<p>The easy answer is to analyze the resulting files in order to determine what's happening. <a href="https://mediaarea.net/en/MediaInfo" rel="nofollow noreferrer">mediainfo</a> is a multi-platform open source tool that will help you do exactly that. Handbrake is likely using a much lower bitrate by default than Sony Vegas Pro. If I'm not mistaken, the standard settings for SVP are pretty high. You can prove this to yourself with the aforementioned mediainfo tool, and then solve it by adjusting the SVP bitrate settings accordingly.</p>

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2018-02-03T17:30:35.403Z
2018-02-03T17:30:35.403Z
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<p>I am currently screen recording with OBS and then editing the resulting mp4 in vegas pro</p>

<p>Here is what happened last time i screen recorded as an example</p>

<p>35min screen record at 1920*1080 resulted in 260MB
After importing into Vegas and adding intro/outtro and editing mistakes then rendering as the sony mp4 using standard settings, the file came out to be 2.4GB
I then passed it through Handbrake which compressed it back to 375MB</p>

<p>Im obviously doing something wrong but I have no idea where to start my research. Is there settings in vegas that can render better to get it down to what Handbrake can do?</p>

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Vegas pro file size explosion - having to use Handbrake currently
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# Vegas pro file size explosion - having to use Handbrake currently

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-02-02)

I am currently screen recording with OBS and then editing the resulting mp4 in vegas pro

Here is what happened last time i screen recorded as an example

35min screen record at 1920\*1080 resulted in 260MB
After importing into Vegas and adding intro/outtro and editing mistakes then rendering as the sony mp4 using standard settings, the file came out to be 2.4GB
I then passed it through Handbrake which compressed it back to 375MB

Im obviously doing something wrong but I have no idea where to start my research. Is there settings in vegas that can render better to get it down to what Handbrake can do?

**Tags:** vegas-pro, obs


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### Answer by username_1 on 2018-02-03. Score: 0 | Accepted answer

The easy answer is to analyze the resulting files in order to determine what's happening. [mediainfo](https://mediaarea.net/en/MediaInfo) is a multi-platform open source tool that will help you do exactly that. Handbrake is likely using a much lower bitrate by default than Sony Vegas Pro. If I'm not mistaken, the standard settings for SVP are pretty high. You can prove this to yourself with the aforementioned mediainfo tool, and then solve it by adjusting the SVP bitrate settings accordingly.


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