Flash Frame problem

jeff-beardall wrote on 2/14/2005, 11:08 PM
Here's a screen cap from a VV5 timeline.
http://onesharpeye.com/vegas/cap.jpg
On the top track is the VOB file from a DVDA 2 render; On the bottom vid track is the original avi file that the VOB was rendered from. A black frame is seen in the DVDA 2 render. I've rendered and burned this puppy twice...after reboots, etc. No luck. Also, I've had so many g%&*%&n 'mystery frames' in this project before I finally got a clean avi I just wanna puke. They've shown up as stray frames in my VV project (almost always at the beginning of an iris or push xition) and now I get a black frame in a DVDA2 render from a good avi render. Maybe Sony should scratch the word 'Professional' from the splash screen. Cripes, I'll go back to Premiere and deal with the crappy interface and the lousy codec just to get reliable professional output from my NLE. I know vids and DVDs should be checked before delivery to a client, but this is a consistent problem and right now it's 2 a.m. and I need to deliver a final for tomorrow a.m. and I keep getting this stupid black frame in all my DVDA renders of this darn avi. I've also had a stray frame show up at the beginning of an iris xition after a render in DVDA 2 from a good avi in a previous project. It does it on both my machines...an AMD and an Intel...The weird thing for me is the fact that I've had the exact frame go bad in an avi render from Vegas and then later a DVDA 2 render from a clean avi render . ARRRGHHH!

Comments

B.Verlik wrote on 2/14/2005, 11:14 PM
I've learned the hard way. You have to magnify the timeline, whereever there's a transition, to make sure that the video sections completely meet. Otherwise, you'll get black frames. This usuallly depends on which frame you made a 'cut' at. Most of the time, the videos will meet up, but once in a while, they're separated and you can't see it unless you 'zoom' in on the timeline.
jeff-beardall wrote on 2/14/2005, 11:21 PM
this is not at a xition point...it's in the middle of a clip...and to boot, this problem is from a DVDA 2 render from a Vegas avi render that is absolutely clean....what I'm saying is that DVD Architect introduced this frame from a good avi. So msyterious black random frames are not limited to VV. I'm led to believe the Sony codec has problems????
B.Verlik wrote on 2/14/2005, 11:49 PM
Well, I'd wait for other answers. Except for what I described, I haven't heard this complaint before. So I doubt it's the codec. My problem wasn't discovered before I made a DVD, even though I could have if I had zoomed in. (in other words, I didn't notice the black frame while watching the video in the timeline, yet it was as clear as day, once it was made into a DVD. There could be other things causing this that need to be checked too. Wait and see if more experienced users chip in with their stories.