Hi

What version is MEP 2016 trial at - see under Help, About ?

What is your computer specification and Windows version - please be specific?

John EB

Hi John.

Movie Edit Pro 2016 Plus, Version 15.0.0.73.

Computer: Dell Opitplex 9010 tower, Win 7 Pro 64-bit, i7-3770 @3.4Ghz, 8GB RAM, 1 TB Crucial M550 SSD as C: drive.

My goal with this particular project was to start off at regular speed, slow down a portion in the middle, then finish back at regular speed as the clip ends.  It worked perfectly using keyframes, except for the sound.  I was wanting the sound to follow along and slow down during the slow video portion, then catch back up at the end at regular speed because there was some dialog at the end that I needed at regular speed along with the video.

What I ended up having to do was to cut the portion to be slowed into its own clip, then apply the speed effects.  The regular speed beginning and ending clips placed at the beginning and end, respectively.  It worked, but it should have been doable within the same clip.

Thanks,

Joe Klein 

Hi

. . . . I was wanting the sound to follow along and slow down during the slow video portion, then catch back up at the end at regular speed . . . .

Using Keyframes this is achievable without having to cut the video providing you are aware of a limitation:-

If you slow the video down to a speed less than 1/4 normal then a message should pop up indicating that the audio should be detached.

I suspect you may have clicked the Do not show again and removed the audio the first time this message appears, then the same action will be repeated every time you use the speed effect and set a value less than 0.25 or greater than 4.

You can reset the dialog hints in the programs settings System tab, Reactivate dialogs option.

HTH

John EB

Hi John,

I still had the dialog hints enabled.

I just tried it again with a new project and same result.  As soon as I add the 1st keyframe at the beginning of clip, the audio waveform disappears.  I didn't even change the speed setting yet, just added the keyframe.

But then I tried not trimming the clip first, like I had been in my other attempts.  So when I don't trim the clip first, the audio still disappears when I add the first keyframe, but the audio no longer cuts out part way through the clip like it did on all my other attempts (which involved trimming a second or two off of the front of the clip.  After I had the keyframes and speed set how I wanted, I was then able to trim off the front of the clip, and it didn't affect the remaining part.  Weird, but at least I know how to do it now.

John, I'm curious if you exhibit the same behavior.

Thanks again for your time and replies.

Joe Klein

Hi,

@John EB,

Was there not some problem with kf's on Speed initially in MEP2016, or was it VPX7? I looked for the thread but couldn't find it, but I recall that there was a bug somewhere.

Hi

@John CB

 . . . . Was there not some problem with kf's on Speed initially in MEP2016 . . . .

There was an issue, raised by a member, with keyframes and the speed effect however it was with MEP 2015 .

I have checked the patches fix details for MEP 2016 and can find no reference to an issue with the speed effect and keyframes.

HTH

John EB

Hi

. . . . But then I tried not trimming the clip first, like I had been in my other attempts.  So when I don't trim the clip first, the audio still disappears when I add the first keyframe, . . . .

I get something similar happening using your method, however it is not the audio that disappears just the graphical representation of the audio waveform which as you are using this to locate specific points in the video is a problem.

Previous versions of MEP - 2013, 2014, 15 and 2016 show the same effect ie turn off the audio waveform display which I think is logical.

The cutting off of the audio as Joe has found may be related to trimming the clip first and the video format used, however I cannot reproduce this using mp4 or mt2s files.

HTH

John EB