Limiting number of keyframes in Credits

[Rober2D2]

I'd like to know if it would be possible to add max/min keyframe interval controls to the credits tab. I normally use 10 frames as minimum interval and 300 as maximum.

The problem is that credits normally have too many keyframes (Normally within the min interval), so it doesn't matter too much if you use high quantizers. I realized that encoding the extended version of the Fellowship of the Ring which has about 30 minutes of credits.

The idea is to have different interval values for the credits and for the rest of the film.

[frodoontop]

Why do people always want to encode the credits, even though they're about thirty minutes. Ever seen people who actually watch all the credits when this takes a long time? I haven't met them yet.
I suggest you use a avisynth script, where you use trim(first frame, end frame) to cut out the credits. The movie is already very long, so trust me, nobody will miss another 30 minutes with just credits. This way you can put the movie on 2 discs, otherwise this will be a hard job.

[MoonWalker]

Well, some people maybe want to hear the ending song. So I suggest that with avisyth insert a black clip with the trim function...If you don'w want the ending song just cut-off the credits :)..


MoonWalker

[Peters]

Yes MoonWalker and sometimes we like a song heard in a movie and the credits give useful information!

@Rober2D2

If you want you can decrease very much the credits by using this "End credits" Vdub filter

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?threadid=43621

The idea is to encode informations without scrolling...

[frodoontop]

If only the ending song is important, it's still not necessary to encode the credits. I agree that the ending song may be nice, I often include that one too. If you're using the ogm-container, than it's perfectly possible that the sound keeps playing while the last videoframe is played. One program which can do this is OggMux, though I'm sure VirtualDubmod can do the same thing.
For .avi containers I'm not sure, I never use it anymore.

[Prettz]

Why can't you just encode the credits entirely seperate then join the avi's together afterwards?