The duration of the selected file should be longer than

[tletter]

I did however manage to replace the clip using Drag from library and Drop over the offending clip whilst holding CTRL key.

Yes you mentioned this before but to repeat, "I can't get this to work since as soon as I press the CTRL key on a highlighted file in the library, the clip is deselected and so can't be dragged. If I start dragging the clip and then press the CTRL key before dropping it on the offending clip, then the previous splitting of the clip is not respected and the whole clip is simply dropped on the timeline." Hence this is not useful as I'd have to repeat the work previously done using the "Split Clip" option.

You can do the same via Right Click – Replace clip option

Yes but again the previous splitting of the clip is not respected rather the clip is simply dropped onto the timeline although it is trimmed to fit into the specified duration. Obviously this is not useful as I'd have to repeat the work previously done using the "Split Clip" option.

I have been able to save the project to open with VSX7

Yes and for that reason as previously mentioned "I've given up on trying to relink the VSP on VS X8.5 as it seems much less capable of relinking VSPs that were created in VS X7." Fortunately I had not uninstalled VS X7 and could see that VSPs that were created in VS X7 can be successfully relinked using VS X7 but not so much using VS X8.5. Previously I had erroneously assumed that VS X8.5 could successfully open and relink VSP files created by previous versions of VS. This means that since I've VSP files created in X5, X6, X7 and X8, I must keep all versions of VS installed to successfully open and relink all my VSP files, i.e. there is no guarantee of backward compatibility when opening old VSP files in the latest version of VS which is surprising.

I am sure CVSX8 should open this ok

As mentioned above, I have my doubts rather it seems that the Timelapse/Speed bug previously fixed in X7 has reappeared in VS X8.

One thing to note is the project properties are AVI when they should reflect the Videos Properties as Mpeg4?

Don't think that this is an issue since X7 can relink the clip.

Thanks for your time.

[lata]

Hi

The problem is that the program X8 does not like re-linking clips that have had timelapse/Speed applied, and you have applied 150% speed to the video files.
We had the same issue with CVSX7, Corel fixed that as far as I know included with the SP1 patch.

I would have thought X8 would work ok, but no.

I have passed this info to Corel again, hopefully will come back with a hot fix?

Right click clip and replace clip……..
Yes replacing the clip will remove the edits, the 150% speed, you should then be able to see the two video clips, then apply 150% again. It’s a workround till Corel sort the issue.

[tletter]

Yes replacing the clip will remove the edits, the 150% speed, you should then be able to see the two video clips, then apply 150% again. It’s a workround till Corel sort the issue.

This is really not a workaround since all the critical timing information about how video file was split is lost, e.g. a video file of 20 minutes duration may have been split and only two 25 second extracts used at various spots in the project. Now if you don't have a copy of the shared file, it's difficult to remember exactly what these extracts were. Obviously the name of the source file is clear when relinking is attempted but the key timing information about the extracts is lost - that's the issue.

The real takeaway here is to never uninstall a previous version of VS if you have older VSP files that you wish to reliably reopen in the future.

I have passed this info to Corel again, hopefully will come back with a hot fix?

Hopefully they'll update for X8.5 the Speed/Time-lapse bug fix previously made in X7.

Thanks again.

[lata]

Hi tletter

Corel have replied to my e-mail but could not download the samples from your Dropbox, it would appear you have removed the files.
However I have uploaded your files to my One Drive, Corel can now replicated the problem and are working on a fix.

I have to say that Corel have fixed a similar issue regarding Timelapse and re-linking for both X7 and X8, so it does appear this particular issue is related to your files types?

I am waiting for Corel to respond with a hot fix, all I can say is watch this space.

[tletter]

I am waiting for Corel to respond with a hot fix, all I can say is watch this space.

OK, thanks again.

[lata]

tletter

Good news I think

I have tested both X8 and X9 and your sample vsp opened and re-linked ok.

So Corel appear to have fixed this problem, pity they did not inform us….
I would imaging the fix was included in SP3.