VPX(8) - New patch - 15.0.2.72

browj2 wrote on 8/6/2016, 10:55 PM

Many things fixed.

Changes in version 15.0.2.72:

* Fixed import problems with MXF files
* Fixed rare interruptions of HEVC export
* Enabled length adjustment of very small objects in the Timeline
* Zoom slider can now be used as usual in the position/size dialog
* Values in the position/size dialog now update themselves when the playback marker is moved
* Visual adjustment of the position/size effects on all render paths (GPU & CPU)
* Fixed image distortion in connection with position/size and crop effects
* Fixed image distortion in connection with rotation and crop effects
* Fixed error when combining title and crop effects
* Fixed crash when using previously deactivated effects in the effect view
* Fixed error that prevented setting video frames for the "video level"
* Fixed crash when leaving Multicam mode
* Audio recording is no longer stopped if the Esc key is pressed in another application
* Fixed error preventing closing program at the end of the initial program use
* Fixed crash in camera/zoom dialog
* Fixed crash when changing number of monitors in operation and after standby
* Black frames removed from proxy file that appeared when the 'Crop videos' option was active
* Fixed crash when loading effect templates
* Fixed distortion of images (bmp) with changed size and keyframe
* Fixed error that caused an object on a locked track to disappear when an effect/design object was dragged on it
* Fixed crash when using very long file paths
* Added error warning when loading an invalid lookup table
* Fixed crashes when loading unsupported lookup tables
* Fixed error that occurred when projects with lookup tables were saved/loaded
* Improved speed for effects based on lookup tables
* Fixed update error in preview monitor when switching lookup tables
* Fixed various crashes during effect calculations
* Improved border quality for moving objects
* Fixed error that caused animated objects (especially titles) to flash briefly when leaving the visible area
* Fixed error whereby an object briefly reappears in the original position (only when the object has been previously moved outside the visible monitor area)
* Fixed color distortion in the brightness/contrast effect when only the start or end point of the curve was moved
* Improved speed for most view/animation effects
* Fixed errors when loading or saving keyframes of OpenFX plug-ins
* Fixed erroneous values in dialog when an OpenFX effect or subcategories in the effect overview were deactivated and activated again
* A material's alpha channel can now be deactivated in the chroma-key dialog
* Restored button-checked states in the brightness and chroma key dialog
* Fixed problems with Mercalli 2.0 image stabilization with interlace material (DVD)
* Complete project folder path is now displayed again in the start dialog
* Travel route animation improved (zoom operation, performance, added new maps) and fixed crashes
* Small corrections to program interface and localization

Comments

browj2 wrote on 8/7/2016, 9:30 AM

With15.0.2.72, I can no longer load any LUTs. Can someone please confirm?

Also, as with the previous patch, clicking on the "Load lookup table.." defaults to

C:\ProgramData\MAGIX\Video_Pro_X8

This is not a reasonable place to put LUTs IMO, and I would rather have them under the Project folder. I would like to suggest to Magix to change the default location, or better still, to allow the user to set the default location.

Note also that the above location is where a couple of ini files are placed. These seem to be important and it would likely not be a good idea to start adding LUTs in here. I tried just to see if the location of the LUTs was a problem, and it was not.

The main ini files are under:

C:\Users\my_name\AppData\Roaming\MAGIX\Video_Pro_X8

johnebaker wrote on 8/7/2016, 1:18 PM

Hi John CB

. . . . With15.0.2.72, I can no longer load any LUTs. Can someone please confirm? . . . .

Confirmed - repair ( do not try this have to reinstall now ) and reset do not fix the issue, there is no message in the log as to why it does not load - previously I would get one of these 2 error messages when there was a problem:

[MxVfx LUT]:Failed to load LUT file 'file://computer2 . . . . . / xxxxxxxxxx.cube': bad allocation

[MxVfx LUT]: Failed to load LUT file 'C:/ProgramData/MAGIX/Video_Pro_X8/ . . . . /xxxxxxxxx.cube': Look up tables with 1D dimensions are currently not supported.

Also looks like the update may have broken the Load effects mask (Brightness / Contrast dropdown menu ) mine no longer work.

HTH

John EB

browj2 wrote on 8/7/2016, 1:30 PM

Hi John EB,

The Load effects mask works fine, but other things seem to have happened to my computer. I can't turn off Bold here.

Could you please try recording an audio clip. When I accept it, the maximum take is 7s 474ms. (Unbold came back by itself.) I have seen this before so I don't know if it is something that I am missing for a problem with the program.

I'm going to reboot.

EDIT: After rebooting, I had the same audio problem but have narrowed it down to the movie itself. The problem is on the second movie in a project. Recording worked fine in movie 1, and I added a movie 3 and it was ok. So there is something going on in movie 2 causing a problem.

Scenestealer wrote on 8/19/2016, 6:17 PM

Hi J & J

All is not well then with the patch. The German members are reporting a sound problem with MPEG4 imports where the sound loops at 4 x the speed after export.

Magix have acknowledged the bug and say it will be fixed with a(nother) "timely" patch.

I won't be applying 15.02.72 then but that impressive list of fixes explains a few subtle glitches I have not been able to explain.

BTW has anyone else noticed that the effect sliders seem more sluggish than in prvious versions?

Peter

johnebaker wrote on 8/20/2016, 3:36 AM

@ Peter

Thanks for the information - I ended up having to re-install and am currently at version 15.0.0.56.

I am awaiting a direct link to the previous patch, IIRC, 15.0.0.81 which, among other things, fixed issues with selecting the correct colour curves under Brightness and Contrast that I had and now have again.

John EB

Scenestealer wrote on 8/22/2016, 5:17 PM

Looks like there is another patch out 15.0.2.85. Very "timely". I can not see a mention of the audio bug in the change log though...

Peter

johnebaker wrote on 8/22/2016, 5:57 PM

Thanks Peter

Installed - LUTS now working, however the displayed name is not always correct - get 'generate by resolve' for many of the LUTS I have.

Did not have the sound issue so cannot comment.

John EB

Scenestealer wrote on 8/22/2016, 6:20 PM

Hi John

The Audio bug was introduced in 15.0.2.72 as far as I can tell so did you export an MPEG4 whilst you had that patch installed or with the latest patch.

The generate by resolve must be referring to a LUT which has been generated in DaVinci Resolve, which can generate and export LUTS I believe.

I see the latest patches claim to have "sped up" the effects applied with the LUTs and did notice that they appeared to be loading the CPU a lot previously. Maybe they lost the GPU acceleration that occurred with the effects applied singularly and they have now enabled that......haven't patched yet so will see.....actually I noticed that the Shot Match function was loading down preview also, so maybe that has improved?

Peter

johnebaker wrote on 8/22/2016, 6:57 PM

Hi Peter

. . . . The Audio bug was introduced in 15.0.2.72 as far as I can tell so did you export an MPEG4 whilst you had that patch installed . . . .

I did and did not have any issues, however I used the Intel codecs for exporting, not the MainConcept.

One issue I do have is that the media pane always starts up in List mode and does not retain Large icons - my preferred mode when shutting down. Just need to remember how I fixed this once with MEP.

Added: fix for Large icons display is change value of [ExplorerV3_Tab0]

line: View for PlayList Directory=1

to View for PlayList Directory=3

in the programs ini file.

This was not being saved on program exit

John EB