Computer Cant Play Videos

[Kruger Babadook]

My computer says it can't read videos after exporting and i dont know why, please help and lemme know if you have the same problems.

[EmperorFaiz.wav]

What's the render option you used for the exporting?

[Kruger Babadook]

Originally posted by EmperorFaiz.fbx:

What's the render option you used for the exporting?

1280-720

[EmperorFaiz.wav]

That's the resolution. What's the format you used? If you use AVI, MP4 or MOV, don't use any of them. They're pretty buggy, unstable and unreliable to create good quality video. Instead, use image sequences render and compile them into a video format you want preferebly MP4 with Blender or any video editing software.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=375229570

[Capt Fuzzy]

Originally posted by Kruger Babadook:

Originally posted by EmperorFaiz.fbx:

What's the render option you used for the exporting?

1280-720

No, not the resolution, that really doesn't matter that much.
What he's asking is what format are you rendering in? Image Sequence .AVI .MP4 .MOV... those are formats...

[Zappy]

If you exported as an AVI video straight from Source Filmmaker, that's likely the reason.

Source Filmmaker's AVI export implementation is completely non-compressed, meaning it can easily fill up to around 4 gigabytes of filesize after not many seconds in the video file. After it reaches around 4 gigabytes of filesize, Source Filmmaker can't export more of the file, due to being a 32-bit program and thusly limited to 4-gigabyte-size files, meaning the video file is actually incomplete and thusly broken/corrupted.

Some people may suggest installing QuickTime in order to allow Source Filmmaker to export MP4/MOV videos, but QuickTime is an actual security risk for Windows,[www.us-cert.gov] so you should not install it. But even if you did, the colours would be too dark and saturated or too bright and de-saturated, depending on the compression codec you'd choose, and with low-ish quality either way, making it not so good anyway.


Instead, you should do an image sequence export. This will export many individual images along with a sound file if you want.
Then you can use almost any video editor (besides Windows (Live) Movie Maker) to import the images and sound, set the framerate correctly, and export it as a video from there.
A guide on doing so using Blender (which is free, is available on Steam, and can be useful for other things) can be found below, but again, almost any video editor will do.
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=375229570 Note that it's completely okay to export as AVI/MP4/MOV from a video editor. Only Source Filmmaker has such bad export implementations of those formats.

[Kruger Babadook]

Originally posted by Capt Fuzzy:

Originally posted by Kruger Babadook:

1280-720

No, not the resolution, that really doesn't matter that much.
What he's asking is what format are you rendering in? Image Sequence .AVI .MP4 .MOV... those are formats...

yeah my bad AVI because sfm wont give me me other options

[EmperorFaiz.wav]

Originally posted by Kruger Babadook:

Originally posted by Capt Fuzzy:

No, not the resolution, that really doesn't matter that much.
What he's asking is what format are you rendering in? Image Sequence .AVI .MP4 .MOV... those are formats...

yeah my bad AVI because sfm wont give me me other options

Image sequences or nothing.

[Kruger Babadook]

Originally posted by EmperorFaiz.fbx:

Originally posted by Kruger Babadook:

yeah my bad AVI because sfm wont give me me other options

Image sequences or nothing.

i dont really worried about rendering it was just my laptop could read it and not play it at all

[Capt Fuzzy]

Originally posted by Kruger Babadook:

Originally posted by EmperorFaiz.fbx:

Image sequences or nothing.

i dont really worried about rendering it was just my laptop could read it and not play it at all

It can't read or play it because it's been corrupted, so the render should be of concern to you...

[Kruger Babadook]

Originally posted by Capt Fuzzy:

Originally posted by Kruger Babadook:

i dont really worried about rendering it was just my laptop could read it and not play it at all

It can't read or play it because it's been corrupted, so the render should be of concern to you...

thank you for your suggestion i'll make this the answer of the disscusion

[BallisticShadow]

Originally posted by Zappy:

If you exported as an AVI video straight from Source Filmmaker, that's likely the reason.

Source Filmmaker's AVI export implementation is completely non-compressed, meaning it can easily fill up to around 4 gigabytes of filesize after not many seconds in the video file. After it reaches around 4 gigabytes of filesize, Source Filmmaker can't export more of the file, due to being a 32-bit program and thusly limited to 4-gigabyte-size files, meaning the video file is actually incomplete and thusly broken/corrupted.

Some people may suggest installing QuickTime in order to allow Source Filmmaker to export MP4/MOV videos, but QuickTime is an actual security risk for Windows,[www.us-cert.gov] so you should not install it. But even if you did, the colours would be too dark and saturated or too bright and de-saturated, depending on the compression codec you'd choose, and with low-ish quality either way, making it not so good anyway.


Instead, you should do an image sequence export. This will export many individual images along with a sound file if you want.
Then you can use almost any video editor (besides Windows (Live) Movie Maker) to import the images and sound, set the framerate correctly, and export it as a video from there.
A guide on doing so using Blender (which is free, is available on Steam, and can be useful for other things) can be found below, but again, almost any video editor will do.
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=375229570 Note that it's completely okay to export as AVI/MP4/MOV from a video editor. Only Source Filmmaker has such bad export implementations of those formats.

This has never happened untill just now and it's annoying

[EmperorFaiz.wav]

Never happened what?

[BallisticShadow]

Originally posted by Zappy:

If you exported as an AVI video straight from Source Filmmaker, that's likely the reason.

Source Filmmaker's AVI export implementation is completely non-compressed, meaning it can easily fill up to around 4 gigabytes of filesize after not many seconds in the video file. After it reaches around 4 gigabytes of filesize, Source Filmmaker can't export more of the file, due to being a 32-bit program and thusly limited to 4-gigabyte-size files, meaning the video file is actually incomplete and thusly broken/corrupted.

Some people may suggest installing QuickTime in order to allow Source Filmmaker to export MP4/MOV videos, but QuickTime is an actual security risk for Windows,[www.us-cert.gov] so you should not install it. But even if you did, the colours would be too dark and saturated or too bright and de-saturated, depending on the compression codec you'd choose, and with low-ish quality either way, making it not so good anyway.


Instead, you should do an image sequence export. This will export many individual images along with a sound file if you want.
Then you can use almost any video editor (besides Windows (Live) Movie Maker) to import the images and sound, set the framerate correctly, and export it as a video from there.
A guide on doing so using Blender (which is free, is available on Steam, and can be useful for other things) can be found below, but again, almost any video editor will do.
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=375229570 Note that it's completely okay to export as AVI/MP4/MOV from a video editor. Only Source Filmmaker has such bad export implementations of those formats.

Found a solution if their trying to do it in 60 FPS change it to 24 FPS it's worse but it might be the only way.