PapaJohn,
First off:
Thank you for the information on your website. I haven't
resolved "my" propblem with it however you have a wealth
of information which I believe is appreciated by Many.
I have the same problem as Hilton and a couple others.
Please excuse the length of this, I deemed it neccesary to
explain.
My first attempt at MM2 was this last weekend with varied
success on a borrowed IBM Thinkpad XP(SP1) 1.6Ghz 80GB
firewire to Canon Elura2.
Loading MiniDV went fine. As did editing, though preview
playback would not play smooth approaching and through
transitions.
I eventually put together 4 short programs.
The problem of audio stalling, drop outs, or clicks
appeared after saving back to MiniDV tape, after many
rendering attempts after various tweaks....The problem
being also present on the VHS tape made concurrent the
last attempt.
Exasperated and searching for a resolution, I found my way
to your site and checked out your suggestions to fix the
problem and those I hadn't done myself previously...With
no luck.
If I remember reading correctly, somewhere, you said you
had not noticed these audio problems on your projects.
I also remember reading that you made an open invitation
for submission of problems so that people might identify
them with other than the oft times inadequate word
descriptions. I was about to do that, then had a thought.
I downloaded your Lahaina video.
Your Lahaina video has the same problems.
I noticed the very same problems experienced on the
Thinkpad shows up on this system, a P!!! 533Mhz WIN98,
through Media Player of your file on porpoise.
Please, if you will, and instead of Me sending examples
which it appears you already have, review that file on a
different system than the one you created it on and see if
you can identify the transition/audio problems....When you
do, you should notice there are video glitches also. If
you look close enough you'll actually "see" the transition
coming or ending....though I can't remember any frame-
change pops, my speakers are inadequate. There may be one.
It appears that MM2 may not be able to handle
the "load"....certainly, rendering should eliminate any
such problems before saving to a destination.
I don't know why this would be but it is certainly a
problem which may be more universal that heretofore
perceived. As I said, I noticed the problem throughout
your file of a Whale..... of a file.
The stalling coincides with transitions. The click or pop
coincides with the frame change, noticed by watching the
timeline for the marking of the changing in the current
frame playing while in MM2.
Drop-outs can happen "about" a transition, more noticably,
complete, long-duration, 3/4 sec., audio loss, near the
end of transition period.
And, not apparently associated with a transition, some
audio files, including the original 16 bit camera file,
will develop a nasty quirk when selected to
Fadeout....sometimes fixed by recopying the file but not
always.
These conditions are very annoying at the very least. If
more universally applicatble to other people it will
commit fraudulent Microsoft's claim "to make movies like a
pro", .....if "pro" was really what it intends.
Though having some experience in other programs, this
being my first experience with MM2, I don't have the
background or observational powers yet to better discern
any other coincidences or conditions to solve this.
It may very well be a codec or file type or acceleration
problem or a certain combination, but this is not readily
apparent and changing these does not seem to affect the
Problem....at least as I experience it.
Microsoft needs, if it plans on this being viable, to look
into it and identify the why of its happening. It is
better equipped to make the finding and Patch than we are
thrashing about in the dark stumbling into a solution. I
don't think people will appreciate spending hours of time
editing to find out the end result is irritating to watch.
And until we can create satisfying projects we won't be so
interested towards the more advanced potentials of MM2.
I'm feeling a rant coming on....to return.....
......the transition/audio problem...
It seems real enough. More than a mere tweak. I was going
to suffer my way through a solution until I found it was
evident in your file too and which you can readily
inspect....It just ain't Me!...Or Hilton.
With that I'll ask you to make a review and see if you
have any other ideas on how to solve this annoyance in
what otherwise is a competent basic video editor.
Thanks for any additional help.
BTW I like your idea for The Minute View of the World
Video Project. Maybe, equipment willing, I'll be able to
contribute one day on a future project of that
nature....even if it is in Final Cut.
Anthony.
