Return-Path: Received: from mail-qw0-f41.google.com ([209.85.216.41] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 4634553 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:16:50 +0100 Received: by qadz32 with SMTP id z32so5878020qad.7 for ; Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:23:19 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of phil@bonfirelabs.com designates 10.229.76.9 as permitted sender) client-ip=10.229.76.9; Authentication-Results: mr.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of phil@bonfirelabs.com designates 10.229.76.9 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=phil@bonfirelabs.com Received: from mr.google.com ([10.229.76.9]) by 10.229.76.9 with SMTP id a9mr22962296qck.76.1329931399268 (num_hops = 1); Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:23:19 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.229.76.9 with SMTP id a9mr19303306qck.76.1329931399159; Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:23:19 -0800 (PST) Return-Path: Received: from [10.0.0.132] ([65.223.58.66]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id el3sm67505790qab.8.2012.02.22.09.23.17 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:23:18 -0800 (PST) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1084) Subject: Re: [AE] Fastest way to render image sequence as mov From: Phil Spitler In-Reply-To: Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:23:14 -0800 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <717FFCFC-3B8D-45E0-9960-D0F6B1E53FCA@bonfirelabs.com> References: To: "After Effects Mail List" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1084) X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQkXv+jmrIKid0bYXMkcBQm4dRfkxDWuqC7VLz2IuaVGScAptiQAO4ewNVrmQ5qmO9iHrBM8 I will be interested in seeing your results from the ffmpeg test. Great tip, thanks Lloyd. Phil Phil Spitler | Associate Creative Director | Bonfire Labs | t : = 415.394.8200 | c : 415.571.3139 | Bonfirelabs.com On Feb 22, 2012, at 3:46 AM, Chris Zwar wrote: > Thanks all... I have completely overlooked Adobe Media Encoder. I've = installed FFmpeg and will benchmark them both this week. > I do normally just use Quicktime Pro and have several encodes running = simultaneously, however when I have to encode a single 20 minute image = sequence into a H264 as fast as possible I'd like to know what the best = solution is. >=20 > I'll let you know what I discover... >=20 >=20 > -Chris >=20 > On 22/02/2012, at 11:31 AM, Steve Oakley wrote: >=20 >> adobe media encoder... or prem pro as it supports img sequences. load = as clip, export. >>=20 >> s >>=20 >> On Feb 21, 2012, at 5:05 PM, Jim Curtis wrote: >>=20 >>> You can do multiple simultaneous exports with QT Pro, and max out = your multi-core pretty quickly. =20 >>>=20 >>>=20 >>> On Feb 21, 2012, at 5:02 PM, Chris Zwar wrote: >>>=20 >>>> Hi, >>>>=20 >>>> Just looking for some advice as to the fastest way to convert an = image sequence to a quicktime? This isn't one of AE's strengths. >>>> Usually I'm happy with Quicktime Pro, but I'm currently working on = a 20minute video at 1920x1080 and any speed increases will be valuable. = Because we have a render farm everything is based on image sequences - = currently we're using JPGs at max quality. >>>> I'm on a Mac, and usually rendering to h264. >>>>=20 >>>> Cheers, >>>>=20 >>>> -Chris >>>>=20 >>>>=20 >>>>=20 >>>> +---End of message---+ >>>> To unsubscribe send any message to >>>=20 >>>=20 >>> +---End of message---+ >>> To unsubscribe send any message to >>=20 >>=20 >> +---End of message---+ >> To unsubscribe send any message to >>=20 >=20 >=20 > +---End of message---+ > To unsubscribe send any message to