[James Baker]

Great, thank you.

James

[James Baker]

Okay, thanks for clarifying that.

James

[James Baker]

That’s great, thanks. Looking at the download link on the Adobe site, there are two options. One for Win64 and one for Win 32. I’ve googled the terms but am not entirely sure how this works. Is Win64 partly to do with my system. If I download that version is it possible that it may not work if my system isn’t a Win64 one?

Do you know how much the program costs, or is it free?

Also, I was given the impression a while ago that having keyframes every frame would cause problems with playback – I think in the context of a file which is converted automatically after being uploaded for playback on a site. Do you know if this is the case?

Thanks,
James

[James Baker]

Thanks for that.

[James Baker]

Thanks for both of your advice. I have checked and the sampling rate was originally 44.1 HZ.

Sorry for the confusion; I think this is almost definitely a flash issue. I will post on the relevant forum.

Even though flash 8 doesn’t use timecode specifically it shows the exact number of frames at a specific frame rate. This should make it as specific as timecode. Shouldn’t it?
Also the mismatch was out by 6 frames. At 25 frames per second this is more than enough to make something look hugely out of sync if only towards the end of the work.

[James Baker]

Thanks for help,

I am still a bit confused by a couple of things. I know this isn’t completely an After Effects issue but if you have an more ideas about this I’d be grateful.

I have been working between flash 8 and After Effects. The wav audio that I described comes out at different lengths in the two different programs. I know that flash does not technically use timecode but you can see via the number of frames whether it is the same or not. Do you have any idea why this may be. I will try posting on the flash forum as well.

Also when I import the wav file into AE; before it is placed in the timeline the timecode reads differently to when it is placed in the timeline. The timeline is PAL 25 frames and the import also 25 frames. Just for my undrstanding do you know what the wav file is basing its timecode on?

Thanks
James

[James Baker]

Thanks for your reply. I have another issue which I am unsure about relating to the relevant dimensions to use.

I am under the impression that the square pixel equivalent of 720 is 788 and not 768.

If so why is the preset not 788?

If you are making a composition in after effects to be shown eventually on a non square pixel device like a DVD player should you make it in 788 x 576 so that it is the same real space area as 720 x 576?

Should the same be applied to the equivalent widescreen dimensions which I am led to believe is 1050 x 576 instead of 1024 x 576?

If this is true do you know why these dimensions aren’t in the presets?

Thanks, James

[James Baker]

When a DVD player with no P outputs interlaces the progressive stream does it play as smoothly as if it was interlaced to start with?

If a DVD has been encoded with a semi professional product like Nero does this affect how well a DVD player may interlace the stream?

James

[James Baker]

Thanks for replying. Could you clarify a couple of things?

I have an animation which has been encoded and put onto DVD-video. Obviously being an animation it has no original separate fields. When put onto to DVD it has been encoded as Progressive.

If you have a DVD player that does not have the P outputs and a screen that cannot show progressive, will it be unable to play this DVD at all or will it just play it back jerkily.

In other words if I have the DVD encoded to progressive does this severly limit where my DVD can be shown?

Also, in your reply you said that if the original is progressive then the DVD should be encoded as progressive but then said later that you should never conver for DVD.
Does this mean that you shouldn’t convert to progressive from interlaced? Are Hollywood DVDs converted from progressive to interlaced to ensure they work on all players?

Thanks, James