I shot my first video with a single GoPro last weekend when flying to Oshkosh for the ski plane fly in. I trimmed out all the boring stuff, and the final result was about 6:30 long or so. I was filming in 1080p with the camera. Even having cut it down to as little video as was needed to get the message across, Vimeo was still complaining that the file size was too large. I let iMovie encode it as 720p and resent it to Vimeo, and it was accepted. I saw a couple of concept videos that @Zzz was shooting in 4K, and I'm sure those are even larger files than what I was attempting.

So the question is, is it just because I don't have a paid account for Vimeo that I was being restricted by file size? Or should I consider a third-party CODEC for optimizing the video before uploading to the CDN?

I have Adobe Premiere available to me, but iMovie is pretty simple to use. I know some are using Final Cut Pro, but I don't really have any plans to make that investment.

Thank!
Chris

1. How big was the exported file size?
2. What codec did you choose when you exported? I've found the presets for Youtube and Vimeo in Adobe Media Encoder are pretty good.

Basically, you want h264 compression wrapped as .mp4.

Chris In Marshfield wrote:I shot my first video with a single GoPro last weekend when flying to Oshkosh for the ski plane fly in. I trimmed out all the boring stuff, and the final result was about 6:30 long or so. I was filming in 1080p with the camera. Even having cut it down to as little video as was needed to get the message across, Vimeo was still complaining that the file size was too large.

Yup. Vimeo has a 500MB file size limit for non-paying users.

Unless you have some specific reason to want to be there, YouTube is probably a better choice for a lot of reasons.

Zzz wrote:1. How big was the exported file size?
2. What codec did you choose when you exported? I've found the presets for Youtube and Vimeo in Adobe Media Encoder are pretty good.

Basically, you want h264 compression wrapped as .mp4.

I'm not sure. I'll have to take a look. iMovie just said "share on Vimeo" or similar, I picked the resolution (1080p first, then 720p), and then it (iMovie) sent it there via API. I was in a rush, so I didn't look at all of my options.

I'll check more deeply into the export options, and use the options noted above. I'll also monitor file size during the process.

Appreciate the tips, sir.

~Chris

rw2 wrote:

Chris In Marshfield wrote:I shot my first video with a single GoPro last weekend when flying to Oshkosh for the ski plane fly in. I trimmed out all the boring stuff, and the final result was about 6:30 long or so. I was filming in 1080p with the camera. Even having cut it down to as little video as was needed to get the message across, Vimeo was still complaining that the file size was too large.

Yup. Vimeo has a 500MB file size limit for non-paying users.

Unless you have some specific reason to want to be there, YouTube is probably a better choice for a lot of reasons.

I presumed from other readings that Vimeo was a more "boutique" service, so I chose it first. I'll give YouTube a look as well. I just see the other... umm... "collections" of video that reside on YouTube, along with the way they pack ad content and other stuff onto a page, and thought maybe Vimeo might be a more streamlined delivery medium.

Thanks for the suggestion,
~Chris

Chris In Marshfield wrote:I presumed from other readings that Vimeo was a more "boutique" service, so I chose it first. I'll give YouTube a look as well. I just see the other... umm... "collections" of video that reside on YouTube, along with the way they pack ad content and other stuff onto a page, and thought maybe Vimeo might be a more streamlined delivery medium.

Vimeo is preferred amongst those who will drive their own visitors and want slightly higher quality.

Youtube is preferred for everyone else.

This is a good spot to start:
http://www.wpbeginner.com/beginners-gui ... -vs-vimeo/

You can also tag your videos as "non-monetized" on youtube, which means the videos won't have ads.

I'm 98% confident that youtube is the right place for you.

There was a time when YouTube did not support HD video and Vimeo did. It was one of their big advantages when they emerged circa 2007. They were also a community of filmmakers and artists, still are, whereas YouTube was...everyone. We've all nearly wretched while reading YouTube comments, which seem to represent the gutter of collective human consciousness. More than once I've stopped and asked myself if there was something else I could be doing.

But, YouTube is on a scale that dwarfs Vimeo for audience, if that's important to you. And there's less of a premium type offering.