[Failed to load ffmpeg.dll [SOLVED]]

PTE 10.0.6
Windows 10.0.19037 Build 19037

I have installed the optional (not supported) DVD Video Disc creation tool. Although I do not create DVDs now I wanted to see if it would work by creating an ISO image.

When I start the program from the Publish menu I immediately get the attached error message. I don't expect it to be fixed but I thought I should at least report the problem.

Thanks,
Tom

 

[Use of tiff file format [DONE]]

So many free batch converters. If you are publishing in executable format the file size would be very large. I guess the convenience not having to convert might be nice but I doubt you would notice quality difference. Until 10 bit video becomes common I doubt if most people could tell the difference. Maybe Igor could read tiff and save internally as png without quality loss.

https://www.faststone.org/FSResizerDetail.htm

https://www.irfanview.com/

Tom

[Hourglass Transition]

Just a simple hourglass transition. Angle of repose set to 45 degrees. 16:9 aspect ratio.

https://ptearchive.com/pte/Tom95521/?name=Hourglass.pteeff

Tom

[Video Issue [SOLVED]]

Strange. The original video has 2 frame rates.

Frame rate mode                          : Constant
Frame rate                               : 50.000 FPS
Original frame rate                      : 25.000 FPS

The Photoshop version only has 1 frame rate.

Frame rate mode                          : Constant
Frame rate                               : 25.000 FPS

Apparently PTE only looks at Frame rate and ignores Original frame rate.

Tom

[Understanding bitrate]

Hi Lin,

That is good to know that it works. I have not bothered to use 4K mainly because I'm using four of my old 1920x1080 LCD monitors on my computer. The only 4K HDTV we have is in our living room for Netflix/Hulu.

Tom

[Understanding bitrate]

Not sure what others are doing but from searching Google for a few minutes... One comparison was 32 Mbps for H.264 AVC compared to 15 Mbps for H.265 HEVC at 4K resolution.  If you're not streaming the video over a network or slow USB device you could increase the bitrate but might not notice any difference. The downside of HEVC is much slower encoding. There seems to be a consensus of 50% to 60% bitrate savings at 4K.

Tom

[Understanding bitrate]

It's amazing how well some of the free screen recorders like Nvidia ShadowPlay and OBS Studio can record 1080p at 60 fps (My monitor resolution is not 4K).  I can't tell the difference in quality comparing to PTE video export. Even though I have Bandicam, Mirillis,  and a few other screen recorders, the free ones work just as well. They are both configured to use the Nvidia NVENC hardware encoder.

OBS can also record H.265 but I usually don't capture in that codec. So if you want to try HEVC/H.265 you could use Handbrake to convert or screen record with OBS Studio.

Tom

[Audio track]

Wildcard search for decibel or decibels.

decibel*

[Your frame per second render speed]

I don't have Photoshop so I can't run the script.

I have an older (2018) Ryzen 7 2700x 8 core CPU/16 GB DDR4/Nvidia 1660 Super. Video rendered using PTE demo slideshow.

https://www.picturestoexe.com/forums/topic/22405-nvidia-gtx-1650-and-1660-super/?do=findComment&comment=145298

Tom

 

[Video Deband and Denoise Style and Transition]

My attempt to reduce gradient color banding by adding noise (and reducing noise by adding noise). Not sure it helps that much but it was fun creating a mask that simulate random color noise using XY pan variables oscillating out of phase with prime numbers (although might not be that random). The  video attempts to show worse case scenario dissolving from black to a full frame gradient. Hard to get a nice clean dissolve with 8 bit video at lower bitrates.

https://ptearchive.com/pte/Tom95521/?name=Dynamic Deband 16x9.ptestyle

https://ptearchive.com/pte/Tom95521/?name=Dynamic Deband 16x9.pteeff

Tom

[Choose Display for Slideshow [SOLVED]]

Hi Igor,

Looks good.

Thanks,
Tom

 

[Publish video with duplicate filename without closing output window]

Yes. I get the warning message and after I close the video output window I can overwrite the file.

Thanks,
Tom

[Publish video with duplicate filename without closing output window]

Version 10.0.5

This might be the same problem as Trim/Convert V10 Locks up. I sometimes forget to close video output window because it displays on a different monitor. Maybe file handle is not closed even though video is never opened in video player.

Publish HD video.
Video is created correctly.
Do not click on Play or Close button or X close the video output window.
Publish video again. Do not change filename.
Answer yes to overwrite.
Video output window stays at 0% and Hardware Acceleration is not available.
Click on Cancel button
Click on Terminate button
Click on Close button
Video output window does not close.

I must kill process using Task Manager.

Thanks,
Tom

Windows 10
Ryzen 2700x
Nvidia 1660 Super

 

[Happy New Year]

Nice to see the team faces.

Is Sergey the same programmer who wrote PixBuilder Studio about 10 years ago? Great lightweight graphics editor.

Thanks,
Tom

[Choose Display for Slideshow [SOLVED]]

PTE 10.0.5

If you have your Settings, Preferences, System, "Display for "fullscreen preview" set to "Ask every time" it works great for 3 monitors. If you have a 4th monitor (some modern GPU cards have 4 display outputs) it crops the button for Display 1. I can still click on Display 1 and it works. Just a minor cosmetic problem.

Thanks,
Tom

[Round Corner Edges]

As a learning experience I made a simple mask generator for circle and rectangles. There are actually many things you can do with https://imagemagick.org/index.php like gradients, arrows, etc.

https://ptearchive.com/pte/mask/

Tom

[Nvidia GTX 1650 and 1660 Super]

My third DVI to display port adapter arrived today. Since I had another old DVI monitor gathering dust I plugged it into the 1660 via adapter. Windows 10, Wallpaper Engine, PotPlayer screen savers, and PTE 10 all recognized the 4th monitor and it works perfectly. GPU running at 49 deg. C, 40% load, and 2 GB of GPU memory.

My tuxedo cat blocking my view is the main reason I have so many monitors. Now I can just Windows + shift + arrow key my app to another monitor. The missing piece of the puzzle that should arrive this week is a glass cover to keep her from sitting on the keyboard.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07D5NJG1K/

Tom

[Easy method to fix low audio level in video]

True, there are definitely better methods. Maybe I should have described it as the fastest method instead of easy.

Tom

[Easy method to fix low audio level in video]

Hi Lin,

I think you can repeat the process multiple times with multiple copies on separate tracks for even more gain. Eventually it will clip the audio or the noise will increase and sound distorted.

Tom

[Easy method to fix low audio level in video]

I didn't know you could do this until watching YT video about fixing low audio levels in a different program.

If you have a video that has low volume you can separate audio from video. Then if you cannot adjust the audio level high enough just duplicate (copy) the audio clip. Paste into another track and make sure both audio tracks are in sync. The volume level is a sum of tracks and (I think) is twice as high as before. At least it worked for me when I tried it on a video.

Tom

[Import of animated GIF as image]

Ok. I understand that PTE is not optimized for animated GIFs like web browsers. The uncompressed file size is very big.

Thanks,
Tom

General
Complete name                            : D:\rgbcube_uncompressed.avi
Format                                   : AVI
Format/Info                              : Audio Video Interleave
File size                                : 1.14 GiB
Duration                                 : 33 s 367 ms
Overall bit rate                         : 295 Mb/s
Writing library                          : VirtualDub2 build 44015/release

Video
ID                                       : 0
Format                                   : RGBA
Codec ID                                 : 0x00000000
Codec ID/Info                            : Basic Windows bitmap format. 1, 4 and 8 bpp versions are palettised. 16, 24 and 32bpp contain raw RGB samples
Duration                                 : 33 s 367 ms
Bit rate                                 : 295 Mb/s
Width                                    : 640 pixels
Height                                   : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio                     : 4:3
Frame rate                               : 29.970 (30000/1001) FPS
Bit depth                                : 8 bits
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)                       : 32.000
Stream size                              : 1.14 GiB (100%)

[Delete a custom transition group [SOLVED]]

Whichever one is selected is deleted. In the image above Umschlag 3 would be deleted. The check box is to select transitions for current slideshow. I think this is normal behavior.

Tom

[HDTV 4K]

Yes. 4K resolution videos containing 4K media should be sharper on a 4K HDTV. As far as I know PTE is limited to 8 bit color range so HDR may not be noticeable. If you play media from a USB stick color dynamic range might be higher from image than video.

https://www.digitaltrends.com/home-theater/what-is-hdr-tv/

Tom

[Nvidia GTX 1650 and 1660 Super]

Maybe this will help.

Tom

 

[Import of animated GIF as image]

In my alpha channel video test slideshow I noticed the GIF cube (32 MB) created from 1,000 transparent PNGs (45 MB) only decompressed the first 85 frames when imported as an image. I tried adjusting the animated image settings to increase to 1,000 frames but was not successful. If possible read complete frame count and decompress animated GIF into memory. When animated GIF is imported as video it causes slow playback with stutter.

Maybe 64 bit PTE can allocate a larger buffer and decode more of animation in memory than 32 bit PTE.

Thanks,
Tom