Rendering means the process of sending all of the files and other elements included in your Mash (see just above) to a server that is setup (inside your Cloud Tab) to receive it and using an FFMPEG system setup on there to squish it all together and output a finished video file without you having to interact any further with it.
Category Archives: FAQs
What Does Encoding Mean and Why Do I Have To Do It?
The MovieMasher system that we use for creating your videos needs to Encode, or re-encode, all of the File Assets to be able to use them in the Preview window and in the Timeline. So that is why it’s necessary to run a Micro Encoder Instance to do this.
All assets are encoded to create thumbnails for them (a thumbnail is a MUCH smaller image to represent the full sized image file) and then when you use them in the MovieMasher interface it only uses the thumbnails so the Previews are lightning fast.
What is an S3 Bucket? AWS Amazon Web Services
Bucket is the term used by Amazon Web Services for individuals storage “spaces” on their system. If you like you can think of them as folders similar to what you use on your own computers at home.
They have to have a unique name across the entire world though since AWS is a world girdling cloud and all their services and servers are linked globally. So when you select a bucket name in our system bear this in mind when choosing a name for any new buckets you might create. Our system checks and will tell you in red text if the bucket name you’re trying to create is already taken.