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Lancelot Chan; my hardware is brand new, Dell, hum-dinging spec and hardware, yet the videopad editor is now such a hassle. I can't seem to get anything done without issues. This subject says "addressed" but it isn't really, I've been through a litany of versions. It is a shame really. On my old clunky laptop with version 6 of videopad I never had an issue, never had to spend time on this or any other forum, intuitive and easy, it was just that the old laptop was slow and low spec. Transferring to the new laptop I was forced into a renewed paid subscription for a newer version - thus hassle, hassle, hassle ever since. I've been looking at alternative softwares now, I might leave NCH to it - fed up. Davinci is even free and looks fairly high spec. I was a champion for Videopad, not now. Version 11.08 through to v11.38, all nigglesome and glitchy. Fed up with trying to document all the issues so that I know the LEAST WORST version to revert to when my 6 months is up (soon). Hence the plan B Davinci or similar. That may now be my plan A actually. Kind Regards.

Still on the V11.38 64 bit, I find that every time I apply a simple text block to a scene, or apply a fade transition, I get blue and/or purple line 'lock-out' to my video for about 30 minutes before I can even get control back to my preview window so I can see the outcome. I have some thirty fade transitions in my video, and currently 3 text blocks, so that is about a week's worth of waiting for line lock-outs just in the tweaking edits. I can apply a clip fade transition to a clip at 90% on the timeline, yet the blue/purple line starts working through from timeline zero, like it is re-paginating the whole piece from scratch each time. Can anyone please recommend a video editing package that is affordable and works. I always used to extol the virtues of Videopad (@ version 6), and always proudly stated the package used in my video descriptions. When I sit down to the computer, I ideally wish to be editing videos, not forever communicating on this message board for assistance, and for four years I never had any need before I was prompted into upgrading my prior paid 'for life' license on this new laptop. -0-0- .... And then when the purple line has at last finished its cycle through, there is no audio. Oh for heavens sakes.

Ok, thank you Borate. I sort of see, yet I suppose I must just have been pure darned lucky to only have tried one version before, and it was just fine out of the gate back in 2018 with v6.00. Nevertheless I shall give 11.38 64 a try. I would like to be suggested for a time extension if at all possible as I have been through an awful lot of versions so far, with assiduous notetaking at each version for reasons already stated. These are my very-very summarized findings so far, going back to 18th January; 11.08 does not fire up Nvidia (but is quick nonetheless). 11.08 also has a funny frame backflip thing going on with transitions. 11.17 64 beta is no good with .MTS (28/1/22). 11.18 has out of sync audio (5/2/22). 11.20 has out of sync audio (no lip sync) in final export 11.22 beta has first few frame blurred in export unless you use Default export settings. 11.22 32 bit full release has first few frame blurred in export unless you use Default export settings. Yikes and crikey, it might not look it but there is a lot of notetaking and comparison work represented in the above. Kind Regards.

Hello Borate; Can you please say what this latest version number is before I click on it. I don't think I quite yet understand why no version ever seems to be made wholly good before a new version appears with all its new attendant issues. Just looking at the main comment pages it seems that 11.38 has issues. Oh my god, what is going on? I keep trying to document everything about each version in case I need to revert at some point to the "least worst" variant, but it seems like a full time job. Thankyou.

Lancelot Chan; Thank you kind Sir. That is helpful, and I find what you say to be the case using my current version 11.22. Using a 20,000 kbps camera source video, I find that we get the export Total bitrates as per; using Default - "High" quality file size gives export at 17,893 kbps (18K kbps nominal) using Default - "Medium" quality file size gives export at 3,916 kbps (4K kbps nom) using Default - "default" quality file size gives export at 7,983 (8K kbps nom). It seems a shame that one cannot tailor the output specifically to what the options would seem to imply, and I was ideally hoping to achieve a 10 or 12K kbps, but certainly 18K kbps will be OK for short videos, and maybe I shall have to accept the 8K kbps for longer videos. Youtube upload times may be too excessive for long ones at 18K kbps, plus there is the file size vs memory storage of course. On a related note, another video I exported using Default - "High" quality came out at 15,155 kbps (15K kbps nom), so "High" seemingly gives a range of 15-18K kbps nominal. I did not try the Default - "Low" quality setting, but I hazard a guess that this would yield circa 2,000 kbps files. Kind Regards.

Hello there; It has been a while, I just needed to have a rest from all this. It is quite hard work detailing and recording all the foibles of each subsequent version. Using 11.22 (32), my latest observation is that upon export the first few frames of the video are often blurry. I think I have seen comments elsewhere to this effect. I think you may be able to let me have a go at 11.26 now, might that resolve that issue? If I get a masters edition, will I still be limited to 6 months from registration date to try to get a version that is satisfactory in all respects? Kind Regards.

Thankyou borate, I shall prepare proceed with this now, but just before I do is there a full release of 11.22 now, or 64 bit, or has it moved up meanwhile to 11.23 perhaps? Kind Regards.

Hello Borate; thankyou. Above I see a link - as written - to "current 10.22 beta version" (is that a typo i.e. should that be 11.22?), and is it 32 or 64 bit. (I think you have told me that a 64 bit would be better on a 64 bit machine?) I agree that your personal message export output has much better lip sync now, but I do not know what you mean by convert .MTS to mp4 (H265) first, or how to do it. Did you mean that the export took just 16 seconds? [For information, the earlier Ken Burns effect options had presets like 'pan and zoom to lower left' or ' ..... to upper right' etc etc]. Kind Regards.

Thank you kind Sir; Now trying out version 11.20 32 bit [Using that 13min 11 sec 1000km review clip (.MTS)]; i.e. This was that trial 2 clip you have saved as 2022-01-28 15-02-50. (1.13 GB) Videopad Version 11.20 32 bit; First time loading (and after a cache clean) the timed progress of the blue line in the sequence preview window was clearing to grey at the rate of about 1 minute of video timeline in 6.5 mins of real time, so the whole would have taken about 85 mins (1hr 25 mins) to clear. I realized however that I had not observed the clip preview window at all, so quitting after 7 mins or so, and clearing the cache, I started a new videopad session. CPU 36%, Ram 6.5 Gb (41%), GPU 0 1%, GPU 1 7% Second time (after said 2nd cache clean) and looking specifically at the clip preview window, there was no purple, it was instantly grey. Now observing the sequence preview window this second time, the blue line took 15mins 25secs to clear (timed). I.e the blue line clear rate is at about 1.2 minutes of real time per minute of video timeline. CPU 96%, Ram 7.1 Gb (45%), GPU 0 0%, GPU 1 20-40% varies. Because (on this v11.20 32 bit iteration) the sequence and preview clips can play smoothly, with lip sync to boot - pretty much from the get go (but note only so in clip and preview windows, alas not in export) - the fact that the blue line still takes a long time to clear is of much less consequence. This is because you can already be at the process of viewing and planning early tweaks and edits etc whilst it does its thing. Export time for this same 13min11sec .MTS video clip ; with settings thus; Preset - Custom MP4, Resolution 1920 x 1080 – 1080P HD, Encoder Settings – File Quality 10,000 kbps Encoder settings – Lossless Export – Auto Detect, Framerate – 29.97 fps …… …… it took 7mins & 38secs (timed) to complete - An export rate of 1.73 video timeline minutes per minute of real time. Conversely - a factor of 0.58 timeline length to export download time [on this computer – i7 11800H, 1TB, 16GB Ram, NVIDIA Geforce RTX 3060 with 6GB video ram]. Lip sync was off though in the finalized export! I mention all these stats just to baseline the performance against any further tweaked &/or 64 bit versions that may soon be released in answer to observations; to follow …….. see next forthcoming comms from me. -0-0- Version 11.20 Observations; The Ken Burns effect now shows the options for pan and zoom (as does the Pan and Zoom effect – so a duplication. The former Ken Burns presets were great though). During playback, the main timeline cursor does not go fully to the right (it sort of ‘sticks’ at 85%). Project begins to ‘re-paginate’/re-cache at every little tweak, even if it is only correcting one letter in a spelling mistake on a static text clip). Program seems to have an auto in-built “Clear cache” function now. That is great if I'm right. It would be great if the export options window ‘held’ the last (previous) set-up choices (as V6.0 used to do). Lip sync is out in the finalized export (I guestimate at perhaps 0.25 seconds or so). I hope fettling any of the above will not however upset any of the recent gains we have made in getting .MTS files back into the game. Kind Regards.

At last, some success with the uploading of folders in the .mts trials. Empirical observations relating to same as per below; Trial 1 (v 11.18); 2min 55sec .MTS multi clip (8 off) cacheing up seems to be at a much lower rate than for trial 2, maybe because it is a multiclip. Timed at 24 mins (for a 3 min project). CPU 15%, GPU 0 1%, GPU 1 (Nvidia) varies circa 7-16%, Ram at 39% (6 meg) usage. It is saved as 2022-01-28 15-35-56 (391 MB) Trial 2 (v11.18); 13min 11sec .MTS e-bike 1000km review clip inserted, blue line passes within perhaps 1 minute in the preview window, but then putting it on the timeline, takes 22 minutes timed. CPU 88%, GPU 0 0%, GPU 1 (Nvidia) varies circa 25-40%, Ram at 45% (7 meg) usage. Putting in a split caused the re-cache to start all over so I undid that to grab a backup file for you. The audio was out of sync again, but I know it is alright from previous youtube upload from this very clip. It is saved as 2022-01-28 15-02-50. (1.13 GB) Trial 3 (v11.18); 2min 55 sec .MTS multi clip which saw the blue line passing almost immediately in the preview window, but collectively the two took 6 mins to sweep through the blue in the sequence window. This is 2 clips that I know worked pretty well when I created a finalised video when I still had the 11.08 version. Non of the clips here show my lips so I can’t tell whether it is out of sync or not. CPU 100%, GPU 0 0%, GPU 1 (Nvidia) varies circa 20-35%, Ram at 43% (6.7 meg) usage. The audio was a bit out of sync in the former 11.08 editor, but it seemed to come good in the export. It formerly loaded dead fast, and exported fast. Oh, and the 11.08 transitions had that funny backframe flip thing going on, so I ended up not using my usual 1 second cross fades etc. It is saved as 2022-01-28 15-59-51 (357 MB) This last one was the least onerous by far, and behaved pretty much like it had on 11.08. I have to point out that all MP4 projects (as distinct and separate from the above .MTS trials) had been pretty good so far, but these .MTS files are the only type I can get from one particular Sony Handycam device, and I have lots banked up for processing, and .MTS files had never ever been an issue on my old V 6.0 videopad. All these trials are all from files stored internally (i.e. on the SSD), not from an external HDD or SD card etc. This machine should be humming them through. I hope some of this makes sense.

I got a strike on one of the Videopad audio tracks too a while back. Shame really, made me nervous. I only use their sound effects now, and youtube creator studio for YT licensed audio music etc.

Hello Borate. I am having internet connection issues at the mo and every time I go to upload the project folders it falls over and stalls. I shall be getting a new router on the 15th. I had thought it might happen before then but the openreach street-ware proprietor cannot switch over to the new plan until then. I could look at hardwiring-in with the ethernet cable if you think it is worth while. I've not gone hardwire before but I think it could be a physical possibility. Re the new versions, so we have a 11.20 beta (but what are the caveats ?) The other other version is a 11.18 or 11.19 I assume? Which one best addresses the .MTS thing, and which one would I be best off to try? Kind Regards.

OK, thankyou good Sir or Madam; I shall study the disc clean thing when my head is freed up, it looks like the defrag sort of thing which I think might be programmed every month or so. Useful info. Re the one drive thing; holy moly, i have created the folders and am uploading one (the smallest @ 357 MB) to onedrive now, but it is taking forever, and my wifi keeps crashing too, gadzooks .... but still, must carry on. Kind Regards.

OK thankyou. I shall try the 64 bit version first. When I cleared 'cache' I meant I cleared windows tempfiles etc. I think all of the project files default to the recycle bin anyway but I haven't really got a clue on that. So here goes, 64 bit 11.17, then I'll try to do that file share thing (yikes!). Kind Regards.

OK, I thank you for your time borate. I do not know if you are an NCH boffin or a very talented and keen public contributor, but thanks either way. Sorry for the long detailed reportage here, but I am not at all i-techy, I can only describe it as an ordinary old school engineer would. Trying the program overwrite you suggested today (28/1/22 am), I think it was exactly the same version. Trial 1; A multi clip project of 2min 55 secs video time took about 15 mins to cache-in. If you then add a transition or something it does a re-cache all over again, during which time you cannot be doing any other edits to the project because the sequence preview freezes, as does the cursor, whilst the CPU is busy. Trial 2; A single clip project of 13min 11 sec was then tried in a new session. It took 22 mins to cache-in. Then was glitchy to play with audio out of sync in preview. If you then split the track to discard a section say, then do a cross fade to link the remaining clips, then it re-caches from zero all over again. I am sure it would do similarly if I then wished to amplify the audio, or crop the image, or adjust it in any other way. Each little tweak would entail a long wait before you can do the next step. I never saw a purple band, it was blue from the start, then gradually turned to the underlying black over a yawningly long time, each and every time. Neither of these cache-in and (re-cache) times are workable if any realistic productivity is to be accomplished. I did try the clear cache thing you articulated to another correspondent, but I hardly know how to do that without being worried about clearing out something important, and I have never had to do that before in 4 years of regular successful Videopad use (v 6.0) over the past four years. It was just slow because of my antiquated hardware of that time. Is this a 64 bit version? Would that make much of a difference? My computer is new, is an i7 11800H 11 gen CPU, 64 bit, 16 meg ram, 6meg Nvidia 3060, 1Tb SDD, I am sure it is an absolute hot diggity dog machine. I know the 13min 11sec clip is good because I actually used and published it in a Youtube video 4 years ago, edited and made on Videopad v6.0, on my old 2010 Packard Bell Pentium T4400 dual core 4 meg ram no graphics card machine, which was just slow to finalize, but OK in the load up. I tried it again after a re-start of the machine, in case that was required, again trial 2 repeated was as begrudgingly slow. I do so hope that you or the NCH people can give me some hope that things may soon come to be resolved. I am spending so much time just in this query/trial/no-progress state that I am not being at all productive – neither on the editing, nor in other realms of life due to the huge cerebral distraction this constitutes. Kind Regards.