Why is it that when you export as AVI uncompressed, the result is a huge file size and data rate? If the video is produced uncompressed then why isn’t it the same file size & data rate as the source file(s)?
The answer is in the article I linked to in your topic about using all Intra frames in reverse.
John EB
I have looked at (quickly) all of your posts and all seem to be about exporting. As you have been told, just use the presets, don't mess around with bit rates and other stuff. I spend hours and hours editing videos and audio (and that is per project) and exporting is the least of my problems. I simply either export to mp4 or burn to DVD/BR. I don't mess with the presets and I've never had any problems. I spend a lot of time learning how to edit, colour correct, audio correct, etc., but I spend no time on understanding export formats - I don't need to, I just use what works.
I am curious. What is it that you are doing requires all of this in-depth analysis of everything about exporting?
I have looked at (quickly) all of your posts and all seem to be about exporting. As you have been told, just use the presets, don't mess around with bit rates and other stuff. I spend hours and hours editing videos and audio (and that is per project) and exporting is the least of my problems. I simply either export to mp4 or burn to DVD/BR. I don't mess with the presets and I've never had any problems. I spend a lot of time learning how to edit, colour correct, audio correct, etc., but I spend no time on understanding export formats - I don't need to, I just use what works.
I am curious. What is it that you are doing requires all of this in-depth analysis of everything about exporting?
Because I am very keen to learn about this stuff.
All I can say is good luck with that.😃
My son, who designs mainframe computers for a living and is also a fully qualified Microsoft engineer and a keen videographer, doesn't even understand the compression codecs involved.
We are all constantly learning here so I won't condemn you for trying to understand and wish you luck with it. Just don't get bogged down with one aspect of editing if your goal is to produce better videos.
As an example, I recently had a problem where one of my panned shots would not render smoothly although the original was fine. The solution as it turned out was to rebuild the frame table and had nothing to do with export settings. The same thing can happen with crossfades and other effects but for different reasons. Exposure times of individual frames and choosing a frame rate for a sequence or project can also have an effect on the perceived quality of the final video.
Producing good video is as much art as science and possibly needs more of the former and up to a point, less of the latter in my opinion. At the end of the day, it is mainly a subjective perspective depending on who is doing the work. Soon to be completely undone by whoever views it on a different machine.