What is the most professional configuration to compress? (read)

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kpoviv7
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What is the most professional configuration to compress? (read)

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I know that the question is not concrete. But someone who has compressed videos for a long time, what settings would you use to compress (for example) a 1080P movie, which weighs 15gb and reduce its weight as much as possible without losing quality?
Woodstock
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Re: What is the most professional configuration to compress? (read)

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For professional purposes, you target the minimum compression necessary to fit your media. Meaning if a 15GB file fits your media, you don't compress it more.

Any compression that isn't loss-less reduces the quality. So your "without losing quality" means do not compress.
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Re: What is the most professional configuration to compress? (read)

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HQ 1080p preset is a good starting point. See how you feel about encoding time, output size, and output quality to make adjustments from there.
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