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    Hi all,

    Having a fairly annoying problem, sometimes when i render to an AVI file then although it renders all the frames only half the animation actually gets saved in the clip.
    I dont know if there is something i'm missing here or an option that I need to change

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    How do you define the animation, with a set time frame or active time segment?
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    • #3
      Originally posted by Vizioen View Post
      How do you define the animation, with a set time frame or active time segment?
      Thanks for getting back to me, with a set time frame

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      • #4
        I cannot seem to reproduce the issue. Does this happen on a specific scene? If yes, it would be best to send it together with the .avi file to support@chaosgroup.com for investigation (mention this thread as well). Also, what V-Ray, host platform and operating system versions are you using?
        Aleksandar Hadzhiev | chaos.com
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        • #5
          I would heavily suggest never rendering to avi. for one reason alone....if anything goes wrong at any point during the rendering then you have lost the lot!
          I fell foul of that a couple of times years ago and lost a week's worth of animation - lesson learned
          https://www.behance.net/bartgelin

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          • #6
            Originally posted by fixeighted View Post
            I would heavily suggest never rendering to avi. for one reason alone....if anything goes wrong at any point during the rendering then you have lost the lot!
            I fell foul of that a couple of times years ago and lost a week's worth of animation - lesson learned
            Yeah when i first started i rendered purely to avi and just like you had to learn the hard way but sometimes just for the sake of ease for test renders etc I just render to avi

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            • #7
              Originally posted by aleksandar.hadzhiev View Post
              I cannot seem to reproduce the issue. Does this happen on a specific scene? If yes, it would be best to send it together with the .avi file to support@chaosgroup.com for investigation (mention this thread as well). Also, what V-Ray, host platform and operating system versions are you using?
              It has happened on various files, and i am on 3dsmax vs 21.3.0.3250 and vray 4.10.03.00001 and lastly i am on windows 10 (fully updated)

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              • #8
                You are most likely running out of memory since the frames are stored in the RAM before being saved to the .avi file, hence there is a hard cap, which depends on your installed PC memory. Try monitoring your memory usage and see if that is indeed the case.
                Aleksandar Hadzhiev | chaos.com
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                • #9
                  Originally posted by rudolfb View Post

                  Yeah when i first started i rendered purely to avi and just like you had to learn the hard way but sometimes just for the sake of ease for test renders etc I just render to avi
                  Even if you render to an image sequence, you can load to a RAM preview to view the animation. Or just quickly run the frames through Media Encoder (or similar) to make an AVI or MP4.

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                  • #10
                    If you render out to Open EXR or RPF etc. often or really any image file format... I can't recommend Pdplayer enough, https://www.chaosgroup.com/pdplayer worth every penny, especially if you're trying to scope out animation of what is rendering out as it's happening.

                    I've had it a while and I wish I had purchased a license years earlier than I did.
                    Last edited by zero-13; 18-07-2019, 04:09 PM. Reason: The usual fixes due to zero proof reading

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by zero-13 View Post
                      If you render out to Open EXR or RPF etc. often or really any image file format... I can't recommend Pdplayer enough, https://www.chaosgroup.com/pdplayer worth every penny, especially if you're trying to scope out animation of what is rendering out as it's happening.

                      I've had it a while and I wish I had purchased a license years earlier than I did.
                      Hmm pdplayer looks very enticing, I will have to see if i can twist my managers arm. Are there any free alternatives you could suggest?

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by rudolfb View Post

                        Hmm pdplayer looks very enticing, I will have to see if i can twist my managers arm. Are there any free alternatives you could suggest?
                        I have not tried it yet but I just found this: http://djv.sourceforge.net

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