[Roger Burton]

Thank you so much Chris, you’ve been so helpful, have a good weekend. Roger

[Roger Burton]

You’re very patient Chris, my project is 1024×576 sq px and I want to render out a movie compressed with H264, I’ll supply this movie to the client who will play it from a computer onto a widescreen plasma monitor (I hope I’m doing this in the correct way I originally rendered it uncompressed but their PC choked on the file size).

So I’ve deleted the text in the ‘comment’ box (whatever that is) and unticked the aspect ratio and the render still generates the original mismatch message.

Good of you Roger

[Roger Burton]

Forgive my stupidity Chris but I really don’t understand, I’ll obviously have to go back to school for this … I don’t want to waste any more of your time but if this image explains my dilemma a little, there are 3 different sizes in these dialogue boxes ! https://www.rogerburton.co.uk/stills/render.jpg Best Roger

[Roger Burton]

Thanks Chris , I did find that post (maybe I should have mentioned that) but it didn’t help in as much … I’ve dug a little deeper and found when I hit ‘Format H264’ in Output module and look at the format options there’s a comment box; “Set frame size to 720 x 480 pixels in the Stretch options in Output Module before encoding” … and if I enter these settings the render works but I don’t want 720 x 480 I want my widescreen pal square pixel size ! Thanks for taking the time Roger

[Roger Burton]

Thanks Elad, there are 3 small eps (200k) files but they are duplicated a hundred times, I’ve managed to complete the project now by fiddling with the memory settings, the fact that I have only 4gb doesn’t help but when I searched I didn’t come across any reference to this error message and became intrigued … thanks for taking the time Roger

[Roger Burton]

Thanks again Jeremy, Adobe claim pretty good “Version penetration” of Flash 9 so, if their figures are to be believed that should be OK then … if you don’t mind me pushing my question further, if I prepare this as an H264 file is there a way of testing it (as if I were an end-user) or do I need to find a machine without Qtime but with Flash 9 ? (I’m sorry, I’m getting a bit out of my depth here) … thanks again Roger

[Roger Burton]

That also helps a lot thanks Jeremy, It certainly makes life easier for me creating a H264 qtime movie in After Effects rather than Flash …. I’m guessing that when you say ‘not quite so feature rich’ you are referring to the clever tricks that can be achieved in Flash where the viewer can interact with the imagery by use of the mouse ?

Good of you to take the time …. regards Roger

[Roger Burton]

Thanks John, yes I need to talk to them but your comments have helped … I also don’t use flash (and don’t own it … too expensive) but I’ll find out a little more about their requirements. Regards Roger

[Roger Burton]

Thanks Bogiesan … interesting article …. Roger

[Roger Burton]

Excellent, thanks Franklin, I’ll look into those bits. Regards Roger