Film Festival video playback

[filmfestival]

Looking for the best video playback.

We have all the short films downloaded on a pc.  We need to put each group of films in separate 1.5 hour film blocks, then export these large files to a thumb drive.  With the thumb drive, we can then play the films on the screen throughout the day in order.

What is the best video playback and best software to export to a thumb drive, so we can play offine on a laptop?  Looking for the best option.

Thank you!

[jhoepffner]

@filmfestival

I think the best tool is daVinci resolve, its free, you can assemble your program and export it directly to thumb drive (I do it presently…)

Isadora is for live performance with creation and -interaction

[mark_m]

@filmfestival

The problem with your method, and what Jacques suggests, is that you will be recompressing the footage when you combine the movies and export to large file.
Each time you do that you lose a generation of quality. It's like photocopying a photocopy. If I was one of your film-makers I wouldn't be happy.

I'd use a free app like VLC Media Player and create a playlist of the videos.

[jhoepffner]

@mark_m

I completly agree with you but if the circonstances (a video installation with videos played from thumb drive directly on monitor for me at the moment) do not allow a proper computer with VLC, Isadora or other, daVinci Resolve seems the best way.

[CitizenJoe]

Personally, I would just do it on the laptop in Isadora. It couldn't be much simpler than that!

Cheers,

Hugh

[Woland]

@citizenjoe said:

I would just do it on the laptop in Isadora.

 Yeah, if a computer is available I'll slap the movies into something like the first three Scenes of this file to loop them (you'd have to fill in your own movie files): auto-follow-movie-player-example-2023-11-07.izz

[mark_m]

@citizenjoe said:

<p>Personally, I would just do it on the laptop in Isadora. It couldn't be much simpler than that!</p><p>Cheers,</p><p>Hugh</p>

 My impression, right or wrong, was that the OP had never used Isadora and had just lighted on this forum in their quest for knowledge. It was their first (and only!) post and never mentioned Isadora at all...

[CitizenJoe]

@mark_m said:

</blockquote> <p> My impression, right or wrong, was that the OP had never used Isadora and had just lighted on this forum in their quest for knowledge. It was their first (and only!) post and never mentioned Isadora at all...</p><p></p>

 Yes indeed, but they were asking for suggestions and that is my suggestion!

Cheers,

Hugh