WMV and cineform in AECS4? at DVinfo.net

Simon Zimmer · May 14th, 2009, 08:19 AM

Hello,

Anyone capable of rendering in AECS4 (using Prospect HD) when there is a wmv in the time line. Mine always fails after about 10 seconds.

If I try the same proejct in AECS3 and Prospect HD, it works fine.

any ideas?

Simon

Jay Bloomfield · May 14th, 2009, 04:36 PM

I tried a few WMV files and they render all the way through and then AE CS4 locks up with a dialog box that says "Cannot create drawing surface". I assume that AE CS4 is supposed to use the VFW version of the CFHD codec, because that's what I am showing as the output option.

Simon Zimmer · May 14th, 2009, 05:29 PM

Hi Jay!

Thanks for trying it out. So you are having issues too. Must be related to the PPCS4 problem.

I can't wait until they get this fixed.

Sighhhhhhhhhh!

Simon

Jay Bloomfield · May 14th, 2009, 05:52 PM

I'm not really having any issues at this point, since Prospect HD (Build 209) for CS4 is limited to importing and rendering (no acceleration in PP). Every other file type that I tried previously worked fine. I never had tried AE CS4 with exporting a WMV as CFHD before.

Simon Zimmer · May 14th, 2009, 06:18 PM

I can always export as PNG sequences and then re-import it in AE and then export as a cineform .avi but this is not the most efficient workflow.

Oh well, maybe it will be get fixed soon with the big updates on both the Adobe and Cineform end.

:)

Simon

Jay Bloomfield · May 14th, 2009, 09:27 PM

I've never had much luck with Adobe Dynamic Link feature, but you could use WMV in AE, then open PP and dynamically import the AE composition. Or alternatively, just import the whole AE project into PP with the "Import ..." command. Then the Adobe Media Encoder does the encoding to Cineform and it might work a little better.

I'm still tinkering with CS4, but I think for production work, you're better off with CS3, at least for a bit longer.

May 14th, 2009, 08:19 AM	#1
Simon Zimmer Major Player Join Date: May 2008 Location: Easton, Maryland Posts: 497	WMV and cineform in AECS4? Hello, Anyone capable of rendering in AECS4 (using Prospect HD) when there is a wmv in the time line. Mine always fails after about 10 seconds. If I try the same proejct in AECS3 and Prospect HD, it works fine. any ideas? Simon

May 14th, 2009, 04:36 PM	#2
Jay Bloomfield Major Player Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Voorheesville, NY Posts: 433	I tried a few WMV files and they render all the way through and then AE CS4 locks up with a dialog box that says "Cannot create drawing surface". I assume that AE CS4 is supposed to use the VFW version of the CFHD codec, because that's what I am showing as the output option.

May 14th, 2009, 05:29 PM	#3
Simon Zimmer Major Player Join Date: May 2008 Location: Easton, Maryland Posts: 497	Hi Jay! Thanks for trying it out. So you are having issues too. Must be related to the PPCS4 problem. I can't wait until they get this fixed. Sighhhhhhhhhh! Simon

May 14th, 2009, 05:52 PM	#4
Jay Bloomfield Major Player Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Voorheesville, NY Posts: 433	I'm not really having any issues at this point, since Prospect HD (Build 209) for CS4 is limited to importing and rendering (no acceleration in PP). Every other file type that I tried previously worked fine. I never had tried AE CS4 with exporting a WMV as CFHD before.

May 14th, 2009, 06:18 PM	#5
Simon Zimmer Major Player Join Date: May 2008 Location: Easton, Maryland Posts: 497	I can always export as PNG sequences and then re-import it in AE and then export as a cineform .avi but this is not the most efficient workflow. Oh well, maybe it will be get fixed soon with the big updates on both the Adobe and Cineform end. :) Simon

May 14th, 2009, 09:27 PM	#6
Jay Bloomfield Major Player Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Voorheesville, NY Posts: 433	I've never had much luck with Adobe Dynamic Link feature, but you could use WMV in AE, then open PP and dynamically import the AE composition. Or alternatively, just import the whole AE project into PP with the "Import ..." command. Then the Adobe Media Encoder does the encoding to Cineform and it might work a little better. I'm still tinkering with CS4, but I think for production work, you're better off with CS3, at least for a bit longer.