[Brett Merson]

I love this place. Every time I hit a wall there is a thread here where other people are already talking about my problem. The only thing I’ve been able to find is reference to Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language ((SMIL) pronounced smile). Anyone know if this is what is being used in keynote movies?

Links
https://www.apple.com/quicktime/technologies/interactivity/smil.html
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/QuickTime/IQ_InteractiveMovies/quicktimeandsmil/chapter_10_section_4.html

I’ve got the sneaking horrid suspicion that After Effect can’t do this… anyone out there care to prove me wrong??? Please! 🙂 Prove me wrong. I don’t want to learn SMIL. I’m trying to output PPT presentations with the speakers’ audio from a 2 day conference.

PS: Found a great little app called ‘Metadata Hootenanny’ that might help… or might not. Found it before I worked out that movies had to be exported as ‘quicktime’ and not MP4 to get chapters out of After Effects. Live and learn.
https://www.applesolutions.com/bantha/MH.html

[Brett Merson]

[Dave LaRonde] “If the footage you imported into AE is any kind of the following — Native HDV, MPEG1, MPEG2, mp4, m2t, H.261 or H.264 — you need to convert it to a different codec. “

Funnily enough… I converted my MPEG2 video to a H.264 format (using VisualHub) and violå… red frames did not appear in the final render. Although I did get a severe performance hit ie: couldn’t really scrub through the video when I replaced the MPEG2 with the H.264 file.

Hey Dave, for future reference is there a codec you recommend when working with SD or HD video in After Effects? MPEG2 definitely seems to be a dog… but you listed almost every codec I usually use above… whats best on a Mac?

[Brett Merson]

“Are we the only two people on the interweb with this crazy red frame problem? I have a big project due in a few days and I can’t get rid of these red frames to save my life.”

G’day… nope, I’ve just stumbled across this thread ’cause I have just hit the same wall. Red pixels in After Effects from a MPG off a Sony Camera. 4 Days to get this sorted before the start of a conference… fun, fun, fun.

I’m going to try to convert the MPG in VisualHub to something else and see what happens.