1) If the video is sized differently than how you made it, it will have to
be recalc'd. If you made a 640x480, then it should be moved to exactly
800x600 to keep the same aspect ratio. Anything else (like 780x560) might
drag it down. Exact powers of two scale best (320x240 -> 640x480), but
same aspect ratio scales next best. Odd sizes can drag it down.
2) Keep your Director frame rate LOW. The higher your Director frame rate,
the less time that is available to the video renderer. This is the biggest
single mistake people make. Put your rate down to 4 or 6 fps if you
can. The video will still play properly. The Director frame rate is NOT
the same as the video frame rate. In fact, it works against it. A low
Director rate will allow for much more cycles for the video. If you've
been cranking it to 30 fps, 99fps, or 120fps then you're taking the wrong
approach. Move it low, and video will be better.
- Tab
At 07:45 PM 5/17/01 +0200, Kamil Dabkowski wrote:
>Hi,
>
>Two problems regarding video in Dir 8:
>
>1. I have 14 sec animation rendered by After Effects. I've compressed it
>using Indeo 5.04, 640x480 (I want to stretch it to 800x600), 90%
>quality, keyframe every 5th frame, no data rate defined (should I
>defined it? at which rate?). Animation runs smooth
>when playing with Media Player. In Director it chokes. Why?
>
>2. With other video. Before launching video a strange window (320x240)
>appears for a second. Very confusing. Why is it happen?
>
>Dir 8, win 98, PIII 500 Mhz, 128 RAM
>
>Thanks
>
>--
>Kamil Dabkowski
>Geometrek
>http://stop.at/kamil
>
>
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