Let's Build an Unreal Engine 5 Niagara System &Movie (Part 3) - Movie Render Queue & FFmpeg Tutorial
In the third part of my Unreal Engine tutorial, I show you how to use the Movie Render Queue and how to create an MP4 file.
Topics
Most important settings for the Movie Render Queue
Setting up FFmpeg
Using FFmpeg with the Windows Command Prompt
FFmpeg download: https://www.gyan.dev/ffmpeg/builds/ff...
7-Zip download: https://www.7-zip.org/download.html
Create an H.264 mp4 file with FFmpeg:
FFmpeg command: [path]\ffmpeg.exe -framerate 30 -f image2 -i [path]\[name].%04d.jpeg -crf 18 [path]\test3.mp4
FFmpeg command for maximum compatibility: [path]\ffmpeg.exe -framerate 30 -f image2 -i [path]\[name].%04d.jpeg -crf 18 -pix_fmt yuv420p [path]\test3.mp4
FFmpeg command for EXR images: [path]\ffmpeg.exe -apply_trc iec61966_2_1 -framerate 30 -f image2 -i [path]\[name].%04d.exr -crf 18 [path]\test3.mp4
(Part 1) Starting with an empty scene we create Niagara systems and a foggy scene. ( • Let's Build an Unreal Engine 5 Niagara Sys... )
(Part 2) Then setup a camera and setup a level sequence. ( • Let's Build an Unreal Engine 5 Niagara Sys... )
(Part 3) Finally we use movie render queue and FFmpeg to end up with a high quality mp4-file. (This video.)
Content
00:00 Intro and Recap
00:30 Movie Render Queue - Introduction
00:55 Movie Render Queue - Enter Sequence
01:17 Movie Render Queue - Settings - Exports
03:02 Movie Render Queue - Settings - Output
03:49 Movie Render Queue - Settings - Game Overrides
04:10 Movie Render Queue - Settings - Anti-aliasing
06:11 Recap - Movie Render Queue
06:27 Rendering the movie - some remarks
06:55 Image Sequence Location
07:08 FFmpeg Download and Installation
07:55 Using the Command Prompt and to control FFmpeg
10:46 Recap - FFmpeg
11:29 Outro
I hope my tutorial was helpful and enjoyable for you, regardless of my dialect and wording in need of improvement ;).
Cheers!
P.S.: Even though I used a de-esser, the "s"-sounds still are quite strong. Sorry for that. I try to fix it for the next one.
P.P.S.: If you want a production-ready movie, then add use the exr-output option and addthe following option in your movie render queue settings: "Apple ProRes". Keep in mind, that the file size will be huge.