Very weird title motion behavior in 4.5

[ken7]

I just upgraded from 4.0 to 4.52 and noticed that when I put a title in title track 1, it spreads through the entire timeline! This behavior is repeatable every time.

Has anyone seen this and is there a fix for it? Thanks.

[GrassValley_BH]

What's your default title duration set to in the Application Preferences?

[ken7]

It seems to be set at 1 second. I noticed that TM behaves normally for a new project, but my problem is for a project created in Edius 4.0.

[ken7]

OK, I think I see the problem. In the Application preference, "Add Between In/Out" was checked. I unchecked it and all seems fine. Still don't know why it affected only the existing project and not the new one.

All's well that ends well. :)

[antonsvideo]

you must have had in and out marked over the whole timeline

"Add Between In/Out" is best left unchecked permanently to avoid headaches

also, 4.52 has lots of bugs compared to 4.54

[ken7]

Anton, I actually mis-spoke, I do have 4.54. But yes, you are better off unchecking the box for between in & out points. That was my issue and I wasn't expecting it since there wasn't such a choice in my previous version, 4.02.

How would you compare the stability of 4.54 with 4.02? I've found 4.02 to be very stable. I applied the upgrade to my secondary computer which I use to test upgrades before loading it on my main editing computer.

[antonsvideo]

4.54 is awaiting a serious problem fix to TM Pro where all 16:9 titles revert to 4:3 after closing and opening project (standard def projects)

a few other outstanding bugs like failure to export between in and out if outpoint is after the end of the last clip

other than that, I am happy

[ken7]

Sounds good Anton, I don't think those bugs will impact me. So you're finding stability to be as good or better than 4.02 (if you can remember back that far!).

[antonsvideo]

Sounds good Anton, I don't think those bugs will impact me. So you're finding stability to be as good or better than 4.02 (if you can remember back that far!).

I bypassed 4.02 and used 4.03 which was very stable and had no TM Pro problem and had a unique feature, you were able to see the timeline cursor move during export, so you knew exactly where the export is up to and in case it fails, you know where to look for the problem

4.54 is as stable as 4.03

[ken7]

Thanks Anton. A bit off topic, but I see no way to add chapters on the timeline for a specific chapter point if authoring a DVD. I love this new feature, but I'm at a loss to find the magic formula for specifying chapter points.

Thanks again!

[gapmedia]

I assume you mean using the Edius DVD export option?

If so, just put timeline markers (V on keyboard) where you want the chapter points to be and export to DVD.

[ken7]

Gapmedia, yes, using the Edius DVD export option. But it seems that no matter where I put those markers, when going into the edit portion of the DVD Creator, the chapter points appear 'random' and not where I set the markers.

By right clicking on the Chapter thumbnail and selecting "setting", it shows a time for the chapter setting that doesn't even correspond to any marker on the timeline.

[RonnieMartin]

I know this is the long way around but since the beginning I have been writing down the time code for my chapters and then encoding using procoder express or procoder 2.0. After importing the file from procoder to my authoring program I just type in the time code for each chapter and adjust it slightly so that it will start playing at the click of the button in the DVD menu.

I am also more interested in Edius being what it is supposed to be rather than a one stop shop. However, I would really like to see a separate program for DVD authoring developed byGV/Canopus similar to procoder.

The market is ripe for a good authoring program for SD DVD/and HD DVD.

Take care

Ronnie

[gapmedia]

But it seems that no matter where I put those markers, when going into the edit portion of the DVD Creator, the chapter points appear 'random' and not where I set the markers.

Ken, it seems from another active thread about this issue on the forum that it could be an NTSC related problem. It appears that chapter point placement works in PAL projects from what others have written.

Simon

[ken7]

Thanks Gap, not what I wanted to hear, but I guess it is what it is.