Producing a 30 second .mov video

nightowl123

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Apr 28, 2011 05:52

Ok..another problem. I'm producing a 30 second HD video.mov (type H.264 AVC). It's been running for 48 minutes and has produced 1% of the movie. At this rate it's going to take a week to produce. I've stopped and re ran it a couple of time, even closing the program and trying again but with the same problem.

What could be happening? Any ideas would be helpful since I'm totally stuck. I'm going to shut it down for now until I know what I"m doing. This program sure has one heck of a learning curve for newbies to video but I'm determined. I will figure this out, it just might take me awhile. Dustie
I'm still working on it....

nightowl123

Contributor Joined: Apr 27, 2011 06:17 Messages: 315 Offline

Apr 28, 2011 06:23

I choose the preview option, and it shows the movie advancing just about 1 frame and then it stops. Clock keeps running but nothing happens from then on except that time goes by.

When I watch the movie before I begin production, it runs all the way through. I'm choosing .mov fomat.

I've been through the whole book that comes with the program, but it's not been much help. Hopefully someone in here can get me past this hurdle.

Thanks! Dustie
I'm still working on it....

Carl312

Senior Contributor Location: Texas, USA Joined: Mar 16, 2010 20:11 Messages: 9090 Offline

Apr 28, 2011 10:26

The preview is showing that there is something wrong with the first frame of your video.

Try splitting your video at the first few frames, Delete the first few frames and try producing again with preview.

Carl312: Windows 10 64-bit 8 GB RAM,AMD Phenom II X4 965 3.4 GHz,ATI Radeon HD 5770 1GB,240GB SSD,two 1TB HDs.

nightowl123

Contributor Joined: Apr 27, 2011 06:17 Messages: 315 Offline

Apr 28, 2011 17:36

Carl,

I really had my hopes up with your post. I did what you said, delted the first few seconds, and it ran for about 10 seconds and quit..so I stopped, went back, deleted the next 20 sec and tried again. This time it ran for a few more seconds then stopped and I repeated. Then it ran for more then stopped, and I repeated... but it just keeps going a few seconds and stopping. I've deleted about 7 minutes now, by seconds at a time and it still keeps stopping after a few seconds.

Does this mean the whole thing is full of bad frames? It runs beautifully in preview...it's only when I try to produce it that I have the trouble.

Dustie
I'm still working on it....

Carl312

Senior Contributor Location: Texas, USA Joined: Mar 16, 2010 20:11 Messages: 9090 Offline

Apr 28, 2011 19:03

Do you have a lot of edits like transitions and effects or maybe fixes or enhancements?

There have been in the past, discussions about problems using Fix/Enhance and some transitions.

Have you tried the sample files and produce to the same format you are using for your video?

Another thing you may try, shoot 10-15 seconds of video with your camera, bring into Powerdirector then produce.

That would test your camera output and Powerdirector working with your video. Carl312: Windows 10 64-bit 8 GB RAM,AMD Phenom II X4 965 3.4 GHz,ATI Radeon HD 5770 1GB,240GB SSD,two 1TB HDs.