Jeff,

And there was I hoping that I could find a magic wand to make it all better.

I am using the latest version, MEP Premium 2017 and have just checked with one clip that was not in the format you suggested, added it to Movavi Video Converter and it seems I was able to convert this to 1920 x 1080 at 25 fps.

So from your answer, it looks like what I need to do is to make a list noting every clip used (and there are lots) within the four minute video, making a note of those that are not in the above format. Then using Movavi, convert them so that they are all the above & same format. This is obviously what you are saying I should do every time I put together a video using clips that have come from different sources.

This of course will mean that I will have to delete the original clip and replace with the converted clip. Two problems I can forsee from this though is that some of the clips used have been edited and cut from the original so is there any way I could get access to the currently used clip within MEP to convert. No doubt there will be other challenges but the second problem I anticipate is that I used a Magix Template and will not now be able to edit anything in that portion of the movie. The only other answer I can see is to start all over again.

George
 

Hi George

. . . . I could find a magic wand to make it all better . . . .

You already have the magic wand which can speed things up - assuming two things - all the video clips are in the same folder and they are the same file type eg mp4.

If they are then do the following with MEP closed:

1. Using Windows Explorer - make a backup copy of the original files to a new folder somewhere out of the way in your Documents folder - this is in case things go wrong
2. Using Windows Explorer - create a new folder as a subfolder of the one where the original video files are
    
3. Open MovAvi
    
4. Drag all the original video files onto MovAvi
    
5. In MovAvi set the program to overwrite the originals - Settings, Conversion tab
    
6. In MovAvi set the required output format, framerate and resolution and ensure the destination folder is the the new subfolder created in 2 - you should see they have the same names as the originals
    
7. Convert the videos
    
8. Close MovAvi when done successfully
    
9. Using Windows Explorer move the originals into a new folder
    
10. Using Windows Explorer move the converted videos from the subfolder created in 2, to the now empty original video folder
11. Open MEP and the project - it will now reload the video files and they should have any cuts, transitions etc applied. The only thing you may need to fix is if you have used any effect which resizes the original eg zoom or section.
     
12. Click Save Project as and give it a new name - this way you can go back to the original project and files by moving the original source files back.

HTH

John EB

John

Yes I did move all movie clips that I wanted to use into a special Project File with sub folders for any jpegs, audio preparation saves and regular saves as I progressed.

Attached is a screen shot of one of the sub video folders for the final part of my movie but wonder what happens if one splits and deletes some of an original clip. For example one of the videos here, 2334, started out as portrait but during filming it had been turned round and finished the sequence off as landscape. I split that up to include in my movie so a part of this video, in portrait mode.starts the sequence off and my movie ends with that same video now cropped for just the landscape part.

Interestingly, as I had always been an admin type person, following Jeff’s comment I started to do an analysis of the object properties of each clip in preparation for what I might have to do.

In the main part of my movie, 29 video clips were used of which 25 are at 1920 x 1080 – 30fps at 16:9 aspect ratio. So the other four were at 4:3, were of a different size and just one at 30 fps. So on that basis I have just got to work on 4?

Within the Magix template though there was a mish mash with just 3 of the 17 clips used at 1920 x 1080 – 30 fps and 16:9. So here 14 to work on? So overall 18 to work on? If I am right then not quite as bad as I thought…. hopefully.

Assuming I am right, then once these 18 clips have been converted, export the final movie as a 1920 x 1080 – 30 fps at 16:9 ratio?   

George 

Must thankyou Jeff and John once again. Now resolved with your help.

Having made a note of every clip and could then see which ones were totally different, I then did as John had suggested, created a sub folder and placed in there a copy of the original movie clips. I then used as suggested, my new MovAvi Converter program to adjust these clips to the format used by the majority of my movie clips and placed them, again in a new sub folder. However rather than do as John had suggested, as is normal for me I took the longer method of replacing each clip myself, one at a time.

Had to make a few other adjustments along the timeline but was really pleased that it all came together and was able to export to a mpeg without any further problem. This has been a great learning curve, keeping the grey cells active and a better understanding of movie parameters.

So thankyou once again Jeff and John.

George