Unable to export cropped video properly

CubeAce wrote on 12/15/2021, 2:10 AM

Hi Bob. Al.

I could not get Section to work with video content either. I had tried jpegs only in my experiment.

Ray.

AAProds wrote on 12/15/2021, 5:01 AM

@CubeAce Ray, I can assure you that Section works well on video. This is a video editor, after all. 🙂

Given it's only you and Bob having issues (and I think Bob's is an MEP problem with the file), "either" may be a generalisation.

What result are you getting and we'll set you straight.

CubeAce wrote on 12/15/2021, 6:28 AM

@AAProds

Hi Al.

Any selected section just doesn't stick. It goes back to the full frame as if not applied.

jpegs, bitmaps, any acceptable still image is no problem. Unfortunately nearly all my most recent footage is from one video camera which records H264 constant frame only. The clip I tried was 4K 29.97fps. 35 seconds long, not trimmed.

Ray.

Bob-Schlesinger wrote on 12/15/2021, 9:04 AM

OK I took a step back and tried something simpler. I created an unedited (except cutting it's length) of my original movie and exported it as mpeg. That played fine. Then I created a new project using that MP2 as the only object and exported it as mp4. That's where things got screwed up - it created an extreme zoom like shown in one of my uploaded images above. The same thing happens if I go directly from the original movie to mp4. Yet I can play other mp4 files just fine so the codec is working. So it must be the Magix rendering process. Both input and output are always set to 1920 x 1080.

So I have two problems. The first is I can no longer save to mp4 properly. That seems to be independent of the cropping problem.

I will upload my files a little later so others can give this a try, but I suspect that it is something specific to my system. I did recently install Movie Edit Pro to this computer which itself had a Windows reinstall done a few months ago. It did prompt me to install the Mainconcept mp4 codec. I have not installed any other codecs. Should I try installing a codec pack and retrying, perhaps after removing the Mainstream codec?

Bob-Schlesinger wrote on 12/15/2021, 9:44 AM

OK, I solved the extreme zoom problem - the codec appears fine. I went back to my original clip from the camera and started with a new project. Saved that to mp4 with no editing and it played fine. So now I'm back to the initial problem - if I use Section to crop, the top portion of the frame is black after exporting. I did that with the new project. This happens regardless of the file format used to save.

Bob-Schlesinger wrote on 12/15/2021, 10:18 AM

Seems to happen with any file. Here's the file I last tried: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/18LqMa7uVadFULhKumeUWAvvQOOyxj1SU?usp=sharing

johnebaker wrote on 12/15/2021, 11:18 AM

@Bob-Schlesinger

Hi

I have no issues with exporting the mpg file with the section effect applied to mp4 video file with MEP 2022 or VPX 12. I cannot test with earlier verisions of MEP as they are not installed on my laptop.

MediaInfo analysis shows the video is standard mpg.

Try the following - right click the mpg file and select Create (new) frame table then apply the Section effect and export to mp4 again.

I also teasted your test project again no issues other than a missing .mts file.

HTH

John EB

Bob-Schlesinger wrote on 12/15/2021, 11:29 AM

John, it still has the black upper part of the frame after creating a frame table. My next step is to uninstall and reinstall the software I guess. (I've already tried rebooting the computer). If that doesn't work, unless someone has version 17 to work from I guess no one else is going to be able to reproduce it. This is more than annoying and I don't want to have to pay to upgrade just to discover whether version 17 has a bug or not. Wow - I just discovered that there is an update for this version - I'm installing it now.

johnebaker wrote on 12/15/2021, 2:47 PM

@Bob-Schlesinger

Hi

If you go for a re-install follow this procedure to ensure you get a clean install failure to do so may end with the same issue due to left over files, folders.

John EB

Former user wrote on 12/15/2021, 4:44 PM

I do not see a crop tool in version 16. Is this the case? Looking at documentation I think the only way to crop is to use either the section or zoom effects. As I mentioned Section does not work properly with any export - the picture is additionally cropped vertically when exporting. Zoom does not work with mp4, which is the file type I always want. Here are some screen shots using the Section effect:

Hi, what am i missing, i keep reading 'version 16 & 17' but in this pic it says 2021 at the top?

AAProds wrote on 12/15/2021, 4:55 PM

@Former user

Hi, what am i missing, i keep reading 'version 16 & 17' but in this pic it says 2021 at the top?

You're missing the fact that that's not the version number, it's the default project name.

Former user wrote on 12/15/2021, 4:57 PM

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AAProds wrote on 12/15/2021, 5:01 PM

@Bob-Schlesinger

Bob, re your file on Google Drive, that's an MPEG 2 file. Are you having the same trouble with MOVs (your original problem file) and also MPEG 2s?

Bob-Schlesinger wrote on 12/15/2021, 6:27 PM

For some reason my last comment earlier today was lost. Problem and mystery solved! I did not have the latest version of the 2017 product. The problem is that 16.0.1.22 had a bug. I discovered under the Help menu there is an option to download the latest product update, even for old products. I now have 16.0.4.119 and Section works properly! Thanks everyone for your interest and assistance.

AAProds wrote on 12/15/2021, 7:07 PM

@Bob-Schlesinger Excellent! Now we just have to sort out Ray...😃

CubeAce wrote on 12/16/2021, 3:32 AM

@AAProds

No need Al, I'm fine.

It's a function I don't use myself preferring to use Size Position Rotation for video or a third party effect for PIPS.

Ray.