What settings do I use when exporting from Premiere to maintain quality but not have huge files?

Hello, I stream on Twitch then upload the recordings of the streams to Youtube. Last night I needed to edit one of the recordings in Premiere, and when I exported the video with the exact same settings that it had when I imported it, the size went from 8 GB to 3 TB. That is a ridiculous increase in file size obviously. If I have OBS record my stream at: High Quality, Medium File Size .mkv Hardware (NVENC, H.264) AAC What should I set my Premiere settings to when exporting that same file to maintain quality, but not have a ridiculous increase in file size. Also If I use the built in Remux in OBS to make the files mp4 would I lose quality? I have been using ffmpeg because I know that no quality would be lost with it. Thanks.
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Addie
Addie2mo ago
Remux in OBS is just a remux between containers, the image doesn’t change You listed a codec but not any actual quality settings or resolution or anything you’re recording at
Reeper_Lumish
Reeper_LumishOP2mo ago
Sorry I am still learning. The other settings that I was able to find are listed below. If there are other ones you need could you let me know where to find them? Thanks. Base Canvas Resolution - 2560x1440 Output Scaled Resolution - 1920x1080 Common FPS Values - 60 Downscale Filter - Bicubic (Sharpened scaling, 16 samples) Renderer - Direct 3D 11 Color Format - NV12 (8-bit, 4:@:), 2 planes) Color Space - Rec. 709 Color Range - Limited SDR White Level - 300 nits HDR Nominal Peak Level - 1000 nits Recording Quality - High Quality, Medium File Size Recording Format - .mkv Recording Video Encoder - Hardware (NVENC, H.264) Audio Encoder - FFmpeg AAC Video Encoder - (Use stream encoder) Stream Encoder: Rate Control - CBR Bitrate - 2500 Kbps Keyframe Interval - 0 CPU Usages Preset - veryfast Any thoughts?
HunterAP
HunterAP2mo ago
What GPU do you have
Addie
Addie2mo ago
What were your export settings for the edit?
Reeper_Lumish
Reeper_LumishOP2mo ago
I have an rtx 3060 ti I just tried to replicate the source settings, but clearly 100% quality, uncompressed avi at 1920 x 1080 with the highest render box checked is not what I want because it made a 3 TB file That's what I really need to know is what settings to use when exporting from Premiere
Addie
Addie2mo ago
Well yes 100% uncompressed kinda tells you what you need to know there You had not yet mentioned you were rendering uncompressed lol You want h264 or h265 with hardware encoding to start That’s what you used to capture, so that would be the first step to matching
Reeper_Lumish
Reeper_LumishOP2mo ago
Okay lol. I was worried compression would lower the quality. I'm under the weather currently but next time I'm at my machine I'll give it another go.

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