[Norman Willis]

Hi John.

>>How big are the images? If you are are not zooming in on them I would make them the same size as your project (1920×1080). Even if you are zooming in, you don’t need them to be more that 1.5 to 2x the project resolution. If the images are too large, they will take up too much memory when processing and you might see low memory errors.

They are all pretty much
Still: 3072 x 2304 x 24, JPEG

During the render I was watching under Windows Task Manager, under the Resources tab, and RAM usage never exceeded 3.5GB. Average RAM usage was about 3.3 GB.

Vista 64 Ultimate
Q9650 CoreDuo Quad at 3.0GHz
8GB RAM (Crucial Ballistix CAS-4)
4GB ReadyBoost RAM
12GB swap file

It renders under MainConcept AVC/AAC with iPod 640×480 template just fine, but it gives me letterboxing (which I don’t want). I cannot seem to get it to render under the Sony AVC, Internet 16:9 HD 30p setting, which is what I really want.

Should I start a different thread? Or should I keep on running here?

Norman Willis
http://www.nazareneisrael.org
servant@nazareneisrael.org

[Norman Willis]

Is there some way to ‘bookmark’ posts that give me answers that I want to try later (like this one)? Or do I need to cut, paste and print out (as I have been doing)?

Norman Willis
http://www.nazareneisrael.org
servant@nazareneisrael.org

[Norman Willis]

Thanks, Theo.

OK, I printed your directions out, and it is on my list of things to try this week, once I get the crises handled (Cineform, the new website, etceteras).

I got them converting in IrfanView, but I will try to add this to my toolbox also. Thanks!

Norman Willis
http://www.nazareneisrael.org
servant@nazareneisrael.org

[Norman Willis]

>>No, it doesn’t, but I’ve found a solution now, thanks.

Hi Hannah.

Would you please let me know what the solution is, so I also can make my video full screen?

Thank you very much.

Norman Willis
http://www.nazareneisrael.org
servant@nazareneisrael.org

[Norman Willis]

Oh, OK. There it goes.

I forgot to press “Add”! (lol….)

Norman Willis
http://www.nazareneisrael.org
servant@nazareneisrael.org

[Norman Willis]

Hi John.

Just for my own edification, would Cineform NeoScene help him?

Cineform lists its minimum specs as:

Min: Core 2 Duo 2GHz
Preferred: Core i7

https://www.cineform.com/neoscene/requirements.php

It might be cheaper for him than purchasing a new machine.

Just a thought.

[Norman Willis]

Hi Brett.

>>If I were going to reinstall the OS I’d probably go for Windows 7 in any case, and frankly, I don’t like wasting my time living on the bleeding edge any more. 😉

I hear that. I think I am just arriving at that conclusion myself. like right now.

>>Also, please confirm to me that you have rendered with the Main Concept AVC presets (at least the built-in preset templates?)

Yes, I can render in Main Concept AVC; but not in Sony AVC. It seems I have the opposite problem that you have. I can get mine to work with Main Concept AVC/AAC with the iPod 640×480 preset, but not with anything else. I am dissatisfied with that, because it gives me letterboxing.

What I really want to use is the Sony AVC, Internet HD 1920 x 1080 30p preset, but every time I try to run that, it gets to about 4-5% progress on the render, and then tells me I am out of memory. That is interesting, because I’ve got 8GB of RAM, 4GB of ReadyBoost RAM and a 12 GB swap file. On top of that, Windows Task Manager tells me that physical RAM usage averages about 3.3GB, and I never saw it exceed 3.5GB, on Vista 64 Ultimate (so I know it can use all of that RAM). The problem persists on rebooting. I did have AVG Internet Security running in the background (and maybe I should shut that down), but that was about all.

>>Also, I wouldn’t even try to run Vegas Pro 8.0 or 9.0 on a laptop myself. Their video drivers are never that stable and they run way too hot for my taste usually with very inadequate ventilation and cooling though I suppose you might put one on one of those cooling devices and see if you could keep it stable, for me, the adventure would be too much… I don’t like losing any more work than I have to, given other options.

I hear that also. I use my laptop mostly for correspondence and ‘test bed’ stuff. I tried using the video card hard a couple of weeks back, and the machine got so hot it started failing to respond to the keypad properly. It lives on a cooling pad, and never comes off of it.

I think part of the problem is that the machine housing seems to be part plastic (Dell Inspiron E1720). I might try to use it if I had a metal bodied laptop housing (like MacBook Pro’s have), and an external G-RAID device with Cineform codec running…but I am starting to think that all of my serious machines will forever be desktop models.

I have a Dell T3400 Workstation. I bought a spare side-panel on EBay for ten bucks, cut the meat out of it, and glued bug mesh in its place. Then I also added a superquiet fan to the back of the case, and the thing really, really vents. No more problems with heat! If only I could figure out something for the laptop…..

I have considered cutting into the case bigtime, and installing similar kinds of mesh, but then with a mobile device that might get exposed to outdoor environments, it really just is not worth it.

I will be very interested to see if we can solve the MainConcept issue for you, because I might learn something about using the Sony AVC codec myself (which is what I really want to use).

John, are you saying I should report this to Sony?

Norman Willis
http://www.nazareneisrael.org
servant@nazareneisrael.org

[Norman Willis]

Hi Alex.

I’d love to watch this video, but I am not getting sound.

Is there a direct URL?

Thanks.

[Norman Willis]

The Main Concept Default Template also gives a ‘low on memory’ error. So it looks like only the iPod 640×480 template works?????

Is this the way it should be?

And how do I get away from the letterboxing?

Thanks.

[Norman Willis]

OK, I got it to render using the Main Concept AVC/AAC (.mp4) using the Apple iPod 640×480 video template.

Why does the Sony AVC not work, and the Main Concept AVC works (with an iPod template?)? Am I losing anything by using the Main Concept AVC template? I noticed that I had letterboxing top and bottom.

Memory usage stayed down around 3.3 GB the whole time, so I’m not sure if I need the swap file up at 12GB?

Any help you can give me would be greatly appreciated.