I have received a fulldome show consisting of tens of thousands of frames, how do I manage the large movie?
As with the above, I will limit myself to the simplest software solution, namely QuickTime Pro. QuickTime can handle what are called “reference” movies, these are movies that consist of (refer to) a number of external movie files. The reference movie file itself is usually very small, just containing information on the location and name of the movies it references. A reference movie is created by opening all the movie pieces and copy/pasting them together and saving. Note that the audio track would normally be added to the final reference movie, it also becomes a referenced track. It goes without saying that the movies referenced in this way need to be kept together although QT Pro will prompt you if it “loses” a referenced movie.There are two ways of using this. In the first case you simply create movies of every 10000 frames say, then create a reference movie that holds each piece in the correct order. The result is smaller movie files that can be more easily backed up for example.
As with the above, I will limit myself to the simplest software solution, namely QuickTime Pro. QuickTime can handle what are called “reference” movies, these are movies that consist of (refer to) a number of external movie files. The reference movie file itself is usually very small, just containing information on the location and name of the movies it references. A reference movie is created by opening all the movie pieces and copy/pasting them together and saving. Note that the audio track would normally be added to the final reference movie, it also becomes a referenced track. It goes without saying that the movies referenced in this way need to be kept together although QT Pro will prompt you if it “loses” a referenced movie. There are two ways of using this. In the first case you simply create movies of every 10000 frames say, then create a reference movie that holds each piece in the correct order. The result is smaller movie files that can be more easily backed up for example.
