Installed VS9 on my brand new computer, hoping the new hardware and VS9 upgrade would solve the nightmares from VS8 ... had used VS7 for almost two years on the old machine without problems. I was pleased to find that VS 9 works wonderfully in most cases (capture, mpg render, Dolby Digital, Author/DVD burn, etc. all work perfectly). However, my standard editing process is to capture to AVI Type 2, do all my editing in VS and render the edited video back to a new AVI. Render the AVI video to M2V using other software that generates significantly higher quality results. Then go back to VS to create the final MPG with Dolby Digital audio and the M2V video. Problem is about one out of 5 times when I render the edited AVI, VS9 crashes with the infamous "cannot continue, sorry for the inconvenience" message after reaching 99% complete.
Additionally, the generated output AVI file causes Windows Explorer to crash just by clicking on the file ... have only been able to delete the errant file by attempting to open it within VS and then deleting it in the file open dialog instead of actually opening it. The problem occurs 100% of the time for the same video segment that I try to re-render. Yet, other video segments within the same original AVI file (both before and after the errant segment) will render to a new AVI without problems every time. The other interesting fact is that the segment that fails to render as an AVI will render without error to MPG in VS9 ... which happens to be my workaround for the time being, foregoing the increased video quality of my other software.
Anyone else seen problems like this or have any ideas?
Windows XP Media Center Edition SP2
P4 3.4 Ghz
2 GB Ram
250 GB primary HD
250 GB dedicated video HD
Thanks,
Mike
VideoStudio 9 Crashes during AVI split
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GeorgeK
No eye dear
To ask a question, what is a "M2V" video? what is it made up of, does it have a bit rate, is it variable or constant.
Would you have been following the process you described for creating you DVDs with success with a previous UVS version? I have found that other programs do not always create a file which Ulead can read.
The way your problem sounds (" causes Windows Explorer to crash just by clicking on the file") , it would seem could be a Windows issue.
To let you know, I have had no issues in using UVS, versions 6, 7, 8, 9 that could not be worked out. However I have had issues where I have had to re-install my Windows 2000 Operation System (on more than one occasion) due to Video Card Drivers, TV/Video Capture drivers and Windows Updates (which trashed UVS9). If you get desparate enough, you could try backing up and re-installed your OS.
Hopefully someone who is familiar with what your trying to do with the video will respond.
Would you have been following the process you described for creating you DVDs with success with a previous UVS version? I have found that other programs do not always create a file which Ulead can read.
The way your problem sounds (" causes Windows Explorer to crash just by clicking on the file") , it would seem could be a Windows issue.
To let you know, I have had no issues in using UVS, versions 6, 7, 8, 9 that could not be worked out. However I have had issues where I have had to re-install my Windows 2000 Operation System (on more than one occasion) due to Video Card Drivers, TV/Video Capture drivers and Windows Updates (which trashed UVS9). If you get desparate enough, you could try backing up and re-installed your OS.
Hopefully someone who is familiar with what your trying to do with the video will respond.
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video_flux
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ugadog
Thanks for the replies!
I probably over-complicated the explanation of my problem by describing my entire process (M2V, etc, etc). To simplify the statement of the problem, VS9 is crashing sometimes when I edit an AVI file, cut a piece of it in my VS project, and then try to save the cut piece as a new AVI.
The crash always occurs when VS is 99% complete. My guess is that it is done with the render and then fails trying to write or re-write a header, or something like that.
Also, not that it is relevant to the VS problem, but a M2V file is simply an MPG without any audio stream. It is very common in video editing to split the video and audio streams and then merge them back together for the final output. The M2V is otherwise no different than an MPG ... bitrate, constant/variable, etc. I have used this process hundreds of times successfully in VS7, VS8, and yes VS9 too.
I don't believe this is a result of insufficient drive space. I currently have 150GB free on my C drive and 125GB free on my dedicated second HD. Nor does it appear to be a performance issue. I have watched the machine in Task Manager before, during, and after the crash ... the CPU never gets above 50% usage and the memory doesn't even use up 25% of the 2GB available.
I probably over-complicated the explanation of my problem by describing my entire process (M2V, etc, etc). To simplify the statement of the problem, VS9 is crashing sometimes when I edit an AVI file, cut a piece of it in my VS project, and then try to save the cut piece as a new AVI.
The crash always occurs when VS is 99% complete. My guess is that it is done with the render and then fails trying to write or re-write a header, or something like that.
Also, not that it is relevant to the VS problem, but a M2V file is simply an MPG without any audio stream. It is very common in video editing to split the video and audio streams and then merge them back together for the final output. The M2V is otherwise no different than an MPG ... bitrate, constant/variable, etc. I have used this process hundreds of times successfully in VS7, VS8, and yes VS9 too.
I don't believe this is a result of insufficient drive space. I currently have 150GB free on my C drive and 125GB free on my dedicated second HD. Nor does it appear to be a performance issue. I have watched the machine in Task Manager before, during, and after the crash ... the CPU never gets above 50% usage and the memory doesn't even use up 25% of the 2GB available.
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video_flux
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MikeGunter
Hi,
Your system looks fine.
Data throughput can be an issue for anyone, so do make a little more than a cursory look at what is running in the background and make sure the discs are defragged.
I've fiddled with VS9 for some time and haven't had many issues - I have found some bugs, the biggest is that once a file is on the timeline, VS9 doesn't like for it to be modified.
Have you tried making an ISO (image) file? Can you make a cheapie VCD?
Do you have any other problems with conversions?
Mike
Your system looks fine.
Data throughput can be an issue for anyone, so do make a little more than a cursory look at what is running in the background and make sure the discs are defragged.
I've fiddled with VS9 for some time and haven't had many issues - I have found some bugs, the biggest is that once a file is on the timeline, VS9 doesn't like for it to be modified.
Have you tried making an ISO (image) file? Can you make a cheapie VCD?
Do you have any other problems with conversions?
Mike
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ugadog
Both of my harddrives are SATA drives.video_flux wrote: Is your hard drive SATA?
Have you tried Capturing Type 1 DV and spliting that?
I haven't tried capturing in Type 1, but that is a very good idea. I think I will give it a try on my next project and see what happens.
Thanks again for the replies and ideas.