Help ASAP

[bwilson]

I am rendering multiple scenes in backburner. I canceled a job at the computer it was rendering on, and for some reason the file did not finalize to the point that I can view it in QuickTime. I have the file on my output folder in tack as a Quictime file with a file that has a #res in the suffix. When i try to open the file as it is not I get a quicktime error stating that it is not a file that quicktime understands.

 

I am not sure what the problem is to accurately describe it, but I need to somehow get that file to a point where i can view it in quicktime and edit it.

 

Any help would be great, and i can elaborate if there are questions.

 

It been rendering for 2 days, and I do not want to lose the file.

[cullen]

Is is and animation you are trying to render? (exe: to a .mov)

 

If you canceled the rendering in the middle of it, the file didn't get a chance to put the final encription. That is why it wouldn't open. If you are rendering single images to open in Quicktime, make sure that your settings are set for your current version.

[bwilson]

yes cullen,

 

that is the situation, rednering a mov. animation.

 

Is there a way that anyone knows of to complete the file so I can use it?

 

Is there some type of software out there to complete the process?

[Ernest Burden III]

Not that this directly helps you with your current problem, but I have found that partially complete .avi files will play.

 

But more important than that--it is usually best to render to frames, uncompressed. I render to .tif as a sequence. Any video software, from Premiere to QuicktimePro will be able to assemble them into anim., and you can experiment with compression and output parameters. Rendering right to a .mov file limits you.

[mbr]

Not that this directly helps you with your current problem, but I have found that partially complete .avi files will play.

 

But more important than that--it is usually best to render to frames, uncompressed. I render to .tif as a sequence. Any video software, from Premiere to QuicktimePro will be able to assemble them into anim., and you can experiment with compression and output parameters. Rendering right to a .mov file limits you.

 

 

I will render a bunch of small QTs to save time (although I know I shouldn't). Most of the time, they will play if i stop them before they finish, but not always. I try to break them up into 4-5 hour rendering blocks, so if something goes wrong I won't have lost too much material.

 

I believe you are out of luck. Start rendering again! Consider making the movie smaller, it will save time.

 

Good luck.

[bwilson]

thanks for the suggestion Ernest. I spoke with a support tech at Discreet and he recommended the same thing. I am going to use that approach from now on.

 

Thanks for the help guys.

[bwilson]

thanks MBR,

 

I typically break up my files into clusters of 50-100 frames as you suggested when I render to QuickTime. But, for the file in question I used 300 frame blocks. That's what I get for shooting so big!

 

Thanks again for the help everyone.