Jon Geddes
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I’ve never set the media cache to a network drive before, so I won’t be able to help you there.
I can however comment on the Open GL. This is likely not an issue with your system, but rather a problem with After Effects. Many people have problems with the Open GL support, and its usually the first thing an expert will tell you to disable if you are having problems. If it works, thats great. If you have any kind of anomalies (crashing, errors, layers not displaying accurately), then it is advised to disable it.
Jon Geddes
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Did you make sure you specified an output module and where it outputs to?
If you didn’t manually specify those, particularly the output location, then it could have problems rendering.
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If the file size is a big concern for you, I suggest using other software. Adobe products do not offer 2-pass encoding of On2 VP6 codec. Programs like Sorenson Squeeze can do 2-pass, which can cut your file size almost in half without any loss in quality.
Your file will most definitely be larger than 5MB for a 40 second clip at that resolution (with decent quality). Just as an example, the promo video for my Texture Packs has a duration of 53 seconds, a resolution of 386×216 and came in at 3.62MB.
Video can be seen here:
https://www.precomposed.com/products/texture_packs/
Your video has 5.2X the number of pixels than my promo video has. Even though its not quite a linear equation due to compression algorithms, your video is expected to be in the range of 11MB – 14MB at a decent quality, with variable 2-pass encoding. With single pass encoding from After Effects, expect it to be even larger.
Jon Geddes
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Well, you could bring your composition into a new composition, and change the speed of the layer so it stretches out to 1min 30sec. Then in the flv export, set the framerate to 10 fps (or whatever 1/3 your original composition’s framerate is).
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[Ed Creaden] “…When the first play menu comes up, the Play All button is auto-activated, and the user can use the DVD remote to move over to the scene selection button…”
Check to make sure the your buttons have auto-activate turned OFF. Auto-activate means just that: when they are highlighted, they will automatically activate without having to press enter.
If you turned auto-activate off, and it is still having the same problem, try deleting the menu from the project and then recreate it. Just make sure auto-activate is NOT selected.
Jon Geddes
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I personally went with the Lacie D2 external blu-ray burner because it supports dual layer burning. It has been working very well on our PC and Mac systems. As for media, we always get ink-jet printable discs, so we went with the verbatim (in stacks of 25 discs), and a Sony BD-RE rewritable disc to do test burns on. Cost of the drive is around $400 at B&H. If you only need single layer burning, then you could find something cheaper.
Jon Geddes
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Michael is right, there are only a couple of programs that are capable of doing this task, and they aren’t cheap. Even if you managed to get one without paying for it, either through trial period or other methods, they aren’t very intuitive. If Michael’s price is reasonable, I would take him up on it.
Jon Geddes
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If I understand correctly what you are trying to achieve, then it should actually be done in a 3D app to look just like you are imagining it. However, there are some techniques in after effects you can use to make it look somewhat like you want from the front view only.
You can create a black solid layer, type the text on top of it in white, precompose it, then use it as a displacement map on the wall layer, and keyframe the displacement to have it “push” through.
Another option is to duplicate the wall, then use the text as a track matte for the duplicated layer, precompose it, and apply the bevel alpha effect to the precomp. You can then keyframe the depth of the bevel to have it “push” through.
None of these methods will look stunning, but like I said, to have it look like the way you are imagining, it should be done in a 3D application.
Jon Geddes
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I’m curious as to why the “quality lacks”. A ripper is suppose to extract the videos off the disc, bit for bit, without doing any kind of conversion. You will end up with the vob file which can then be demuxed into the m2v and ac3 files, which can then be brought into encore. The quality should be identical to the original on the disc, since it’s not being altered at all.
Jon Geddes
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At the time I bought the Blu-ray drive, B&H (bhphotovideo.com) was the only reputable vendor selling it. I often get my Amaray DVD cases (for standard dvd’s) at sleeve city (sleevetown.com), but I purchased the Blu-ray cases and blu-ray discs at Tape & Media (tapeandmedia.com).
It’s possible you might find a better deal from a different vendor, but the prices at the ones I listed above are very competitive, and I’ve been very pleased with the quality of service / shipping time.
Jon Geddes
Motion Graphics Designer
http://www.precomposed.com