Windows explorer crash with new clips

Ravensoldier22 · Post by **Ravensoldier22** » Thu May 15, 2008 6:37 pm

So, I'm gathering clips in vdub for use in windows movie maker...

I've noticed that after I save a clip, when I try to go to where I put it using windows explorer, it will crash

The only solution I've had work is to import the clip right after I save it, and play the clip at least once. It's worked so far, but I was wondering why this happens

if anyone knows, enlighten me

for the sake of clarity, I'm using the huffy codec when saving the clips, and there's no audio stream, and each clip is about 4-less than a second long

ShatteredFlame · Post by **ShatteredFlame** » Thu May 15, 2008 7:16 pm

Your computer is too weak to handle huffy files. Happens to me with Uncompressed when I save something in Uncompressed >_<. Try saving it in a external hard drive maybe =/ or get more RAM

Ravensoldier22 · Post by **Ravensoldier22** » Thu May 15, 2008 7:18 pm

sweet thanks

yeah, it's about time for an upgrade...

The Origonal Head Hunter · Post by **The Origonal Head Hunter** » Thu May 15, 2008 7:39 pm

Ravensoldier22 wrote:sweet thanks

yeah, it's about time for an upgrade...

not really, most video players can't handle lossless or uncompressed files. They're damn huge, and they're meant for editting with, not playing.

Ravensoldier22 · Post by **Ravensoldier22** » Thu May 15, 2008 7:59 pm

well, I've never had to play them outside of an editor

it just happens when I open up the folder that they're in, if I haven't imported them

BasharOfTheAges · Post by **BasharOfTheAges** » Fri May 16, 2008 6:07 am

That usually just means you have a conflict with decoders that results in explorer crapping out. Make sure you have your decoder options correctly set so 2 or more codecs aren't both trying to decode the same thing at the same time.

JaddziaDax · Post by **JaddziaDax** » Sun May 18, 2008 10:17 pm

what bashar said... if you have ffdshow then be sure to disable it for any codecs you already have on your computer... i had that issue

Ravensoldier22 · Post by **Ravensoldier22** » Mon May 19, 2008 5:03 pm

how do I do that??

and will it mess up anything if I'm in the middle of a project?

JaddziaDax · Post by **JaddziaDax** » Mon May 19, 2008 5:46 pm

you go into the ffdshow settings and uncheck every codec you already have on your computer