Insuficient Memory

[AussieTX]

I just finished putting together my brothers wedding pics and video with some titles and music and decided to make an MPEG4 HD file.
It gets a little over half way through rendering and I get the pop up error "Insuficient Memory 19621:0:2".

I have nothing else running and the project I'm rendering is only 12 minutes with a few effects and flash thrown in.

I went to the Task Manager (WIN7 64 bit) and under performance I have a total of 6142 MB of Memory, 3568 MB Casched, 4214 MB Available and 694 MB Free (this was checked right after the error).
I may try again and check the task Manager before it stops to see what the usage is like.
Just wondering if anyone has any idea as to why. I don't think I'm asking too much of my PC as 6Gig should be more than enough for VS.

If not MPEG4 can someone suggest the best file type to render this to
It is to be burned to DVD (PAL as it was my brothers wedding in Oz) to be played in regular DVD players by the relies and friends who attended the wedding.

Cheers

Pat

[Ken Berry]

Did you actually choose mpeg-4 as the output, or AVCHD? I realise the latter is HD mpeg-4, but there is a separate selection process as the codec used is different from other mpeg-4...

And if your aim is to produce a standard def DVD, why are you converting to mpeg-4 anyway? An SD DVD uses only SD mpeg-2...

[AussieTX]

Yes I did select MPEG-4 and not AVCHD.
Perhaps thats my problem because I have no idea what format to use for what. Maybe MPEG-4 is the wrong format for what I'm trying to do.
I used MPEG-4 once before for a short video I placed on YouTube and it worked well in that reguard.
Some formats are self descriptive such as ones labelled iPOD and PSP so that's not a problem.

I need to try doing a little research on what format does what.
For instance can an AVCHD file be played back on a regular TV?

I'm ashamed to say I have not even looked in the Help files so I will start there or if anyone can suggest some informative docs I'm all ears.

[Ken Berry]

For instance can an AVCHD file be played back on a regular TV?

I am not certain what you mean by 'regular' -- but I am assuming you mean an older CRT model or non-HD flatscreen TV. But in any case, that does not really matter. What is important is what you are connecting to the TV to play the AVCHD. You will need one rated to play AVCHD or Blu-Ray or else one of those multimedia playback devices which will play virtually anything. The Sony PlayStation 3 is one such device, but there are a host of others these days -- some with their own hard discs (like the PS3), and others which are really just a channel between your computer and the TV; or else can have an external hard disk or USB drive plugged into them, and you have your AVCHD (and other multimedia files) on the external disk or USB drive...

But if you intend to distribute the video to your friends and relatives who do NOT have such a device, then it will have to be in the form of a standard DVD (assuming your rellies have a player for those! ) And for that, you have no choice but to convert the AVCHD to SD and DVD-compatible mpeg-2.

[AussieTX]

Thanks Ken

Yes I was referring to POTs (Plain Old Televisions) (sorry old telephony pun).
I think its best for non-HD as I do know they all have DVD players but not sure what types.
I do have a question as to what is the difference between a DV file and a DVD file?
I see that the DV is saved as an avi file while the DVD is a mpeg2 file. Are there any quality differences? Is one better than the other?

And one last question. I built the project as 16:9 NTSC out of habit but I am send this to Oz which you know is all PAL.
Last time I was there I noticed pretty much all players down there play both formats from all regions (unlike DVD players here in the US).
If I create the DVD file to 16:9 PAL will I lose anything being that the project properties are 16:9 NTSC?

Thanks

Pat

[skier-hughes]

dv stands for digital video, and yues it's better quality than mpeg2, being less compressed.
A dv file won't play on a dvd player though, so as Ken has pointed out, you need to go to mpeg2.
Make your mpeg files in NTSC and just send them that disc, it'll be a better quality than using VS to do a psuedo standards conversion.

[AussieTX]

Great
Will do.
I see that my project details show DVD, MPEG2, NTSC so I will just select "Same as project settings" in the "Create Video File" sub menu.

Thanks again Skier and Ken

Cheers

Pat

[Ken Berry]

And just to confirm, yes it is much better to prepare the project in NTSC as just about all PAL players can play NTSC. However, the reverse is rarely the case, for some mysterious reason...