Quote: I made AVC (m2ts) format of video to HDD for 3 hours but it created 1KB size of file and no more even it said successfully completed.
I just updated a new patch to 10.0.0.1703. It never happened before. Should I restore to old one or anything else I can do ?
thanks.

It happens to mp4 format too. after 1 GB of file produced, PD10 continues at 0KB(=erase and restart) as if it is started new rendering.
I lost 1GB of mp4 file that took 3 hours of PD10 effort.
Is this known bug ?

Hi nuvira,
Please can you provide some more information for members to work with?

Please read the guides here, Part B, E&F
http://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/7958.page
Please provide diagnostic files and a screenshot of your project in the Edit Workspace. Viewing the make up and content of your project will help members to understand your issue.

Dafydd

Here we go...
2 files of DXdiag files... there is no issue in display or rendering etc.. just PD10 overwrite itself after 1GB produced.
so, no screen captures included.

Your video driver is not old, but it's not quite up-to-date.
Here is the link to Nvidia.
http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us
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What on Earth does his video driver version have to do with the rendering process seemingly reaching a 1GB quota, looping, then dumping 1K files to disk?

What on Earth does his video driver version have to do with the rendering process seemingly reaching a 1GB quota, looping, then dumping 1K files to disk?

I don't know, but do you know (for certain, stake your life on it, buy him a new system?) that it doesn't ?

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Of course not, but there's just as much likelihood of fairies living at the bottom of my garden. Can you prove there aren't?

Hint : dumb question.

Hmm, but maybe he keeps his door locked so the fairies in his garden can't get in.

But seriously, Barry is a member of long standing, well experienced in the really, really odd vagaries of PD over many releases. If you look at his posting record, you will see he takes the time and trouble to try to arrive at a solution through constructive suggestions and use of his experience.

If he makes a suggestion, it is at least courteous to allow the OP to address the suggestion, rather than bulldoze in with no constructive comment at all. Very similar to your other post if I recollect, and that one didn't get so far either.

Time to go now, the gnomes are knocking to be let in.
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Confucius
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What, the post in which I was a bit flabbergasted at being told, maybe I ..."thought my drivers were up to date, but maybe they weren't"? Do me a favour... stop assuming that those posting problems are completely clueless, if not downright stoopid.

...well experienced in the really, really odd vagaries of PD over many releases

...and yet, newcomers are given the distinct impression that it's their hardware or driver stability that's the number one suspect, when, as you say yourself, the software is, at best "oddly vague" in its behaviour?

So tell me, why, given that I supplied DXdiags, explained the problem succinctly and accurately, have I received no advice since? Because my manner is a tad abrupt? If so, you might want to ask Mr Crab to tone down the Patronise a little.

I am less concerned with the reposte regarding how things are resolved, and more interested in the resolution.

I just bought PD10 this week and am crunching away with this for a work related project and I am having the same problem with MPEG4 when set to Best quality.

It worked fine with High Quality, but was too grainy. The original file I am editing is ACVHD.

My PC-Laptop is a Dell Latitude E6410 with 6Gb of RAM (otherwise standard system stats) and all my drivers are up to date.

At the 1024Mb point of the render (specifically 1024Mb, not generally 1Gb) the Rendering count-up jumps to say 1Gb, the process basically stops with the exception that the preview pane continues to show the slowly crunching video and the play/render bar continues to scroll through.

When it is all said and done, I end up with a 1kb file.

I would add screen caps, but I wasn't a member of the forum last time I tried and it takes 45 minutes before it hits that 1Gb point and my patience at the moment is too frayed to sit through that process JUST to grab the screen cap. If I can't avoid screen capping to get your help, I will do so tomorrow after I'm calmed and back at work.

But if you have a solution before then, I would be greatly relieved.

Thanks,

~G in T

Hi Garret(sp),
Unless your laptop is Windows 64 Bit you can have 21Gb memory..windows will still only use 4MB...and some of that is used by windows resources..
Jim
p.s run Dxdiag and save the relults as Text file and post here, this gives members more to scrutinize and narrow down the causes.
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Here you go (64 bit by the way)

Hi GarrettTexas & nuvira (OP) -

I have no idea what would cause PD to produce such a useless file! I can see nothing in nuvira's DxDiag that might cause that to occur.

Here - PD produces AVC & MPEG-4 files, in a variety of profiles, successfully. I have (a good while back in PD9) experienced the 0-1kb file production issue, but don't know what made it happen!

Garrett - I'm more interested in a solution than the whys & wherefores too. If it was me, PD would be getting a complete uninstall & re-install. Revo Uninstaller has never failed me, & (sadly) it's been used on PD many times.

Re: DxDiag (Garrett) - nothing stands out as being a possible cause, but your laptop would find video editing very hard work! The hardware might be a contributing factor, but I'd still advise a total re-install.

nuvira - it's not a known bug, or it would be happening consistently. I also doubt whether it's anything to do with the 1703 patch.

Keeping GPU drivers up to date is just a good idea, especially when your PC is doing such graphically intense work.

Cheers - Tony


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To clarify also, I am using PD10 Deluxe...not Ultra. The only benefits to my needs I could see in Ultra was having my Shadow Files less grainy in the preview and the software being able to work with ACVHD directly from the camera instead of on my hard drive.

Quote: ... and the software being able to work with ACVHD directly from the camera instead of on my hard drive.

No - that's seriously not a good idea, & bound to cause issues. You'd be much better off transferring the clips to your PC before importing & editing.

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Right. That's why i don't have a need for Ultra.

Ultra does a LOT of new things (like 3D work), but I don't have a call for that.

Hi,
If you are using Deluxe version I don't believe it supports 64Bit architecture...I could be wrong..I am running dp10 Ultra with no issues with anything...(except my Videograph stinks...I get more videos of my feet walking..).
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Quote: What on Earth does his video driver version have to do with the rendering process seemingly reaching a 1GB quota, looping, then dumping 1K files to disk?

I didn't say it was the cause, just an observation, and an acknowledgement, until more more members notice the thread and chime in. This is a THREAD after all, not a GIVE A QUESTION GET A PERFECT ANSWER IN ONE SHOT kinda place.

"Of course not, but there's just as much likelihood of fairies living at the bottom of my garden. Can you prove there aren't?"
My response=another helpful statement from you.

"So tell me, why, given that I supplied DXdiags, explained the problem succinctly and accurately, have I received no advice since? Because my manner is a tad abrupt? If so, you might want to ask Mr Crab to tone down the Patronise a little."
My response=We are volunteers, and we ask for DXdiags the same as an electrician would first ask himself "is it plugged in?" If I were an electrician at your house working for free, and you behaved the way you are now, I'd be in my truck laughing my arse off before you even got back on your feet. I'm finished answering ANYthing from you.

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Hey Barry,

Any chance of getting a video of the fairies that live at the bottom of your garden, I am sure we would all like to see them in action, provided of course that there's nothing untoward going on with your fairies. The ones in Australia are a bit shy until Mardi Gras time.

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