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Make movie problem
Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2010 3:23 pm
by pribco
Am have a problem when making time lapse movie.
The process starts just fine but the bar stalls about half way across and then just sits there.
The file where I have saved the movie shows the quicktime logo, but nothing is there.
Any suggestions ????
Pribco
Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2010 8:08 pm
by theoldschool
How many images are you trying to combine into a movie & how big are they ? Maybe try something very simple - e.g. just 10 images of small file size and run movie at 1 fps to test it out. If it still freezes try reinstalling Yawcam
Posted: Sun Jan 10, 2010 11:04 am
by tellmewhy
What is the location where you save the movie ?
Posted: Sun Jan 10, 2010 1:12 pm
by malun
Please download this file:
debug_start.bat
Save it in you Yawcam directory. (Typically C:\Program Files\Yawcam)
Now start Yawcam by using debug_start.bat and try to make the movie again. Yawcam will now create a log file with some debug information. The file will be called: debug_log.txt
Please send this file to me.
Oh, I forgot... It's possible that you run into some permission problem if you are running Windows Vista or Windows 7.
To overcome this you will need to start a command prompt as an administrator, and then run debug_start.bat from this command prompt.
You start a command prompt as an administrator like this:
Click on windows start button.
In the search field, type: cmd
Right click on cmd in the result list and choose "Run as administrator"
/malun
Make movie problem
Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2010 3:36 pm
by pribco
Thanks to all-
I tried to use fewer pictures (I used 15) and the function completed.
However-when I went to the folder to open movie the big blue Q was not there-it appeaed to be a tiny Q, Clicked on it, no response.
Tested Qtime player-works fine.
Tried to convert Mov (with small Q to AVI--got a "currupted or invalid file messege"
Tested Qtime player with another MOV file-works fine.
It appears YAWCAM in producing a bad .MOV file, and it not able yo produce any other format such as AVI.
Any suggestions???
Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2010 7:38 pm
by malun
Yes, the image to movie function in Yawcam will only produce quicktime .mov-files. It will not create .avi-files.
Which version of the quicktime player are you using?
Please follow the instructions in my previous post and send the debug file by email to me.
/malun
Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2010 9:55 pm
by pribco
Using ver 7.6.5----will do as you suggested--
Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2010 11:29 pm
by pribco
Malun-
Put in cmd
Right clicked
Clicked on run as administrater
Get a black screen that looks like a Dos screen
Do I need to do anything else???
Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2010 11:36 pm
by malun
Yes, now you are going to use the "dos-window" to start Yawcam.
If you installed Yawcam into:
C:\Program Files\Yawcam
then type:
cd C:\Program Files\Yawcam
and hit enter.
now type:
debug_start.bat
and hit enter.
Yawcam should start.
/malun