Re: [CinCV] avi yuv2 render size is huge and no playback plugins

[E Chalaron]

I choose the codec depending on the application (DVD, AVCHD, post production etc...). In fact when it comes to have files that you can use easily (DVD player for say) the choice does reduce itself to a mere couple of options (y4mstream, ac3) that you need to multiplex later on. For HD DVD not too sure. For Bluray : AVCHD with a H264 encoding. For post prod : quicktime in 444 HD uncompressed or Tiff files in sequence. Someone else with better/more  ideas ? Cheers E David Morse wrote: <msk...@ansuz.sooke.bc.ca> wrote: If you were really getting a 10-gigabyte file that would be surprising, but I think it's more plausible that you're confused about what a gigabyte is than that you're actually getting that - since you also said "20 times larger!!" and that'd only be 10 megabytes, which is reasonable. Correct. I meant to type "mB" not "gB"!! I wrote: Forget about what exactly? Rendering to .avi? E Chalaron <e.chala...@xtra.co.nz> replied: Not at all ... AVI is a container not a codec. The codec is yuv2 or 2yuv on your big files, forget about it if you are using a camcorder. There is no point, a mpjeg in an AVI file would be more appropriate, or I believe so. While abstractly I understand the difference between codecs and containers/formats, everyone always talks as if its easy for end users like me to choose the underlying codec of their container formats. If there were some way for me to flip a switch on UYVY versus YUYV ordering, or mjpeg versus yuv2, then I would *love* to know about it. Right now I know of no way to control that in cinelerra or any other software. _______________________________________________ Cinelerra mailing list Cinelerra@skolelinux.no https://init.linpro.no/mailman/skolelinux.no/listinfo/cinelerra _______________________________________________ Cinelerra mailing list Cinelerra@skolelinux.no https://init.linpro.no/mailman/skolelinux.no/listinfo/cinelerra