Almark Posted March 11, 2021 Report Posted March 11, 2021 First image has the video set to Master video track, (close up.mov) second and third has video set to Link To. But only the first video plays, the others do not. It doesn't matter what I set them to, Master, Single or Linked. Only the first one plays. Any ideas? Quote
jkb Posted March 12, 2021 Report Posted March 12, 2021 Hi Mark, the video should play continuosly over the 3 slides. Do the images on these slides show? Jill Quote
Almark Posted March 12, 2021 Author Report Posted March 12, 2021 Nope! The first video plays, no matter what I do, it will not play on further slides. I have had enough and am off to play on Netflix Quote
Igor Posted March 12, 2021 Report Posted March 12, 2021 Mark, I can't reproduce this issue on Mac or Windows. Did you try to add the same video in a new test project? In a new project, I add a new video clip as Slide1. Set "Master video track". Then copy and paste this slide as Slide2 (it automatically becomes libnked video). Or I add the same video clip as Slide2 and link it manually with Master video clip. All works fine. Quote
stranger2156 Posted March 12, 2021 Report Posted March 12, 2021 22 minutes ago, Igor said: Or I add the same video clip as Slide2 and link it manually with Master video clip. All works fine. I also confirm for the Windows version, everything works fine with the video master. Quote
stranger2156 Posted March 12, 2021 Report Posted March 12, 2021 The problem may lie in the sequence of actions. Quote
tom95521 Posted March 12, 2021 Report Posted March 12, 2021 I think a user would expect slide 2 to start from the beginning of the video but instead slide 2 just pauses instead of playing. Slide 1 duration must be shorter than video duration for slide 2 to play the video. Tom Example from my Mac M1. https://we.tl/t-9qHEnzADO7 https://www.loom.com/share/31e1306a0c204b05874a944a71baad43 Quote
Almark Posted March 12, 2021 Author Report Posted March 12, 2021 Tom I have sent you the project zipped. WeTransfer link, message on this group. I am probably doing something daft. If you have time have a look. Thank you. Mark Quote
tom95521 Posted March 12, 2021 Report Posted March 12, 2021 Hi Mark, Slide 1 is fade from black and .5 seconds long. Slide 2 has the master snow video and slides 3-5 are linked to this video. The snow video is 15 seconds long. Slide 6 begins at 26 seconds. The video plays for 15 seconds then stops. That is normal for a linked video that plays over multiple slides. You could create a longer 26 second snow video or change from linked video to single video on each slide. I did this but I had to update the file path to the video for some unknown reason. Then the video plays until slide 6. It will not require more computer resources if each slide has the same copy of a video. Amazing slideshow and I hope you share it with the forum when finished editing. Thanks, Tom Quote
Almark Posted March 12, 2021 Author Report Posted March 12, 2021 I have Replied by way of private message. Quote
Almark Posted March 14, 2021 Author Report Posted March 14, 2021 Test Project created from new. One blank and three images, one dot mov video file. Slide 2 has video set to Master, then copied and pasted into slide 3 and 4, which automatically changes it to 'Linked to'. It still doesn't work for me with Beta 27. Please have a go. https://wetransfer.com/downloads/acd6f48f711c72a5141a77b26bbb17e120210314184542/cf2edffab1e1b0573918a4358c8f718c20210314184542/d96e1f Quote
davegee Posted March 14, 2021 Report Posted March 14, 2021 The PTE Feature you are using is NOT designed for LOOPING Video. The video must be long enough to do the job required. It is designed to play a video for the Video's duration over x number of slides. Suggestion: Start a new Project Add the Snow Video sufficient times to create a long enough video for your project. Save it as an MP4 THEN add it (the MP4) to your project in the way described - Master and Linked. It should work. DG P.S On second thoughts I do not think that you create the long mp4 as I described in PTE - you will have to create the long MP4 in some other software. Quote
Almark Posted March 14, 2021 Author Report Posted March 14, 2021 Thanks Dave. From talking to Jill, I thought this was possible. As outlined here:https://docs.pteavstudio.com/en-us/10.0/how_to_v9/addvid Mark Quote
jkb Posted March 15, 2021 Report Posted March 15, 2021 Mark, you should be able to create the longer video in PTE, just be careful to align the start & end points of each clip so that it flows. If it is falling snow (as in All Human Beings?) then you may just be able to add the single video to each slide. Again depends on how it flows from slide to slide. As Dave says the video must be long enough to cover the slides you require to use Master & Linked video. You could try slowing it down to make it longer? Jill Quote
davegee Posted March 15, 2021 Report Posted March 15, 2021 9 hours ago, jkb said: If it is falling snow (as in All Human Beings?) then you may just be able to add the single video to each slide. Again depends on how it flows from slide to slide. I would try this option. Your transitions might hide "the join". DG Quote
Almark Posted March 15, 2021 Author Report Posted March 15, 2021 Jill, Dave, thank you both for your help. In 'All Human Beings' I wanted the 'itchy scrachy' clip (film age lines and dust) to exist all the way through the sequence. In the end, I used it just at the beginning and the end, as I could get it to work. On reflection, I think this approach sort of 'tops and tails' it and possibly is more effective. I did use the same snow dot mov file in 'All Human Beings', just two places where there was snow on the ground. Again using it sparingly, I think helped (rather than snowing all the way through. Am I right in thinking that if I was using the Windows version that I would have been able to use the Master / Link to approach? Quote
jkb Posted March 16, 2021 Report Posted March 16, 2021 Mark, I agree that just using effects sparingly as you have is better than all the way through. I think that would have spoiled it. I assume that both the Windows & Mac do the same thing, would seem strange if they don't. There are bugs in the Windows version if you try to change timings after setting up the Master/Link. Not tried it for a while so assume they still exist. Maybe Igor can look at it once the mac version is finished. Jill Quote
davegee Posted March 16, 2021 Report Posted March 16, 2021 Am I right in thinking that if I was using the Windows version that I would have been able to use the Master / Link to approach? No, Mark. The reason why it will not work for you is that your Snow.MOV is too short. Try a little experiment with a longer video and see how many slides you can overlay using Master for slide 1 and Link for all subsequent slides. DG Quote
Almark Posted March 16, 2021 Author Report Posted March 16, 2021 I tried with a longer mp4, but I still couldn't get it to work. Quote
jkb Posted March 16, 2021 Report Posted March 16, 2021 Hi Mark, depending on how long the video meeting tomorrow lasts we can have a quick zoom session & I will try to sort out your problems. Otherwise maybe on Friday after the Leeds meeting. Jill Quote
Almark Posted March 16, 2021 Author Report Posted March 16, 2021 Jill, can I send you a project zipped, so you can have a look before hand? 76 MB Quote
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