vidding in a nutshell
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eruthros1. When I clip, I use lagarith as my lossless codec of choice. (UTVideo is supposed to be better but it makes my computer sad.)
2. VLC didn't used to support lagarith. I use the old version of the KM player for watching my clips and exports before conversion (or MPC or whatever) but since VLC is my default player sometimes I accidentally open stuff in VLC and go "aaaahhhh!" because the video is terrible pink and green and blue jagged boxes.
3. VLC claims they added lagarith support with version 2.0.0 - 22 months ago.
4. Woohoo! That means I can watch clips in VLC without the terrible pixelated VLC freakout!
5. ... or not, actually, it doesn't work at all, I can't watch my clips in VLC, they still are a mess.
So that was annoying but didn't actually change my process. VLC didn't really add it or something, whatever, I'll keep using the KM player. However:
6. I export in lagarith from Premiere.
7. Sometimes I accidentally open exports in VLC by double-clicking.
8. ... about half the time, they play fine.
9. WHAT THIS MAKES NO SENSE.
All of those exports are from the same project file! Frame size is consistent! And matches the clips anyway, none of which play in VLC. Frame rate's the same. They're all in the same colorspace. I briefly thought VLC could play reduced resolution lagarith files but not standard res files - I sometimes do quick exports in reduced resolution - but noooo, it plays some of each and chokes on some of each. There is literally no difference between those files except that some are exported on Tuesdays and some on Wednesdays. They even have the same filename! Like.
This isn't a problem, it's just a WHAT EVEN. Though who knows maybe there is an obvious answer that I'm just missing! Because vidding!
2. VLC didn't used to support lagarith. I use the old version of the KM player for watching my clips and exports before conversion (or MPC or whatever) but since VLC is my default player sometimes I accidentally open stuff in VLC and go "aaaahhhh!" because the video is terrible pink and green and blue jagged boxes.
3. VLC claims they added lagarith support with version 2.0.0 - 22 months ago.
4. Woohoo! That means I can watch clips in VLC without the terrible pixelated VLC freakout!
5. ... or not, actually, it doesn't work at all, I can't watch my clips in VLC, they still are a mess.
So that was annoying but didn't actually change my process. VLC didn't really add it or something, whatever, I'll keep using the KM player. However:
6. I export in lagarith from Premiere.
7. Sometimes I accidentally open exports in VLC by double-clicking.
8. ... about half the time, they play fine.
9. WHAT THIS MAKES NO SENSE.
All of those exports are from the same project file! Frame size is consistent! And matches the clips anyway, none of which play in VLC. Frame rate's the same. They're all in the same colorspace. I briefly thought VLC could play reduced resolution lagarith files but not standard res files - I sometimes do quick exports in reduced resolution - but noooo, it plays some of each and chokes on some of each. There is literally no difference between those files except that some are exported on Tuesdays and some on Wednesdays. They even have the same filename! Like.
This isn't a problem, it's just a WHAT EVEN. Though who knows maybe there is an obvious answer that I'm just missing! Because vidding!
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