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brandofamily
Jul-24-2009, 12:11 AM
I rendered all the videos in the gallery
the exact same way (720x480)
http://brandolinoimaging.smugmug.com/gallery/9017858_3oRhr#600266467_RuGBQ
Why are some asking for a replacement image of 640x427 and others asking for 720x480?
ziggy53
Jul-24-2009, 06:25 AM
I moved this to the SmugMug Video Support forum but I honestly don't know a likely cause. Hopefully someone will jump in to help.
brandofamily
Jul-24-2009, 09:05 AM
I rendered all the videos in the gallery
the exact same way (720x480)
http://brandolinoimaging.smugmug.com/gallery/9017858_3oRhr#600266467_RuGBQ
Why are some asking for a replacement image of 640x427 and others asking for 720x480?

Once finished processing they all asked for 640x427... so one mystery solved... But why didn't they come up as 720x480 as I rendered them?
nigelbb
Jul-24-2009, 09:42 PM
Once finished processing they all asked for 640x427... so one mystery solved... But why didn't they come up as 720x480 as I rendered them?Because SmugMug converts your video to a set of standard pixel widths (320, 640, 960, 1280, 1920) while maintaining the original aspect ratio of the clip.
shrekie
Sep-01-2009, 01:16 AM
Because SmugMug converts your video to a set of standard pixel widths (320, 640, 960, 1280, 1920) while maintaining the original aspect ratio of the clip.

Is there a reason why the videos are converted to these standard pixel widths? I pay for my videos to be upgraded to DVD quality with ANIMOTO and they are created at a resolution of 864x480. Unfortunately, after uploading to Smugmug, it gets downsized to 640x356 which is significantly smaller than the Hi Res upgrade that I paid to create. What's also annoying then is that the video can't be downloaded by viewers at the original 864x480 resolution. Is there any way around this?

Thanks,

Nelson
docwalker
Sep-01-2009, 04:12 AM
I am afraid that there is no way around it. All videos are converted to the standard sizes after upload. I believe the reason this is done is to support the standard devices that are used to view the videos, and to speed up the processing time. I may be wrong about that as it is not a question I have ever asked. The list of display sizes are listed here: http://wiki.smugmug.net/display/SmugMug/Video+Help