MOV Import Truncates the clip

RickZig

Newbie Joined: Dec 11, 2012 10:58 Messages: 4 Offline

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Feb 22, 2019 18:16

I am importing 2 .Mov clips about 12 seconds each in PowerDirector 15. One of the clips imports perfectly. The second clip truncates the last few seconds. When I play the mov file in a generic player, the entire clip plays. When I use the clip in PD 15, I lose the end. Of course, I only need the truncated part.

I have tried deleting the clip and downloading it again. I have renamed the clip and imported it again. In all cases, the same thing happens.

Any help is appreciated!! Thank you!

optodata

Senior Contributor Location: California, USA Joined: Sep 16, 2011 16:04 Messages: 8630 Offline

Feb 22, 2019 18:43

Quote I am importing 2 .Mov clips about 12 seconds each in PowerDirector 15. One of the clips imports perfectly. The second clip truncates the last few seconds. When I play the mov file in a generic player, the entire clip plays. When I use the clip in PD 15, I lose the end. Of course, I only need the truncated part.

I have tried deleting the clip and downloading it again. I have renamed the clip and imported it again. In all cases, the same thing happens.

Any help is appreciated!!

Any chance you could upload those 2 clips to a cloud folder on GoogleDrive, OneDrive, etc. and paste the link here? That may help determine if there might be any problems with the clip(s) or if we'd need to look closer at how your system and PD are set up.

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RickZig

Newbie Joined: Dec 11, 2012 10:58 Messages: 4 Offline

Feb 23, 2019 08:43

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Any chance you could upload those 2 clips to a cloud folder on GoogleDrive, OneDrive, etc. and paste the link here? That may help determine if there might be any problems with the clip(s) or if we'd need to look closer at how your system and PD are set up.

Here is the link. The 1186 is the problem child.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1nIBpb9St0l-PC1edTXtz0VBO0qZ9E52O

Thank you for you assistance!! Thank you!

JL_JL

Senior Contributor Location: Arizona, USA Joined: Oct 01, 2006 20:01 Messages: 6091 Offline

Feb 23, 2019 09:04

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Here is the link. The 1186 is the problem child.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1nIBpb9St0l-PC1edTXtz0VBO0qZ9E52O

Thank you for you assistance!!

That's strange, can't say that I've seen that before. Most players don't really play correctly either as they report the clip as only 8sec long but it's really about 13s. The good part, Handbrake will convert to full 13s clip and that works fine in PD so you see the throw-out on 3rd.

Jeff

Longedge

Senior Contributor Joined: Apr 28, 2011 15:38 Messages: 1504 Offline

Feb 23, 2019 09:42

Looks as if the file is 'broken' in some way. Was it a download or a screen recording?

Mediainfo from original - "Duration: 8s 525ms".

After running it through Handbrake - "Duration: 13s 578ms".

RickZig

Newbie Joined: Dec 11, 2012 10:58 Messages: 4 Offline

Feb 23, 2019 09:48

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That's strange, can't say that I've seen that before. Most players don't really play correctly either as they report the clip as only 8sec long but it's really about 13s. The good part, Handbrake will convert to full 13s clip and that works fine in PD so you see the throw-out on 3rd.

Jeff

Thank you Jeff! I will look into Handbrake. Thank you!

RickZig

Newbie Joined: Dec 11, 2012 10:58 Messages: 4 Offline

Feb 23, 2019 09:51

Quote Looks as if the file is 'broken' in some way. Was it a download or a screen recording?

Mediainfo from original - "Duration: 8s 525ms".

After running it through Handbrake - "Duration: 13s 578ms".

The file was downloaded from the site that records the games. (watermarked lower left). It not the greatest quality but it is the ony one available.

I appreciate the reply. Thank you!