn't. And I didn't set my bit rate higher. And Compressor is a program.

You might need a Mac after all.

Sly · 03-30-2015, 07:13 PM

Update.

Figured it out. With. Compressor.

MaDalton · 03-31-2015, 07:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Sly

No I didn't. And I didn't set my bit rate higher. And Compressor is a program.

You might need a Mac after all.

nope - i don't - because i never had that problem before :P

03-30-2015, 05:23 PM	#1
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03-30-2015, 07:13 PM	#10
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