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Motion Tracker does nothing
Paul82 [Avatar]
Newbie Joined: Jul 29, 2016 14:41 Messages: 15 Offline
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Hi,



I'm running PD 14.0.2820.0 on Windows 10 and I've run into a weird problem when trying to use the Motion Tracker feature for the first time: clicking the Track button simply does nothing.

I have tested this issue with a dozen of various video clips, all in 1080p resolution, with clearly visible objects. I've also tried toggling show/hide tracker box button. No success.

Symptoms: when I go to Tools > Motion Tracker, the selection box is there. I move it and resize it as desired, then hit Track button and... nothing. The yellow tracker box that's supposed to show up doesn't appear, the video clip doesn't play. If I click the Track button again, it starts playing the clip at accelerated speed, but still, no yellow box, no tracking, and after hitting Stop the selection box is right where I first put it.

Restarting the program, adding another tracker or removing the first one and replacing it with a new one don't help. It's simply as if the tracking process can't start for some reason. And I have a pretty powerful PC, it handles full HD preview without a problem.

Help please?
ynotfish
Senior Contributor Location: N.S.W. Australia Joined: May 08, 2009 02:06 Messages: 9977 Offline
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Hi Paul82 -

You're not the first user to report similar issues with Motion Tracker. i.e. that it doesn't appear to be functioning! surprised I've used it fairly extensively (mainly testing issues) and I think I've had more difficulties since moving to Win10. I can't verify that with any evidence.

BUT - the issues I've seen are not what you've described... "nothing" Mine has always tried to do its job.

It sounds like you've tried everything, but what happens if you import the sample video "Kite Surfing.wmv" & go through the tracking process?

Sorry - I don't have any answers for why yours doesn't seem to function at all.

Cheers - Tony
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Paul82 [Avatar]
Newbie Joined: Jul 29, 2016 14:41 Messages: 15 Offline
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I've tried that and it's even worse. Clickling Track does absolutely nothing with this clip, doesn't even start playing it, no matter how many times I click it.

I should mention that there was some weird stuff going on when I've tried using Motion Tracker for the first time ever, blank preview screen and the whole program seemingly freezing.
Richmond Dan
Senior Contributor Location: Richmond, VA Joined: Aug 07, 2014 17:17 Messages: 673 Offline
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Just something to try, probably won't help, but...uninstall GeForce Experience if it's installed. It has caused many folks problems. Regards,
Dan
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Paul82 [Avatar]
Newbie Joined: Jul 29, 2016 14:41 Messages: 15 Offline
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Thanks, that didn't solve the problem but made some other software work noticeably faster.
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