Dangerfreak

I have the same problem, the options don't matter. It happens loading a .vpj file from version 7.00 (two clips and a transition between them). It seems, the second clip gets stuck for a.moment and that's why the audio gets out of sync. As soon as the next clip starts (clip three, if you add another one), the audio sync is correct again.

I'm not quite sure, when the export video encoding settings of Videopad were changed, it's already some time ago. At the moment, you only can change the bitrate for MP4 videos (H264 codec). In my opinion this does not work very well, even at high bitrate settings I often have (short) sequences with visible artefacts, and sometimes it's even a bit blurry.

This didn't happen with the previous quantizer function (in Videopad version 5 as far as I know). You could enter a certain quality value and even though the average bitrate of the whole video was lower than it is now, there were no quality problems. The video file size also was much smaller.

At the moment, I always export my videos with "default quality" to have the least loss of quality - after that, I reencode the video using Avidemux (to get a much smaller export file), because this nice freeware still has a quantizer, that works very well.

I really wish, the developers of Videopad will add this quality quantizer again...

Hi @plevintampabay  , I probably found a solution, at least it worked for me:

1. Go to Options, and set the width and the height of the preview format to a 9:16 aspect ratio, e.g. 180 x 320, 360 x 640, 720 x 1280, etc. Then click OK to save these options.

2. Edit your video

3. Export your video as a vertical video (9:16), just use any of the matching presets.

Hope it works for you, too!

Another way to highlight several consecutive clips is to left-click  the first clip on the timeline, then press and hold the shift key and left-click on the last clip. After that, release the shift key, press CTRL C to copy and CTRL V to paste it (e.g. into another sequence).

I don't know what the point is - but I know a workaround for it. Go to the menu "Tools -> Options" and change the preview format to the same aspect ratio as the desired export format (example: Export format = 600 x 1200, preview = 200 x 400 etc. ). After that, export the video.

Confirmed... same problem with version 7.02.

Yes, put a clip into the timeline/storyboard, then right-click on it and select "change clip speed...". Set the speed value below 100% to slow the video down.

Hi Gabriel, I can understand your feelings and to be honest, when I started using VideoPad, I had similar problems (and feelings 😉 ). Because I was not happy with VideoPad, I spent months searching for another and better video editing software. I really tested a lot of other editors again and again, but in the end I continued using VideoPad. Meanwhile I can't imagine using another software. You now may ask "why?" 

1. Since I'm using proxy editing ( http://nch.invisionzone.com/topic/26563-proxy-editing ), I don't have performance problems anymore while editing. I know, many other editors don't need that, but it really is worth the little effort. In practice, I recompress my original video clips anyway (using a little and free tool called "Handbrake") to save disk space. The only thing I had to do was adding a second task to Handbrake, which scales down my original video clips. No big deal.

2. I also experienced that exporting a video can take very long. This depends much on the video format (e.g. x265 is somewhat slow) or the number and kind of effects you add to your clips. For large projects, I allocate my video clips into several sequences and export all sequences (not the whole project) when I have finished editing. So if I detect a mistake in one if the sequences later, I only have to correct and export this sequence and not the whole project. If I'm satisfied with the result, I merge all sequences with Avidemux (free tool / could also be done with VideoPad).

3. VideoPad is extremely small (only ~2.5MB). It does not have tons of unnecessary stuff, that only consumes your disk space and installing only needs a few seconds. I really love that 👍👍👍

4. Most important fact: VideoPad is so easy to use, that you don't really need a manual. In my opinion the user interface is the best you can find in the universe 😉 . And if you still have questions, you will get help here in this forum. Give it a try! 🙂 

 Confirmed, something seems to be wrong with the preview. I tried version 6.30, 7.01 an 7.02, version 6.30 worked perfectly and with versions 7.01 and 7.02 the preview was just black. However, the clip was speed up (audio played very fast). Then I tried to save the little project, closed and reopened VideoPad and loaded the project. Now the preview was black and the audio was like muted, I couldnd't hear anything.

My test conditions: I took a random .mp4 clip that was 3:15.820 long and dropped it into the timeline four times in sequence 1. Then I created a new sequence 2, dropped in sequence 1, set the in/out point to 11:00/12:00 and the clip speed to 500%.

Per favore descrivi esattamente cosa hai fatto prima che VideoPad si arresti. Se possibile, prova ad usare il forum inglese (in inglese): http://nch.invisionzone.com/forum/85-videopad
Ci sono molti più utenti che ti possono aiutare.

On 2/6/2019 at 7:45 PM, Nationalsolo said:

Hi

For some reason there are a several  variants on the green File tab, one of which is the nicknamed "Hamburger" tab with three bars on it and yet another is the "Hamburger tab with the label "Menu" to the right and a down arrow. I don't know which is the "official" tab but by reloading the vpsetup.exe file often changes one to the other. (Note that the font also changes...but it's the SAME  vpsetup.exe file that is being used so it's a bit confusing...

 Any way,  with regards to the ..... big button like wot woz in the tutorial .... the demo may have been done using an earlier version of VP   In the current version, whichever Menu button version comes up , to the right of the cassette icon on the top toolbar are right and left pointing arrows, these are the Undo and Redo tabs. Unless you have a clip loaded to the clip bin, neither will be active. Undo (left) and Redo(right) turn blue when active.

Nat

Hi Nat, I think I know why. Let's have a look at the registry here: "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\NCH Software\VideoPad\Software", key "SVar". There are two parameters, that can control the menu button design: "VIDEOPADTtbham" and "LLIBTtbhamtxt"

If both parameters are missing, the menu just shows "File". If you set "VIDEOPADTtbhamon", only the hamburger menu is visible. If you also add "LLIBTtbhamtxton", the hamburger menu will be extended by the label "Menu" 🙂

La tua cartella di salvataggio dell'esportazione video probabilmente non è valida. Si prega di cambiarlo in una cartella esistente dopo aver fatto clic su "Esporta".

Your video export save folder is probably not valid. Please change it to an existing folder after you click "export".

@ David: Try to change the video compression settings when exporting, e.g. use 10000kbps instead of "default quality". By doing so, "lossless export" will be turned off - and I guess there might be a problem with the lossless export (if exporting is quite fast, chances are, that VideoPad is using "lossless export").

I'm sorry, this is not the portable project.

Please upload the portable project  ("save portable project"): http://nch.invisionzone.com/topic/23659-tips-for-getting-help-on-this-forum

All I can see is that the audio of your exported video file is cut off after 41 seconds. After that, there's only silence. To be able to analyze the problem, I need the portable project  ("save portable project").

Errr... so what does "yes" mean?  "I Stand Redeemed.mp4"=Exported file?

If that is the case, please export the whole project ("save portable project") as it is described here: http://nch.invisionzone.com/topic/23659-tips-for-getting-help-on-this-forum/

Is the file  "I Stand Redeemed.mp4" the exported file or your source video file?

Hmmm... your first link is to a file named "I Stand Redeemed.mp4". The .vpj project file is expecting the video file "February 3, 2019 on Livestream (1).mp4". Is that correct?

However, unfortunately I only have the current version (7.01), but it worked perfectly, the exported video file is 3m 55s as it should be. Can you maybe change to the current version?

Can you also provide the .vpj project file, please? Or even better the complete project? See here for help: http://nch.invisionzone.com/topic/23659-tips-for-getting-help-on-this-forum/

@Miggy

Hi Miggy, I remember I had a similar problem with the stabilizer some time ago. For me it helped to reset the deshaker options to default. The settings are saved to C:\Users\{YourName}\AppData\Roaming\NCH Software\VideoPad\deshaker.dat , you can also try to delete that file (better rename it so you have a backup).

If that doesn't work: Maybe it helps to change the encoding settings? I usually set them to H264 (Native)/Default Quality and MP3 (Native)/48000hz 160kbps, stereo-

Undo: It's in the menu (icon with the three horizontal bars): "Edit-> Undo...". I always use the keys CTRL + Z instead, that's a lot faster.

Caching: Yep, it takes very long and it never stops, as long you are working on your video. Usually that doesn't matter, but if VideoPad is getting too slow, many people (me included) transform their clips to a lower resolution and work with them. If you have finished editing and want to render your video, save your project, close VideoPad, replace the smaller clips with the original ones (e.g. by renaming the folder they are saved to), then start VideoPad and load your project. Now you can export your video.

Followup #2: I uninstalled videopad and cleaned the registry manually after that. I also deleted the temp folder and the "NCH Software" folder in AppData/Roaming to remove all traces and settings. Then I reinstalled videopad - and still I can't save the my own equalizer presets, same error message. It only works on one of my computers and I don't see a difference... I really would be very glad if the programmers would have a look at the name validation...

Followup: I just tried it on another computer (Windows 10 pro, 64 bit, too)... and it worked there. Can't explain why. Maybe my windows registry (videopad datas) is messed up. I'm investigating 😉

Well, I'm not one of the programmers of videopad, which means I don't have the source code, so I don't know what could be wrong with the name validation. I just can say, that it doesn't work for me and I don't think the reason is my computer, because I have several windows computers (windows 10 pro, 64 bit, german), at home and in my office, and it doesn't work on all of them, I always get the same error. Because I have admin rights on all of them (lowest security settings), no security software (except windows defender/firewall, don't blame me for that 😄 ), this also can't be the reason.

You are right, by skipping the validation I probably could overwrite the original presets and cause some trouble - and I don't really want to try that, sorry 😉 .