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Title: A Journey Through Fantasy
Post by: Madman on February 06, 2011, 05:03:00 PM

Well... my first attempt at rendering a video with M3D. It took 5 days, 13 hours and 21 minutes to render 2500 frames. It is based on one of the first pictures I posted on FF: Vorticity. I would appreciate your comments

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgxPlHxff3I

Title: Re: A Journey Through Fantasy
Post by: public_v0id on February 06, 2011, 06:38:51 PM

Damn, what a great rendering!
Is this just a negative Mandelbox or some kind of hybrid?
Love the spiral- and netstructures and everything else in the video :D

Title: Re: A Journey Through Fantasy
Post by: bib on February 06, 2011, 08:22:34 PM

Reeeeeeally good :)

Title: Re: A Journey Through Fantasy
Post by: Madman on February 07, 2011, 08:08:03 PM

Thanks! I noticed though, that although the original played smoothly @ 30 fps, I see some stuttering in the Youtube version. Any idea if Youtube uses a different "native" framerate?

@public_v0id: I forgot to mention that it's also translated, but other then rotation and translation, no other formula's have been used, si it's not really a hybrid

Title: Re: A Journey Through Fantasy
Post by: ant123 on February 26, 2011, 05:19:27 AM

awesome.

Ideally for youtube you should get the h264 codec, here is a guide with ideal bitrate settings etc.

http://www.wowguideonline.com/wow-youtube-settings.html

Title: Re: A Journey Through Fantasy
Post by: Count Fractula on February 26, 2011, 05:49:47 AM

The best I've seen so far.

Congratulations.

The camera movements are really pleasant.

The music doesn't fit to me, although I like it.
It seems to me that the spatial sensations I get from the video don't match the spatial sensations I get from the music.

Thanks for sharing this jewel, really worth watching.

Title: Re: A Journey Through Fantasy
Post by: Madman on March 20, 2011, 09:51:27 PM

Posted on Vimeo now, for those of you who don't like youtube ;D:

http://vimeo.com/21169963

Title: Re: A Journey Through Fantasy
Post by: Don Whitaker on March 21, 2011, 06:11:57 AM

Quote from: Madman on February 07, 2011, 08:08:03 PM

, I see some stuttering in the Youtube version. Any idea if Youtube uses a different "native" framerate?

I've noticed stuttering on some of my vids on YouTube as well -especially with M3D renders that I know are smooth. Probably not as noticeable on Real World vids.

I guess that they are using a Variable Framerate, which is something I have never really encountered. Here's a report from a MP4 video downloaded from YT.

Code:

Video
ID                               : 1
Format                           : AVC
Format/Info                      : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile                   : High@L3.1
Format settings, CABAC           : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames        : 1 frame
Codec ID                         : avc1
Codec ID/Info                    : Advanced Video Coding
Duration                         : 1mn 12s
Bit rate mode                    : Variable
Bit rate                         : 7 339 Kbps
Maximum bit rate                 : 22.0 Mbps
Width                            : 1 280 pixels
Height                           : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio             : 16:9
Frame rate mode                  : Variable
Frame rate                       : 30.000 fps
Minimum frame rate               : 29.412 fps
Maximum frame rate               : 55.556 fps
Color space                      : YUV
Chroma subsampling               : 4:2:0
Bit depth                        : 8 bits
Scan type                        : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)               : 0.265

Title: Re: A Journey Through Fantasy
Post by: Don Whitaker on March 21, 2011, 06:24:12 AM

I looked at an FLV file downloaded from YT, too. Looks like a constant frame rate there.

Code:

Display aspect ratio             : 16:9
Frame rate mode                  : Constant
Frame rate                       : 30.000 fps
Color space                      : YUV
Chroma subsampling               : 4:2:0
Bit depth                        : 8 bits
Scan type                        : Progressive

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