dpn Posted December 1, 2005 Share Posted December 1, 2005 I have an animation project that I have rendered at a high resolution 1500x1100. I have created an AVI file to play with windows media player. After assembling the animation, I realized that you can not rewind an avi. I have used windows media encoder to achieve this; however it will not allow me to export the animation at the original resolution. I have exported the file as a Quicktime mov., but it is an 11 Gig file! I can not loose any resolution, but need a file that can be rewound smoothly. I have been using Adobe Premiere 6.0. What software should I be using, and is there anything that is cheap that would do the trick? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manta Posted December 2, 2005 Share Posted December 2, 2005 Does this 11 gig file play, thats really huge... Whats is the video going to be used for at such high resolution, you could put it on a external hard drive... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpn Posted December 2, 2005 Author Share Posted December 2, 2005 The file does not play smoothly. So it is not a solution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manta Posted December 2, 2005 Share Posted December 2, 2005 The file does not play smoothly. So it is not a solution. Ya, I wouldn't think so, I don't think even a 500mb file would play smoothly, have you considered VHS, I know it sounds like going backwards in technology, but it should work... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpn Posted December 2, 2005 Author Share Posted December 2, 2005 Actually the AVI is 2 gig and it plays fine. The only problem is the rewind option is jumpy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Vestal Posted December 2, 2005 Share Posted December 2, 2005 Since you do not have premiere pro, Microsoft has a free video converter I reccommend. Your best bet for an HD codec. (you are just over 1080p) is WMV. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/9series/encoder/default.aspx I am not sure if is supports your non-standard resolution. Might be worth a try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manta Posted December 2, 2005 Share Posted December 2, 2005 Actually the AVI is 2 gig and it plays fine. The only problem is the rewind option is jumpy. Yes but who's computer is it going to be playing on... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjornkn Posted December 2, 2005 Share Posted December 2, 2005 I think you're wrong about that you can't rewind an AVI file. Maybe you should try using other codecs, try to change the keyframe rate etc. I have lots of avi files that I can rewind, step backwards and forward etc. You could also try wmv format? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpn Posted December 2, 2005 Author Share Posted December 2, 2005 What type of codec do you suggest? What key frame rate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbarc Posted December 2, 2005 Share Posted December 2, 2005 when you say rewind do you mean playing in reverse? I don't think you can do this with Media Player so QT probably IS your best bet. Maybe give sorensen3 or photo jpeg codecs a try. Dropping the framerate could also help to play what is a large format - either by slowing the animation down or cutting out frames (this would reduce file size too). If the latter, you need to be careful to do this as a multiple of your original framerate or it will become jumpy and erratic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpn Posted December 2, 2005 Author Share Posted December 2, 2005 No, i do not need the animation to play in reverse, just be able to rewind. I have tested a smaller file as a quicktime file, and it worked right out of the box. It played smoothly, and I was able to rewind it smoothly. I am just trying to do that with windows media player. An avi out of the box does not rewind at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbarc Posted December 2, 2005 Share Posted December 2, 2005 No, i do not need the animation to play in reverse, just be able to rewind. I have tested a smaller file as a quicktime file, and it worked right out of the box. It played smoothly, and I was able to rewind it smoothly. I am just trying to do that with windows media player. An avi out of the box does not rewind at all. In that case it is a codec/compression problem because you should be able to do that. Maybe try windows media video 9 - or reduce the size or frame rate - like I said before that's a very high res output for PC playback Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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