Can someone help me? [crashing WMM when exporting]

WilLoW :--) · Post by **WilLoW :--)** » Sun Oct 19, 2003 2:05 am

IMO your problem comes from your source footage...what's the codec of your sources ? (what kind of codec can WMM use ?)

Dannywilson · Post by **Dannywilson** » Sun Oct 19, 2003 4:29 am

Just for the record, this DOES need to go in video software help.

Arigatomina · Post by **Arigatomina** » Sun Oct 19, 2003 4:41 am

WilLoW :--) wrote:IMO your problem comes from your source footage...what's the codec of your sources ? (what kind of codec can WMM use ?)

I haven't tried uncompressed footage, so that right there could be the problem. I *have* tried wmv, huffyuv, mpeg1, LEAD MCMP/MJPEG Codec (VFW), Intel IYUV Codec, Ligos Indio@Video Raw R1.2, DivX Codec 4.12, Microsoft Video 1, RealMedia, and XviD MPEG-4 codec.

WMM 2.0 will take huffyuv or any of these codecs fine if you're producing to wmv (though if the timeline is too complicated you need a lot of empty harddrive space to produce it). WMM 1.0 will take any of them and produce to wmv or NTSC AVI.

The only thing I haven't tried (aside from MPEG 2 and some of the other codecs in Vdub) is uncompressed footage. If that's the only option I guess I'm out. ^_^ I just don't have the space for that many uncompressed clips.

Cyanna · Post by **Cyanna** » Mon Oct 20, 2003 10:11 am

Scintilla wrote:
Arigatomyna wrote:I'd really like to look at Cyanna's computer - if she has an older codec or something that allows wmm's DV AVI to come out right, it would be a great help to everyone who uses the program. I really feel like we're all missing something now that I know it worked for someone. ~_~
Trying to remember what I know about it: it's a laptop IBM Thinkpad R31, not more than a year old, running Windows XP (don't know whether Home or Pro), WMM 2.0, and I think she used Uncompressed RGB source clips. Direct Stream Copy from DubMod For more details, you'd have to ask her.

I don't think I could give general answers as to why it worked for me (I successfully exported a DV-AVI (NTSC) file at least three times so I don't exactly know if it's just my dumb luck).

Unlike Scintilla, I'm not exactly blessed with a technical mind so I practically had to be spoonfed on how to get the footage, export the finished product and upload it to the org. The only thing I really had no help in was the actual AMV construction.

Perhaps the next time he comes over to my place he can find out what the heck I did because I sure don't know. I didn't think exporting out of WMM was such an annoyence for others. I'm really surprised to see that I'm an exception to this. As much as I wish I had answers, I really don't.

Arigatomina · Post by **Arigatomina** » Tue Oct 21, 2003 3:04 pm

Cyanna wrote:Perhaps the next time he comes over to my place he can find out what the heck I did because I sure don't know. I didn't think exporting out of WMM was such an annoyence for others. I'm really surprised to see that I'm an exception to this. As much as I wish I had answers, I really don't.

Ah. ^_^;;

I really didn't mean to sound like I was blaming you, it's just the jealousy and frustration talking. ^_~

I heard about your case (from Scintilla) a while back and have been trying to get it to work for me since I know it's something on my end - if it worked for one then there *is* a way. But so far I've come up with nothing, so I get a little angsty when I think about it.

One thing I can ask - did you adjust your framerate? I haven't experimented with framerates, and I know that's an issue in Premiere so it's another possibility. As far as I've heard, wmm doesn't have an limits on framerate (of the original footage), but I realize everything I've been using was 24 fps - that could also be the problem. ^_^;;

Cyanna · Post by **Cyanna** » Tue Oct 21, 2003 5:08 pm

Oh I didn't feel like I was being blamed for anything.

I was just surprised that this is a commen problem.

I've never touched the frame rate in WMM2. It's currently set at 30 fps.