Nick White
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HAH! And there, just below the Windows bar on my screen in the Render DBox, was a little tickbox. “Show all Settings” and the No Letterboxing magically reappeared. 😀
Nick
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hmmm…weird. I reset the Pan/Zoom and did it again and it was fine…oh well.
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OK.Sorry.
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I was not saying that lossless H264 was any point. Just commenting that it does not have to be highly compressed as you claimed.
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But should that not be some sort of track/clip setting, and not just an option in Pan/Crop?
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Thanks, John, from the unruly ferret! 😀
OK. But how does that affect my workflow? As far as it affects me so far, Setting Maintain Aspect Ratio, the setting, to “No” does nothing within the construct of the Pan/Crop window. It is not altering the AR of the actual media, and ignores my attempts to only resize in X or Y.
My only idea is that if I DO alter the AR in the Zoom Crop window, if I have the switch (not the button) set to “No”…it actually alters the clip…but I did not see that happening. So far that switch has shown no effect at all for me in my workflow.
Nick
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[Alejandro Chávez] “So what if i want to reduce the file size of my 50 videos which are 3.9gb each for 1:30 min…? is there any good option to reduce the filesize? The main problem of fraps videos being so big is the bitrate (300Mbps bitrate)… so i don’t know if there’s any program that let’s me change only the bitrate of the video to drastically reduce the filesize?”
Apart from John’s reply (and BTW read MY reply as well…Handbrake does this as well), I fear you are missing the point. Basically, AFAIK, you can’t reduce the file size without losing quality from those huge source files. Period. Well…you can do it, but lossless stuff will have limited compression, as I said.
What you have to do is find a compromise between file size and quality/resoluition. PERIOD. There comes a point where the target audience will either not notice (remember they cannot compare), or cannot see it anyway, because of the method of delivery.
My camera gives the most wonderful, rich, flicker-free videos, but like your source, they are HUGE. I have to render using a bitrate that suits the target, but is right at the top of that target.
There is no magic bullet.
Nick
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Thanks for coming back John.
I am really puzzled because as I said, this was a completely new machine. I had installed nothing but Vegas, Handbrake (which AFAIK emphatically does not use Cineform), and Corel’s Paint Shop Pro, which is for still images only.
So unless Windows has that free decode-only version of Cineform, I am flummoxed.
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Oh fer….! Because I was suddenly presented with a dingus that would only allow me to zoom the view in the Pan and Crop pane, I discovered the little buttons to the left of the pane, where I found a Maintain Aspect Ration (hit Ctrl to override) button.
So. Why does not setting the Maintain Aspect Ratio to “No” not change that darn button? Arrgh!
anyhow……..
Nick
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Given that the discs worked fine on another computer, unless you have changed those discs and that coincides with your failures starting, I would maybe try with one other disc type, and if that also fails, then you have a good chance of a dirty/dud drive, or other fault in your PC. You can just about _get_ a drive for less than 50 decent discs!:0….or at least where I am you can.
Nick
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