One workaround that has worked for some people is to save the project (.mlt file), then open it and when it says that “blank” is missing point it to any video/image file.
I would make a copy of the MLT file first though - just in case.
Your project has a single frame transition where one of the two clips is this blank clip identified as missing. Do you have any idea how that bad transition became a part of the project? I see it is right next to a blank area of the track. Here I tried to manually repair your project DUOS DOCUMENTARY PROPER - fix1.mlt (94.9 KB)
@No_No, this question is how you may become part of the solution to a very vexing problem. It is meant honestly, as we are all seeking a reproducible way of generating this problem so that the permanent fix can be implemented:
I re- edited the project with lots of seperate save files along the way to figure out where I’m going wrong
I was VERY careful not to be sloppy with the placement of video and audio tracks. I would zoom in on the timeline and leave a small gap inbetween one audio/video clip and the next.
The problem I have I think is when I’ve moved a track on top of another which naturally creates a transition. I’ve then moved that second clip so that the transition leads to nothing, thus creating the problem. Potentially anyways.
It’s easily done unless you’re zoomed in closely and ensuring nothing that is given a transition is then moved again.
Once again, thank you so much for your help with my dumb video haha.
This program is truly amazing. I’ve only just started using it since January time and I’m already astounded by its versatility. This is the first problem I’ve run in to using it. Many many thanks indeed!
If your computer/OS is crashing it could be due to bad memory or improper cooling. An application alone is not really able to crash an OS. However, an individual application can exercise the computer in a unique way that exposes a certain flaw with hardware, cooling, or a driver.
You can make sure parallel processing is turned off in Export. You can reduce the number of threads for the video codec (default = 1.5x # logical CPUs, try maybe 0.5x).
If it just the export job alone that is failing, I need to defer you to numerous posts here in the #FAQ and pinned. When export fails, it shows a timecode, and you can go to that point in the timeline to try to reduce something.
Running out of memory is also covered here elsewhere a lot. Parallel processing requires more but also so does the number of tracks. You have 1 track with nothing in it you can remove.
There is a problem with the combination of filters you are using with the clip on V1 at 00:05:44:01 that is making it either leak or consume large amount of memory. It is with the combination of Glow and Size, Position & Rotate, their parameters, and/or their order. Moving Glow down resolved it for me.
