Quote - Poser works just fine with Mpeg4, DivX as well as Xvid if you have the proper codec installed on your system. I've rendered directly to all three codecs without so much as a burp.

Oh, I have too, for testing and preview at realtime speeds. But there is no getting around one simple fact; if a power flicker or OS burp crashes a frame output render, then all I have to do is pick up after the last good saved frame. If a codec output render bombs, you have to start over from the beginning. If each frame is only taking a minute or so, probably no biggie. If you have 20 hours invested and are only a third of the way there (and with GI, shader tricks, raytracing, etc, you can easily get large per frame time requirements), well, that was a day wasted a a lot of power used for nothing. If you're having stuttering issues mysticeagle, what framerate are you using? If it is too low, and you don't have some form of motion blur enabled or posted in, then you can perceive it. 24fps is too slow without motion blur; that if film frame speed, and the smoothness there depends on the fact that you get blurring on the film due to the exposure time. For pure digital, 30fps should be considered the minimum. Of course there are other things that will enhance the effect: poor lighting choices for the scene can create it, for example. And trust me, this is nothing more than friendly sticking up for favorite position, backed by experience. You get output either way. The only questions are in speed, safety and flexibility. Frames -do- take up more storage space...and you will want to make sure you have a CD/DVD burner to back them up onto, or and external hard drive. But as long as you have those frames, you can create as many .mp4s, avi's, xvids, ect as you want. Sure, there is conversion software out there to change one format into another, but the result is....unpredictable (mosaic artifacting, anyone?). And if you lose or damage your source output, and don't have it backed up, you are SOL.