> > >> By changing the color model to YUVA-8 Bit and after 9 hours of rendering >> I >> got an m2v file that showed video. >> Then I used mplex: >> >> mplex -f 3 -b 2000 output.mp3 output.m2v -o output.mpg >> >> It lead to this: >> >> required(DTS)=12542400 >> ++ WARN: [mplex] Audio c0: buf= 0 frame=005795 sector=00003310 >> ++ WARN: [mplex] Video e0: buf= 2025 frame=003477 sector=00117434 >> **ERROR: [mplex] Too many frame drops -exiting >> >> The result was a file lasting a few minutes. >> Something is definitely not all right. >> >> > Hi Ed, > To save your sanity, try rendering small clips at a time. Less than 30 > seconds should suffice. > > I've seen too many frame drops before. This was due to my source video > having > broken or missing frames. In my case, the video was a screen capture > of a Winamp visualization captured at too high a resolution. > Because of the resolution was too high, Cinelerra dropped frames. > > I've also had frame drops within a video from other sources. In these > cases, I had to painstakingly render out portions of the video and then > combine the audio with the video in mplex to find the frame drops. As > you've seen, mplex will tell you right away if you have frame drops. > > Are you working with one source video or have you tried different > clips from the same source? I'm sure you've tried this, but just to make > sure the problem exists with all clips of this format, load a different > clip in. > > don't forget rendering in small bites..that will save a crapload of time. > scott
Hello Scott, I have about 3 hours and 40 minutes of footage. Doesn't this rendering in small pieces mean that I should produce more than 400 separate pieces of rendered movie? Ed _______________________________________________ Cinelerra mailing list Cinelerra@skolelinux.no https://init.linpro.no/mailman/skolelinux.no/listinfo/cinelerra