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H.264 rendering problems
Hello,
I’ve been having a lot of problems lately trying to render to a QuickTime H.264 .mov file.
After rendering the first or second frame I get a message box with “QuickTime codec error (-8960)” in it. I’ve read about AE having problems with QuickTime 7.4, and 7.4.1 fixing it, but I have 7.4.5.
Is anyone else having this problem, or know of a solution?
Thanks,
Daniel -
5 Replies
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Are you setting the Format in your Output Module to QuickTime or H.264? Adobe says that when rendering to H.264 you shouldn’t set the Format to QuickTime and the Codec to H.264, but instead use the H.264 Format.
I’m not sure if that is the problem, if not you might consider rendering to a lossless file and compressing after the fact.
Darby Edelen
Lead Designer
Left Coast Digital
Santa Cruz, CA -
I’m pretty sure I’ve got it set to QuickTime. When I get back to working in AE tomorrow, I’ll try using H.264 instead of QuickTime.
Thanks,
Daniel -
sorry, not at my AE machine right now but I think you will be EXPORTING to H.264, not rendering to it. It’s a confusing distinction in AE. I may be completely off so do a quick check in the online help system to check the differences between the export and render functions.
bogiesan
This is my standard sigfile so do not take it personally: “For crying out loud, read the freakin’ manual.”
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[david bogie] “sorry, not at my AE machine right now but I think you will be EXPORTING to H.264, not rendering to it.”
No, you should be rendering using the render queue =) Just make sure you don’t have your Format set as ‘QuickTime’ in the Output Module.
Darby Edelen
Lead Designer
Left Coast Digital
Santa Cruz, CA -
Darby, I don’t have H.264 as an option in the ‘Format’ drop-down. Is that specific to CS3? I have 7.
Also, do you know of a free program that will compress a lossless file to H.264?
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