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    • bikerchrisB Offline
      bikerchris
      last edited by

      I'm going to ring him now to find out any spec differences. He's a friend though and when I built mine, he pretty much copied my rig!

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      • bikerchrisB Offline
        bikerchris
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        He didn't respond.

        Incidentally, I've now found that Windows Movie Maker has a Sketchup AVI specific limit of 1GB 😞

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        • Dave RD Offline
          Dave R
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          Hmmmm...

          Get Camtasia.

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          • bikerchrisB Offline
            bikerchris
            last edited by

            May have no choice - do you have the Β£220 studio version?

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            • Dave RD Offline
              Dave R
              last edited by

              I have Camatasia Studio version 8. I didn't want to spend the money but it was well worth it in the end. The quality of the videos and the ability to do some nice editing stuff made a big difference for me.

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              • bikerchrisB Offline
                bikerchris
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                Thanks Dave, much appreciated. I've deduced that I have a problem with the sketchup install. I don't know whether a plugin is effecting it, but it's making any AVI output files that exceed 1GB, completely unusable. Also, if I try to make just one AVI output file of all the scenes, sketchup appears to be creating the slides, and then gets to the end and produces NO FILE. I have even found that if I cancel the process part way through, the file DOES appear.

                I'm quite annoyed to put it mildly.

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                • Dave RD Offline
                  Dave R
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                  Did you try disabling plugins to make sure it isn't a problem caused by one of them? If that doesn't change anything, try reinstalling SketchUp from a fresh download.

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                  • bikerchrisB Offline
                    bikerchris
                    last edited by

                    I have disabled all plugins apart from Twilight. Next up seems to be to re-install 😞

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                    • Dave RD Offline
                      Dave R
                      last edited by

                      Do you need Twilight running?

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                      • bikerchrisB Offline
                        bikerchris
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                        Hi all,

                        Quick and easy question, what experiences have you had with AVI file sizes and what's the biggest you've been able to create.

                        Also, have you ever had the slide creation process occur without issue, only to find that at the end of it, you are not provided with an AVI file OR error messages?

                        Thanks!

                        Chris

                        http://www.bikerchris.co.uk/wp-content/gallery/sketchup-no-animation-file/screenshot-2014-02-06-18-29-07.png

                        http://www.bikerchris.co.uk/wp-content/gallery/sketchup-no-animation-file/screenshot-2014-02-06-18-31-55.png

                        http://www.bikerchris.co.uk/wp-content/gallery/sketchup-no-animation-file/screenshot-2014-02-06-18-39-31.png

                        http://www.bikerchris.co.uk/wp-content/gallery/sketchup-no-animation-file/screenshot-2014-02-06-18-40-18.png

                        http://www.bikerchris.co.uk/wp-content/gallery/sketchup-no-animation-file/screenshot-2014-02-06-18-40-53.png

                        http://www.bikerchris.co.uk/wp-content/gallery/sketchup-no-animation-file/screenshot-2014-02-06-18-41-02.png

                        http://www.bikerchris.co.uk/wp-content/gallery/sketchup-no-animation-file/screenshot-2014-02-06-18-41-21.png

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                        • bikerchrisB Offline
                          bikerchris
                          last edited by

                          I disabled it, restarted sketchup, same result 😞

                          http://www.bikerchris.co.uk/wp-content/gallery/sketchup-no-animation-file/screenshot-2014-02-06-18-29-07.png

                          http://www.bikerchris.co.uk/wp-content/gallery/sketchup-no-animation-file/screenshot-2014-02-06-18-31-55.png

                          http://www.bikerchris.co.uk/wp-content/gallery/sketchup-no-animation-file/screenshot-2014-02-06-18-39-31.png

                          http://www.bikerchris.co.uk/wp-content/gallery/sketchup-no-animation-file/screenshot-2014-02-06-18-40-18.png

                          http://www.bikerchris.co.uk/wp-content/gallery/sketchup-no-animation-file/screenshot-2014-02-06-18-40-53.png

                          http://www.bikerchris.co.uk/wp-content/gallery/sketchup-no-animation-file/screenshot-2014-02-06-18-41-02.png

                          http://www.bikerchris.co.uk/wp-content/gallery/sketchup-no-animation-file/screenshot-2014-02-06-18-41-21.png

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                          • bikerchrisB Offline
                            bikerchris
                            last edited by

                            I've also now restarted the PC and still the same thing occurs. πŸ˜•

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                            • cottyC Offline
                              cotty
                              last edited by

                              With Windows file system Fat32, the maximum file size for a single file is 4GB and your pictures show that you crossed this border...

                              my SketchUp gallery

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                              • cottyC Offline
                                cotty
                                last edited by

                                Answer in your new topic ❓

                                my SketchUp gallery

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                                • bikerchrisB Offline
                                  bikerchris
                                  last edited by

                                  Quite right, I'm using NTFS though, and have had other single file types with sizes exceeding 20GB and over.

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                                  • bikerchrisB Offline
                                    bikerchris
                                    last edited by

                                    Response to your answer in that new topic πŸ˜„

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                                    • D Offline
                                      dtrarch
                                      last edited by

                                      Hi bikerchris

                                      Checkout Magix Moviemaker pro πŸ‘ πŸ‘
                                      (my choice)
                                      I have tried them all even the hi-price stuff too.
                                      Here is a link and demos to try too.
                                      IMO very easy to use and good value
                                      http://www.magix.com/us/movie-edit-pro/

                                      dtr

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                                      • bikerchrisB Offline
                                        bikerchris
                                        last edited by

                                        Cheers for that dtrarch, I think the problem is a limitation with sketchup, but I just want some confirmation that others have had similar problems, and then I can rest!

                                        Cheers,

                                        Chris

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                                        • B Offline
                                          blackdogsketch
                                          last edited by

                                          I know this is a year old, but I'm having the same experience. And it's truly frustrating...no error message...nothing. Just no file to be found.
                                          What I don't get is how Windows Movie Maker comes into play. To me, I ask Sketchup to generate a file.
                                          This means it goes and gets Movie Maker to do it's work?
                                          Why is sketchup so lame- even Pro- it seems year after year the capabilities do not increase.
                                          It's hard to believe that I cannot get sketchup to make anything over 1GB video file out of the box. I've got to go back to my team and tell them I cannot do this.

                                          So I need to go and spend more money on a video making program? And then what happens, sketchup automatically looks for that to make the video? there are no options under "export video" to select the video engine.
                                          Maddening.

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                                          • B Offline
                                            blackdogsketch
                                            last edited by

                                            Plus, what I don't get is that Bikerchris has a file that's 201Mb. (see his "progress dialog box" screenshot) Not 2GB!
                                            You can't even get a 200 MB file generated from SU??? That is FAR from a large file when you're talking about video.

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