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[bds1958]

I have started using Videowave. The aim being to author a DVD in My DVD using various movie clips edited in Videowave, rendered to dvd quality and saved to file.
Started ok and edited 4 x 10 minute clips.
Outputed them to file.
Make Movie Settings when rendering were:-

Rendering using Hardware.
Video File.
DVD Playback.
PAL.
MPEG-2 for DVD, normal quality.
Normalise Audio checked.

As I say the first 4 attempts went smoothly.

When I started to render the 5th, 10 minute clip it went for 8 frames then stopped.
The Hard Drive could be heard "grinding away".
Left it for 10 mins which was unusual because the first 4 renders were done quite quickly.
Still no advance.
Tried to cancel rendering but it wouldn't.
Task Manager confirmed the usual that Videowave was not responding so I had to end the program. Luckily I had saved the clip as a DMSM production so I could try again.
So I thought maybe Videowave was "a wee bit tired and had gone for a lie down" so I reebooted.

I started Videowave up again and imported the saved DMSM clip and tried again. I tried:-

"Rendering using Software" option.
No "Normalise Audio".

Same result each time.

Also when the clip is now imported into the Preview Pane it wont play from the beginning.
If I move the cursor to a point further up the Timeline the clip plays.
If I move it up the Timeline again it plays but with no sound.


This latest disapointment is another frustration for me as I have "parked" 2 other problems I am having with EMC9 ( Runtime Error, cant burn audio files, and none recogniton of DIV X files) to try and get something creative to work successfully with this software.

[Beerman]

Can't say it'll fix your problem but a defrag would certainly not hurt your system.  Give that a try.

[grandpabruce]

Defragging may help, and I hope it does, but it looks to me that the 5th clip is a corrupt file.

[bds1958]

grandpabruce, on Dec 15 2006, 05:43 PM, said:

Defragging may help, and I hope it does, but it looks to me that the 5th clip is a corrupt file.

Analysed Hard Drive.

Doesn't need defrag.

I'll do a new edit of the 5th clip and try again.

How can an MPEG movie file become corrupt then?

[grandpabruce]

bds1958, on Dec 15 2006, 12:22 PM, said:

Analysed Hard Drive.

Doesn't need defrag.

I'll do a new edit of the 5th clip and try again.

How can an MPEG movie file become corrupt then?

Even if the analysis says the hard drive does not need defragging, it really does, and you should do it.

[bds1958]

grandpabruce, on Dec 15 2006, 06:24 PM, said:

Even if the analysis says the hard drive does not need defragging, it really does, and you should do it.

Yes Sir.

On my way

[bds1958]

bds1958, on Dec 15 2006, 06:26 PM, said:

Yes Sir.

On my way

Couldn't resist the last post.
But seriously........
Defraged twice.

Will try again................

How does a movie file become corrupt?...........................Anyone?

[grandpabruce]

bds1958, on Dec 15 2006, 07:38 PM, said:

Couldn't resist the last post.
But seriously........
Defraged twice.

Will try again................

How does a movie file become corrupt?...........................Anyone?

It may have been corrupt right from the start.  Who knows?