Toadstool
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Thanks - I hadn't spotted that clear unused cache feature. Does that mean clips in the bin but not actually used in the sequence can slow down export?
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Trying to open a VP project I've been editing: a box came up saying "stopping queue process threads" / "restarting background threads (not responding)" - then it crashed. Tried again later & got the project up. Tried to export it as a WMV & got "Stopping queue process threads" / "stopping background threads (not responding)". Left it to run overnight to see if it might sort itself out. This morning it says export is 1.1% completed. Anyone know what's happening & what I could do about it?
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Thanks. I hadn't unlinked them, not deliberately anyway. Just tried right-clicking on the vid file & got the option to "restore link" - which has worked: the sound came back.
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Sometimes when I change the order of clips in a sequence, the audio track disappears. The vid track moves to its new slot but minus the sound track. What can I do about this?
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First add a new file - to the "bin" (you'll see it in top L corner). Then drag / drop it to the line above your Video Track 1 - where it says "drag & drop ... here to overlay".
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Yes I'll keep experimenting. I have to wait days for replies from Panasonic & they're not very detailed. I'll also look into hooking my laptop directly to the TV & bypassing the DVD player altogether. It plays DVDs OK but its USB port seems pretty useless.
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Having now found we can put in other resolutions through "custom", I changed a couple of my unplayable files to 720 x 304 as you suggested. This does make a playable file - as if "unsupported format" may actually mean "unsupported resolution"? But there are a couple of problems: 1) the aspect ratios are wrong: people / buildings / objects are now too thin or too tall. VP warns: "the preview (16:9) and export (45:19) aspect ratios differ". It suggests either "crop edges" or "resize to fit" - I've tried both, but neither helps. 2) the picture quality isn't very good - but then 720 x 304 seems pretty low res? But I do seem to be slowly getting somewhere. Any tips on either of the above? I also tried just changing the suffix from .avi to .xvid. The unplayable files are still unplayable & the playable ones still play, but still with those 2 problems above.
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Confused. Yes I've seen these websites that say .xvid isn't a file extension, but Panasonic says it is. Also, googling for converters I find things like (e.g.) ""You would like to convert a home video to some other video formats? AVS Video Converter enables you to convert home video to DivX, Xvid, AVI, MPEG, WMV, MOV, and save converted files to your PC. ... " - but when I download the converter, .xvid turns out to be NOT an option to change a file to. Yes my USB stick is FAT32. That's not the issue. And it plays jpeg stills through the DVD player fine.
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The mystery deepens. I've now had a reply from Panasonic to my query: "In response, I would explain that .xvid is used as a codec name as well as a file extension. Please ensure that the USB device is formatted in either FAT12, FAT16 or FAT32 file system before adding content to it. The device supports .avi or .xvid files from USB." So, Panasonic still say (as per the DVD player manual) that .xvid is a file extension. Are they wrong?
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Dropbox link to one of my mini AVIs: https://www.dropbox.com/s/t4txhn3lrfgr4es/cricket.avi?dl=0 C-major: I forget what the resolution was - if I remember, the resolution in the file you sent me (the one that does play on my DVD player) wasn't available as an option when I exported from Videopad.
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Thanks for patience. I've tried again, this time exporting direct to usb stick, but same result: unsupported format. Then I gave it another go, & at "create" I get "the preview & export aspect ratios differ" & the choice of "crop edges" or "resize to fit". Whichever of those I pick, I then get "failed". I've tried both PAL & NTSC (the DVD manual says it can play both). So I don't know why the file you sent me plays, but the ones I make just don't. Or, why I now can't make them at all (just "failed".)
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Aha - THAT one does play on my DVD player, from USB stick. So How did you do it? I've just tried to replicate it - exported a VP project to Video File, choosing .avi as File Format and "MPEG4 Native" as Video Compressor. But the DVD player again says "Unsupported Format". What am I doing wrong?
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My Panasonic can handle +r DVDs. My problem isn't with DVDs, it's with USB files. "The file extension has to be .xvid or .avi" ...
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Yes I can burn a DVD - though curiously, I always get a message that it's failed, even though it's produced a perfectly OK DVD. What I can't do is make a vid file that will play from USB memory stick on my new Panasonic DVD player/TV (which I want to do because my TV screen is much bigger than my PC screen, & because I want to save backups on memory stick rather than DVD). Indications are that this is a Panasonic issue rather than a VP issue. Manual says USB plays .avi files & .xvid files. It won't play avi's & everyone's telling me there's no such things as .xvid files (xvid is a codec not a file extension). I've messaged Panasonic & I'm waiting for their reply.
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Yes I've found articles like that one. Maybe Panasonic got it wrong in their manual then.
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Wondered if you could tell me anything about vid files with extension .xvid though. Do they exist? I haven't found a converter that will make them. No clear info anywhere on internet.
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I can burn DVDs then copy the Video TS folder from DVD to a memory stick & it'll play them: though it breaks them down into smaller VOB files that have to be played one at a time. It won't play MOV, MPEG4, WMV, AVI, & I'm not going to try converting them into every other imaginable format on the off chance that one might work. It's going back to the shop. It plays DVDs fine, though. The manual says the file extension (for USB) has to be either .avi or .xvid. Is there even such a thing as .xvid as a file extension? None of the format conversion apps I've looked at has it as an option. I downloaded the xvid codec & "xvid MPEG4 codec" shows up in VP. Tried using it & it makes files that won't even play on the computer (it plays the sound only) & not at all on the DVD player.
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Thanks. Same result: "unsupported format". Maybe there's a fault in my DVD player ...
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Thanks. Under "encoder options" then "compression settings" I've found "Xvid MPEG-4 codec" & went for that. But my DVD player STILL says "unsupported format". However I see under "Xvid configuration" there are 17 options - 4 different kinds of Xvid & 13 different kinds of MPEG4. Plus, 2 different "encoding types" - single pass or twopass. Should I just wade through the lot & see if any of them work, or could you give me any shortcut tips? The DVD manual says for playing vids from USB stick "the file extension has to be .XVID, .xvid, .AVI or .avi." .xvid doesn't seem to be an option in VP so I've been going for .avi with "Xvid MPEG-4 codec".
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How do you do that? mp4 or mpg come up as options under file settings for making a vid file, is it one of those?
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The (Panasonic) dvd player says files (on usb stick) have to be .avi or .xvid. Videopad can make avi files, but the player says "format unsupported". Xvid doesn't come up as an option in Videopad. I've installed the xvid codec but it makes no difference.
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An outcome (though everybody seems to have stopped commenting on this thread): I bought a new DVD player for £29 & it does play the DVDs I made with Videopad. Looks like old VCR/DVD machines can't handle Videopad discs but modern ones can. So the problem wasn't Videopad, it was my ancient hardware. But now a new problem: this new DVD player also has a USB port, & I'd like to store vids on a memory stick & play them through the DVD player / TV. But it ain't having it. I'll start a new thread about that soon ...
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Update: that DVD I burned from an ISO file made with Videopad: tried it in a friend's DVD player / TV, and it plays fine. Just not on mine, though mine still plays my older DVDs. My friend's player is much newer / more modern than mine (hers also plays Blu-ray while mine also plays VHS cassettes ...) - I guess I need a new DVD player.
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Checked a couple of my unplayable discs. One has a list very much like that one, inside a folder. The other one has an ISO file, under "files ready to be written to the disc", & when I click on the ISO file it shows 2 folders, AUDIO_TS & VIDEO_TS. Inside the VIDEO_TS folder there's a list that looks like that, too. I'll try these discs on a different DVD player when I get the chance. My older discs still play fine. But for a while now, my Win7 machine has been making unreliable discs: they play, but they stick after a while. My Win10 laptop (with Videopad) doesn't seem to make playable discs at all. I suspect that Win 10, as well as some recent automatic update to Win7, just doesn't get on with an old VCR/DVD player like mine. I'm thinking of investing in a new / modern DVD player that will play from USB sticks as well as DVDs & maybe bypassing DVDs altogether: just store vid files on memory sticks.
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Thanks for tips & patience. As I mentioned, my DVD still plays my old Win7 DVDs, so I didn't think the problem was the machine.