huge files being exported in premiere pro & VDub

[sabrina-il.livejournal.com]

So I recently moved to Premiere (my WMM died so I'm taking the big leap) and I have a question. I make a vid, export it, and it comes out HUGE. I mean 30 seconds is about 250MG. Most frustrating since you can't really upload that kind of thing online.

I know this must sound like an obvious one but I've looked around and (like many very simple Premiere issues) there's no answer I've been able to find. Is there a setting I'm missing? Does it take another program?

Also, I use VDub to cut my clips (since Premiere doesn't play with my torrent-ed .avi files) and they all come out HUGE as well. I mean I cut like 10 seconds from a scene and the file is, once again, 250MG. I don't mind it that much cos I got some space and it's taught me to watch twice cut once but I was wondering if perhaps that too is fixable. I usually mark the clip I want and do File->Save As AVI.

Thank you, any help mucly appriciated!!

Comments

[melinafandom.livejournal.com]

For clipping in Vdub, you might try following astolat's instructions -- "Using VirtualDub to get clips out of a downloaded or ripped file that can be used in Premiere."

http://astolat.livejournal.com/51221.html

(You do not want to use "direct stream copy" of torrented files in vdub. Those will not be usable in Premiere.)

As far as exporting from Premiere, one option is to use one of the many compression codecs built in. Another is to follow the second part of astolat's instructions, "Using VirtualDub to encode a vid for online distribution."

You can find tons of other guides and helpful information here:
http://www.animemusicvideos.org/guides/avtech/index.html

[sabrina-il.livejournal.com]

Those are some EXCELLENT intructions in that post you linked to. Unfortunately, just my luck, they don't seem to work. I downloaded amvapp as the post suggested, but the very next step is an issue. It says to open VDub and go to "streams" but... I have no streams in my VDub :(

[melinafandom.livejournal.com]

Uh -- first, those instructions *do* work if you follow them. Second, if it's Vdub, you *do* have a menu choice that says "streams." If you mean that it's empty, that might mean you have no sound, which as the instructions say, is fine since you don't need the source's sound for vidding.

Honestly, I think you might benefit from slowing down a moment, and working with the instructions and the guides one step at a time, slowly and carefully. Don't leap to the conclusion that something doesn't work the second you run into a snag. I've found that when instructions don't work, 9 out of 10 times it's because I've made a mistake somewhere along the line.

[sabrina-il.livejournal.com]

I meant to say don't work FOR ME, not in general, must be the late hour cos my brain feels like it's made of cotton.

I meant I have to "streams" label on my VDub. And indeed the problem is that the intructions are for vDubMOD LOL I downloaded that and everything started making sense. I'm going to bed now and I'll continue the quest to make my vid smaller in the morning but THANK YOU SO MUCH for your help! You've really helped me A LOT and probably most of my problems right now are prom being completely sleep deprived.