VideoStudio crashes while rendering in mpeg4 and wmv

[louiskuo888]

I'm currently using VideoStudio x9.5 ultimate,
I'm editing a video with MP4 and MTS files approx. 24 mins in total
When the program is rendering the video in mpeg4 or wmv (haven't tried avi and mpeg2)
VideoStudio crashes.
I have already changed the files to m2ts but it doesn't work
MPEG optimizer/ avc / h264 does the job but only renders half the video

My system is windows 10 64bit

[aljimenez]

The program should not crash for sure. However, in order to fix whatever is causing you this problem, more information is going to be needed. We also should try to see if there is a workaround to get you going.

Please give more information about the properties of the video clips as I suspect the mixing of mp4 and mts files with different properties is causing this problem. In addition give the properties of the project and the properties of what you are rendering. By properties I mean at least, resolution, fps, bitrate. In addition, give details of what editing you are doing to the project: what transitions, what filters, any cuts of the clips, etc.

Eventually, it would help if some small version of your project that fails would help in getting to the bottom of the crash.

[lata]

Hi
Just to add to al’s reply….
What do you mean it only renders half the video?
Where are you saving the rendered files to? Are you using your pc hard drive or a USB

How long is the actual project?

[louiskuo888]

thanks for the reply
below are the properties of some of the video clips
and vs seems to crash upon rendering the 2gig vid

by rendering half the video i mean vs only renders 10 minutes of video while the project is 24 minutes long
and it cuts right in the middle
but vs considers it rendered completely

i used not many effects in the projects
mercalli v2 for stabilization
for transitions i used only crossfade
btw the video is saved to C:/

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General
ID                                       : 0 (0x0)
Complete name                            : C:\Users\user\Desktop\Project\00100-3.m2ts
Format                                   : BDAV
Format/Info                              : Blu-ray Video
File size                                : 2.19 GiB
Duration                                 : 18 min 55 s
Overall bit rate mode                    : Variable
Overall bit rate                         : 16.6 Mb/s
Maximum Overall bit rate                 : 18.0 Mb/s

Video
ID                                       : 4113 (0x1011)
Menu ID                                  : 1 (0x1)
Format                                   : AVC
Format/Info                              : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile                           : High@L4
Format settings, CABAC                   : No
Format settings, ReFrames                : 2 frames
Format settings, GOP                     : M=3, N=15
Codec ID                                 : 27
Duration                                 : 18 min 55 s
Bit rate mode                            : Variable
Bit rate                                 : 15.7 Mb/s
Maximum bit rate                         : 16.2 Mb/s
Width                                    : 1 920 pixels
Height                                   : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio                     : 16:9
Frame rate                               : 29.970 (30000/1001) FPS
Color space                              : YUV
Chroma subsampling                       : 4:2:0
Bit depth                                : 8 bits
Scan type                                : Interlaced
Scan type, store method                  : Separated fields
Scan order                               : Top Field First
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)                       : 0.253
Stream size                              : 2.08 GiB (95%)

Audio
ID                                       : 4352 (0x1100)
Menu ID                                  : 1 (0x1)
Format                                   : AC-3
Format/Info                              : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension                           : CM (complete main)
Format settings, Endianness              : Big
Codec ID                                 : 129
Duration                                 : 18 min 55 s
Bit rate mode                            : Constant
Bit rate                                 : 192 kb/s
Channel(s)                               : 2 channels
Channel positions                        : Front: L R
Sampling rate                            : 48.0 kHz
Frame rate                               : 31.250 FPS (1536 spf)
Bit depth                                : 16 bits
Compression mode                         : Lossy
Stream size                              : 26.0 MiB (1%)

Text
ID                                       : 4608 (0x1200)
Menu ID                                  : 1 (0x1)
Format                                   : PGS
Codec ID                                 : 144
Duration                                 : 18 min 55 s

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General
Complete name                            : C:\Users\user\Desktop\Project\新增資料夾 (3)\VID_20161220_153320.mp4
Format                                   : MPEG-4
Format profile                           : Base Media / Version 2
Codec ID                                 : mp42 (isom/mp42)
File size                                : 157 MiB
Duration                                 : 2 min 41 s
Overall bit rate                         : 8 110 kb/s
Encoded date                             : UTC 2016-12-20 07:36:03
Tagged date                              : UTC 2016-12-20 07:36:03
官yz                                      : +25.0306+121.5117/

Video
ID                                       : 1
Format                                   : AVC
Format/Info                              : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile                           : Baseline@L3.1
Format settings, CABAC                   : No
Format settings, ReFrames                : 1 frame
Format settings, GOP                     : M=1, N=30
Codec ID                                 : avc1
Codec ID/Info                            : Advanced Video Coding
Duration                                 : 2 min 41 s
Source duration                          : 2 min 41 s
Bit rate                                 : 7 998 kb/s
Width                                    : 1 280 pixels
Height                                   : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio                     : 16:9
Frame rate mode                          : Variable
Frame rate                               : 29.766 FPS
Minimum frame rate                       : 27.190 FPS
Maximum frame rate                       : 30.242 FPS
Color space                              : YUV
Chroma subsampling                       : 4:2:0
Bit depth                                : 8 bits
Scan type                                : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)                       : 0.292
Stream size                              : 154 MiB (99%)
Source stream size                       : 154 MiB (99%)
Title                                    : VideoHandle
Language                                 : English
Encoded date                             : UTC 2016-12-20 07:36:03
Tagged date                              : UTC 2016-12-20 07:36:03
mdhd_Duration                            : 161896

Audio
ID                                       : 2
Format                                   : AAC
Format/Info                              : Advanced Audio Codec
Format profile                           : LC
Codec ID                                 : 40
Duration                                 : 2 min 41 s
Bit rate mode                            : Constant
Bit rate                                 : 96.0 kb/s
Channel(s)                               : 2 channels
Channel positions                        : Front: L R
Sampling rate                            : 48.0 kHz
Frame rate                               : 46.875 FPS (1024 spf)
Compression mode                         : Lossy
Stream size                              : 1.85 MiB (1%)
Title                                    : SoundHandle
Language                                 : English
Encoded date                             : UTC 2016-12-20 07:36:03
Tagged date                              : UTC 2016-12-20 07:36:03
mdhd_Duration                            : 161984

[Ken Berry]

When you say you already changed the files to .m2ts, what were they originally?

And I notice that the mpeg-4 properties in the second sample above show a variable frame rate. Were the clips with those properties taken by a smartphone, by any chance? At any rate, video studio has trouble dealing with that, and you would need to convert those clips to mpeg-4 with a constant NTSC frame rate of 29.97 fps before inserting them into VS. Some of us here use a conversion program called Format Factory. Just be careful to read each dialogue box of the installation process for that as it offers to install bloatware which you would not want.

[louiskuo888]

Yeah the MP4 files were shot with a smartphone
The original files were .mts

Thanks, I will try out your solution

[Ken Berry]

Sorry -- the name of the program is Format Factory -- now corrected above. When you do the conversion, "convert" it to mpeg-4 with near or identical properties, apart from the frame rate which, as I have already set, should be a constant 29.97 fps.