Generate video using clipout in viz engine

Have used Viz Artist My classmates may have used Viz Artist Of post function , It can be used to provide scene animation videos to customers or leaders for review , however Post There are also some inconvenient places , Unable to flexibly control the playback of different animations or the generation of animations for switching logical scenes .

Now let's introduce how to use ClipOut To generate clip.ClipOut It's not everything , First of all, he can only use it on a machine with a video card . But its function is still relatively powerful , First of all, let's see how many steps it takes to implement .

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1. read ClipOut_Channel_Usage.pdf, Usually in Viz Artist The root directory of the installation .
2. Yes, yes ClipOut After the general impression , Next, we will do it step by step .
3. stay Viz Config Into ClipOut Configuration of , open Enable. And will Output format Set to standard definition （SD）.
4. send out RENDERER*VIDEO*CLIPOUT*1*CREATE VIDEO_SET On To engine , Start creating videos .
5. send out RENDERER*VIDEO*CLIPOUT*1*RESOLUTION VIDEO_SET 0 0 To engine , according to output Format the resolution of the generated video .
6. send out RENDERER*VIDEO*CLIPOUT*1*CONTAINER VIDEO_ENUMERATE To engine , Get what the engine supports Video container. For example, there may be ：MATROX_MOV,P2_MXF,AVI etc. .
7. send out RENDERER*VIDEO*CLIPOUT*1*CONTAINER VIDEO_SET MATROX_MOV To engine , Set up Video Container by MATROX_MOV.
8. send out RENDERER*VIDEO*CLIPOUT*1*CONTAINER VBI_ENUMERATE To engine , Get specified container Supported by the Codec.
9. send out RENDERER*VIDEO*CLIPOUT*1*CODEC VIDEO_SET Dv50_422 To engine , In supported codec Choose one of them .
10. send out RENDERER*VIDEO*CLIPOUT*1*OPTION VIDEO_SET AUDIO ON To engine , Turn on audio output .
11. send out RENDERER*VIDEO*CLIPOUT*1*NAME SET C:/clipout/1 To engine , Set the output path of the video file .
12. send out RENDERER*VIDEO*CLIPOUT*1*CONTROL RECORD 0 To engine , Start recording .
13. Send commands to load the scene and play the animation . I think you can write this order if you can see the people here , So don't write .
14. send out RENDERER*VIDEO*CLIPOUT*1*CONTROL FLUSH To engine , End recording and save the file .

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Be accomplished , Although the steps are cumbersome , But please think carefully , If you use these commands flexibly , Do you generate any scene into the video you want , You can even connect with the media database to upload and share the generated videos .

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