I wonder if somone knows how to keep the video file size to the minimum when the video is created from playblast in maya.

Use a codec such as divx, xvid, mpeg, etc. - preferably ‘after’ that original file is output (not during the actual render).

n8skow [FA]

n8skow 20 November 2009 03:34 PM

Use a codec such as divx, xvid, mpeg, etc. - preferably ‘after’ that original file is output (not during the actual render).

I’m sorry I’m new to this process. Could you elaborate more on using this codecs.
Thanks.

Kinda beyond the scope of this forum…

but basically you’ll need a 3rd party video editor of some type - could use a commercial package like Premiere/After Effects, Combustion, etc. or maybe one of the simple free editors like VirtualDub to import your raw video file and re-save it out in a compressed format.

There’s a bit of an art to selecting the correct bit rates in the various compression setting, but choosing your file format is fairly straight-forward.

If you plan to use Toxik/Combustion, we have a forum here: http://area.autodesk.com/forum/autodesk-toxik-combustion/

You can get info on VirtualDub here: http://www.virtualdub.org/

and of course Adobe has their own forums on their products

n8skow [FA]