Capture file size

I just captured approx 15 minutes of DV video from an old sony Hi8 camera and the file is over 3 gigs! 15 minutes of high quality DVD video would only be around 500 megs. What would be the best way to get the file size down to the 500 meg range without sacrificing much or any quality? Would PP be the best tool for this or should I go with something like Nero Recode?

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Any way to limit DV captured file size?

Hello all -
When capturing from a DV camcorder when the source is not timecoded, is there a way to cap the max file size? Ideally I'd like to set a size limit, eg. 650mb and then have the files split into project 01.avi, project 02.avi, etc.
Thanks,
Steve

So I gather the answer is No, Premiere Elements cannot split AVI files when capturing from DV camcorders, except by timecode?
I realize there are other packages I can pay for that support the feature but I expect Premiere Elements (at least by v8) to have that capability.
In any event, Easy Video Splitter (doeasier.org) is now free and does the job well.

Screen Capture File Size Discrepancy

Can someone please explain to me why the screen capture (cmd-shift-4) generates such huge files?
I made a screen capture which was saved to my desktop as picture-1.png. Examining the file's properties showed that the file size was 1.03MB.
Next I opened the file in Photoshop, used Save For Web, and set the file type to PNG-24. This file, which in every way is identical to the original except for file size is only 11kb.
Why is the OSX screen capture larger by a factor of nearly 100?

Just by way of illustration, when I take a PNG screenshot of my 23 inch LCD I get a 4.4 MB file. But only if the desktop picture is all that is showing.
By contrast, a PNG screenshot of the same screen with OSX windows covering the desktop is only 360KB. Why the discrepancy?
PNG compresses using a raster notation that works at its best when continuous identical pixels cover some horizontal stretch. Just like Mac OSX windows. Noncontinuous colored pixels are very hard for PNG to compress, since there are very few identical colors. This is why photographs should be compressed with JPG (which uses a color averaging scheme) and web animations with PNG.
The OSX screenshot format uses 32 bit PNG, which is 16.7 million colors. So if you are reducing the bit depth to 24 bits, that is a huge reduction in filesize. Especially if the 24 bit format converts colors to identical runs, which compress better in PNG. I am talking about color variation you can't even see. That would explain the "factor of nearly 100" you noticed.

Capture File Size Issues

Everytime I try to capture something, it takes a rediculous amount of space, and always aborts when the hard drive is stuffed full. I went to the point of making 100GB of free space on the hard drive I was capturing to, only to have it tell me the thing was full after captuing only 10 minutes of video.
Any idea what's wrong?

Because I'm new here I'll try to keep this short. I too have found that I'm suddenly limited to 5 min. of capture - if I allow it to go beyond, it "gobbles up" HD space w/ an a/v . This seems to have happened o/a 11NOV this yr. I recall a drop-down window asking permission to access my keychain for an application. About 2 wks later I remembered the event and now think there's a 'bug' loose out there that 's infected my FCE. Has anyone else had similar experiences?
For a temporary measure, I'm limiting my capture time to 4:52 min. I know it'll require 'babysitting' my capture sessions, but at least I'll be able to get the editing done in time for broadcast.
I hope this can be of help to you . Dare I say, "Happy New Year"? LOL

Exported file size/Lecture Capture

I have been doing some lecture capture using iShowU which captures my laptop screen and simultaneously capturing the audio on an iPod with an XtremeMac mic. I prefer to do it this way rather than capturing the audio with a wireless mic in the iShowU application, given some unpleasant experiences with computer crashes with large Powerpoint files. I have then melded the two using iMovie and want to export as a QT. However the export time is incredibly long. For a 6 MB video file and 45 MB audio file, it takes 2 hours and I end up with a 92 MB file! Any suggestions welcome, as I am new to audio/video software.

I have used the drop-down menu that appears when "exporting" and selected the jpg-original size option
When you export a version with "jpg-original size", Aperture will render a new file, with the pixelsize (width and height) of your original image file, but tat does not necessarily mean that the file size will be equal to the file size of the original image file. The filesize will depend on the jpeg quality setting. The lower the quality value, the smaller the file size.
I'd suggest you check your "jpg-original size" setting. When you are sharing or exporting, select
"jpg-original size" and then set the Export preset to "Edit". Check, if the "size to" is really set to "Original size" and check the jpeg-quality.
Regards
Léonie

Crazy large file sizes on capturing from standard tape....

All, first post here, and only because I'm at my wits end!
I've been using iMovie for sometime with my current camera (Panasonic PV-GS180). Those file sizes were large, but reasonable.
Since then, I've decided to bump up my skills and work with FCE. Great product, but there is one thing that is preventing me from using it.... CRAZY LARGE FILES!!
I had a 42GB file size for 10 or 20 mins of capture time! That's just crazy, isn't it?
I used Easy Setup to choose DV-NTSC 32kHZ (My recorder is using 12-bit audio). My scratch disk is my local disk, which has 43GB avail. The top of the capture window shows "Total Free Time (AV) 208.7 min".
But I only get 10 or 20 minutes before the capture hangs, because my drive is full! Am I doing anything wrong? Will I have to go back to iMovie to import my video?
Thanks for your advice and suggestions!

Sorry guys, I thought I gave enough information. But thanks so much for staying with the discussion! Keep in mind, that I'm just a network engineer, and am a newbie at this FCE thing!
I thought there was only one way to capture, so my apologies for not including all the information. Yes, I'm using the capture now, as that's the only way I knew how. I'll look into the "Log and Capture".
As far as the types of files, I am unsure. It does not have the file extension at the end of the filename. However, in the info dialog box, it has:
Kind: QuickTime Movie
Dimensions: 720 x 480
Codecs: DV/DVCPRO - NTSC, Integer (Big Endian), Timecode
Channel Count: 2
Again, I'll look into the Log and Capture. Maybe it will be more efficient?
Thanks all!!

Image Capture - How do I reduce file size of scan document?

I am using image scan. I scan the file (about 7 pages) and it comes to 16.8M. I cannot email it at that file size. How do I get the scan to be less detailed or so to allow me to email it? I tried messing with DPI, etc... that didnt work.
When I went into Finder to compress it to a .zip the file size did not change.
The person on the other end cannot receive files >10M.
Thanks
Nick

I figured it out if anyone needs it in the future. In the details section there are 3 ways to scan. Text, Color or Black and White. Choose text and increase DPI a tad and it made file size 194K.

PDF file size

I have an HP Officejet 6500 E710n-z (Network) that I use at home to scan into PDFs, and I know exactly how to move the slider from "Smallest size" to "Best quality"
However the size of the PDFs are unacceptably large when image quality is acceptable, and if I move the slider to reduce the size then the image becomes unacceptable. It is impossible to scan a legal document of more than a few legible pages without producing a file size too large to email . I am forced to break these scanned documents into 3-4 page bite-sized chunks.
A simple one page HOA Disclosure form, at 220 DPI and the slider in the middle for balance, produces a 699K PDF. I have used other printer scanners at work (different brands) at the same 200 DPI that results in very clear documents at less than 100K per page.
I believe there is something wrong with HP's scan-to-PDF algorithm. The problem must be due to some unskilled (or flawed) software design. What will it take to have HP or third party developer (and developer staff supervision) take this seriously -- compare HP vs other brand scanners PDF files -- and update the HP drivers to fix this?
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Just a follow up. I went into chat mode with some low-level tech named Nathan, giving him the link to this thread. After reading it, he suggested I can improve file size by using greyscale and 200 DPI. DUH!!!! I complained he was just humoring me, so he said I should call the tech support number.
I did that next and spoke with a very nice young lady who actually DID take me seriously. I could hear her typing away vigorously in the background, capturing every detail of my plea for this to be forwarded up the chain of command for serious consideration. It was clear she understood and captured from me that there are many forum complaints that can be found with a search term "PDF File Size" that are getting weak or unacceptable "solutions" to push the slider left or use lower DPI etc. She also captured my assurances that some competitor brands produce PDF file sizes 20 times smaller for the same image quality.
I believe that this might actually be opened up at a higher level for consideration of an improvement in the compression algorithm. My fingers are crossed. Since I have about 11 months left for warranty support, I plan to contact them once or twice again before it expires, using the same case number to see if there is any progress.
Bottom line: At my default of 200 DPI and 20% image quality, with an average file size for a single sample page producing a file size of 281KB, a 25-page document creates a PDF file that is 7MB! That will just barely make it past the file size limit for my email provider, but might be too large for the recipient. That is still unacceptable, and is forcing me to consider products other than HP for this business purpose.

I have a few hundred duplicates in my iPhoto library, but the file sizes are different. So one is 1.3mb and one is 567kb. I want to delete the smaller ones, but short of comparing each duplicate, is there a way to do this?

I have a few hundred duplicates in my iPhoto library, but the file sizes are different. So one is 1.3mb and one is 567kb. I want to delete the smaller ones, but short of comparing each duplicate, is there a way to do this? I've been looking at Duplicate Annhilator but I don't think it can do it.
Thanks!

I just ran a test with iPhoto Library Manager, Duplicate Annihilator, iPhoto Duplicate Cleaner, Duplifinder and Photodedupo. I imported a folder of 5 photos into a test library 3 times, allowing iPhoto to import duplicates. I then ran the 5 photos thru resizer to reduce their jpeg compression but all other aspects of the file the same.
None of the duplicate removal apps found set that was reduced in the file resizer. That's probably due to the fact that the file creation date was being used as a criteria and the resized photo would have a different file creation date even though the Image Capture date was the same.
They all found the 3 regular duplicates and some of them would mark two and leave the 3rd unmarked. iPhoto Duplicate Cleaner can sort the found duplicates by file size but if the file was edited to get the reduced file size it might not be found as it would have a different file creation/modification date.
iPhoto Library Manage was able to find all duplicates and mark them as such if the file names were the same the the filename option was selected. Otherwise it also missed the modified, resized version. It allowed one to select the one photo to save before going to work on the library.
So if a photo has been reduced in image quality or pixel size it will not be considered a duplicate.
OT

Is there a file size limitation to using this service?

I am working on a large PDF file (26 mb) and I need to re-size the original and mess with the margins. I don't beleive there is an easy way to do this in Adobe Acrobat 6.0 Pro. It sounds like I have to convert the file back to a Word document, do the adjustments there and then produce a new PDF. I have two questions:
Is there a file size limitation to using this service?
Will a PDF to Word doc. conversion mantain the format of the orginal PDF?
Thanks
Tim

Good day Tim,
There is a 100MB file size limitation for submitting files to the ExportPDF service. As for the quality of the conversion, from our FAQ entitled Will Adobe ExportPDF convert both text and formatting information?:
Adobe ExportPDF is capable of exporting high quality information, but the quality of your Word or Excel document depends on the quality of the PDF file you start with. For instance, if your PDF file was originally authored in Microsoft Word or Excel and converted to PDF using the PDFMaker functionality of Adobe Acrobat®, your PDF file contains a rich set of information that can be captured by Adobe ExportPDF. This includes relative positioning of tables, images, and even multi-column text, as well as page, paragraph, and font attributes.
If your PDF file was originally authored using simpler PDF generation methods, such as “print to PDF” or “scan to PDF” options, Adobe ExportPDF will convert any recognizable text and then use sophisticated conversion intelligence to preserve as much of the page layout as possible.
Please let us know if you have any other questions!
Kind regards,
David

Why are the file sizes of exported jpegs so small?

I shoot raw, studio portraits mostly. I import to Lightroom 5 as DNG and then edit. Upon exporting as jpegs, the file sizes end up way too small, some of the cropped and/or black & white conversions as small as 560 KB, even with slider to 100%. Un-cropped color photos are ending up from 1.5 to 3MB. What am I doing wrong?

Jim,
Thank you for your response. I think some of the difficulties in this thread are that there have been more than one person reporting issues, which may or may not be exactly the same or different from the initial one reported by the original poster. Then, anyone else commenting can easily intermix bits and pieces from any or all of the other posters interrelated issues. Also, I should have added to my last response in clarification what I meant about the overall dimensions. I was referring specifically to inches, not file size, not resolution.
My very first post was a thank you to Rusty's post for his comment about how he had noticed his Resolution setting had been changed from ppi to ppcm. I didn't say anything about printing. In fact, I never even stated what my issue was. I was merely thanking him for sharing information. So, for anyone to tell me that I didn't know what my issue is, that I didn't understand was quite laughable to me. And then the other two posters were almost equally ridiculous, who said that since they didn't experience the same conditions as myself and another person, it couldn't be a programming error.
Trust me, I understand explicitly about resolution, image size, dimensions, file size and how they are all interrelated. Resolution is essentially the density of pixels. (And I'm still used to dpi vs ppi, that's how long I've been working with the concept.) I often help other people understand in whichever mode is most comfortable for them to grasp the knowledge of how to know what size image they need/want to capture and print depending on the types of measurements shown on their equipment used and by whomever they might be working with for finish work.
I have a set process, I have set image sizes, I have an action recorded in Photoshop to shrink my images to 24" x 36" and save them in the proper folder with the proper name and another to shrink them to 8" x 12" and place them in the proper folder with the proper name. I am meticulous, so when the first image imported into Photoshop and it was 18.898" x 28.346", un-cropped, I couldn't figure it out. The file size was still just as large, the resolution was still 72, I hadn't changed any settings in Lightroom or Photoshop, the ONLY thing I had done was install an update. It didn't make sense to me that with the pixel dimensions still being the normal size, all of the sudden the inch dimensions were smaller. And I did need to be able to have the capability for a larger print size if/when I do want to print.
I hope that I'm being clear now. I really was just trying to post a thank you initially. I hadn't expected all of this excess.
I apologize for the troll statement. It wasn't meant for you directly, it was more for the grouping of comments which in my opinion didn't seem to be useful for the discussion and were instead just baiting. I shouldn't have allowed my bad mood to permeate my own comment regardless. I am also sorry for any other statements I made which might have come across wrong. I was trying to be funny with my first comment about programmers, but it might not have come across that way. I hadn't expected the rude and unnecessary comment back which I received, and that's where the trollish comments came from. That's why I only responded to that person once, despite the string of poking posts.

No option to "save as" PDF to reduce file size in Preview

There is no Save As option. I have tried exporting my pdf, there is no file size option when I do this. I have tried to duplicate the pdf as suggested in another topic on this forum, which also then didn't have the Save As option and also didn't have any file size options when trying to save in all the many ways which I had already tried. I also tried to print and save from there, which was another option suggested on this forum. That also didn't offer me any options to reduce the file size despite it being a "save as" window. I'm lost. Send Help.

The screen capture won't let me snag the dropdown selection (attached) but the only options available to me are...
Photoshop (*.PSD;*.PDD)
Large Document Format (*.PSB)
OpenEXR (*.EXR)
Photoshop Raw (*.RAW)
Portable Bit Map (*.PBM;*.PGM;*.PPM;*.PNM;*.PFM;*.PAM)
Radiance (*.HDR;*.RGBE;*.XYZE)
TIFF (*.TIF;*.TIFF)

Huge background file sizes in CP5.5

I've noticed recently that all my background file sizes are huge - over 2 MB each. Earlier projects would vary the size of the background files - most around 60-80K, and a few the same as the current ones 2,257.21K.
I wondered if it has to do with adding more master slides, or the slides in the template (my templates include several example slides, which are removed when the project is completed). I've also noticed that the images etc. in the library are still marked after the example slides are removed, apparently because they are part of the template.
Can anyone explain this stuff? It's increasing the size of files and therefore the loading time tremendously, not a good idea.
Thanks,
Marion

Just an addition to this...I edited one of the background files in an outside graphics program. The file was only 42KB. I reduced it from 8-bits/Channel to 256 colors, which presumably would decrease the size of the background file. The actual file is only 32 KB, but the file in Captivate is still 2257.21 KB, though it says it is 256 colors. It should at least be a smaller file.
I tried exporting the original file, and it was 1.61 MB.
Captivate is apparently leaving a fixed amount of space for each background file, which is out of proportion to the actual size of the file.
I also tried capturing the same screens in a blank project with no master slides, in case it was somehow attaching them to each graphic. It made no difference. Each background was still 2.257 KB, which still seems larger than the capture should be.
I tried capturing at 790 x 545, and as Lilybiri says, it is 1.7 MB.
I also captured the 990x570 file with Snag-it, and it was 1.67 MB
The problem is that, while the file may be compressed on publishing, the projects are now much larger than they used to be, and are causing problems on loading.
I am trying Rod's suggestion of a blank slide at the beginning...

4GB File Size Limit in Finder for Windows/Samba Shares?

I am unable to copy a 4.75GB video file from my Mac Pro to a network drive with XFS file system using the Finder. Files under 4GB can be dragged and dropped without problems. The drag and drop method produces an "unexepcted error" (code 0) message.
I went into Terminal and used the cp command to successfully copy the 4.75GB file to the NAS drive, so obviously there's a 4GB file size limit that Finder is opposing?
I was also able to use Quicktime and save a copy of the file to the network drive, so applications have no problem, either.
XFS file system supports terabyte size files, so this shouldn't be a problem on the receiving end, and it's not, as the terminal copy worked.
Why would they do that? Is there a setting I can use to override this? Google searching found some flags to use with the mount command in Linux terminal to work around this, but I'd rather just be able to use the GUI in OS X (10.5.1) - I mean, that's why we like Macs, right?

I have frequently worked with 8 to 10 gigabyte capture files in both OS9 and OS X so any limit does not seem to be in QT or in the Player. 2 GIg limits would perhaps be something left over from pre-OS 9 versions of your software, as there was a general 2 gig limit in those earlier versions of the operating system. I have also seen people refer to 2 gig limits in QT for Windows but never in OS 9 or later MacOS.

FTP adapter : file size

Hi,
I have a requirement to move file (unread) from remote server to local and capture the file size for logging purpose. I have modified my jca file to use FTPIoInteractionSpec and FTP working fine.
To get the file size, I tried using jca.ftp.size property but it returns null as response. Can you please suggest if there is any other way to get file size without reading the file?
            <bpelx:fromProperties>
                <bpelx:fromProperty name="jca.ftp.Size" variable="size"/>
            </bpelx:fromProperties>
Thanks in advance!

Hi,
It's looking like retrieving the file size is not supported by FTPIoInteractionSpec then...
You can try and the file listing operation to get the file size... It surely brings the file size for FileAdapter, but I've never tried with FtpAdapter, try and let us know please...
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E28280_01/integration.1111/e10231/adptr_file.htm#BABEDEGC
Cheers,
Vlad

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