Video software

[garak]

Hi,

what kind of software do you use to create your animation videos from the png files that octane produces? I have trouble finding something usefull to create a video.
I would prefer freeware if possible. And i would prefer a software that runs on windows.

Cheers and thanks

Bernd

[greg.thoman]

Blender 3d has a sequencer that works very well.

[face]

You can also use ffmpeg...
For flv:
ffmpeg -f image2 -i "G:\Octane\Project\render\boxes_%03d.png" -f flv -r 25 -b 20971520 video.flv
where %03d means 3 digits in the filename like boxes_001.png.
-r = framerate
-b = bitrate

or for mp4:
ffmpeg -f image2 -i "G:\Octane\Project\RenderMap_%03d.png" -vcodec libx264 -crf 20 -r 25 -coder 1 -flags +loop -cmp +chroma -partitions +parti8x8+parti4x4+partp8x8+partb8x8 -me_method umh -subq 8 -me_range 16 -g 7 -keyint_min 5 -sc_threshold 40 -i_qfactor 0.71 -b_strategy 2 -qcomp 0.6 -qmin 10 -qmax 51 -qdiff 4 -bf 3 -refs 4 -directpred 3 -trellis 1 -flags2 +wpred+mixed_refs+dct8x8+fastpskip -threads 0 -y output_h264.mp4

face

[garak]

Thank you!

first i will give ffmpeg a try!

Cheers

Bernd