Render "Elasped Time" bug?

TheHappyFriar wrote on 7/6/2006, 6:42 AM

I'm rendering out a 44 minute TV segment with the color corector & movie look plugins. I know it takes a while (currently ~24 hours & 61% done), BUT.... thismorning I wake up to see how it's doing & the elasped time counter is now ~38 minutes. Which is impossible because when i went to get it was ~16 hours. Anyone else ever have this happen? The "time left" counter I know if off (it origonally sayd 16 hours but whenit hit 0 went back to 23 hours, but i don't care about that one).

Comments

Spot|DSE wrote on 7/6/2006, 8:01 AM

The time indicator is rarely accurate. Start a project that has a busy header, then is mostly cuts or light transitions, and you'll see a very high render time that drops to very little render time. The counter reads ahead, but I don't think it's looking ahead at all the content. In other words, don't take it as gospel if your project has any level of complexity at all.

Former user wrote on 7/6/2006, 8:28 AM

I think thehappyfriar is referring to the "elapsed time" which should be accurate because that is just a timer referring to how long something has been running. Not an estimate of time left.

Maybe after it crossed over 24 hours it reset to 0.

Dave T2

TheHappyFriar wrote on 7/6/2006, 9:20 AM

yeah, I know about the time left stuff. :) I just ignore it, I go almost totally by the % done.

That actuatly makes sence. 24 hours = 1 day, maybe it's using the time clock in Windows as a base so 24hours = 0. :)