Describe the bug
Tomviz 2.0RC4 utilizes FFMPEG (by default) to export movies. The codec selected by default (and is unchangeable) outputs the movie as (from ffprobe):
Video: mjpeg (Baseline) (MJPG / 0x47504A4D)
This has crashed my Windows 11 laptop during PowerPoint presentations only when using an external monitor.
If you run into this issue you can re-compress the movie in newer versions of PowerPoint using File - Info - Compress media. Or you can re-compress the video using ffmpeg to the preferred MP4 container and H.264 codec. This also reduces the file size without any visible change to quality.
I just wanted to post this in case others have the same issue. Tomviz could consider changing the default codec and/or allowing for more codec options. Im not sure how a codec change would affect Mac and Linux users but H.264 is a well supported codec now.
Hardware (please complete the following information):
Device: Windows 11 and updated PowerPoint 365
Graphics card: N/A. This happened with both integrated and Nvidia graphics cards. Also with PowerPoint Hardware acceleration turned off.
Additional context
This ONLY happened when I connected my laptop to an external monitor and so it did not happen until I was in front of the audience. I have reproduced it with different setups so I know it has to do with connecting to an external monitor for some reason.
Describe the bug Tomviz 2.0RC4 utilizes FFMPEG (by default) to export movies. The codec selected by default (and is unchangeable) outputs the movie as (from ffprobe): Video: mjpeg (Baseline) (MJPG / 0x47504A4D)
This has crashed my Windows 11 laptop during PowerPoint presentations only when using an external monitor.
If you run into this issue you can re-compress the movie in newer versions of PowerPoint using File - Info - Compress media. Or you can re-compress the video using ffmpeg to the preferred MP4 container and H.264 codec. This also reduces the file size without any visible change to quality.
I just wanted to post this in case others have the same issue. Tomviz could consider changing the default codec and/or allowing for more codec options. Im not sure how a codec change would affect Mac and Linux users but H.264 is a well supported codec now.
Hardware (please complete the following information):
Additional context This ONLY happened when I connected my laptop to an external monitor and so it did not happen until I was in front of the audience. I have reproduced it with different setups so I know it has to do with connecting to an external monitor for some reason.