0

I don't seem to have H.264 as a video output format option. I need it to be able to put out video in RGBA (so with an alpha channel). Tutorials on YouTube all have H.264 available, but not my Blender.

I have Blender version 2.79a

Steven
  • 2,010
  • 8
  • 23
  • 38
  • 1
    Avoid rendering to video with alpha channel. Better render to stills and apply any effects requiring alpha information first, then mix into video – Mr Zak May 03 '18 at 16:26
  • If you are going to do compositing don't encode as video. Use images that support proper alpha channel (preferably as exr) –  May 03 '18 at 16:33
  • It's for short videos of maximum 200 frames. – Steven May 03 '18 at 18:36

1 Answers1

1

Choose FFmpeg Video and then it's available as codec. In 2.79 the Encoding panel has been improved, see the release notes for more information.

dr. Sybren
  • 7,139
  • 1
  • 23
  • 52
  • Unfortunately, the "RGBA" option does not appear when selecting H.264. Tried al sorts of combinations. "RGB" remains the only option. My aim is to export Video in RGBA. If that is possible without H.264, that's OK. – Steven May 03 '18 at 15:53
  • Combination of "MPEG4" en "QT rle / QT Animation" has the RGBA option! – Steven May 03 '18 at 15:59
  • Unfortunately Blender says "Could not render. Possibly unsupported codec combination". – Steven May 03 '18 at 16:02
  • 1
    In the end, "Flash" worked. It doesn't require a codec combination. – Steven May 03 '18 at 16:06