VS 11 Freezes while Replacing Text on Thumbnail Menu

paul85 · Post by **paul85** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 2:05 am

I just finished an arduous 1-hr film, editing with VS 11 Plus for the first time. In the past I have used VS 4 - 9, with success, mostly. I am using XP, by the way. I enter my chapter marks manually, change the picture on each thumbnail by sliding, etc., but when I try to change the text on the various thumbnails, the whole program freezes before I can finish. This happened to me three times. I had to start all over, and re-set all my chapters, etc. On the 4th try I finally gave up and set the chapters to automatic at 5 min. intervals and didn't even try to change any text. That was the only way I could finish my movie & go on to my next one.
I am about to begin another movie. This time I'm going to try to religiously follow the steve-jones suggested Workflow, and follow the User-to-Webboard procedure as well as I can.
IS THERE A GLITCH in the rather new VS11Plus that I should know about?

Paul85

asjr_4584 · Post by **asjr_4584** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 8:47 am

At first, it would be best if you edit your video in a RAW AVI type. Try exporting it to a DVD compliant setting (NTSC/PAL DVD) and save it to your hard drive. Create a new project and click ¡§Create Disc¡¨ from Share tab. Click ¡§Add video files¡¨ to insert your edited video and create chapters from it using ¡§Add/Edit Chapter¡¨. From the Project Settings (Alt + J), make sure that the option ¡§Do not convert compliant MPEG files¡¨ is checked.

paul85 · Post by **paul85** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 3:01 pm

Thanks, asjr..... I need definitions from you so I can use your suggestion: What is RAW AVI, & how do I edit in this type? Also, please help me identify what a DVD compliant setting is. (I recognize NTSC as used in North America and PAL as used in Europe....). I am sure that once I am clear on the above, I will be able to go through the process you outlines.

FYI, currently I am merely capturing my images from my digital camcorder minitape and saving it on my E drive in segements of 5 to 10 min ea. Then, when I eventually go to SHARE, I gather all these projects. Of course, I run into trouble eventually when I get to the thumbnails in my index of chapters.

Paul85

asjr_4584 · Post by **asjr_4584** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 3:42 am

RAW is an uncompressed type produced by most of minitape camcorders and is considered to be the highest quality format since there is no codec involve. When you capture it to your computer, it would be best if you capture it in an AVI/DV type; that¡¦s why it is called RAW AVI. Please review this thread: Capturing quality questions. Also, this site might help you understand more deeply about the differences between MPEG and RAW AVI video type: Rendering: MPEG/MPEG2 source files.

The standard DVD compliant settings are NTSC DVD (720x480) and PAL DVD (720x576). You can verify this on the "Properties" of a video clip when you right click it from the Storyboard/Timeline view panel or from the Library Manager; the file format should be NTSC DVD or PAL DVD.

paul85 · Post by **paul85** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 4:00 am

Thank you very much. I use a Canon digital camcorder with minitapes, and I always set the capture to DV. Furthermore, I've never used PAL, but always NTSC. It looks as if I am on the right track. Now that I am sure of the definitions, it seems that I have been doing as you suggest all along. I'm hoping that I do not again get the freezing of the program when I get to the chapter naming step. It'll be a few days before I know. Thanks for your help.

Post by **Ken Berry** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 4:09 am

it would be best if you capture it in an AVI/DV type; that¡¦s why it is called RAW AVI.

I fear we are getting a bit caught up in terminology. The idea is correct: where possible capture and edit in DV/AVI format. But I don't believe that DV/AVI is synonymous with RAW AVI.

The latter -- at least to my mind -- is 'true' uncompressed .AVI and it produces huge files (65 GB per hour of video) and can produce high quality. But they can be unwieldy to manage unless you have a powerful computer and tons of hard disk space.

DV/AVI on the other hand is a compressed format -- about five times more compressed than uncompressed AVI. It produces files of around 13 GB per hour of video. And it most definitely uses a codec -- DV Type 1 or Type 2 Encoder...

asjr_4584 · Post by **asjr_4584** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 4:37 am

Hi Sir Ken, thanks for correcting me!

Certainly a standard codec was used to RAW footages that were transferred or captured in the computer for our convenience.

Good luck Paul85!