Well, Part 2 seemed to render fine last night. Part 1 is still rendering with these brief flashes of weird color. I'm trying to figure out what I'm doing differently with the two. But I need to work today.
DJ, you're right, Xvid is the codec of choice. I incorrectly use Divx as a generic term, kind of like some people use the words Coke and Bandaid. Any Divx decoder will be able to view it, but I am definitely using Xvid as the encoder.
Dr M- yes, this will be high-bitrate, full rez. The first half is 1 hour 45 mins, and I will use whatever bitrate will get me to the standard CD-R size (720mb), and the second half is 1 hour 15 mins, and I'll probably size that to a CD-R too, so it should have a higher bitrate, which is good because most of the action scenes take place in part 2.
-T