[MacDV] AE Stupid question...probably

[Ron Woodland]

More information is needed -- frame size, frame rate, codec used,  
quality level, and data rate settings, etc.  There's no free lunch  
here.  Uncompressed video is upwards of 30 MB of throughput per second.  
  Obviously compression and real-time decompression is how video  
streaming is being done now.  The local hard drive can deliver  
full-frame, full-motion video using some compression, the artifacts  
from which are noticeable to the trained eye.  For CD-ROMs, DVDs, and  
web streaming even more compromises in quality have to be made.  Newer  
codecs, such as Sorenson and the MPEGs (1, 2, and 4) have changed the  
trade-off curve, but there are still trade offs to be made.

Ron Woodland
St. George, Utah


On Tuesday, April 29, 2003, at 12:29  PM, Matthew Guemple wrote:

> I'm sure this is basic and covered ad nasuem but...
> It seems every time I render a QT (compression none) of whatever I'm  
> doing, the playback always locks-up/stutters at some point (often at  
> transitions or effects)
> I know I am forgetting something basic...
> WHAT IS IT!??? It's driving me crazy...
> tia
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