Reference number: CH000855

How do you determine the size of a video file?

Question:

How do you determine the size of a video file?

Answer:

Microsoft Windows XP users

Microsoft Windows XP users can see the dimensions of numerous different video file formats by viewing the file summary. To do this follow the below steps.

1. Highlight the video file.
2. Right-click the file and click properties.
3. Click the Summary tab.
4. If the advanced properties are not already showing click the Advanced button in the bottom right portion of the window. In the Advanced properties under Image you should be able to see the Width and Height of the video file.

Microsoft Windows users and Windows Media Player

If the above recommendation does not display the required information view the video properties through Windows Media Player. This will only work if the video file is capable of being played in Windows Media Player.

1. Open Windows Media Player and the video file you wish to view the dimensions of. Additional information about playing a movie file in Windows can also be found on document CH000852.
2. Click File and then Properties.
3. In the Properties window under the File tab you should see the width and height listed next to Video size: -- for example, 640 x 480 is 640 width and 480 is the height. In addition you should also be able to see other information such as the length, bit rate, aspect ratio, audio codec, and video codec of the video file.

Apple QuickTime

To view the dimensions of video files such as .mov files that play through Apple QuickTime follow the below steps.

1. Open the movie file in Apple QuickTime.
2. Click Window and then click Show Movie Info.
3. Within the Movie Info section the Normal Size and Current Size will display the dimensions of the video file. For example, 320 x 240 is 320 width and 240 height.

Additional information:

• This document contains information about determining the dimensions (width / height) of a file. If you need to know how much disk space the file is using see document CH000769.
• See our video dictionary definition for additional information about this term.