my after effects is not rendering properly

[aavriilll]

I made a video in after effects and when I play the preview everything is fine. but when I render it and go to QuickTime to see how it rendered, a few of my clips just stay still. It'll have all the effects and everything but the clip itself is not moving and it's also in a frame that I did not even use in the clip. please help

[ToolfarmJP]

Hello,

What rendering option do you set when you render it? I mean the type of the codec you have set. Do you use Mac or Win? What version of After Effects do you use?

[aavriilll]

I use the codec H.264. I have a mac and use adobe after effects cc 2017

[ToolfarmJP]

Hello,

If you choose another codec or format, can you play it without problem?

[aavriilll]

I tried H.263 and it still doesn't render probably

[imeilfx]

Ok... nad how do you render? Through Render Queue or AME?

[aavriilll]

through render queue

[imeilfx]

Ok so if you are running one of newest AE versions try to render thrue AME. To do that go to Composition>Add to Adobe Media Encoder Render Queue...
After AME opens reveal your file on the list - chose h264 as codec  and Match source as preset. After you chose destination wher you wish to put final file to just press green arrow and wait.

[Nexahs1138]

If you're playing with QuickTime then you should be rendering as a .mov

If you're using h.264 then you should be rendering an mp4 and playing with VLC, WMP, or any of the other players.

.mov comes with its own codecs (something I learned recently from a video editor.)

[aavriilll]

how do i render with a .mov an mp4? and play with VLC, WMP, etc.?

[Mo Moolla · Accepted solution]

You will need to learn After Effects Beginner as a start.

After Effects tutorials

This should assist you quite a bit

Mo

[aavriilll]

*an mp4 and a .mov

[Mo Moolla]

What are you using to play back the rendered file?

VLC?

Quicktime Player?

[aavriilll]

quicktime

[Warren Heaton]

If you advance through your rendered movie frame by frame in QuickTime Player, do you see the motion as expected?  It sounds like you’re having a playback issue due to your storage media not being able to play your rendered file fast enough.  This usually isn’t a problem for H264, but pretty common for Best Settings/Lossless renders.

Where is your movie file being stored?

If it’s on the Macintosh HD, that’s most likely high bandwidth storage.  If it’s on a USB device connected to the USB port of your Mac wired keyboar, that exceeding slow bandwidth.

-Warren

[aavriilll]

so what I need to do is free up some space on my mac?