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Why is a 1 hour video file 9 gig and another 1 hour long video file 121gig??


Posted on Dec 23, 2021 6:18 AM

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Posted on Dec 23, 2021 6:21 AM

Different codecs.

One is probably H264, the other ProRes.


Open each in Quicktime Player, press Command-I and post screenshots.

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