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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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
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?
What GPU do you have
What were your export settings for the edit?
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
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
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.