Rendering Files

[Eddie Lotter]

No, that is abnormal unless you are doing some serious processing like advanced color correction or the like. Your choice of codec and compression settings can greatly affect encoding times, but I don’t think to that extent.

Cheers
Eddie

[Brandon Simonson]

Well I am filming on and HD camera, and there is no effect taking place, I’m simply putting the video in the time line and then it has to render. How would I go about changing some of the compression settings?

[Eddie Lotter]

What is your source clip codec and what is your export destination codec?

Cheers
Eddie

[David Dobson]

Yes –
Which HD format did you shoot in? Generally speaking – if the sequence settings match the video settings – you should not need to render the timeline at all. So if you drop your Video Clip onto the time line and you get the red render bar – then you have the wrong settings.

If what you mean is that you are exporting the sequence out to a video clip through, say the Media Encoder, then it is possible that it would take 20 minutes to decompress and recompress each 2 minute clip. Say you are going from AVCHD 1080i to H.264 400x225p at 2.5 MB/s – sure it could take forever.

[Brandon Simonson]

Nope, I get the red render bar when I put the clip into my time line. I’m not quite sure how to change my settings, I am shooting in 720P and when I start my project I’m pretty sure that I’ve been choosing the 720P option…How would I go about finding out and changing my preferences?

[David Dobson]

If you are in CS4 – then every time you create a new sequence it prompts you for the settings. In the version previous to CS4 your sequence settings are determined by the project settings. So go and create a NEW project and make sure that the setting for the project match the settings for your Video. Import a clip of video and put it on the timeline – it should now NOT show you the red render bar and it should not need to be rendered. If you’ve done a bunch of logging of footage in the other project, just import the projects. If you are using CS4 – then create new sequence with the right settings.

[Brandon Simonson]

Well I’m in CS3, I’m kind of new to this advanced editing but I don’t really know how to change the settings to match my video settings, I’m not even sure how to see the settings of the video I am importing and when I create a new project there is soooo many options to choose from! Any help would be greatly appreciated

[David Dobson]

Seriously check out Help – top right of the program window.
When you create a new project in CS3, you HAVE to pick the settings.
So create a new project and look for that.
You can Right Click on any clip to check out it’s properties.

[Brandon Simonson]

I’ve tried almost everything, there is just too many options to match up! I’ve got size, and that’s about the only one that I can find to be similar. Every single type of video you can choose to make I have tried, and every one I have had to render the video when I put it into the time line.