Rendering for dummies

[hfasher]

I'm brand new to the Vjing and have no idea how to render clips for resolume. Ive downloaded res 3 and some clips to my mac which are .mov files. They play on quick time but when put into resalume they just come up as blank. I've been serching for the rendering process on the net but i have to admit I don't get it. Can someone do a rendering for dummies style explanation for me? cheers

[edwin]

Luckily there is something called a manual
http://www.resolume.com/avenue/manual/
Check out the Preparing Media section

[hfasher]

thanks for your quick reply,
Ok... I've pretty much read the manual end to end, but I'm buggered if I can find where the rendering process is explained. In the preparing Media section It says what DMX is, what it does and why I should use it but exactly how to use it is still evading me. Is there another section i should be looking at?

[GeeEs]

I can't find anything about DMX in the " preparing media section" maybe you read the wrong chapter?! otherwise you probably meant DXV ?... (DMX has nothing to do with preparing your media)

For resolume 3 the DXV codec is preferred choice but... from my personal experience it'll only benefit with higher resolutions. So for low resolution footage you also can try the MJPEG codec.

MJPEG: Open your video file in an editor (i.e. Virtualdub) and select the codec to render. Save the file. Done.
DXV: livid batch export utility (googlesearch/forumsearch) or Quicktime Pro can be used (I did not try other applications)

[hfasher]

Thanks G,
I'm getting closer. I've downloaded quicktime 7 pro but It doesn't seem to have any of the appropriate codecs (mjpeg etc.) in fact everything but. Really frustrating.
Reading the manual it seams to imply that DXV is downloaded with resolume. Can i somehow add this to the quicktime codec list or do i need to find another program?

thanks for your help
hugh

[edwin]

You can choose Quicktime Photo JPEG to compress or DXV of course.

1) In Quicktime Pro choose export
2) Select Movie to Quicktime Movie
3) Press 'Options'...' button.
4) Go to video settings and choose the codec you want to use....