Auri Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 Why does it take 30+ seconds every time I add a new marker to a video file? This is insane. I'm working with a MS-DVR file, converted for editing by VideoWave, and this is a 3D project. System Specs: AMD Phenom II X6 (six cores @ 2.7+ GHz) 8 GB RAM 2 1.5 TB hard drives Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit Any ideas? I can't imagine this got passed through QA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bimicher Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 Why does it take 30+ seconds every time I add a new marker to a video file? This is insane. I'm working with a MS-DVR file, converted for editing by VideoWave, and this is a 3D project. System Specs: AMD Phenom II X6 (six cores @ 2.7+ GHz) 8 GB RAM 2 1.5 TB hard drives Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit Any ideas? I can't imagine this got passed through QA. How come you are the only one having this problem? Are you doing a HD project? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim_Hardin Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 Then there is something wrong with… Your PC? Your Install? Your Project? A little more info will help. Your Video Card and driver/software version? Free Space on your HDD where the Proxy file is kept? Recent defrag? (just go ahead and do one anyway) More details on your project like Walt asked for and total time. And something to try. In VW, Tools – Options – Proxy files: Clear and reboot your PC. After that start a test project with a short clip or 20 pictures. Set Some markers. If OK, load your project and try it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auri Posted February 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 It may very well be the size of the file. It's a DVR-MS file, about 22 gigs in size, and high definition + transcoded to 3D by VideoWave. Already defragged (Windows 7 does this automatically on Wednesdays by default). Two 1.5 TB hard drives, each with over 1.3 TB free. Proxy files are on a separate 7200 RPM drive. Video card is an ATI Radeon HD5750, 1 GB DDR5 (I think). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auri Posted February 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 Also note that playback hasn't been affected. The only sluggishness issue is adding a marker. The app just hangs for about 30 seconds and then comes back with a marker. Very strange. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim_Hardin Posted February 12, 2011 Report Share Posted February 12, 2011 File Size is absolutly meaningless in video work... The only thing that matters in TIME! file size is determined by Time and Quality, hence the exact same project can be 2 GB in size or 2 MB. Did you try what I suggested? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auri Posted February 12, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2011 I tried part of what you suggested - defragging again isn't going to make a difference. The movie is about 3 1/2 hours long. Out of 8 gigs of RAM, VideoWave is using less than a gig, and the UI is very responsive when a doing other editing. It's only adding a marker that causes the long delay/temporary hang. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bimicher Posted February 12, 2011 Report Share Posted February 12, 2011 I tried part of what you suggested - defragging again isn't going to make a difference. The movie is about 3 1/2 hours long. Out of 8 gigs of RAM, VideoWave is using less than a gig, and the UI is very responsive when a doing other editing. It's only adding a marker that causes the long delay/temporary hang. That 3.5 hour length of your video is most likely the root of your problem. Why are you working with such a long video? You never answered my question is this a HD project which you are going to burn to a BlueRay disc? You can't create a DVD that long a file. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auri Posted February 12, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2011 That 3.5 hour length of your video is most likely the root of your problem. Why are you working with such a long video? You never answered my question is this a HD project which you are going to burn to a BlueRay disc? You can't create a DVD that long a file. It's the Superbowl, from my Windows Media Center DVR. I didn't have much of a choice. There's still little excuse that an operation as simple as adding a marker would cause such a delay. I'll be trying the shorter video to see if it makes a difference. Looking at Resource Monitor, I see no increased drive or CPU usage during the hang, so I'm thinking this is simply a bug. :-P BTW, I did write into Roxio support. It's been about a week, no answer. Thanks! -Auri Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grandpabruce Posted February 12, 2011 Report Share Posted February 12, 2011 I tried part of what you suggested - defragging again isn't going to make a difference. The movie is about 3 1/2 hours long. Out of 8 gigs of RAM, VideoWave is using less than a gig, and the UI is very responsive when a doing other editing. It's only adding a marker that causes the long delay/temporary hang. You just confirmed what Jim was alluding to. Oh, and YES, defragging can make a difference, but in your case, it may just be the type of file being used, along with the length of time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bimicher Posted February 12, 2011 Report Share Posted February 12, 2011 It's the Superbowl, from my Windows Media Center DVR. I didn't have much of a choice. There's still little excuse that an operation as simple as adding a marker would cause such a delay. I'll be trying the shorter video to see if it makes a difference. Looking at Resource Monitor, I see no increased drive or CPU usage during the hang, so I'm thinking this is simply a bug. :-P BTW, I did write into Roxio support. It's been about a week, no answer. Thanks! -Auri I ask for the third time: is this a HD project? It is not a bug, it is the length of the video you are using. Why are you wasting your time adding markers? You can't create a video from it anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auri Posted February 13, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2011 Well, I quit and relaunched the app a couple times and now it only has maybe a 5 second instead of a 30 second delay. No idea what happened. Nothing changed. No restarts, no defragging, nothing. Whatever, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auri Posted February 14, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2011 And it's back... it appears to happen after adding new video files to a project. I'll try the clear proxy/quit/launch/quit/launch/quit/launch trick again, but who knows if that will work. Task Manager even shows VideoWave not responding. Grrr! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bimicher Posted February 14, 2011 Report Share Posted February 14, 2011 And it's back... it appears to happen after adding new video files to a project. I'll try the clear proxy/quit/launch/quit/launch/quit/launch trick again, but who knows if that will work. Task Manager even shows VideoWave not responding. Grrr! Why do you keep on posting if you don't bother to answer any questions? Are you burning to a BlueRay DVD, aDL DVD or a standard DVD? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Why does it take 30+ seconds every time I add a new marker to a video file? This is insane.
I'm working with a MS-DVR file, converted for editing by VideoWave, and this is a 3D project.
System Specs:
AMD Phenom II X6 (six cores @ 2.7+ GHz)
8 GB RAM
2 1.5 TB hard drives
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
Any ideas? I can't imagine this got passed through QA.
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