Rendering - no preview

PeterMac wrote on 2/6/2002, 7:18 AM

When I render to MPEG2 I get no moving preview showing me where the encoder is.
There's a progress bar, but nothing else.
Curiously, if I render to SVCD, the preview alters shape to reflect the squashed up format of SVCD; that is, there are grey vertical bars at either side of the preview window. The preview window itself is black.
However, if I render to DVD format, the first frame of the clip is then shown for the duration of the rendering.

Is this normal?

-Pete

Comments

Chienworks wrote on 2/6/2002, 2:26 PM

I'm guessing that the previews were eliminated to speed up rendering. I've noticed that even when rendering to a format that does show a preview, the preview window is now only updated once every five frames.

I do kinda miss seeing the preview as the render progresses. It would be nice if this was an option that could be turned back on. I can't imagine it makes a huge difference in the render length, and often i would be willing to spend the extra time so i could watch.

bcbarnes wrote on 2/6/2002, 3:28 PM

There is an option titled "Show progress in video preview window while rendering". I wonder what this options does, since, like you both, I don't get any preview while rendering to MPEG2. I do get preview while rendering other formats, however, so it probably affects those...