Problem with sharing?

[realistek]

Hi everyone.

I'm using VideoStudio8 and I have compiled a video out of manny short videos taken with a digital camera in mpeg4 format with the ASF extension.

When I play the project in VideoStudio Editor it works fine, but when i want to share it, a problem occurs. While creating any kind of video format it gets to around 72% and it prints out an error: "Cannot read video". Always when it is supposed to render transition to one particular video. I thought the video file was too long, because it was the longest, so I cut it in two smaller pieces, but I still get the same error on the same place in my project.

What could be the problem

I'm running AMD 64 3500+ with 1GB of RAM and ATI Radeon x550 video card.


Thank you!

[BrianCee]

The problem could be a corrupted video file - have you tried just removing the piece where the problem occurs completely and seeing if you can render then. Or try using a different transition at the point of failure.

[realistek]

The video file cannot be corrupted, then it also wouldn't play in the program.

I removed the transition effect and i still get the error

[Trevor Andrew]

Hi

I agree with Brian.

Remove the suspect corrupt part of the video file.

You could start a new project using just a short section containing the suspect video part.
Does the short section render.

Trevor

PS ‘cannot be corrupted’ is not in our dictionary

[heinz-oz]

The video file cannot be corrupted, then it also wouldn't play in the program.

I removed the transition effect and i still get the error

What makes you so sure? Playing the file is totally different to rendering it to a new one.

[realistek]

I'm sure, because I did what trevor andrew said - render only that short section and it worked. It also worked rendering only that file when I cut it in half.

Is it possible that my computer runs out of RAM and rendering fails at that point

[Trevor Andrew]

Hi

If you were running out of memory you would most likely get a warning to that effect.

But you state you got "Cannot read video".
To me this indicates a bad or corrupt or incompatible file.

It does not need to be all the file just a few corrupt frames.

So how long is your video?
What are the project properties and the clip properties?
Are you changing the properties during render or are they the same, only stitching the project together (for want of a better description)

You mention Mpeg 4, and video studio 8
Are you sure these are compatible??


Trevor

[Joep]

Hello

I got the exact problem on my AMD 2200 with 256 MB RAM. Pretty much pisses me off since I been working on this video for 3 days straight.

Anyway I get the error with all the individual clips I tested (first 5 of my movie).

Total length of my video is 1 hour 6 minutes and 18 seconds.

Clip properties:
Filetype: Windows Media Video (It's also an ASF file)
Filesize: 3.967 KB
Length: 13.833
2203 kbps
Video: 24 bits 640x480
Audio: 11025 Hz, 16 bits, Mono

Project properties:
PAL (25fps)
MPEG files
24 bits, 640 x 480, 25 fps This was lower, I believe 320x240, but after I realised it wouldn't render my videos I changed this
Frame based
(MPEG-1) 4:3
Video: 2000 kbps
Audio: 224 kbps
MPEG-audiolayer 2, 44.1 KHz, stereo

My videocamera is a Traveler Digicam and the Ulead Video Studio 8 was in the package as editing software. I first tried to create a movie with Pinacle Studio, but it didn't support .ASF extension...

/Joep

[Ron P.]

I was going to support Trevor about VS8 and not being able to support MPEG-4. I still have the full reg version and it does not have the ability to encode MPEG-4.

However Joep the version of VS8 you have is probably an SE version. In that case there are special drivers written to support the hardware it is bundled with. You are working with WMV, which it natively supports. Now WMV is a higher compressed format, and even with later versions of VS ( 9, and 10 ) members have had problems when trying to edit WMV formats. WMV generally should be a Frame based field order, since it is intended for computer playback and not Television.

When trying to edit highley compressed formats it is crucial to match the properties, and keep them the identical throughout the process. It is going to be tough enough to get a successful end product when everything runs smoothly.

Ron P.

[heinz-oz]

And your "massive" 256MB RAM is not helping either. On top of that, the frame size you are using is not supported by the DVD standard. If you don't intend to view this on a DVD player/TV, ok but why convert it to mpeg then?