[Ralph Helm]

Sure, Dave. Sorry. I was in a bit of a hurry this morning when I typed it and should have been more clear.

The Matrox codec is not the issue, as we are simply trying to create a wmv file at a resolution of 3072 x 768, the resolution needed to stretch across 3 42″ LCD screens.

Here are the settings we are using:

– The actual composition is 3072 x 768, square pixels, 29.97fps
– We drop that composition into the render queue
-Render Settings: Best Settings
– Output Module:
– Format: Windows Media
– Embed: Project Link
– Post-Render Action: None
– Video Output:
– Channels: RGB
– Depth: Millions of Colors
– Color: Premultiplied (Matted)
– Format Options: (this opens up the Adobe Media Encoder window)
– Format: Windows Media
– Preset: Custom
– Export video & Audio selected
– Video Tab:
– Video Codec: Windows Media Video 9
– Basic Video Settings:
– Interlaced Processing unselected
– Bitrate Mode: Constant
– Frame Rate (fps): 29.97
– Pixel Aspect Ratio: Same as Project
– Bitrate Settings:
– Maximum Bitrate (kbps): 4000 (remeber, this needs to look good!)
– Image Quality: 100
– Advanced Settings:
– Decoder Complexity: Auto
– Keyframe Interval (seconds): 5
– Buffer Size (seconds): Default
– I don’t use stretch at all, and when I’ve tried it, it hasn’t changed a thing, I still get the output of 864 x 768…weird, huh.

So, hope that helps.

Now, here’s an interesting tidbit:
I created a composition at half the resolution (1536 x 384) and nested the full resolution comp in it, scaled down to 50%. When I go to render it, it renders out just fine!! (insert Twilight Zone Music here). So, is there some sort of resolution limit with wmv files? There is no information on Msoft’s site to indicate that. Hmm…

Cheers,

Ralph Helm
Level 3 Media Productions
https://www.level-3-media.com
rhelm3atlevel-3-mediadotcom

[Ralph Helm]

As stated in my post…we are using the render queue to RENDER the file out, as we always do. And sorry to have become the target of your ire, not putting enough information up. 🙂

The file will be played off a hard drive with a system using the Matrox TripleHead2Go card.

Cheers,

Ralph Helm
Level 3 Media Productions
https://www.level-3-media.com
rhelm3atlevel-3-mediadotcom