15 min countdown fseq over 500meg

[Scottishsurfer]

I created a 15 min sequence that just displays a 15 min countdown on my matrix.  The code is very simple, but the fseq file it generates is massive. Is there a way I can reduce the size of this file?  Should my sequence timing be higher/lower?

    <sequenceTiming>33 ms</sequenceTiming>
    <sequenceType>Animation</sequenceType>
    <mediaFile></mediaFile>
    <sequenceDuration>894.000</sequenceDuration>

<Element type="model" name="Matrix">
      <EffectLayer>
        <Effect ref="0" name="Text" startTime="0" endTime="891800" palette="0"/>
</EffectLayer>

[keithsw1111]

Fseq file sizes are calculated by the following formula plus a smallish header

Frames per second * duration in seconds * channels.

So reverse engineering above you have about 19000 channels or about 6500 pixels.

[kevinp]

I have an approximately 17 minute Halloween sequence that is 786 MB for 36,915 channels.

[JonB256]

I created a 15 min sequence that just displays a 15 min countdown on my matrix.  The code is very simple, but the fseq file it generates is massive. Is there a way I can reduce the size of this file? 

You could create another Show directory with only the channels/universes needed for that matrix. That will knock the file size down to minimum. You are including a lot of "blank" data in the file.