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divx encode with mp3 audio
I have a 192 kbps MP3 as my source imported into AE CS3. I am encoding to DivX 6.8.5 AVI. The rendered file properties show the audio is PCM at 1400kbps. How do I get AE to output the audio 1:1 as a 192kbps MP3?
My second question is, when configuring DivX 1-pass compressor I put in the bit rate calculator all the correct info for length (00:17:35), file size (150mb), and audio (24693Kb) and it gives me a bit rate of about 1055, which is perfect. But after rendering, like with the audio, the file properties state the bit rate is 2413 kbps. And the file size is usually double what I entered. How can I get final renders to match what I put into DivX config?
Thanks for any help!
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4 Replies
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Casey,
As Dave Laronde pointed out to you earlier, you are going about things in a way that is going to cause you far more headaches than anything.
1. After Effects doesn’t deal well with files like MP3, Divx etc. because those formats require the host program to read more than one frame at a time to interpret them. After Effects (and most editing programs) are built to only read one frame of data at a time, so they have major issues with these files.
2. After Effects is a horrible choice for rendering out compressed “delivery” files like Divx. Because it is a professional application, the developers seem to spend very little time on things like support for every compression option under the sun, and more time on features that broadcast and other “pro” users will take advantage of.
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The way to achieve what you need, as Dave pointed out, is to render from AE to an uncompressed codec (or even better, a lossless codec like the Animation Codec) and then feed that file to a compression program meant for the sort of thing you are trying to achieve, such as Divx Pro. Adobe Media Encoder may support Divx as well, I haven’t really used it for anything but Blu Ray so I wouldn’t know.Trust me, and Dave, there is a RIGHT way and a wrong way to get results from After Effects.
Brendan Coots
Splitvision Digital
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Thanks for spelling it out a bit more clearly, Brendan. Was merely hoping I could do it with AE, and my tests were very close, but I have no problem finding a different way to do this. In the end I still learned something important about AE.
Thanks again!
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I know life would be much easier if you could do it all within AE, but it really does make sense that they focus on high level features rather than try to build in good support for the many thousands of codecs out there, many of which would require Adobe to license them for each and every copy of AE sold. In that light, it’s not solely Adobe’s fault.
If you need an external app for the conversion to Divx that doesn’t cost too much, check out Super C. It’s totally free, and converts video to a wide range of formats including Divx. The only problem is you have to dig around on their site to get the download link, they always move it around due to problems with people (like me) hotlinking directly to it!
Brendan Coots
Splitvision Digital
http://www.splitvisiondigital.com -
Hello Brendan,
I really like Divx compression. What I do is render out to un-compressed, or a Blackmagic file.
Then I use TMPG Encoder 4, I then load my master edit file I exported *.avi into it and tweak the Divx out-put profile as needed.
Rendering out from Divx in Premiere or After Effects I have never been succesful.
I hope that helps.
Thanks,
Leo
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