How do I render in Movie Edit Pro 2014 Plus?

jazzrobertson wrote on 2/1/2014, 4:11 PM

I am trying to edit a 4 minute photo collage. There are no added effects on any of the images, just simple cut transitions from one to the next. However, it cannot playback while editing for longer than 30 sec - 1 minute without both skipping and lagging. Either the audio will skip with the video, or the audio will continue as normal but the images will lag and start skipping to try and catch up.

I'm wondering why this may be? Am I rendering correctly? I set in and out points, use the pre-set Alt + R to render, a box pops up asking which rendering I would like. I select "Best for Playback" however it doesn't appear to do anything. There is no progress bar, the cursor does not even spin like it is thinking. Am I doing something wrong in rendering? Why else would it be skipping?

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johnebaker wrote on 2/1/2014, 5:31 PM

Hi

I presume you mean the preview window is skipping and lagging as you play the timeline and you are editing HD material on the timeline..

In this case I would suspect your computer is specification is not high enough for full HD editing.

You can improve this by checking the Automatically create proxy files option in the movie settings.

This will create 1/4 size movie files for the timeline / preview window only.  When you check this on an existing project or import files to the timeline, it may take several minutes for the proxy files to be created.

When you come to export as HD then the full HD video files are used.

HTH

John

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cpc000cpc wrote on 2/1/2014, 5:44 PM

jazzrobertson,

Adding to John's reply...

The rendering feature is, as outlined in the help file, for smooth playback when previewing during editing. The Alt + R shortcut is the dialog for configuring the type of rendering to be performed -- you should be using Ctrl + R (or screen icon) to start the actual rendering. On a fast computer and using only still images without complex transitions you would no doubt get a message telling you that there are no problem areas and there is no need to do a preview render. If, as John suspects, your computer is rather slow then MEP will find the regions which need attention.

What is your audio? Single file or a complex mix of sound clips? I'd suggest muting the image track(s) and see if the audio will play smoothly on its own. And then check vice versa to see if the images can preview smoothly without any sound.

Regards,

Carl

 

cpc000cpc wrote on 2/1/2014, 10:25 PM

Looks or sounds (but not both :-) like you now have very good evidence that your computer has just about half as much grunt as it needs! I'd assume all will be well with your final export.