Miles Hodge

Q: How do I reduce Quicktime recordings file size?

On my Mac, they take up so much space, like 1 GB for a 2 minute movie or screen recording.

iPad recordings take up much less space and are of higher quality.

Anyone know how to reduce the file size or at least tell me why they use so much space? I've only got 128GB.

 

Many Thanks to all you good people.

MacBook Air, OS X El Capitan (10.11.5), iTunes 12.4.1.6

Posted on Aug 3, 2016 11:11 AM

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  • by JimmyCMPIT,Solvedanswer

    JimmyCMPIT JimmyCMPIT Aug 3, 2016 12:42 PM in response to Miles Hodge
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    Aug 3, 2016 12:42 PM in response to Miles Hodge

    I dont see you can export out of QT other than .MOV

    but you could use an external converter

    while this is primarily used to convert DVD's to video files it will also convert video files.

    https://handbrake.fr

  • by Miles Hodge,

    Miles Hodge Miles Hodge Aug 3, 2016 12:42 PM in response to JimmyCMPIT
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    Aug 3, 2016 12:42 PM in response to JimmyCMPIT

    SOLVED    SOLVED    SOLVED    SOLVED  

     

    Hello, I looked at handbrake and then I went to the app store and downloaded ' Wontube Free Video Converter ' from the App store ( Free ).

     

    Chose to convert to MP4 and shrank the resolution a bit.

    A 7GB file is now 200MB  with a slight loss of picture quality but that doesn't matter. THANKS.

     

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