Re: footage can't be exported anymore ? by Dave LaRonde on Nov 12, 2007 at 2:36:35 pm
[broxbrox]"What do I need to change ?"
AE is choking on your mp2 footage. It doesn't like it, just like it doesn't like mpeg2 or mp4... and for the same reason.
Before you work with the footage in AE, change it from mp2 to something else that doesn't use temporal compression. I like the Animation codec set to best quality.
Re: footage can't be exported anymore ? by broxbrox on Nov 15, 2007 at 3:02:22 pm
hmmm, okay, it doesn't like mp2, that's funny...
so, I only have the mp2 file and ae.. if I would import the mp2 and export is a movie to any other, it will not work, because ae can't handle mp2... what a shame...
so, which free software I can use to convert the mpg2 file to any other file ae can handle.... ???
Re: footage can't be exported anymore ? by broxbrox on Nov 22, 2007 at 5:39:36 pm
Hello friends !
I'ts really a shame, that After Affects can't handle a .mp2 format, even if it was exported with After Effects.
I don't understand that - it's really a shame for that software..... and makes me really sad.
So, now I do have my DVD format exported, with the sound and everything else, and how can I reuse that footage again for other compositions ? I want to make a trailer, and only need parts of it....
Using a different software ? come one, that's absurd.
Re: footage can't be exported anymore ? by Dave LaRonde on Nov 23, 2007 at 4:15:03 pm
[broxbrox]"I do have my DVD format exported, with the sound and everything else, and how can I reuse that footage again for other compositions ?"
Bad idea. Don't do it. I would never do it.
MPEG2 is a delivery format. A final use format. MPEG2 is intended for DVDs that you watch on TV or for a server at a TV station, which then broadcasts the file. MPEG2 is lossy, and with each successive generation of compression, the image degrades a little more.
Furthermore, MPEG2 audio is multiplexed, or muxed. It is not a separate audio track. It is an integral part of the video. AE can't work with muxed audio, and very few applications can. I suspect that something like the Fisher-Price Lil' Editor software for ages 5-9 would have that capability. Sadly, it doesn't exist.
MPEG2 is NOT an intermediate format like the Animation codec, which you use while you're still working on projects to maintain image quality. You will be FAR better off doing one of two things:
