synchronisation

[djhbrown]

re the screen image:
https://sites.google.com/site/djhbrown2/problem.png?attredirects=0&d=1

it's strange: the redline is in empty space, yet a picture is showing on the preview.

i had trouble with with sound syncronisation at this point too and ended up having to overdub a new soundtrack

Architecture (64 bits or 32 bits) : 64
Operating System & version: xubuntu 14.04
Installation Method : Ubuntu Sosftware Center
Version of Openshot installed : 1.4.3
BZR Revision used (if any) : ?
MLT/melt version: Ubuntu Sosftware Center
FFmpeg (i.e.libavcodec) version : Ubuntu Sosftware Center
FFmpeg installation : Ubuntu Sosftware Center

1) OS Name & Version (i.e. Ubuntu 11.10, Fedora 14, etc...) as above
2) Installation Method (i.e. DEB, PPA, Build Wizard, or Don't Know) as above
3) Version of OpenShot (i.e. Help > About) as above
4) Version of melt as above

[djhbrown (djhbrown-u)]

when i was young, i was taught that whenever anything went wrong, it was always my fault.

and to this very day, nothing has changed.

it's still my fault, as openshot developers will be quick to point out.

i had unwittingly pasted a still image of the lembobo bone on top of a video clip.

openshot came to my rescue, by wisely deciding not to show me the image where i had placed it, but to add it to the end of the video clip.

no wonder i was confused! :)

[djhbrown (djhbrown-u)]

PS since i cant edit my last comment, i have to add another one to explain why i was confused:

openshot did not show the overlaid image on the timline, it just popped up out of nowhere in the preview in the gap i had made after the clip because i wanted to edit the sound.

[djhbrown (djhbrown-u)]

Olivier, with due respect, it's invalid to label this bug report as Invalid because although i did make a mistake, it wasn't only my mistake. openshot made FOUR mistakes as well.

let me try to clarity:

1. i overlaid a video clip on top of a still image on the same track (or the other way around, i can't remember now). openshot made its first mistake in allowing me to do this. it should have flagged a user error and/or automatically created a new track so the user can see what's happened.
2. openshot's second mistake was to let the underlaid still image be hidden from the user's view.
3. i would never have known about the still image had i not left a gap after the end of the video clip as i keep clips well apart until i want them stitched together. that's the situation in the screenshot i shared with you. openshot's third mistake was to show the hidden still image in the Preview AFTER the end of the clip, possibly because it automatically positioned the still image there when the overlay occurred. that's a mistake, because it had positioned an image at a different place in the timeline to where the user thought he wanted it.
4. openshot's fourth mistake was to not give an indication on the timeline that it had placed the still image at the end of the video clip. you can see for yourself that at that point, the timeline is empty, yet an image appears in the Preview window. that's not an indication, it's a ghost!

talking of ghosts, happy christmas :)

[Olivier Girard (eolinwen)]

Sorry djhbrown, I've done a translation mistake. Sometimes.....and thanks a lot to insist and clarity the situation giving me more explanations.

Differents things and differents answers....

Points one and four comes from OS himself. The 4 is resolved with the 2.0 , not the 1.

Points 2 and 3 comes from mlt, I think. After i don't know more about that with libopenshot.

Happy christmas too for you and your family.