[Freddy Rodriguez]

.. after fiddling with it for a while, I was able to place layer markers but not comp markers. I figured I wasn’t using the correct syntax to call the marker property of a comp — and I realized right there and then that comps don’t have properties, like Opacity/Scale/Position.

Turns out comps have their own special array that holds all the markers: comp.markerProperty…

The problem, however, is that I have After Effects CS6, and this ExtendScript feature was added starting with CC 2017, which explains (I guess?) why my app won’t recognize it ????

Unless I upgrade (which I won’t), I am forever limited to using only layer markers. That’s not too bad! A clever workaround would be to add a dedicated null layer to stand in as a “marker bar”. Ha! I’m sooo clever..

[Freddy Rodriguez]

I’m calling it, guys. Time of death: midnight. I don’t want to keep the client waiting. I’ll let them know my software wasn’t playing nice with their footage, and lose the sale. Looks like it’s dumpster diving again this week for food ???? (sad violin music)

I’d like to thank everyone who offered help. Graham, too!

[Freddy Rodriguez]

I have a copy of Blackmagic’s free software, DaVinci Resolve. It has the same issue: it ingests the footage but shows up blank in the preview window. Audio is fine.

[Freddy Rodriguez]

Graham, have you edited video before?

[Freddy Rodriguez]

I believe the footage is from a hidden camera of sorts, like a nanny-cam for spying on the nanny. The camera might have been the size of a golf ball. The video, when played back on VLC player, seems to be handheld but coming from inside a toy or something. If the footage says something about a BlackMagic camera, then I will guess it’s one of those cube size cameras, like the GoPro.

[Freddy Rodriguez]

Hey, Mike! Long time no see ☺

Format : AVI
Format/Info : Audio Video Interleave
File size : 646 MiB
Duration : 9 min 47 s
Overall bit rate : 9 216 kb/s
Director : Generplus
Original source form/Distributed by : Generplus
Recorded date : 2010-06-29
Copyright : Generplus

Video
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Duration : 9 min 47 s
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Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
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Stream size : 583 MiB (90%)

Audio
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Format settings, Endianness : Little
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Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 512 kb/s
Channel(s) : 1 channel
Sampling rate : 32.0 kHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Stream size : 35.6 MiB (6%)
Alignment : Aligned on interleaves
Interleave, duration : 1006 ms (30.18 video frames)

General
Name: MOVI0010.avi
Folder: C:\Users\CreativeCow\Desktop
Type: Video for Windows
Size: 661.02 MB (676,888,576 bytes)
Created: Thursday, July 12, 2018, 9:09:40 AM
Modified: Thursday, July 12, 2018, 9:14:04 AM
Accessed: Thursday, July 12, 2018, 9:09:40 AM
Attributes: Archive

Streams
Video: 00:09:47.567, 30.000 fps, 1920x1080x24, Blackmagic 8 bit MJPEG Codec
Audio: 00:09:44.000, 32,000 Hz, 16 Bit, Mono, Uncompressed

Summary
Album/source: Generplus
Artist: Generplus
Copyright: Generplus
Year: 2010-06-29

ACID information
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Stretch chunk: no
Stretch list: no
Stretch info2: no
Beat markers: no
Detected beats: no

Other metadata
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Command markers: no

Media manager
Media tags: no

Plug-In
Name: aviplug.dll
Folder: C:\Program Files\Sony\Vegas Pro 13.0\FileIO Plug-Ins\aviplug
Format: Video for Windows
Version: Version 13.0 (Build 453) 64-bit
Company: Sony Creative Software Inc.

[Freddy Rodriguez]

Hey, Mike! Long time no see 🙂

[Freddy Rodriguez]

Is there a specific type of AVI that you know off the top of your head that won’t work with SVP13, and the solution for this?

[Freddy Rodriguez]

is there particular data you’re looking for in the AVI file, that will allow me to correct the issue with viewing the video within SVP13? hmmm?

[Freddy Rodriguez]

click it. you shall see.