UPD file...what is it?

masterworld · Post by **masterworld** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 8:53 am

Please, what is the UPD file?
it appears when I create a VCD file from a project.
Thanks a lot.

TDK1044 · Post by **TDK1044** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 11:18 am

UPD is the file extension for the Updated Program Data file.

masterworld · Post by **masterworld** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 5:39 pm

What´s the meaning of that? (can you explain it a little more?..please?)
thanks a lot!

nosnoop · Post by **nosnoop** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 5:46 pm

TDK1044 wrote:UPD is the file extension for the Updated Program Data file.

True for other programs, but in the world of Ulead, it means "Ulead Private Data" file. This file is created with a rendered video file of the same name. It contains the full path of the location of the video file and supposedly some scene information of the rendered video.

masterworld · Post by **masterworld** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 8:03 pm

So It´s necessary to keep it?
I thought all data about the video was exclusively saved in the videostudio project.

Post by **Ken Berry** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 10:19 pm

I have never know what they were for, and have usually deleted them. This has not in any way affected their playability either within VS or in other software, much less the ability to burn them to disc.

daniel · Post by **daniel** » Fri Aug 18, 2006 11:22 am

upd file holds the data about the file status for smart rendering.
As long as the upd file is there you can use pre-rendered quality playback with the next session.
If you delete it it will re-pre-render the project.
When you are finished with MPG encoding you may delete the file.

Could also be Utah Police Department

(And the OPD sign on Macca's costume on Sergeant Pepper means Officially Pronounced Dead. That's yet another evidence!)

Post by **lancecarr** » Fri Aug 18, 2006 1:11 pm

Well of course Paul is dead...have you seen the photos of him recently?

daniel · Post by **daniel** » Fri Aug 18, 2006 2:17 pm

no no lance, these are pictures of the look-alike they hired after his death.

(is it me or are we off-topic and non-Ulead here? My mistake)

masterworld · Post by **masterworld** » Fri Aug 18, 2006 6:16 pm

daniel wrote:When you are finished with MPG encoding you may delete the file.

You mean after I have created my mpeg or mpeg2 file (etc) and finally, it´s my definitive file, I can delete it?

daniel · Post by **daniel** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 11:43 am

Yes, it's only needed as long as you want to edit your project.
After that this very small file (1K I think) is useless.

But obviously Ulead can't know when you're done so they never delete the files.

jchunter · Post by **jchunter** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 6:41 pm

Daniel,
Where did you get the info that UPD files contain info for smart render? Or is that a joke?

BTW, I have always deleted UPD files because they clutter up my folders. When I smart render, I can see that it is functioning properly...

Post by **Ken Berry** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 10:20 pm

John -- that was exactly my experience too. And I also distinctly recall using Smart Render (those were the days!) with no problems after I had deleted them...

jchunter · Post by **jchunter** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 12:04 am

Ken,
This of Off Topic but I wonder if the user from Germany could read any of the Babblefish translation of the RP??? I hope it was better than the English translation of his query...

daniel · Post by **daniel** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 11:44 am

jchunter wrote:Daniel,
Where did you get the info that UPD files contain info for smart render? Or is that a joke?

BTW, I have always deleted UPD files because they clutter up my folders. When I smart render, I can see that it is functioning properly...

I didn't get that info anywhere, it's just what I experienced on my machine in V9/VS10. Don't mix Smart Render and preview render though.

If I keep the upd, then preview is immediate, if I remove them (what I usually did because even if very small they clutter the folder listing) then re-rendering started.
I thought it was a link between the VSP and the ~hr* files for preview. Since I never use Quality Playback any more it's getting old now, and if you have other info then it's been a coincidence. Or a plain mistake.

Anyway it was not a joke. I do joke, but I try to make it obvious then...