Final Cut Pro X: Clips larger than source?
 

I'm new to Final Cut Pro and am stumped. I have a 15 minute video that I'm taking a 5 minute segment out of. I want the 5 minute segment as its own video. I go to Share, set up a profile that says match the source, and the result is a file that is four times larger than the original! The original file is 150 MB, the 5 minute segment is 500 MB!

How is that possible? What do I need to do to get a good quality chop of the original? It should be around 50 MB with similar quality.

Did you check the bitrate of both files?

this :thumbsup

You don't even have a Mac!

Yes, I did. I'm installing an app called Compressor right now.

Will report back shortly!

your probably to far north

You have set the output bitrate higher than the original bitrate, thats why..

You dont need a compressor, you need to set Final Cut correctly.

And i dont need a Mac to know that :P

Compressor. You're already on the right track.

Alternatively you have set your output codec to Apple Prores - which is a pile of dogpoo

No I didn't. And I didn't set my bit rate higher. And Compressor is a program.

You might need a Mac after all.

Update.

Figured it out. With. Compressor.

nope - i don't - because i never had that problem before :P