(Solved) mp4 OK (in HD) but not EXE, with (too) large picture

[jmG-06100]

Bug report:

 

I have created (with PTE 9.0.19) an animation with a background picture and three heads appearing / disappearing.

This effect is lost in the EXE file, and in the full size preview.

However it works fine with the MP4 file (great!) with 1920 x 1080 pixels and in small screen preview on top right during the preparation.

It does NOT work with a 4K video file (MP4) output in 3840 x 1920 pixels.

This is maybe (probably !) due to the excessive (?) picture size of the heads (5046 x 2838 pixels), which I wanted to be 4K UHD (but I made a mistake).

With the latest TV screens displaying 4K, this compatibility could be explored for the benefit of all.

Best regards

 

Jean-Marc G.

 

 

My demo files being bigger than the allowed 2.13 MB, they can be found (for a while) on:

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/h4vzzktggqs6rw4/AABtgmDWaTXF3TM8Cbu61ukUa?dl=0

 

[jkb]

Jean-Marc,

Are your heads a .png?

If so then you need to make them much smaller file size.

Large .png files do not show in exe & Full screen preview.

Jill

 

 

[jmG-06100]

2 hours ago, jkb said:

Jean-Marc,

Are your heads a .png?

If so then you need to make them much smaller file size.

Large .png files do not show in exe & Full screen preview.

Jill

 

You're spot on!

Yes the heads are in png, so that they have transparency around them, and indeed I made these few files much too big by mistake.  File size: 1.4 MB to 2.3 MBytes.

I'm glad to know that it's a known limitation, well beyond my real needs anyway.

Would a proper 4K size (3840 x 2160 pixels) be OK?

In practice I now use mostly the MP4 files directly on the TV via a memory stick, so that I'm not too hampered.

Thanks again for the diagnosis.

 

 

[denisb]

I try your project: exe and 4K mp4 video show a good animation.

I have an I7 7700K and Nvidia graphic card GTX 1070 and maybe your PC or graphic card show some limits.

[jmG-06100]

Thank you Denis B, for this additional information.

My PC is getting a bit old, it's true.  Bought in june 2014 with several upgrades (mainly more disc space).

My graphic card is an Nvidia GeForce GTX 750/PCIe/SSE2.

It's good to know that with my next generation PC, the current limitation with my EXE will vanish.

Thank you all for looking at my problem.

CONCLUSION:

Not a bug in the software, only hardware limitations with my computer at home.