Reversing film problem

Kevin R.

Contributor Location: Deep in the Heart of Texas Joined: Aug 17, 2010 15:58 Messages: 320 Offline

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Dec 01, 2010 10:25

Hi there all you beautiful people!
I am having a bit of a problem with the reverse film option. Originally I had placed the clip in a PiP track towards the end of a video I want to make and clicked "PRODUCE". The video made it up to 96% (the spot of the reversal) and would go no further. I subsequently attempted to produce just the reversed clip itself to insert in the main video, where upon the clip would only go up to 26% completion. This holds true for WMA, AVI, etc.
All other effects, videos and such work just fine. It just seems to be the "REVERSE FILM" function. Has anyone else experienced this, and if so, is there a work around for it?
I believe I have the most current updates, so I'm sure that is not the problem and my computer has plenty of testicular fortitude to create videos, as a few of you know.
Any help with this would be ever so appreciated!
Thanks in advance!
Kevin R.
(The handsome Kevin) Saving the world, one goofy video and meme at a time.

James Dotson

Senior Contributor Location: Tennessee Joined: Aug 24, 2009 20:40 Messages: 3066 Offline

Dec 01, 2010 22:38

I just tried the nature clip with a couple of different WMV formats and had no trouble. It hesitated for a fraction of a second at 50% and then finished. __________________________________
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James Dotson

Senior Contributor Location: Tennessee Joined: Aug 24, 2009 20:40 Messages: 3066 Offline

Dec 01, 2010 22:38

Do you have 32 or 64-bit Windows? __________________________________
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Cap'n Kevin

Senior Contributor Location: Chebeague Island, Maine Joined: Dec 26, 2008 20:22 Messages: 2011 Offline

Dec 02, 2010 06:21

Hi Kevin (The handsome one)

I have seen this probelm pop up from time to time. There is currently a question about it in the DZ forum.

You are using build 3022 PD8? That would eliminate older builds as the problem.

What is the source clip? Downloaded on the web?...from a camera? Make? Model? It may be that because of some attribute of the file that PD is choking on it for some reason. I would give some MediInfo information about the clip.

I was doing a test reversing several clips to check. I think it is a fairly memory intensive task....It seemed to render 14 frames at a time, then add them to the video during the rendering...I had never noticed that before.

But to reverse render 4 clips (1920X1080 17Mbps bitrate) totalling 1 minute 48 seconds on the timeline to a h.264 (1920x1080) file took 11 minutes and 14 seconds. But it did complete.

Regards,

KEvin

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Kevin R.

Contributor Location: Deep in the Heart of Texas Joined: Aug 17, 2010 15:58 Messages: 320 Offline

Dec 02, 2010 09:16

To Jaime-esque,
I'm using 32.

To Cap'n K,
It is a downloaded clip. I tried using it in WMA, WMV, and AVI formats, all of which stopped well before 50% and never completed. I have a video converting program that I used to render to all 3 formats before attempting to do the reversal.
Thanks for the replies. Saving the world, one goofy video and meme at a time.

James Dotson

Senior Contributor Location: Tennessee Joined: Aug 24, 2009 20:40 Messages: 3066 Offline

Dec 02, 2010 22:19

It just dawned on me that this is PD8, so I don't think there is a 64-bit, is there? Anyways, I'll play with it some, too, and see what happens. __________________________________
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