Re: Saving to DV-AVI loses 6 seconds of movie length
From: PapaJohn \(MVP\) (PapaJohn_at_CharterMI.net)
Date: 02/21/05
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Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 15:48:50 -0500
The dropped 27th frame isn't related to still pictures... none of those
should be missing. It's the frame of a video clip when rendered to a DV-AVI
file.
-- PapaJohn Movie Maker 2 and Photo Story 3 - www.papajohn.org Photo Story 2 - www.photostory.papajohn.org . "FJK" <FJK@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:3D4837BD-5518-4701-8F4A-1FCD1DE3B184@microsoft.com... > Thanks Rehan, I will give it a go and post back. Your transition and > picture > duration workarounds have been very helpful, so thanks again for those. > > I did not come across the dropped still issue in any of my searches > online. > I will check it out to see if that is the source of my problem. > > Each of my 12 mini movies of stills (family photos) contains 50-130 > stills, > so I could easily lose one and not notice; I will check into it. I feel > like > I learn one workaround after another to compensate for a litany of bugs in > WMM. Oh well, it is free after all. > > Thanks again. > > "Rehan" wrote: > >> All your observations are valid and have been previously reported by >> others. >> Microsoft have not fixed these bugs and dont think they plan to. So you >> have >> to work witht he work arounds I am afraid. >> >> However the severe shortening of DV AVI file as reported by you has not >> been >> observed before. According to previous reports for each clip in the movie >> it >> would skip frame no 27. Do you have alot of clips/stills ? >> >> My solution was to use custom profiles that saves WMVs in uncompressed >> mode >> thus retaining maximum resolution while avoiding the pitfalls associated >> with DV AVI. >> >> You may be interested to use my custom profiles >> http://homepage.ntlworld.com/rehanahmad/uncompressed.zip or tweak them >> yourself using Windows Media Profile Editor. >> >> >> >> -- >> Rehan >> www.rehanfx.org - get transitions and effects for Windows Movie Maker >> >> >> >> "FJK" <FJK@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:F3781F61-C878-4315-86A5-9742ABF8DB53@microsoft.com... >> > Hi there. >> > >> > I am trying to overcome a bug in WMM2 with audio popping when saving to >> > DV-AVI so please someone tell me if I am going about it the wrong way. >> > (The >> > popping apparently comes from the transitions and the audio being saved >> > at >> > the same time; so first I save the slideshow with no audio as an AVI. >> > Then >> > in a second project I use the first silent AVI as the video, add my WMA >> > soundtrack, save as AVI again and voila, no skipping in the final >> > AVI--but >> > it >> > loses 6 seconds). >> > >> > My main goal is to output 12 separate slideshows (with transitions and >> > audio) as separate movies and then burn to DVD using MyDVD. But I do >> > not >> > get >> > that far. >> > >> > An example project has 86 stills and 3 title/overlays with fade >> > transitions >> > in between. I have a WMA file that is 04:41 (4 mins 41 secs) long and >> > I >> > time >> > the transitions using a trick I got from Rehan (thanks by the way) to >> > synch >> > perfectly. In the preview it is great and the audio stops on a dime. >> > >> > However, when I produce any AVI (either the 1st silent or through the 2 >> > pass >> > method) I end up with a shorter movie, namely 4:35 or 6 seconds shorter >> > even >> > though it shows 4:41 in the timeline. It is most obvious when I import >> > the >> > silent AVI into the timeline and it is noticeably shorter. I would not >> > be >> > so >> > picky but the slides are supposed to sync with the music just so and If >> > I >> > just "fade out" early the effect is just not as clean. >> > >> > I use AVIs because of earlier problems I had with WMVs and MyDVD. And >> > to >> > make this more interesting, I do not lose 6 seconds if I save to WMV. >> > >> > Help, please if you can! >> >> >>
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