Quicktime render with raylight 720P Choppy, not playing

[atlfilmguy]

I rendered using the quicktime uncompressed default.
A 10 second test was 1.5GB and was unplayable. It was choppy and stuttered.
I checked the quicktime player with a known quicktime file and it worked fine.

Ideas?

 

[Eugenia Loli-Queru]

Yes, we have ideas.

Read these two to understand why:
http://eugenia.gnomefiles.org/2008/01/22/confusion-and-video-editing/
http://eugenia.gnomefiles.org/2007/10/19/understanding-intermediate-and-delivery-video-formats/

The kind of MOV files that come out of Vegas using the templates are not delivery codecs, they are intermediate, that's why they are huge. If you want to render a quicktime compatible file, you simply export as Sony AVC MP4.

 

[atlfilmguy]

Thanks Eugenia.
I have actually read your post before.

I thought it was a raylight thing causing the stutter.

I was able to make one with the normal quicktime that finally worked, but it is compressed. I believe it was sorenson3 video format.

I wonder which the best format/compression is?

 

[David Jimerson]

It depends on what you want to do with the rendered video. There's no one best format/compression.

 

[Eugenia Loli-Queru]

In terms of an intermediate format, that actually plays back without stutter, I would say Cineform fills that bill.

 

[atlfilmguy]

Cool, thanks for that,
I am going to start a different thread for my next few questions, one will be about compression, I know most of my questions are addressed on here somewhere, but I find that the search tool does not really find exaclty what I am asking usually. And some of the new ones I have come up with are nowhere on here.

I REALLY appreciate the help you two are always dishing out in large helpings!