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My e/mail 'yahoo.com' on MacBook will not accept anything larger than 25 mb ('message size limitation') and the 'Quicktime' reduction options do not go below that figure.. The GoPro video I am trying to send is 297 mb. I have previously used Dropbox, but means the recipient also has to have Dropbox to view. Any suggestions please?
Reduce the resolution and increase the compression and maybe use H.265 instead H.264 with Final Cut Pro (with Compressor it has more options), DaVinci Resolve or other apps until the file size is not too big but the quality does not suffer too much... Edit unnecessary and boring footage off. Or use some site that supports larger files.
Reduce the resolution and increase the compression and maybe use H.265 instead H.264 with Final Cut Pro (with Compressor it has more options), DaVinci Resolve or other apps until the file size is not too big but the quality does not suffer too much... Edit unnecessary and boring footage off. Or use some site that supports larger files.
I would suggest uploading to a temporary file service like WeTransfer or similar. What gets send by e-mail will be just an URL. Then the recipient can download files of “any” size (up to 2 GB without account) and it will be available for limited time (7 days).
E-mail isn’t really suited for very big files.
> recipient also has to have Dropbox to view
No. I recently shared a few largish movies to relatives via Dropbox. I put the .m4v movies to my Dropbox (4GB limit), ctrl-click copied the movie link and emailed just the link (or a link to the whole folder) with short instructions how to view or download it. The relatives could view the movie and even download the original movie without having a Dropbox account (Download > Direct Download).
For example, below is a 2 second short but large 43 MB Super 8 film sample clip from 1972 (it is a ProRes 422HQ unique frame Rank Cintel 4K scan at *25fps so it must be slowed down 72% in Final Cut Pro for approximately the correct speed and then exported as .m4v but you get the idea. *The service tried 18fps but we settled for 25fps because that was their normal workflow and that unique frame ProRes 422HQ is considered "raw" that can be post-processed to any frame rate):
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ymkw8yccfpqd313/super8_25fps_1.mov?dl=0
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