Anyone else using Final Cut Pro for video production? If so what settings are you using when you save your videos for use in Articulate? I'm ending up with rather large files (ranging from 5-10gb) and wondering if I should be choosing another option. When I go to insert them into Articulate I get an error that I need to choose another format, even though they are mp4.
Most of the videos I'm working with are at least an hour in length. Maybe I'm missing something, but I don't see any options when sharing from FCP to change the bitrate.
I'm not sure if it is good idea to put into elearning video which has one hour. If you can, cut this video for a few shorter videos and put to few screens separately. You can change the bitrate of video using other special programs f.e. format factory which is for free.
I can't cut the video. I'm able to put the videos in if I take what I've produced with FCP and pull it into Camtasia and then produce a smaller video from there. It seems to be the best way to do so while still maintaining the best quality (have tried compressing the videos with other options and they get way to pixelated). It just seems like a bit of a stupid way to do it. I'm wondering if I purchased Compressor for FCP if this would solve my problem.
Yes, you can use Compressor. I also recommend to change the size of video to what size of screen you have in Storyline. Then your video should has less mb and story file after putting your video in fit size will have less mb.
Thanks for the help. I think I will consider Compressor, I'm hoping it will help maintain the quality while reducing the size. So far using Camtasia to reduce the size is working the best, but is kind of cumbersome. I really appreciate the help!
I'd also highly recommend (if at all possible) that you place the video on a dedicated distribution site (such as Vimeo, YouTube, etc.) so that you can offload the heavy lifting. No matter how you slice it, an hour worth of video is heavy. Even if you break your video up into small chunks and place it on individual slides, you're still dependent upon the quality of the server where the course is hosted. If the server struggles to push out the video, the learner may be a bit frustrated by the slow load times. On the other hand, using a dedicated video site allows you to take advantage of not only the robust servers, but also provides built-in visuals that users are used to as videos load. So if the learner has a slow connection, they'll see the video loading, buffering, etc. in an environment that they may already be familiar with.
If this is an option, I'd consider it. Then, all you have to do is use a web object to add the video to a slide. As a bonus, it also keeps your source .story file a lot smaller!
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Oh my god, your video has 5gb? What is its length? You have to change bitrate of video, I recomend use 500-1000 KB/s - thats really enough.
Most of the videos I'm working with are at least an hour in length. Maybe I'm missing something, but I don't see any options when sharing from FCP to change the bitrate.
I'm not sure if it is good idea to put into elearning video which has one hour. If you can, cut this video for a few shorter videos and put to few screens separately. You can change the bitrate of video using other special programs f.e. format factory which is for free.
I can't cut the video. I'm able to put the videos in if I take what I've produced with FCP and pull it into Camtasia and then produce a smaller video from there. It seems to be the best way to do so while still maintaining the best quality (have tried compressing the videos with other options and they get way to pixelated). It just seems like a bit of a stupid way to do it. I'm wondering if I purchased Compressor for FCP if this would solve my problem.
Yes, you can use Compressor. I also recommend to change the size of video to what size of screen you have in Storyline. Then your video should has less mb and story file after putting your video in fit size will have less mb.
Thanks for assisting Katie here Kamil :)
Thanks for the help. I think I will consider Compressor, I'm hoping it will help maintain the quality while reducing the size. So far using Camtasia to reduce the size is working the best, but is kind of cumbersome. I really appreciate the help!
Katie,
I'd also highly recommend (if at all possible) that you place the video on a dedicated distribution site (such as Vimeo, YouTube, etc.) so that you can offload the heavy lifting. No matter how you slice it, an hour worth of video is heavy. Even if you break your video up into small chunks and place it on individual slides, you're still dependent upon the quality of the server where the course is hosted. If the server struggles to push out the video, the learner may be a bit frustrated by the slow load times. On the other hand, using a dedicated video site allows you to take advantage of not only the robust servers, but also provides built-in visuals that users are used to as videos load. So if the learner has a slow connection, they'll see the video loading, buffering, etc. in an environment that they may already be familiar with.
If this is an option, I'd consider it. Then, all you have to do is use a web object to add the video to a slide. As a bonus, it also keeps your source .story file a lot smaller!
Mike
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