FFmpeg cinematics: the only format
I have reviewed all FMs with non-ROQ video files.
Among ~10 instances, all of them use the same format: mp4 + h264 + aac.
I must admit it is rather expected.
All the other supported formats (avi, mpeg4, mp3) are simply older/worse incarnations of this "most used trinity": there is no sane reason to use them.
The only purpose which comes to my mind is troubleshooting, but I think after several years and with 10 FMs released without serious complaints, I think there is no trouble with t
The Hare in the Snare's videos are both 1080p with VBR (2 pass) encoding, at 30fps. I set the target bitrate to 3 Mbps (max 5) for both. Getting their total size down to 66Mb for 3 mins worth of video at 1080p illustrates the merits of sticking to the traditional (old) visual style.
You're right that the intro we created could not have been done via GUI animations and it was actually heavily dumbed down and filtered in post to give it an almost monochrome "Thief" feel, but in hindsight the
