Video locking

rwchalifour

Hi new user

simple task: bring in video cut off end “change end point sum times “ and save as an mp4.

add file

watch it to 100%, watch blue line till it reaches the end. Green line lights up around the timeline. Can see the entire video and audio.

export video

export que runs to 100%
video plays ok for some amount of time and freezes. Audio plays full length.

dump file re add original and view it.

comes in just like the exported version can see original video but can not play or change anything after the freeze.

played original fine

change name and location of original

still come in changed.

borate

Install the current 64-bit release. For one-time licensed users upgrades are free for up to six months from purchase date. After that, VP will continue to fully function but a fee is required in order to register the newest. Retain your old install file and registration info. If there's an issue, you can always revert.

If the issue persists, please share the project. Load it fully, the follow these steps closely. The process is easy, quick and can be done privately.

Back up --- With your project on the timeline, click on MENU at the top-left. Click FILE|BACK UP PROJECT FILES TO FOLDER. Choose a folder and SELECT FOLDER.
Upload --- Use a free server - Google Drive, MS OneDrive, etc.* - to upload the saved, numbered FOLDER. No need to upload the individual VPJ or export file.
Get link --- Right-click the file and click SHARE. If using Google, right-click the file, click SHARE | SHARE. Change "restricted" to "anyone ... can view"
Share --- Click COPY LINK or OK | DONE. Paste that link here, or click the folder at the top-right of this forum to message it privately. It won't be shared.

* Before uploading, right-click the folder, click PROPERTIES. Look at the File Size to confirm that it's not too big for the free space on the server.

If using Google Drive, don't forget to change "restricted" to "anyone with link can view."

rwchalifour

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1p69fZhGzkaeKBhdpPg5vQoqNDe5RF0wS?usp=sharing

I do not see any difference.

borate

Appears to be a codec issue. Download this reencode and it will work in Videopad.

Click the Download arrow at the top-right of the window.

rwchalifour

borate

Thanks so much the video works fine.

Unfortunately I have 10 files that this has happened to.

I was moving from VHS tapes to MP4. I had 100 videos and 10% did this. So I was wondering if it is something I am doing wrong.

I still have the original file and they play fine. One of the problems is if I bring them in to VP it reverts to the "codec" issue.

I know I am a novice but is there a straightforward way to fix the videos? step by step , in small words....LOL

Thanks for all your help.

borate

Whatever the issue is, it is being looked into.

Were the 'bad' files transferred or encoded in a different manner than those that are good? How was the move from VHS to mp4 done?

When you encounter one of those files, reencode it with this free utility.

rwchalifour

Thanks again for all the help.

All file were done the same way. all numbered from 1 to 106.

Process:

VHS player to MP4 file.

Through Video@Digital 2.0 by Clear Click. Stored to a thumb drive ScanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 32GB and transferred to a MyPassport external drive plugged into a Dell laptop.

Note: the VHS is real time and I did not sit through the complete run. Results were extra unwanted video on the end of the transfers. My thoughts were to bring the file on to Video Pad and chop the ends off. This would give me a cleaner, shorter video.

MP4 to MP4 ends cut off.

Not all videos needed to be changed but went through this process anyway.

On VP "add file", wait for process to complete as stated above, move end of video to desired point and "Exported Video"

Reviewed video file and found bad files "CODEC" on #34,47,55,62,80,82,84,86,89,and 91.

Re "add files" could see complete video but could not affect any change to the frozen video. Audio did not seem to be affected.

I will try (reencode it with this free utility) and see what it does.

Also my computer speed may be a factor:

MY SYSTEM RWC

Version 10.0.19045 Build 19045

OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation

System Name DESKTOP-TE8T03U

System Manufacturer Dell Inc.

System Model Inspiron 7373

System Type x64-based PC

System SKU 07EB

Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-8250U CPU @ 1.60GHz, 1800 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 8 Logical Processor(s)

BIOS Version/Date Dell Inc. 1.18.1, 5/6/2021

SMBIOS Version 3.0

Embedded Controller Version 255.255

BIOS Mode UEFI

BaseBoard Manufacturer Dell Inc.

BaseBoard Product 0XW4HD

BaseBoard Version A00

PCR7 Configuration Binding Not Possible

Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS

System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32

Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1

Locale United States

Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "10.0.19041.5553"

Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 8.00 GB

Total Physical Memory 7.84 GB

Available Physical Memory 3.85 GB

Total Virtual Memory 9.09 GB

Available Virtual Memory 4.98 GB

Page File Space 1.25 GB

borate

Change the suffix from mp4 to AVI and the files should play.

The strange encoding issue has been overcome in the latest VP (beta) release.