Why is it that you can't split the files (using file tools rather than video tools) and have them reassembled on the other side? Is it a file size limitation or a file transfer limitation? Also, is there a reason you can't send the original files along with the project files? Each additional time that you encode, there is a slight bit of quality loss, so it is preferable to work from the original assets whenever possible.Īnother possibility if you are working collaboratively and have issues with moving a huge amount of data.

You mention that you can break it up in to 4 minute sections to send over. 2 pass VBR will ensure that the best possible use is made of that space. The file size is equal to the data rate times the number of seconds in the video.

Create a 2-pass VBR encoding with an average data rate determined by the size and time. If you want to see how it works out when you use the highest possible quality that will fit your size requirements, you can simply calculate the data rate. That's over 12 times the information and you are trying to fit it in just over twice the space. You are trying to do 60fps 1080p video and get it under 2GB for 4 minutes.

For comparison sake, DV video (at standard definition) takes a gigabyte per 4.7 minutes, which is at a good, high quality level of compression. Depending on your definition of high quality, this is impossible.

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