Sean Meighan

Software => xLights Convert => Topic started by: damienk on October 04, 2017, 09:04:26 PM

Title: xml and Fseq files are saving as larger files then normal
Post by: damienk on October 04, 2017, 09:04:26 PM

I have saved several new sequences and the files are larger then normal and when saved the xml files are around 240 k and the fseq files are around 2-3 GB.  Any ideas what is happening?

Title: Re: xml and Fseq files are saving as larger files then normal
Post by: Gilrock on October 04, 2017, 09:14:47 PM

FSEQ file size should be close to (# of channels in setup) * (frames per second) * (sequence length in seconds)

Title: Re: xml and Fseq files are saving as larger files then normal
Post by: damienk on October 04, 2017, 10:01:50 PM

For example one sequence is 4mins, 20fps number of channels in setup is 2500.The xml file 210 KB and fseq file is3.63 GB. The sequence is for four singing faces, so not a large sequence?

Title: Re: xml and Fseq files are saving as larger files then normal
Post by: bwinter on October 05, 2017, 12:13:40 AM

I’ve had this happen ocassionally before too.

I deleted the fseq, and opened the xml file (as normal), render/save/etc.  This regenerates a new fseq file.

Title: Re: xml and Fseq files are saving as larger files then normal
Post by: dkulp on October 05, 2017, 05:35:31 AM

The other thing to keep in mind, the number of channels is the MAX of what is defined on the setup page and what is the highest channel used by a model.   I've seen cases where users set a model start channel to 99999 to move it out of the way.   Well, there you go, you now have 100K channels in your sequence and the fseq files are huge. 

Title: Re: xml and Fseq files are saving as larger files then normal
Post by: Gilrock on October 05, 2017, 10:59:26 AM

Do a Tools -> Package Sequence if you want us to tell you what's wrong.

Title: Re: xml and Fseq files are saving as larger files then normal
Post by: keithsw1111 on October 05, 2017, 01:10:21 PM

Or run check sequence and check for errors there such as large blocks of unused channels.