Dp 6.02: Movie Window crash

[nadeama]

Hi,

I just tried doing a search on this and found nothing, but my apologies if this has been covered in one of the DP 6.02 threads and I missed it.

Just wondering if anyone could try this before I report it to MOTU as a bug:

*** It seems you have to use a dual display setup in order to reproduce this.

1- Create a new project
2- Open a Movie Window
3- Drag the Movie WIndow to your second display

Does anyone else get a DP crash when doing this? I can reproduce this 100% of the time, even after deleting all preferences. This wasn't happening in previous DP versions.

Thanks for your help!

[bdr]

Hi Martin

has been mentioned here before

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=33039&p=269468&hilit=movie+window+crash#p269468

[scooter]

That's weird because my QT movie always comes up on my 2nd display. I've never once had to drag it from my main monitor to the 2nd monitor. Lucky I guess.

scooter

[zaratero]

The thread linked by bdr solved that issue for me. It´s all got to do with video formats, and it´s explained very well.

[nadeama]

Thanks for the link to the other thread. I just tried converting a movie to DV format and I don't get the crash anymore. I guess I had always been using DV format in the past because I don't remember seeing this before.

Anyway, I'm happy now. Thanks again.

[Mr_Clifford]

Thanks for the link to the other thread. I just tried converting a movie to DV format and I don't get the crash anymore. I guess I had always been using DV format in the past because I don't remember seeing this before.

What codec were you using before? I generally use Motion J-Peg A and I don't have any problems viewing it on my second monitor.

[jpiscitello]

I don't have that, but I do have this crash:

- Have a multi-sequence file.
- Choose a movie file for one sequence and set to "Same movie for all sequences".
- Switch to a different sequence.
- Now change the movie file (sometimes I do this like say I need to compress the movie a little for performance, or replace its audio track and I do it in a different saved-as move file).
- Switch back to the first sequence.

I've gotten a long beach ball followed by a crash in this scenario multiple times, both in 5.13 and 6.02.

This has happened even if I have saved the file and reopened it after switching the movie file.

The fix is to remove the "Same movie for all sequences" option, and close the movie, and *then* switch to the original sequence. Then re-add the movie, put it back on "Same movie for all..." and you are ok from there.