looping a video in videowave

[hoppetoad]

I'm using a looping clip and a graphic overlay to create a video announcement clip. Before I inserted the graphic, i checked the video to see that it works correctly. It skipped about 2-3 frames. I checked the properties of the clip and found that the video duration and out point are set at 2 different points. The completed file needs to be set at the duration point. Otherwise, the video skips quite a bit.

 

How do I set the out point so that it matches the video clip?

[hoppetoad]

I don't think anyone understands what you are talking about. I have used VideowWave, in different versions of the software, for the past 3-1/2 years, and I have not seen the term out point.

 

How are you looping the clip?

 

When I right click the clip and select properties, three tabs appear in the properties box. I'll click on editing and see the info there. There is an in point, out point, duration, start, and end. The out point and end are the same as are the in point and start. It's the duration that I can't figure out. Right now, my duration is 07.975 and the end is 07.991. Also, for some reason, the start is at .017. Don't know what that means.

 

I thought it was the player, so I watched them through roxio's player, nero's player, and even windows media player and set them to repeat (loop). Each one twitched at the end due to the frame loss. My original no overlay looping video doesn't show the frame loss at all. In fact, if I didn't watch the clip's timeline on the bottom, I wouldn't know that it looped.

 

Let me know if you need more info about this problem. I know that it's a very specific issue and that the majority of videos created don't have this problem.

[grandpabruce]

When I right click the clip and select properties, three tabs appear in the properties box. I'll click on editing and see the info there. There is an in point, out point, duration, start, and end. The out point and end are the same as are the in point and start. It's the duration that I can't figure out. Right now, my duration is 07.975 and the end is 07.991. Also, for some reason, the start is at .017. Don't know what that means.

 

I thought it was the player, so I watched them through roxio's player, nero's player, and even windows media player and set them to repeat (loop). Each one twitched at the end due to the frame loss. My original no overlay looping video doesn't show the frame loss at all. In fact, if I didn't watch the clip's timeline on the bottom, I wouldn't know that it looped.

 

Let me know if you need more info about this problem. I know that it's a very specific issue and that the majority of videos created don't have this problem.

 

I don't know why things are set up like that, but I see the same type of in point and end point numbers. The duration is simply the difference between those 2 points.

 

I can't recreate your dropped frames problem. Mine plays fine.

[hoppetoad]

Has anyone figured this out yet?

[grandpabruce]

Has anyone figured this out yet?

 

I don't think anyone understands what you are talking about. I have used VideowWave, in different versions of the software, for the past 3-1/2 years, and I have not seen the term out point.

 

How are you looping the clip?

[hoppetoad]

I don't know why things are set up like that, but I see the same type of in point and end point numbers. The duration is simply the difference between those 2 points.

 

I can't recreate your dropped frames problem. Mine plays fine.

 

Thanks for trying. I've used RMC since version 5, but never tried looping video clips until now. I usually do my loops through after effects, but figured I would give videowave a try to see if it would work. Regular non-looping vids turn out fine. It's the looping ones that are a different story. Thanks again!

[gebi1]

When I right click the clip and select properties, three tabs appear in the properties box. I'll click on editing and see the info there. There is an in point, out point, duration, start, and end. The out point and end are the same as are the in point and start. It's the duration that I can't figure out. Right now, my duration is 07.975 and the end is 07.991. Also, for some reason, the start is at .017. Don't know what that means.

 

The shown values only mean, that your video dont start exactly at zero on the timeline.

It starts after 0.017 seconds. Then comes the duration of your clip with 7.975 seconds. That gives a total runtime of 7.991 seconds. The difference of 0.001 depends to a rounding problem.

 

These values don't have anything to do with a loop. They only discribe the physical position of the clip on the timeline. If you have more than one clip on the timeline, the startpoint of the second clip will be the endpoint of the first clip a.s.o....