Splitting Movie

sjlocke wrote on 10/17/2004, 5:36 AM
Hey,

So far, I have my main 15 movie file as one mpeg. I would like to split it up, as the first 10 minutes are standard for everyone, and the last five can be customized.

I thought I read on here that for best compatibility, I should keep it one long one. I just thought it might speed up my process if I didn't have to render the whole thing each tmie.

Am I right? Is it better to keep it whole?

sj

Comments

mecg wrote on 10/17/2004, 12:15 PM
From what you are saying, you want to split your mpeg into 15 files? Assuming the original mpeg is already compatible, you shouldn't have to "re-render" the resulting files.
ScottW wrote on 10/17/2004, 1:09 PM
How many unique movies do you plan to produce? If you're talking about 5 unique ones, then rendering the entire 15 minutes 5 different times probably isn't going to be that big of a deal timewise; if you have 50 unique movies, then that's going to take more time.

The biggest compatability issue I've seen with 2.0 is that some players can't find the main menu correctly, so they jump right into playing the movie. I've not seen any compat issues with having multiple movies linked together. ymmv.

--Scott
sjlocke wrote on 10/17/2004, 1:56 PM
Hey,

Sorry. I have a 15 minute mpeg currently. I want to split it into a 10 minute, and following 5 minute. Custom bits are in the 5 minute part, so I don't need to spend 2 1/2 hours rendering the whole thing each time.

Guess I'll try it out...

sj
sjlocke wrote on 10/17/2004, 1:56 PM
Oh, and I've seen problems with the intro/menu not playing as well.
sjlocke wrote on 10/17/2004, 1:59 PM
Are you able to put two movies back to back in the timeline, or do you need two separate entries in the outline and the end action leads to the next?
johnmeyer wrote on 10/17/2004, 4:08 PM
You can insert a "music compilation" into your project and then put the MPEG files into that compilation. They will then all play as one titleset and therefore will not have the navigation problems you refer to. However, the one downside to this is that you cannot add chapter marks within any of the MPEG files. If this isn't a problem, then I think you will be very happy with this approach.