350mb = 1,7gb!?
 

Hi,

I´m trying out Neoscene and I´m wondering if this file conversion is correct or if I did something wrong. I took this 2 minute 350mb AVCHD file from my NEX-5N and converted it with Neoscene to cineforms´ intermediate codec....I ended up with a monstrous 1,7GB file! Is this correct? Are the converted files supposed to be so massive?

Do these rough numbers make sense?
2 minutes / 350mb = 1,7GB
1 minute / 175mb = 850mb
10 minutes / 1,75gb = 8,5GB
60 minutes / 10,5GB = almost 1T!!!!

If very very easy to end up with 3 hours footage after a music video or a short. This would mean almost 3TB of HD plus a dedicate HD for the system.

Re: 350mb = 1,7gb!?
 

That seems about right, yes. I reckon as a rule of thumb about 1GB per minute. But you should remember that this compares to roughly 8GB-10GB per minute for uncompressed HD. I do find that I buy a lot of 2TB hard drives ...

Re: 350mb = 1,7gb!?
 

I think your calculation for the 60 minutes is a little off. The file size will be about 50GB.

Re: 350mb = 1,7gb!?
 

Rafael,

Your math for 1 hour of converted video is way off. 60 minutes of video converted to Cineform should be only about 51GB. Three hours of video so converted should be just over 150GB.

Re: 350mb = 1,7gb!?
 

I just looked at a recent 30 minute output file (Film Scan 1), and it's 28GB, so that makes 56GB/hr

Re: 350mb = 1,7gb!?
 

You guys are right. I have to stop drinking before posting :)