Output / Render help

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green thumb

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I'm having serious issues with outputting a clip from after effects cs3. I've searched and searched and nothing I've found has helped. On dvxuser, google, anywhere.

Here is the workflow summed up;
filmed on hmc150
converted to AIC
brought several clips into PPRO cs3 (i made my edit then realized after effects was messing up)
i exported the last clip of the edit (quicktime mov, h.264, 1280x720... looks great)
brought that into AE
exported every way i could think of with every setting... i saved it probably 10 times, all of them were choppy.

It will play for maybe 1 or 2 seconds, skip several seconds, or just not play at all. Also the quality goes way down.

I reeeeally need some help! Like I said, I searched the living crap out of the internet and haven't found a helpful solution, so please take it easy on me. I just want to get the ball rolling!
 
green thumb said:
I've tried the render queue, i've tried "make movie", etc
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A couple of points:...

You don't mention what settings you use in your 'make movie' sequence.

If you are outputing HD with the 'uncompressed Animation' selected, which is the default, you very well don't have enough of a computer to play that real time...

One reason for outputing in 'uncompressed' form is so that if you wish to perform further work on the media, you don't incure a compression quality loss cost.

If you are outputing to your final media form, then use a compression method that is more 'playable', such as H.264, or the like, or if rendered using the uncompressed codec, use Quicktime Pro or similar to compress to a more playable format.

But then even when compressing to H.264 (or similar) and using HD, you may make the bit rate of the material too high for your play back on your computer. I'd limit the bit rate to under 20 Mb/s that mega-bits/second. You may have artifacts, but the media has a higher likelihood of playing smoothly...
 
how is it possible that the footage works just fine and dandy but when i put it through after effects, suddenly "my computer can't handle it"?

i'll mess with it some more and get back to you.
 
green thumb said:
how is it possible that the footage works just fine and dandy but when i put it through after effects, suddenly "my computer can't handle it"?

i'll mess with it some more and get back to you.
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Look closely at the output options, what codec, etc. that you have selected, or options that were 'automagically' selected for you.
 
i just set it to 16, now it plays back fine, looks a little more grainy, but at least it plays. No audio though! uuuuuuugh i have rendered the same clip like 50 times now. oh well, i'll get it soon.
 
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