Incorrect timeline on rendering to MPEG1

James_the_Grate wrote on 1/24/2002, 9:50 PM

I have rendered a video from VV3 with the Mainconcept MPEG1 format. The total length of the video is about 65 minutes. I get the entire file rendered, but when I open it in Windows Media Player, the timeline only shows 44 seconds. As it plays, the slider moves across the screen in 44 seconds, then continues without interuption for the rest of the video. The problem is now the slider is at the end position and will not allow me to position any where in the video (beyond the 44 sec point),

Whats wrong and how do I correct and/or avoid this in the future?

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Chienworks wrote on 1/24/2002, 11:28 PM

I've had a similar thing occur now and then. Usually not as extreme as
your case, but often a 1 hour render will show as 35 minutes (or so) in
Media Player. The whole file plays, but the slider pegs on the right side
at the 35 minute point. It hasn't happened often enough for me to worry
about. I have noticed that it's consistent within a project. Every time i
render the same project it happens. Then the next project might be fine.

haywire wrote on 1/25/2002, 6:00 AM

When I render to MPEG1, then place the new clip on the timeline, the audio waveform display squashes to the first 25% of the project with a flat line through the other 75%, yet the audio plays back perfectly. Maybe just a video bug.

James_the_Grate wrote on 1/25/2002, 7:16 PM

After several renderings that all produced the same effect (display 44 sec for a 1+ hr video), I took the mpeg1 file that I created from the first render, imported it into a new VV3 project and rendered again. This time it came out correctly.

Before I made the first render, I tried a sample of what was probably about 44 sec. Then I rendered the entire project overwriting the previous file name. It would appear that VV3 retained the original time and would not update it for the longer file.