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export length limit?
Hi! I am in need of rendering a project that should be as long as possible. Ideally….entire days. Beside HD space limitations, is anyone aware of render length limits software-side?
Working on OsX El Crapitan, PP/AE CC 2014 (or FCPX if these wouldn’t work).Thank you!
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There isn’t a limit I am aware of. But. . . days?? I think any rendering limit will be the least of your issues.
System:
Dell Precision T7600 (x2)
Win 7 64-bit
32GB RAM
Adobe CC 2015.02 (as of 6/2016)
256GB SSD system drive
4 internal media drives RAID 5
Typically cutting short form from HD MP4 and P2 MXF. -
If I remember correctly the duration limit for one sequence is 24 hours.
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Tero is correct. There’s a 24hr sequence limit. AME is pretty fast but could you imagine the wait time for a 24hr sequence ☺
Peter Garaway
Adobe
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I see. Thanks for the answer. That’s what I remember reading actually. I dug up some forum where 24h was mentioned as a limit aswell, and somebody also mentioned an Avisynth script to avoid dealing with the software limitations. Any creative ideas? I honestly have no idea what avisynth does and the thread was from 2002 or so…but hey, you’ll never know until you try.
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“It would be interesting to know why the OP regards that as necessary.”
Art piece 😉
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[Arten Koronidas] “I am in need of rendering a project that should be as long as possible. Ideally….entire days.”
I’d suggest that you split these renders up and combine them at playback. Even if the final playback will be days long, there’s no reason that it has to be a single media element.
Walter Soyka
Designer & Mad Scientist at Keen Live [link]
Motion Graphics, Widescreen Events, Presentation Design, and Consulting
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Hey Dave – how about a 720-hour film, to be shown once, then be destroyed?
https://www.thelongestfilm.com/
Jeff
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Dave LaRonda, you sound like a much older, politer version of a keyboard warrior. Thanks for your opinions, I will keep them in mind.
Walter Soyka, I was planning to do the same, but there’s a problem concerning the integrity of the piece. You wouldn’t cut a painting in two parts to carry it more easily, so I am trying to do it the hard way. Thanks anyway!
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Hi Arten,
I’ve used a free software called MP4 Joiner, which combines 2 or more clips into one large clip. Works fast since it is not re-compressing the video, but rather just reworking some headers and pointers and such to combine the media you already have. So perhaps render in smaller, more manageable chunks and assemble later?
I’d hate to render a 24-hour timeline, then maybe find an error in editing or titling and have to render the whole segment again!
Thanks
Jeff Pulera
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Thanks Jeff. I will do a test soon then with it.
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