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The process and techniques used when storing moving images, sound, metadata and other streams as a digital file.

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How to execute a function directly after user input

I'm new to python. I've an input field and would like to execute a function, after the user typed in a string and pressed the return key. The basic routine already works, but I use a button to execute ...
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Are addons generally considered safe to download and install?

Are addons considered safe to download? I mean, it seems that anyone can make their own addon. Who's to say if they're safe or not?
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Script to wipe out every Vertex color

Please can somebody help me with a script that wipes out the vertex color attribute from every mesh in the scene? I need to get rid of them so when I export to .gltf the textures won't get multiplied ...
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Blender VSE, frame pacing in video output isn't smooth

Been noticing this in a few projects, using 3.3 LTS that the video output from the VSE is not smooth. Often when you're previewing video in the VSE viewport the stated framerate can fluctuate, if one ...
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Rendered image sequence is darker then images (filmic or standard / H264 MPEG4)

What title says. Here is a screenshot, the red outlined one is the animation. It is way darker then the images. I tried color Management set to Filmic and Standard. Below are also my Encoding settings....
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FFMPEG 10bit export - Exposure & Style

In this video : Blender VSE: Guide III (3d-viewport, hotkeys, 10 bit h.264, + more!) - YouTube I finally found a way to convert my EXR files to 10bit H264 Video. The command I use is as follows: ...
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Why is exporting webm with transparency not working? [duplicate]

I have a scene in blender 3.2.1 with Properties Window > Render Properties > Film > Transparent checked Properties Window > Output Properties > ...
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Different encodings in blend files

In working with blender, we found that blender saves files in different encodings. In the screenshot an example of default empty files created on different machines. We would like to understand what ...
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Does blender support hap codec?

Can anyone tell me if blender supports hap video codec? I installed Quicktime and the hap Quicktime codec on Windows. I can set Blender's render output file format to FFmpeg Video the container to ...
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How do I enable NVENC for video output?

I'm trying to speed up my render times. One option is that I can use Optix, which should have some benefit. The other is enabling NVENC hardware encoding for the video. Strangely though I can't see ...
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Can I use Blender to set up game logic?

I want to create a game using Blender 2.93. I don't know if I can use Blender to create the game logistics. I want to create a 3D game that's set up like Minecraft. An almost infinite world that's ...
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Video with Alpha Channel [duplicate]

My image sequence is rendering with the alpha just fine. When I render that image sequence as a video, it shows up as a black background. Encoding set to : Quicktime > QT Animation with the Color ...
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How do I encode an .exr image sequence?

I have an animation that I want to render. I read up on the internet and saw an addon called SID that works great for denoising animations. My problem is that the add-on renders all the files into ....
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How can I convert these Blender video settings to ffmpeg please?

Whenever I use the ffmpeg commands, the video is larger and the seeking/keyframe inteval is not the same as the video rendered from Blender. How can I convert the following Blender settings to ffmpeg ...
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Blender export video format to Da Vinci Resolve

I'm currently working on an ads project, and i would like to export my shots so i can edit them in Da Vinci Resolve. I would like to know what format do i need to use in Blender so i can imported my ...
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Why my rendering slows down and stops at an arbitrary frame?

When I’ve tried to render an animation, the first frame seems to take way longer than it usually does. Then, I return a few hours later, and it seems to have stopped at frame 26 or 31, when usually ...
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Cannot load model after running blender and installing add-on

I used blender 2.79 2.80 2.90 and when I clicked the import model bottom after installing the Cats plug-in each add-on, I got an import error except for 2.79, and I need a quick and realistic solution ...
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How do I add a new preset to the FFMPEG Presets list in Blender?

I have done a lot of customization in the encoding settings. I want to add these settings to FFMPEG Presets to quickly access them later. How can I do that? I want to add a new preset to the list that ...
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utf-8 codec can't decode strings randomly

I am coding a binary format, and I am reading null-terminated strings with the following code: ...
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Frameserve to external ffmpeg?

I want to frameserve rendered images to an external ffmpeg binary for x264rgb/lossless encoding (its much faster/smaller/efficient than PNG/FFV1). In Blender 2.7x there was OUTPUT->FRAMESERVER that ...
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Why cant I find the Tab in Encoding?

I am trying to make a YouTube intro. I have it all done I just need to find the encoding tab in 2.79 but I can't.
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Blender is encoding only the first half of my video?

I'm using Blender purely as a video editor. I'm trying to render the final product, but every time I try rendering it, only the first 2:38 (or so) of the 6:44 minute video gets done. When I hover ...
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'Unable to read file' when importing rendered video file into Adobe Premiere 2020 [closed]

So I'm attempting to import a rendered Blender video file into Adobe Premiere. However, it just comes up with a message saying 'unable to read file' or something of the like. I have tried four ...
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System console encoding format problem? [closed]

I'm using blender 2.82 on windows.The default blender system console is cmd.exe and it doesn't support Unicode so the non-ascii characters be garbled. Here's my question: 1.can i replace the default ...
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Reencoding makes video quality much worse after 'rendering'

I used Blender to cut video material into a ~ 4minutes video but the reencoding of the material looks really blurry. Is there an option in Blender to keep the original encoding and not to reencode the ...
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Does Blender allow encoding to .webm?

I'm trying to export a mp4 video as a .webm, but the render animation does literally nothing. Can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong or whether it's even possible to export as .webm?
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Eevee output low res

When I render animation and output to mpeg4 it's a very very low res file and quality. How do I fix this? I'm using Blender 2.8 and I'm new. 1920 1080 is what I have entered, I have also selected ff ...
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Exporting issues (no thumbnails in windows explorer)

I've constantly had problems with video encoding when I'm looking to make wallpapers for wallpaper engine. I've tried asking on the forums on steam but they (literally the developer) aren't sure what'...
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Why is Blender muting the first split second of sound in the rendered video file?

To replicate: Render a video sequence with an audio strip at the beginning. Extract the audio from the video file using ffmpeg: ...
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Can Blender do mathematical reservoir simulation for petroleum engineer?

Can Blender do reservoir simulation like Petrel Schlumberger and CMG do for petroleum engineer? I'm a student of petroleum engineering, and I love Blender more than my girlfriend. Like this :
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Quality loss in black&white conversion

First of all, I hoped I'm not asking a duplicate of some question (I didn't find any). I'm currently editing a short-movie, and the main part of it is black and white. We recorded it in colors, so I'...
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Why when I select FFmpeg option for rendering a video the encoding tab does not showing up? [duplicate]

I'm trying to render an animation in blender 2.79 I have selected FFmpeg video in output and I need to select codecs etc but there is no encoding tab showing up under this but only freestyle. please ...
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"Unsupported channel layout" Error, when trying to render with AAC-Audio [closed]

I try to render a Video with Blender's video editor. Under Output I set FFmpeg video as file format. Under Render I set Container...
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Change Encoding Settings through Python API

I need help with the python api for setting the video encoding in Blender 2.79a. I have already set the output type to FFMPEG via: ...
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ASCII FBX files are not supported

When attempting to import an FBX file that is ASCII encoded, it produces an error "ASCII FBX files are not supported" requiring the files to be converted to hex before import. The only solution I can ...
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Blenderc 2.79 encoder panel missing

The encoding panel is missing. Tried Blender settings reset then reopened, but still no encoding panel or preview.
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Lossless video output is overbrighted

I am rendering a video with overlayed PNG sequence (clouds with alpha channel). Output settings are mp4, h.264 (Lossless). But final video is overbrighted, however if I change h.264 to PNG codec, it ...
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What numerical CRF values do the assorted output qualities correspond to in the ffmpeg video encoding options

Blender 2.79 added the ability to encode video using ffmpeg's CRF (constant rate factor) technique. I assume this is controlled by the Output quality setting in the Encoding subpanel. Unfortunately, ...
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How do I get H264 on my render formats? [duplicate]

I have used blender before, but h264 is not showing up any way to get it on?
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Video Codecs missing in Blender 2.79 [duplicate]

Ever since I updated from Blender 2.77 to 2.79, my Codec menu in the Render tab looks like this: . I'd like to render a scene in H.264 and I have no idea why it is missing in the menu. This doesn't ...
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Exporting video to .mov in Blender 2.79

In the past, Blender (at least the Mac version) has had the ability to encode video files as .mov, the format used by Quicktime Player. However, with Blender 2.79 this feature seems to have vanished, ...
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Why is my video not YouTube streamable format?

Whenever I upload a video to YouTube, it tells me that I should use a "streamable format" so my videos will upload faster. After I've uploaded the video, often it will play at low resolutions and 1080,...
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Can I use ffmpeg audio filters on encoding?

ffmpeg has a ton of audiofilters available, and for a current project I need a compressor on the audio mix (not on separate tracks, just at the end during the encoding process). Is there a way to ...
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Lossless 10-bit colorspace (yuvj420p) video output

Using GoPro footage which are in 10-bit color space (yuvj420p), and using Blender as a video editor, the output seems to always be in 8-bit color space. How can I preserve the 10-bit color space? ...
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How do I export audio in a video that is purposefully loud and distorted? (VSE)

I am editing a video in Blender's Video Sequence Editor (VSE) and I have a lot of audio that is loud, distorted, and clipping. This is intentional. However, when I render my final video, all the ...
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VSE isn't multi-threading

Whenever I render a video using the blender video editor only one core is ever used at any time. I have an 8 core CPU(FX-9590) yet regardless of whether blender is set to auto detect or a fixed 8 ...
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Timebase error when encoding

I am using Blender's Video Sequence Editor and it won't let me render it. The error message... Timebase 20999/500000 not supported by MPEG 4 standard, the maximum admitted value for the Timebase ...
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Timebase error when encoding mp4 file [duplicate]

I am using Blenders Video Sequence Editor and it won't let me render it. The message: Timebase 20999/500000 not supported by MPEG 4 standard, the maximum admitted value for the Timebase ...
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