using video with tracktion

[woggle]

Try converting it to MOV. I've never had any problems using MOVs. That used to be the only format that Tracktion supported.

Thanks for that suggestion, although other formats are listed. Unfortunately as of April, Quicktime is apparently a security risk on Windows and Apple have stopped all support (on win) so no MOV for me.

[fromwithin]

Thanks for that suggestion, although other formats are listed. Unfortunately as of April, Quicktime is apparently a security risk on Windows and Apple have stopped all support (on win) so no MOV for me.

The Quicktime player application has security issues, not the video format itself.

[woggle]

Thanks for that suggestion, although other formats are listed. Unfortunately as of April, Quicktime is apparently a security risk on Windows and Apple have stopped all support (on win) so no MOV for me.

The Quicktime player application has security issues, not the video format itself.

Is ther a way to play mobs without QuickTime?
Edit -tried a mov with no success

[fromwithin]

With VLC: http://videolan.org

[woggle]

Still not working intracktion. Ah well, reaper it is

[Jamon]

I'm trying a bunch of codecs and resolutions, but haven't found anything that works yet.

[Rock]

Is your window missing?

[Jamon]

When I use .mov or .mp4, the window appears and says, "No movie open". When I use .avi, the window does not appear, but if I alt+tab I can see a window listed with the video filename, yet selecting it does not show anything.

I have the latest Quicktime installed, and I tried playing video files in it. The ones that play in Quicktime still do not play in Tracktion.

I tried exporting in different codecs, different resolutions, and frame rates. Nothing plays or shows the video.

I recall it working in Tracktion 2.

Another oddity is that if I right-click the video window in Tracktion 7, and select "Keep window on top", then when I super+ctrl+arrow to other virtual desktops in Windows 10, there's a translucent drop shadow from the video window border that's on top of the screen. I cannot move it until I switch back to the virtual desktop with Tracktion. It should disappear completely when switching desktops.

[Rock]

I had the problem a long time ago and I found out the window is open but outside the coordinates of the screen. I got it to show up moving it with an autohotkey script. Autohotkey is a great tool to have anyway. You can grab it at https://autohotkey.com/ if you don't already have it.

Perhaps a script as simple as the one below will move the window found by WinWait to the upper-left corner of the screen.

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WinWait, your_window_name
WinMove, 0, 0
sleep, 5000
exitapp

You will have to replace "your_window_name" with the actual name of the window.

Here is another little script that list open windows. In case you don't know the name of the movie window, it may help.

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WinGet windows, List
Loop %windows%
{
	id := windows%A_Index%
	WinGetTitle wt, ahk_id %id%
	r .= wt . "`n"
}
MsgBox %r%

More information on winwait command here:
https://autohotkey.com/docs/commands/WinWait.htm

Hope that helps, good luck.

[Jamon]

Thanks for the attempt at a solution. It seemed plausible when I read it, because I've had windows off screen before. But it should still show the video preview in the alt+tab preview even if it's off screen. I tried anyways, but that wasn't the problem. Maybe it is for someone else and your tips will help them.

I searched the forum and lots of other people had the same problem: viewtopic.php?f=22&t=459394

I uninstalled Quicktime, and all codecs. Then I installed a codec pack. I used one from shark007 because I did not know of anything better: http://shark007.net/forum/Thread-Setup-and-usage

I reset it to the default recommended settings, and videos now play in Tracktion 7.

I seem to recall older versions of Tracktion only supported Quicktime. But apparently it uses DirectShow now, and the shark007 pack installed what it needed.

[fathomstory]

I looked at Waveform 12 as a possible solution to audio-for-video on Linux, but it is too much of a hassle, it is primarily designed for music. Drop a field recording on the timeline and the pitch will be off. Good luck trying to fix it. You have to go into 'podcast mode'. There are not a lot of noise reduction options or anything that useful if you are working with dialog apart from some barebones podcast voiceover stuff. Export options are limited. On the plus side, Waveform found some plugins on my computer that Reaper could not. Waveform would have to develop an 'add on' for audio-for-film/video to make it more comfortable environs. I asked Waveform devs about this as part of the roadmap, but they did not understand my question. DaVinci Resolve Studio (forget the non-studio option because it will likely not recognize your codecs on Linux), Reaper, Harrison Mixbus and Lightworks are better options. Bitwig says they have no interest in dealing with film / audio-for-video. Harrison Mixbus has a lot more plugin options but I have had bad experiences trying to import video on it. Reaper has the best video import / export options and stable so the next challenge is trying to find the right plugins for post.

[talby]

I couldn't install DaVinci Resolve on Linux because the installer complained that no NVIDIA driver could be found. Of course not, I have no NVIDIA graphics card. So, DaVinci Resolve can only be an option for a limited group of users.