cannot continue to add video clips

chardy55 wrote on 9/17/2013, 4:07 PM

I keep getting to a stage in my editing when the program no longer allows me to add clips to the story board view. If i try it just stalls out. I may be able to see the clip in scene overview but cannot add it in storyboard. I don know why.  I have not had this problem before. Is there a size issue I am not aware of?

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gandjcarr wrote on 9/17/2013, 7:35 PM

Hi,

What do you mean by "it just stalls out"?  Does the program crash, or what happens?  Have you tried adding clips in the timeline view with the same result?  Which OS version are you running and how much RAM do you have? Also which version of Movie Edit Pro are you using, and how long is the video you are creating and how many clips are you talking about?

All this information would help get a more concise answer.

George

chardy55 wrote on 9/18/2013, 6:33 AM

When I say "stall" I mean the clip i am trying to add to the storyboard will not not appear. If I continue to try and add the clip, at times it will throw the rest of the clips out of sequence or everything behind it will dissapear from the storyboard. At that point I have to undo my last steps or close without saving to get my storyboard view back.

I am using movie pro edit 17. the length so far is 12:21:18:24, of course this will be cut down considerably after editing and excess clips are removed. I currently have 360 clips in the storyboard with many more to go through.

Thanks!

johnebaker wrote on 9/18/2013, 12:44 PM

Hi

. . . . 12:21:18:24 . . .

That translates to 12 hours 21 minutes 18 seconds and 24 frames of video.

I think you have hit the maximum allowed movie length on the timeline. 

You need to switch to timeline mode and and edit this down before continuing.

What is your intended output format - DVD, Blu-ray, exported video file?

John

 

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gandjcarr wrote on 9/19/2013, 2:23 PM

Hi,

I agree with John, you are way over what anyone could expect from a consumer editing program, and probably over what you can expect from a professional program.  It seems to me that you are attempting to import and edit everything that you have ever recorded.  As a professional video editor, this is not the way to do it.  Choose how you want to create your video by topic, by date, by subject or whatever, then go about your work that way.  Do not drag everything that you have ever recorded and try to edit and produce one massive movie!  I tried dragging in 300 clips and it took so long to get them into the project that I realized that once I wanted to go to edit them I would have a big problem so I cancelled the import and say this to you.  Create your video in manageable chunks, get them how you want them, then pull the edited chunks into your time line and finish it from there.

George