[Chris Morris]

Wow thanks!
That tip saved me a lot of time. I have the .flv component in Quicktime, so I used to compress everything right to .flv for client approvals. But the .flv compression (VP6 or sorenson)doesnt make use of multiple processors.
By using the H264 setting and my Qmaster Cluster, I speed up my render times by 7 times or so. What was taking me 40 minutes takes me 5 mins now.

Note: I find that I need to switch the Audio to AAC format for it to work in flv players.
Here are the setting I use for the Web 16:9
Name: H.264_flv_450x253 15frames
Description: AAC Audio 430 kbpsvid
File Extension: mov
Estimated file size: 188.96 MB/hour of source
Audio Encoder
AAC, Mono, 48.000 kHz
Video Encoder
Format: QT
Width: 450
Height: 253
Pixel aspect ratio: Square
Crop: None
Padding: None
Frame rate: (100% of source)
Frame Controls: Automatically selected: Off
Codec Type: H.264
Multi-pass: On, frame reorder: On
Pixel depth: 24
Spatial quality: 75
Min. Spatial quality: 25
Key frame interval: 15
Temporal quality: 50
Min. temporal quality: 25
Average data rate: 440.32 (Kbps)
Chris

[Chris Morris]

Wouldnt Twixor be able to grab every other field and interpolate them into one frame? You’d still be losing half your lines, but it might do a better job of bringing them together.

Chris