[stevek]

We've been rendering uncompressed (as you all should ) and then creating a final output in QuickTime using SORENSON 3 - It playsback fine for us. I do a lot of tests with half resolution (320x240) to make sure all looks fine. But the final will be the 640x480 and will be 100% Compresion quality.

These files should have some trouble playing, they are not designed to be played on a standard pc. These files are designed to go to a video edit system, then to tape or to be furtuer compressed for CD or DVD or Web Streaming. To test it you can try a VideoCD of your file un less you have a DVD burner. It should play better that way (but not sure).


I always work in uncompressed formats for work or I use the Avid Codec at a 2:1 setting- This is a great Codec because you can download it for free and use it with AVI or Quicktime formats. It CAN'T be used for the competition because it a D1 Video Format (which is 720x486) this format uses non-square pixels and is a standard video format for high end edit systems. You can use it on other projects and save a ton of space w/o using any real quality(at 2:1) at any noncompressed codec setting you will lose nothing. Other compressions will lose quality and will get worse the more you compostie and rerender (a process I use all the time)