- (Fabox@avd.nl)
Wed, 2 Jun 1999 14:02:56 +0200
Thanks anthony!
Tom van Boxel
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> Van: A1Burokas@aol.com
> Aan: digvid-l@ucdavis.edu
> Onderwerp: Re: 2 gig (process)
> Datum: dinsdag 1 juni 1999 16:16
>
>
> SmooveTipp@aol.com lamented:
> >>> But this requires cutting up my projects into 6-9 minute pieces,
> >>> due to the 2 gig limit.
>
> I replied:
> >> In Movie Player you can piece together all your 2 gig movies into
one
> >>long "referencing" movie (allowing dependencies) that you can then open
> with
> >>Premiere or any other QuickTIme savvy application. If there's a little
bit
> of
> >>overlap in the 2g movies, you can trim for frame accuracy in Movie
Player
> so
> >>they butt together seemlessly.
>
> SmooveTipp@aol.com cried out:
> > All this time... --argh!-- If only I'd known...
> > Thank you for setting me straight.
>
> Fabox@avd.nl queried:
> >If so can I render this to .AVI or .MPEG as well?
> Yes. As long as what you use to do it supports QuickTime.
>
> breno@technet2000.com.au asks:
> >How exactly do you do this ?
>
> In Movie Player I start with a new movie (select New from the File
menu)
> and then open your shorter (2g or less) movies.
> Go to the Edit menu and Select All (you see the content bar go black)
> Edit: Copy.
> Select the untitled movie (touch the title bar)
> Edit: Paste.
> Select the second movie (touch...)
> Edit: Selct All.
> Edit: Copy
> Select the untitled movie...
> * make sure the position indicator is at the very end of the movie.
> * when you paste, it will paste precicely where the position indicator is
> * no matter where it is in the movie.
> Edit: Paste.
> etc.
>
> * process may be slightly different on windows machines. I wouldn't know.
>
> Remember to save the movie with a different name than any of your
source
> movies. If you"Allow Dependencies" the "new" movie will only be a couple
> hundred K. This means it is a Referencing Movie- it contains pointers to
all
> the other movies, but no movie data itself. (I call this a "Z" movie)
> * Do _not_ trash the original movies now that you have a referencing
> movie because this new movie _depends_ on all of the source files.
> With this method, the file limit, and even a hard drive limit, are
> meaningless.
>
> If Mr. Quicktime can come in and correct my poor selection of terms
> (position indicator, content bar) I'd appreciate it. I just made those
names
> up to tell the story.
>
> Anthony
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