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rendering/exporing/encoding issues with cc 2015
is anyone else having export/render problems with 2015? i can’t seem to get anything to render quicktime h.264, i can’t seem to find a setting for mp4 h.264 and several of my exports/renders have only encoded a small fraction of the videos i’m exporting. i’m a junior in film school and have been using this software since before i started so i know i’m not doing anything wrong. if anyone else is having these kinds of issues or knows anything about the problem please let me know
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thanks for the advice. i think i’ll do that
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“Switch back to CC 2014” is not the answer to every question about Ae CC 2015.
Direct render to MP4 was actually removed in Ae CC 2014, on purpose. See here for more:
https://blogs.adobe.com/aftereffects/2014/06/adobe-media-encoder-h-264-mpeg-2-wmv-after-effects.htmlWalter Soyka
Designer & Mad Scientist at Keen Live [link]
Motion Graphics, Widescreen Events, Presentation Design, and Consulting
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[Dave LaRonde] “You are absolutely correct, Walter — not every question needs to be answered by reverting to an earlier version. After all, many people use the current version successfully. But for those who can’t , how do you successfully diagnose the problem? I’d be interested in hearing your no-fail insights on this conundrum. Moreover, I will be watching with rapt attention as you guide the original poster on the path to success with AE CC 2015 since I seem incapablle of doing so.”
The same way you diagnose an issue with any version of After Effects. Systematically.
Some issues we see here are in fact bugs in Ae CC 2015 and the best advice is to use 2014 instead. But since I actually use Ae CC 2015, I know quite well what is a bug that cannot be fixed by the user and what is either user error or some other problem the user can address.
One cannot render directly to MP4 with Ae CC 2015, but reverting to Ae CC 2014 won’t help with that, because you can’t render directly to MP4 there either. The feature was deprecated and hidden in Ae CC (2013) then removed from Ae entirely in CC 2014 because Adobe now handles H.264 compression in Adobe Media Encoder.
One can render to QuickTime H.264 with Ae CC 2015 (but again, this is not good H.264 implementation). It works the same as it did in Ae CC 2014. If Danny cannot render to QuickTime H.264 with Ae CC 2015, we’ll need more information about his system, and maybe some relevant screen shots to show what he’s seeing.
Walter Soyka
Designer & Mad Scientist at Keen Live [link]
Motion Graphics, Widescreen Events, Presentation Design, and Consulting
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hey guys it’s working now for some reason. Before the options were there but it would fly through the render in like 30 seconds and obviously the renders would be no good. and the only reason i’m rendering to quicktime is because that is what my teachers are asking for because practically every computer is able to play. mov files
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[danny mason] ” Before the options were there but it would fly through the render in like 30 seconds and obviously the renders would be no good.”
Did you check the output? If so, what was wrong with it?
When Ae’s RAM or disk cache is filled with current frames from previews, it can in fact fly through renders without having to spend lots of time recalculating existing frames.
Walter Soyka
Designer & Mad Scientist at Keen Live [link]
Motion Graphics, Widescreen Events, Presentation Design, and Consulting
@keenlive | RenderBreak [blog] | Profile [LinkedIn]
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