Thanks very much for getting a copy of the original file to me! As I suspected, It does use a variable bitrate and the average bitrate is only 690kbps:
Interestingly, if I try to produce the entire clip to HD 30p WMV, the projected file size stays at 1.3GB but it would take over 22 hours to produce!
As an alternative, I think creating a custom H.264/AVC profile is a good way to go as the produce time shortens to under 2 hours (for the 2h 48min cut version) and the file size should only increase to around 4GB.
The size will still increase because the lowest bitrate that PD will accept for an AVC output profile is 3Mbps. If you have a computer that can produce H.265/HEVC with hardware encoding, you can reduce the file size by 1/3 as PD will accept a 2Mbps bitrate for that codec, and you'll still have a reasonable produce time.
To make a custom profile, go to the Produce room, select H.264/AVC (or H.265), then click on the "+" button to bring up the profile editor. Give the profile a name and enter any other info in the comments section, then click on the Video tab and set the values to those shown in the attached screenshot.
You should then be able to produce your edited clip in a reasonable amount of time, and while you'll have a bigger files size than your original clip, it won't be 10x or beyond.
Another way to approach thsi is to search the web for "WMV video cutter"
There are plenty of 3rd party apps (some paid, some free) that will let you cut out various chunks of a clip and then join the remaining pieces together without producing/rendering. You'd probably need to download several and test them to see how easy it is to do your particular edits and whether or not it's worth dealing with ads or unwanted add-on programs that might get installed, but that would be the best way to get the 25% reduction in file size you were originally seeking
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