Basically, I am trying to record as many videos as humanly possible for my daughter (who is now 6), but the videos will be for all stages of her life, from kid to teen to adult. I know I won’t be there for her, so I’m hoping that through these videos I can still “be there for her” at least somewhat and also teach her life lessons and such. Basically, I’m kinda trying to do what Superman’s dad did for him, like where he puts in the crystal and the AI hologram of his dad appears and talks to him and teaches him lessons or just hangs out with him. Well, I don’t have a fortress of solitude or an AI hologram crystal, but I got this IPhone 15 Pro Max. Hopefully that will be enough.

I just recorded my first video on this phone for my daughter. I used 4K at 24 fps, to see if I could give the video more of a cinematic type feel. The video was a few minutes over an hour and was like 14.5GB! I’m using “Apple ProRes” video format with HDR as the “format encoder”.

I really want to film the videos for her in 4K if I can, because I am trying to future-proof the videos as much as humanly possible. I am thinking she could be watching these videos 50 plus years from now and I feel like 4K should help them hopefully hold up better.

I just wanted to ask you guys if there is a good way for me to film these videos in 4K, but maybe use some format that helps save a bit on file space. Because I believe the videos I have recorded in 4K 60fps on my PC (I have an elgato facecam pro with a SM7B mic), that are all about an hour long only came out to 1-2 GB’s or so, where as this iPhone video is 14GB! Although it is appealing to use a format that allows for the best editing options in the future, I cannot justify the storage space usage and over all extra cost this would bring upon me in the future trying to find ways to store these videos. So I definitely need some kinda 4K format that maybe has some compression or something, but will hopefully get my file sizes down to about a GB or two for an hour of footage.

If y’all have any tips for me on this I would be really appreciative! Thanks so much!

  • Parallel-Quality@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Apple’s 1080p in HEVC is extremely high quality and you can record a ton of it.

    I’d try it out and compare it to 4K because you might find it to be more than sufficient, and you’ll save a ton on space.

    • KentuckyKlassic@alien.topOPBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I like this idea! Although I have no setting that I can see that allows me to select “HVEC” format particularly. I just have a setting that lets me choose between “High Efficiency” and “Most Compatible”. I keep mine on the high efficiency and in the description one of the formats is HVEC.

      I’m seriously debating filming some really important videos in 4K@24/30fps and then record most of the videos in 1080p@30fps. This way I can save a ton of space, yet still get some really high quality videos in.

      • Parallel-Quality@alien.topBEnglish
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        1 year ago

        HEVC stands for High Efficiency Video Coding so the “High Efficiency” setting is the correct one.

        I think that’s a good idea.

        Test out filming in 1080p@30fps and 4k 24@30fps and try to discern if you even see a difference.

        I have plenty of space on my iPhone but I still only ever film at 1080p@30fps because it’s already such good quality.

        HEVC allows you to save around 40-50% of space compared to the “Most Compatible” mode without losing any quality because it’s a more advanced codec.