[Lev Kalman]

Hi all,

I just ran into the same issue in AE 6.
I’m compositing 16 videos into a single frame and occasionally, and unpredictably, a black frame would appear in one of them when I’d render a movie. It’s a one minute video and the black frames would get more frequent as the video went on.
I’d go check the source video in AE, and sometimes (but not always) that black frame would be there. In that case, replacing the footage with itself solved the issue, temporarily.
To anthropomorphize, it seems like sometimes AE just couldn’t find the frame in time while rendering. Maybe this is because the source videos are H.264.

Anyway, Tomas’ suggestion: “set the purging after 20 frames in secret settings in preferences (by holding shift and clicking on general)” definitely helped. The problem has greatly decreased.

Any other suggestions on what else can help?

Thanks
Lev

[Lev Kalman]

Figured it out. Premiere Project Settings must be set to Display Format: Timecode

Lev

[Lev Kalman]

Sorry I was unclear. I’m an artist-filmmaker, so yes I’m sound editor and also working on the picture edit. I also recorded the audio.

I’m looking for a solution that would allow me to label the clip, so “Sc4 LAV Rehearsal_01” but also allows for broader categories in case I want to use a sound elsewhere (e.g. “Rustle”, “Outdoor Tone”)
I’m also looking for something that will allow me to quickly split tracks that have all sorts of audio on them into more manageable smaller clips.
And I want it to integrate really simply with Final Cut and Pro Tools.

Thanks for any suggestions,
Lev

[Lev Kalman]

Addendum: Just checked – audio captures ok in Quicktime Pro. But still no luck in FCP.