Hi. I'm Trying to turn a video into something I can upload to youtube, which means less than 1 gig and an appropriate format.

In the user manual, it says:
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Use Kdenlive 0.7.1 as H.264 export is better. Refer to this document:
http://www.google.com/support/youtube/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=132460

These export profiles has been added to Kdenlive recently:

YouTube 1290x720 2000k
YouTube 640x480 800k
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so I rendered using H.264, (200k - the first option) and what came out was a video of 1.3 gb.

How can I shrink the file size down to something under 1 gig?

Any help appreciated.

Thanks,
-Andrew

Kdenlive 0.7.1 is deprecated. Please use Kdenlive 0.7.4 which will render with exact bitrates.

I'm using 0.7.3, which is the latest package available for ubtuntu, as far as I can tell. How can I get 0.7.4?

To reduce the size, you need to reduce one or more of:
1. movie duration
2. bitrate (thee 2000k part) - you can make a custom export profile from the existing one to change this. Look for b=2000k in the settings when doing so. Add " pass=2" to the settings to get better quality for your bitrate.
3. framerate in Project Settings - this will require a review of all edits in your movie
4. resolution (not recommended per YouTube recommendations)