Hello.
I did an AVI of my little beginner's animation today.
I had tested it at smaller AVI web resolutions and it rendered correctly.
Then I rendered it as
Pal 768 X 576 at frame rate 25
The size of the animation is 1710 frames
I exported as AVI Movie with Antialiased edges, Apply shape effects, Apply layer effects and Extra-smooth images ticked.
The resultant file (a little over one minute animation) came to over 2 gigs in size!
I tried to open the file in Real Player and Windows Media Player
Real Player just sat there and didn't play.
Windows Media Player gave a message that possibly the codec was not supported.
I also tried to open the file in Vegas Movies Studio Platinum 9, but could not open the file.
This is extremely frustrating as I was able to open the AVI file if I saved it in lower resolution.
What do you think is the problem?
Thank you for your help.
Paul.
Very frustrating AVI render would not play :(
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Very frustrating AVI render would not play :(
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Unfortunately Windows Player, did not identify the codec. The report was just ambiguous to the effect that possibily a codec was not supported.
I have Windows XP Professional, with the latest updates, if that is helpful.
Paul.
I have Windows XP Professional, with the latest updates, if that is helpful.
Paul.
dueyftw wrote:What what was the codec?
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Actually, this is just the limitation with that codec -- anything over 2GB is not supported. (That's been true since time began and will probably never change). For example:
http://community.avid.com/forums/t/38745.aspx
Just export as single frames and bring together in a program that allows you to create a non-compressed AVI (but, as Wes points out, it *will* be huge -- 20GB or more for the same animation that an AVI can compress to 2GB).
http://community.avid.com/forums/t/38745.aspx
Just export as single frames and bring together in a program that allows you to create a non-compressed AVI (but, as Wes points out, it *will* be huge -- 20GB or more for the same animation that an AVI can compress to 2GB).
Mkelley's right about saving individual frames then making a resulting AVI. You can make individual frame sizes smaller by using the .PNG format. It is a lossless format that supports alpha-channels if you need them.
Having a folder with a ton of individual frames is PITA, but it's a good safeguard for rendering animations with big frame sizes.
Having a folder with a ton of individual frames is PITA, but it's a good safeguard for rendering animations with big frame sizes.