4-5 hour video file smash down

I'm doing 4-5 hour interviews in PR 422 that I need to compress into single smaller files that can be sent to transcribers and maybe iPhone. Any good compression scheme ideas?

All the transcription places I work with accept mp3 files. Why send them video?
For the iPhone your only choice is H.264. But seriously, even if someone did want to watch a 5 hour video on their iPhone, most likely their battery would die before the end of the video.

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I just started using Premiere Pro and anytime I import mp4 files they only play upside down and in black and white. I did not apply any video effects! How do I fix this? Thanks in advance!

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http://forums.adobe.com/message/4854015#4854015
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Hunt

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I had set up 2 WVC200 cameras in my site and use the bundle surveillence software too. However, the video file I recorded for 4 hours, the files would be split to different files (around 15mins each file). Any limitation for the file format or storage size. I got another camera (SxOx) with the surveillence software too, but I can record 4 hours video file in only 1 big file for easy management.
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In the past I have used Freeware programs to join video files without re-encoding. I can't remember the names of any of the programs at the moment, but I know it did work well with very little effort on my part. Since the programs do not re-encode the video, the files can be joined very quickly into one large file. If you decide to try this, please let us know how it works out for you.

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(unless you are running Lion in which case see below))
which is a mere $20.
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Obviously the foregoing only applies to DVDs you have made yourself, or other home-made DVDs that have been given to you. It will NOT work on copy-protected commercial DVDs, which in any case would be illegal.
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Elements11 QUE: Why does only the audio-portion transfer to timeline when I drag a video file down.

Elements11 - 1st time user
When I drag a known good video file from the "My Videos" Folder on my laptops disk down to the "Drag Here" box in my project Timeline, only the audio portion transfers NOT the video.
I am trying to create an "Instant Movie" after watching a youtube video on the subject.
The end goal is to combine portions of three video clips into one for my sons school project.
Any help is greatly appreciated.

Elements11DRC
What version of Premiere Elements are you working with and on what computer operating system is it running?
Can we assume by your selected ID, that the program is Premiere Elements 11?
Pending further details, I will assume that you are working with Premiere Elements 11 on Windows 7, 8, or 8.1 64 bit.
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Prime interest, that video compression. It could be MotionJPEG which can be problematic for Premiere Elements. It could be AVCHD.avi which cannot be imported.
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I am trying to connect my JVC Hard Disk Drive Camcorder to my IPAD 2 via the Apple camera kit. I am able to download photos, but video files not showing. Camera shows Mass Stoarge. How can I download videos please?

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I am self-teaching Final Cut Studio and DVD Studio Pro. I must admit, the manual is not helping me with some key areas.
My first test in burning a DVD was to load a QT file into FCS then burn it to a standard DVD+R. Now, those say 120 minute capacity of course, so I wanted to compress the file.
I exported to Compressor and chose the DV 120 Minute option the first time. When that did not work I tried the 150 Minute option. Since it takes 3-5 hours for the DVD to burn on my new G5 Dual 2.0, that is all I have had a chance to try so far.
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What type of audio are you encoding to? If you're using uncompressed PCM/AIFF you're going to have trouble putting 140 minutes of video on a single-layer DVD (i.e. the quality will have to be pretty low). The preset titles for Apple's settings are calculated based upon compressed Dolby AC-3 audio -- not uncompressed PCM/AIFF. Thus, the so-called 150 minute preset will only produce about 120 minutes of capacity if you are using uncompressed PCM/AIFF audio.
If you want to put 140 minutes of video with audio on a single-layer DVD you're either going to have to use Dolby/AC-3 audio or create your own custom preset to use with PCM/AIFF audio.
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How can I make a video file smaller?

I'm having problems with video file sizes. I've been making cuts to videos I want to put on my website and on Box.com and am not having any problems with the software I'm using to make cuts (iMovie) but when I save them the files are huge. The original uncut file might be around 285MB and the cut version will come out around 950MB! How is this possible? I'm not doing anything except cutting out footage. The files are all mp4, and I'm saving the cut versions in the same format. I've tried compressing the videos, but that hardly changes anything (the best result I've had is it goes down to 880MB). I've recut and saved them as MOV, sent them to iTunes, exported for iPhone usage, done everything I can think of to try and get these file sizes down, and nothing is working. I need to be able to upload these videos to my Box.com account, but with such huge file sizes it's almost impossible. Please help! I don't know what to do.
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Non-destructive editing is an important feature of iMovie.
iMovie preserves the entire copy of every clip you place into your movie in case you change your mind at a later stage.
So, if you have cut out one minute from a 45 minute clip, iMovie will have stored two complete copies of that clip. This is why is helps to set import as 3-5 minute clips rather than one huge chunk. As DV runs at 13GB per hour your project files can get very big.
One workaround is to complete the editing of a section of the movie, then export that to Quicktime: highlight the clip/s, choose Share-Quicktime, turn on Share selected clips only, and choose Full Quality from the pop-ip menu.
Once you have saved the stand-alone clip to your hard drive, you can re-import it into your project using the File/Import command, and delete the original long clip/s from the project.

IPad full - storing raw video files...?

Guys,
I have an 64Gb iPad which I like to take away with me on snowboarding holidays (in place of my 15" MBP3,1), which I copy video files onto from my GoPro Hero2 video camera’s SD memory card via the camera connection kit. After a little editing down in iMovie I'll upload the movie to Facebook or YouTube.
My unedited video files can be a few gig in size (if I leave the camera on for a whole run down the mountain (35 minutes is about 3.9Gb)), so the problem I'm having is that a few days or a weeks worth of video files can easily fill the iPad's 64Gb memory - if I'm away for longer this becomes a problem as I soon max out the iPads storage.
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Anyone have any other suggestions?
I know Apple want to push cloud services, but I’m surprised Apple haven’t provided a solution for this gigabyte storage problem for movie editing when wifi isn’t great…
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propolis wrote:
… When I have copied all the files / dir structure to the MAC, I then open FCP, go to import files, go the the dir where the files are, but I cant import them. …
when you did copy the whole file structure, you have to chose 'import from camera/open archive' …
I'm following the same workflow as you do:
• in Finder, without FCPX, on my extHDD I create a folder 'backup Zoo Day May' (or any other descriptive title)
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Video File Sizes

There is often confusion, or questions, on why one Video file format yields larger, or smaller file sizes, than another one does. The answer is, on the surface, simple, but there are many variables, that make it a bit more difficult to give a definitive answer.
File size is governed by two factors, Duration of the Timeline (how long the "movie" is), and the Bit-Rate of the Encoding. A change in Bit-Rate directly affects the perceived quality of the file on playback, i.e. the "visual quality." That is the simple part.
However, one will be choosing the CODEC to Encode/compress the file. That CODEC choice will affect the visual quality of the output file, and also the resulting file size. As the Duration is set, the Bit-Rate is the only variable to affect file size. Some CODEC's will allow lower Bit-Rates (smaller file sizes), but at the sacrifice of quality. There are certain CODEC's, that allow for a lower Bit-Rate, but still provide adequate visual quality. A few, like DivX and its open source "cousin" Xvid, plus MKV, do a good job at compressing the file (lower file size), but still providing good quality. They are designed for streaming media, and the viewer must have them installed on their computer, on in their player, to play the resulting file. That can be a drawback, if one is say in a corporate office, where all add-ons must be approved by an IT department.
Another good format/CODEC for streaming video is WMV (for Windows computers, or Mac's with a utility, such as Flip4Mac installed), as WMV allows for good compression without too much visual quality loss.
H.264 is also quite good, and is a more X-platform choice. Again, the viewer will need to have the H.264 CODEC installed, but that is becoming almost universal. Some players, like Apple's QT Player (standard on a Mac, and easily installed for free on a PC) will install that CODEC. Also, there are several free players, like VLC Player and MediaPlayer Classic HC, that contain the H.264 CODEC, plus many more.
When choosing the format and CODEC for the Export/Share, there are many factors to consider:
File Size
Quality desired for playback
Platform(s) to which the file is to be delivered
Individual computers, on which the file will need to be played
Availability of the CODEC for the viewer's computer
As you can see, it's now not quite so simple, and one must make some informed decisions, before just choosing any format, or CODEC. For the first two, file size and quality, think of them as being on either side of a balance scale. As the Bit-Rate goes higher, the file size goes up, and so does the quality. As the Bit-Rate goes down, so will quality, but also file size. Since this article addresses only files output for viewing, and not re-editing, only the editor can decide how far down the quality, the visual quality, can go, and still be acceptable. The choices are myriad, but the results are tied directly together.
For more details on CODEC's, see this article: http://forums.adobe.com/thread/546811?tstart=0
For more details on output formats/CODEC's, see this article: http://forums.adobe.com/thread/878590?tstart=0
Remember, we are talking about files being output for viewing, and not for re-editing. Some CODEC's that provide good visual quality at lower Bit-Rates, and the resulting smaller file sizes, like DivX/Xvid, MKV, WMV, etc., are NOT good choices, if additional editing will ever need to be done. For some viable options on files, that will be re-edited, see this article: http://forums.adobe.com/message/4556586#4556586
Hunt

Video is roughly 300MB per half hour. There is some variation depending on settings used but 300 is easy to use for estimating.
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The full version of Nero has a program called RECODE.
It's output displays well in the IPOD.
You can choose the quality, amount of compression, screen size, etc.
I went to the Quicktime page that shows how to do this in Quicktime and it gives the suggested screensize and bitrates to go by and set NERO to . A 2 hour movie in 300MB appears to have no major sacrifice in quality using the small screen. The video compression properties screen has a checkbox that says "simple - Quicktime compatible" that may or may not have helped, but I set it as a new default profile called IPOD.

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