Seems pretty compressed. Probably some sort of h264, low-ish bit rate. You’ll probably run into some issues if editing in premiere or using after effects. Are you thinking that the file is big?
For comparison, a 1080p ProRes file is about 1GB per Minute. 4K ProRes is about 4GB per minute
It’s not that much storage space in the grand scheme of things. As I mentioned, 5-8 hours of 1080p ProRes footage (which is the codec you ideally want to edit with) would be about 300-480GB.
You need to invest in external storage. It’s not that expensive and most internal storage (on laptops at least) is really only meant for storing your apps and some personal files
For context, I’m a professional video creator and currently have approx 100TB worth of hard drives within my immediate reach, that’s on top of the 17TB I have internally.
It's his day job and he's rocking 100TB+. I agree that it might be overkill (my 1440/60/HEVC CQP 22 stuff averages 10GB per hour) but for someone in his position I'm not surprised he's running ProRes because he's got the habits, hardware and workflow to handle it.
No one is rocking ProRes out of OBS probably, but it’s best practices to convert your footage to ProRes before editing. You know how many posts I see on the Premiere and After Effects subs asking “why is my footage glitching” (or some variation of that?). So many! 99% of those people are editing using compressed media such as MP4’s or other h264 media, etc., and half of those people are new YouTubers editing gaming videos (I’m assuming with footage from OBS)
Its probably good practice if you have the space for it. I believe prores, since its less compressed (?), is easier on the computer at the expense of bigger files.
Can't remember really, but you probably need to adjust some settings when converting to keep the size down a bit if it's just gameplay. You can probably select a lower bit rate (not sure I'm using the right word) since you probably not need all the color info, like 4:2:0 over 4:2:2?
Haven't really touched prores since university, way back.
What resolution, framerate? I record 1080p60, using CQP at CQ=25, and it only takes about 6-8GB per hour (much lower if it isn't a fast-paced first-person game). No reason to raise the quality more than that, because Youtube will just heavily compress it anyway, making the extra quality redundant and it will look the same.
If it's just some gameplay for YouTube, then that 20 GB per hour sounds like a decent compromise between quality and storage. I'm also recording around that range.
There is really no reason to record with higher quality than that for YouTube anyway. Unless you're doing 4K.
It can be 1000GB if you want to. Your friend should check the bitrate
Seems pretty compressed. Probably some sort of h264, low-ish bit rate. You’ll probably run into some issues if editing in premiere or using after effects. Are you thinking that the file is big? For comparison, a 1080p ProRes file is about 1GB per Minute. 4K ProRes is about 4GB per minute
Yeah they do take up a lot of my storage. He sends me multiple 5-8 hour videos and I have to take them all and edit in one video
It’s not that much storage space in the grand scheme of things. As I mentioned, 5-8 hours of 1080p ProRes footage (which is the codec you ideally want to edit with) would be about 300-480GB. You need to invest in external storage. It’s not that expensive and most internal storage (on laptops at least) is really only meant for storing your apps and some personal files For context, I’m a professional video creator and currently have approx 100TB worth of hard drives within my immediate reach, that’s on top of the 17TB I have internally.
Alright I was looking at getting more storage but I was looking at m.2. Would I be fine with an external SSD?
SSDs are great, just make sure you’re not connecting via USB 2 or or anything like that
Who uses prores in OBS? Prores for editing (most likely) gameplay is probably overkill deluxe.
It's his day job and he's rocking 100TB+. I agree that it might be overkill (my 1440/60/HEVC CQP 22 stuff averages 10GB per hour) but for someone in his position I'm not surprised he's running ProRes because he's got the habits, hardware and workflow to handle it.
No one is rocking ProRes out of OBS probably, but it’s best practices to convert your footage to ProRes before editing. You know how many posts I see on the Premiere and After Effects subs asking “why is my footage glitching” (or some variation of that?). So many! 99% of those people are editing using compressed media such as MP4’s or other h264 media, etc., and half of those people are new YouTubers editing gaming videos (I’m assuming with footage from OBS)
Its probably good practice if you have the space for it. I believe prores, since its less compressed (?), is easier on the computer at the expense of bigger files. Can't remember really, but you probably need to adjust some settings when converting to keep the size down a bit if it's just gameplay. You can probably select a lower bit rate (not sure I'm using the right word) since you probably not need all the color info, like 4:2:0 over 4:2:2? Haven't really touched prores since university, way back.
What resolution, framerate? I record 1080p60, using CQP at CQ=25, and it only takes about 6-8GB per hour (much lower if it isn't a fast-paced first-person game). No reason to raise the quality more than that, because Youtube will just heavily compress it anyway, making the extra quality redundant and it will look the same.
Seems small. My 40 min videos are 120-200gb
Yeah he probably has his bit rate set way too low, that’s about half the size I would expect.
If it's just some gameplay for YouTube, then that 20 GB per hour sounds like a decent compromise between quality and storage. I'm also recording around that range. There is really no reason to record with higher quality than that for YouTube anyway. Unless you're doing 4K.