This is an odd one that happened last night - maybe related to the "black frame" issue, but maybe not. See what you think...
Issue - a single frame (from a .png file) is inserted into the middle of a DV event, which was previously rendered as a sub-project, and inserted into the main project
Let me explain further. I have a project, almost complete, about 20 mins long, comprised of a mix of DV, stills (mostly .png, with some .jpgs) and music.
Let's call the main project A. Inserted into "A" are several events (sub-projects?) of rendered DV (B, C and D). Event B is where the problem is. In this subproject (a unique .veg file), I took about 3-4 mins of raw DV, sped it up 4x using ctrl-drag, added a few stills (call them 1, 2, and 3) with a camera snapshot effect, and rendered it out as a new DV-avi. (Just so you can get a mental picture of it, it's a large family group photo - I kept my camcorder running while everyong was getting into position, and did 3-4 "snapshots" with a camera click)
I then opened my main project A, and inserted this newly rendered event B into the appropriate timeline location, add a clock-wipe transition at the head and tail, save it, and review the entire project. When it gets to this event B, in between still #1 and #2, where there is only the "sped-up" video, I see an unwanted flash. I stop, and step through frame by frame (using ALT-arrow), and low and behold, there is a single frame from another still (still #4) inserted into the middle of this event! This still #4, IS used in another location in the main project A, but NOT even in the media pool of subproject B. I expand the tracks (still #4 is not on a rogue track), and the only way to isolate it is to expand the timeline to the sub-frame level, and step through frame by frame... I think back a week or so, while working on the same project (at a different point on the timeline), and remember an almost identical situation with a random frame (from a still) in the middle of a DV event.
I say to myself, "self, no problem, like last week, split event B in two places, delete the offending frame, plus a frame on each side for good measure, and stretch one of the two halves of event B back together", which is what I did. Play it through, and once again, the offending still #4 is BACK in the event! Repeat - same results. WTF? I open subproject B, play it through in Vegas AND play the avi in Windows Media player - No offending flash or extranious frame in either.
Now (back to the main project A) I delete both halves of event B, leaving the original hole in the timeline. save, close all instances of Vegas. Re-open project A, re-insert event B and the same transitions at head and tail of event B. Play through - NO random frame flash. I'm happy, but concerned, and of course, curious...
Has anyone else seen this? I know it's probably impossible to repro (at least consistently), but I'm just scratching my head as to what's going on.
System:Vegas 4.0e
Dell P3-600 Mhz
384 MB RAM
Win 98SE
30 GB system drive
40 GB media drive
120 GB media drive via firewire (this drive is where all media for this project reside)
thanks
Frenchy
Issue - a single frame (from a .png file) is inserted into the middle of a DV event, which was previously rendered as a sub-project, and inserted into the main project
Let me explain further. I have a project, almost complete, about 20 mins long, comprised of a mix of DV, stills (mostly .png, with some .jpgs) and music.
Let's call the main project A. Inserted into "A" are several events (sub-projects?) of rendered DV (B, C and D). Event B is where the problem is. In this subproject (a unique .veg file), I took about 3-4 mins of raw DV, sped it up 4x using ctrl-drag, added a few stills (call them 1, 2, and 3) with a camera snapshot effect, and rendered it out as a new DV-avi. (Just so you can get a mental picture of it, it's a large family group photo - I kept my camcorder running while everyong was getting into position, and did 3-4 "snapshots" with a camera click)
I then opened my main project A, and inserted this newly rendered event B into the appropriate timeline location, add a clock-wipe transition at the head and tail, save it, and review the entire project. When it gets to this event B, in between still #1 and #2, where there is only the "sped-up" video, I see an unwanted flash. I stop, and step through frame by frame (using ALT-arrow), and low and behold, there is a single frame from another still (still #4) inserted into the middle of this event! This still #4, IS used in another location in the main project A, but NOT even in the media pool of subproject B. I expand the tracks (still #4 is not on a rogue track), and the only way to isolate it is to expand the timeline to the sub-frame level, and step through frame by frame... I think back a week or so, while working on the same project (at a different point on the timeline), and remember an almost identical situation with a random frame (from a still) in the middle of a DV event.
I say to myself, "self, no problem, like last week, split event B in two places, delete the offending frame, plus a frame on each side for good measure, and stretch one of the two halves of event B back together", which is what I did. Play it through, and once again, the offending still #4 is BACK in the event! Repeat - same results. WTF? I open subproject B, play it through in Vegas AND play the avi in Windows Media player - No offending flash or extranious frame in either.
Now (back to the main project A) I delete both halves of event B, leaving the original hole in the timeline. save, close all instances of Vegas. Re-open project A, re-insert event B and the same transitions at head and tail of event B. Play through - NO random frame flash. I'm happy, but concerned, and of course, curious...
Has anyone else seen this? I know it's probably impossible to repro (at least consistently), but I'm just scratching my head as to what's going on.
System:Vegas 4.0e
Dell P3-600 Mhz
384 MB RAM
Win 98SE
30 GB system drive
40 GB media drive
120 GB media drive via firewire (this drive is where all media for this project reside)
thanks
Frenchy