Saving project in quicktime compressed format?

[jeremyb]

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tv_SaveMode "Mode=1010"

made a .dip file, not mov

[Thierry]

hum, not at all...still a question...because if i run this script i've got en .mov but is totaly white or black with NaN value...
same with mode=1015

I don't think this is doable in George at all, because as I've said previously in this topic, Mov/MP4 export was never made possible in George:

There isn't indeed, because the way we export in mov/mp4 is different from the other formats (due to some FFmpeg licensing rights).

It is stil on our radar to allow George export for those formats, but it won't be for 11.5.3.

Putting a mode in a parameter probably calls an ID in the code that says "choose this". As we never implemented the handling of various export modes, you won't be able to select one.

I should also add that this we no longer plan on adding Mov/MP4 export in George in the future, as we are working on an application that will allow multiple TVPP files to be exported in batch (including exporting in mov/mp4/mkv).

[NathanOtano]

I think exporting a compressed H264 file in George is a huge deal for pipeline purposes, especially remote ones where you need to be able to download/stream files quickly and save space on teh server/cloud. If we want to create a script for artists to export a specific preview for review, and we want to optimise the space on our server, we really need this do be able to be done from a panel inside tvpain. The other available video formats arn't as compressed

I am sorry to ask this again but it's a huge deal for our studio

[Hironori Takagi]

tv_SaveMode "Mode = 1015"

Have you been told by someone to do this ?

When trying to match the command result in the code, 1015 seems to activate the external saver aka FFmpeg.

You may try to use Mode=1010 instead, which would in theory activate the internal QT saver.

I don't remember when I created the code, but I think I understood it by parsing .grg in the settings folder after registering the export in the action and creating a custom panel. probably.
I will try "mode = 1010" later. thank you.
If this method is legally problematic, it may contain another problem to be solved.

[Hironori Takagi]

sorry, I posted it twice.

[jeremyb]

I don't think this is doable in George at all, because as I've said previously in this topic, Mov/MP4 export was never made possible in George:

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FUNCTION exportMov()
    //init
    tv_LockDisplay "Export Mov..."
    tv_SaveMode "Mode=1015"	// MOV(FFmpeg)
    movPath = vfxPreviewPath"/"shot".mov"
    tv_ProjectSaveSequence movPath startingFrame LastImage
    tv_UnLockDisplay
END

On our last production, (tvpaint 11 on centos7) we released thousands MOV without any trouble. Strangely under windows, it's another story.