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blueguerilla

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  1. Also, Moderators, I have been a member on the forum for a bloody decade. When will I be able to post something without moderator review every time lol?
  2. I agree, I always try to stay a version behind with all my software. Unfortunately the racks the AV company is providing are on 6.7.2, so I need to build to their spec.
  3. Yes, I created this show last year on a different production laptop, with Watchout 6.5. I am tempted to try installing 6.5 on this machine just to test, but my current workflow using Joyko encoder and Watchout 6.7.2 is working well, and I am too busy worrying about this years show to try and make an old one work. (I had just loaded it as a test of the new hardware) I was just baffled by the fact that files that worked previously aren't working in the current version of Watchout and was wondering if anyone had a clue why. My biggest worry is that there is an unknown bug with the current version of watchout that is going to come back to bite me later....
  4. No quicktime on this laptop. Never has been. Clean install as of January.
  5. So why would it work with a previous version of watchout, and not this one? I have always used Adobe Media Encoder in the past, as I am an After Effects guy, it fits my workflow nicely.
  6. May seem that way, but that is the case. Different laptop last year, that I believe did have quicktime on it. This is my first show with this laptop, just set it up in January and followed Dataton recommendation not to install quicktime. I am actually tempted to install it just to see. Possibly on my old machine quicktime was doing the decoding for those files?
  7. Mac for creating and encoding, PC for production. PC is a Lenovo Legion, i7-12700H, 64gb ram, windows 11. Joyko media encoder files seem to work fine in all my tests, it is my old files that were encoded in Adobe Media encoder that are problematic. But only some of them. I inspected the files in Joyko, and the only difference between them is that the ones that work fine, are all 29.97, where the other files are 30fps. But both worked last year, has something changed in Watchout?
  8. So I recently set up a new laptop as my production machine. I have a big show coming and am trying to finalize my production pipeline. I fired up the same show from last year, and files that were fine last year, are now showing Quicktime Error 2095. These are all HAP files encoded with Adobe Media Encoder. This is content and a show that ran flawlessly last year, and now my new machine cannot read any of the files? What is especially weird is that every file that I rendered and then encoded has this error, but a bunch of videos that were from a third party, sent in ProRes 422 (same format as all my renders) and that I encoded into HAP on the same media encoder preset, have no error. This is consistent throughout all the media. Can anyone explain to me what is going on here? Why would HAP files be erroring when they played back fine previously? How could two files that were encoded with the same HAP preset have different results? I had previously made this post back in January as I was making plans for this show. I am planning to encode with Joyko Media Encoder, those files appear to be fine in Watchout with my tests I have done, but now I am concerned that Watchout is having issues with HAP files. It is especially concerning that files that worked a year ago are no longer playable.
  9. Yeah I have purchased the Jokyo plugin, going to test that against AfterCodecs. Too bad the Disguise plug for Media Encoder isn't a viable option, that was really the most straight forward method for me.
  10. You already lost me, lol. I do have the AVF encoder which is exactly that, a UI for ffmpeg. I am mainly just looking to see what other people are using successfully. I am sure I could figure out ffmpeg if I wanted to, I would just rather a more packaged solution.
  11. So, due to a computer failure, I am now set up on a new Mac for content creation. I build / animate content as well as program watchout, so I am looking for encoding solutions on the new machine. Previously I was encoding everything within adobe media encoder, which is certainly a convenient workflow. I already own AfterCodecs, (https://www.autokroma.com/AfterCodecs/) although I has stopped using it after Adobe allowed HAP back into ME natively, as I found AfterCodecs quite slow. I had been using the presets from Disguise, (https://github.com/disguise-one/hap-encoder-adobe-cc/) but on my last show I was having some difficulty with HAP files from ME, especially anything with Alpha. I ended up using the AVF batch exporter instead, which worked great but I also found to be a little slow (https://github.com/Vidvox/hap-in-avfoundation/releases) compared to ME. There is also the HAP quicktime component, (https://github.com/Vidvox/hap-qt-codec/releases) but that hasn't been updated since 2016, and I think the disguise presets basically replaced that? I am also interested in the Jokyo encoder, either the ME version or the standalone, (https://jokyohapencoder.com/jokyo-hap-meencoder-hap-encoder-plugin-for-adobe-media-encoder-and-premiere-pro/) as it is recommended by Dataton now, and none of the other above methods except After Codecs are listed on the official Dataton site. I know many people use FFmpeg, but I am looking for something with a bit more of a UI, doing tasks with code isn't my forte. I have a big show coming up in a couple months, and I am looking to set up the best workflow. Ideally it would be within Media Encoder if possible, as I like that I can set up a watch folder, but I am really looking for the best solution as far as quality assurance for files playing properly in WO, and of course encoding speed. Would love to know what people are using on here these days, as some of these methods seem a bit outdated.
  12. So I keep getting an error on a .wav file I am trying to import - "Error : empty scene : no meshes" I have tried re-encoding the file and renaming it, and no matter what I do, I can't seem to import it. I can't find anything on the forums about this error. Weird thing is, that all the other .wav files seem to be just fine, and this one I can't seem to figure out the problem. Any advice appreciated.
  13. So, I did end up getting a windows 8 machine, (a Toshiba 15.6 AMD A10-4600M, dual Radeon 7610M-7660G Graphics cards, 3.2Ghz, 1TB hd, 8GB ram) only because they didn't have any windows 7 machines there anymore. I know with some further searching I could have found one, but this whole thing is to get me through in a pinch. I think post show I am might return this machine as well, then take my time to find the right one. This is the 'right now' machine. And yeah, to downgrade you need Win8 Pro, which you either have to buy installed, or purchase stand-alone. So $150 just to be able to downgrade, with a windows 7 licence on top of that. Ridiculous. Currently running my timeline no problem though, so lets hope that keeps up, thanks everyone for the advice. I'll let you know if I get any arrows in the back! Hopefully not, this is just a programming machine anyway, all show content will be run off a proper rack. Oh yeah and Thomas checking display settings was the first thing I did, it definitely was a toasted cable. The laptop didn't even recognize its own display as being there in preferences, and there was a lovely click as you opened the case, you know the sound of a cable getting pinched between plastic hinges, yeah, that sound.
  14. Okay, thanks. That's a very clear answer. Now I now I am free to get a win 8 machine if I have to. I prefer 7 anyway, so I am still going to try and stick with that, but good to know I have options. Especially since this laptop will only be for offline production, it won't even be used as a control laptop. cheers!
  15. Okay, thanks. I ended up buying a basic HP laptop with Win 7 on it, one of two left in the store. Aaaaand of course it died on the first day. Awesome. Not completely dead, just the laptop monitor itself, completely black. Working off a secondary display and will make do until I can return this piece of crap. Is that the only weigh-in on windows 8? I am so tentative because they say "Compatible with Windows 8. Windows 7 required for full functionality". How about a little more clarity on that one, Dataton? What functionality will I be missing out on? How is it compatible if it's not fully functional?
  16. I am building a show from my office, to be played back on a watchout 5.3.1 system. Unfortunately my bootcamp mac running windows 7 has run into some problems, namely me creating a partition and having the bootcamp partition disappear. (smart, I know.) Anyway, deadline is approaching, and rather than back up, wipe the machine, and re-install mac os and then bootcamp, I'm just going to go and buy a PC tomorrow morning. So, hopefully someone reads this before then! I am planning on buying a windows 7 machine, but was wondering if I see a good deal on a windows 8 machine if I would be safe in buying it? This is only for programming shows from home or the road, although it would be nice to have the option of using it as a control machine in the future. Any pitfalls I should watch for? Right now just looking at your pretty standard notebooks, 4-8gb ram, 500-1tbHD, probably i5 or i7 processor. Anyway, I hope someone is up as late as me, or maybe in Europe enjoying breakfast, and can offer some advice. Unless I hear otherwise I will look for a win 7 machine.
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