13 Replies Latest reply: Sep 13, 2009 7:36 PM by Bill Hunt RSS

    White line in Encore Cs4

    Kent Purdy Community Member

      I imported 3 AME encoded files into Encore,and placed them on a timeline. Two of the files have a solid white line just above and parallel to the timeline. The third clip is clear of anything between the timeline and the GOP lines. What significance does the white lines have. Ive not seen them before.I have not gone any futher with the project,because it dosent seem to act normally as I move up and down the timeline.

      Thanks for any replys.

      Kent

        • 1. Re: White line in Encore Cs4
          Bill Hunt CommunityMVP

          Kent,

           

          Please give us the details of these files that were Exported via AME. Also, I assume that they were Imported as Timelines in En. Is that correct?

           

          Good luck,

           

          Hunt

          • 2. Re: White line in Encore Cs4
            Kent Purdy Community Member

            Thanks for reply,

            I opened EnCs4, Made a timeline, Imported 3 m4v files(h2.64 forBD) from PPCs4 AME , imported 3 wav files to be encoded in En. I then moved each file manually one at a time to the timeline.As 2 of the m4v files showed up on the timeline a white line appeared just above the green file,and below the GOP lines.

            Also while Im asking, once in a while I will get pink colored files when I drop them on the time line.Not in this project though.Just wondering what the pink means.Thanks

            Kent

            • 3. Re: White line in Encore Cs4
              Bill Hunt CommunityMVP

              Kent,

               

              Out of curosity, what happens if you do 3 separate Timelines, one for each m4v and its respective WAV file? Any differences?

               

              Good luck,

               

              Hunt

              • 4. Re: White line in Encore Cs4
                Bill Hunt CommunityMVP

                Also, would it be possible to post a screen-cap showing this white line? Hint: use the little "camera" icon in the lower-middle of the edit screen's Toolbar.

                 

                Just want to make sure that we're talking about the same thing here.

                 

                Good luck,

                 

                Hunt

                • 5. Re: White line in Encore Cs4
                  JSS1138 CommunityMVP

                  Expand the timeline with the + key.  You'll see what that white 'line' is.

                  • 6. Re: White line in Encore Cs4
                    Kent Purdy Community Member

                    Hunt,

                    When you expand the timeline you get a mulitude of small, short, vertical, lines.Not possible to send pic. My desktop has no internet. Im writing now on a wireless ATT card in my laptop.Thanks

                    Kent

                    • 7. Re: White line in Encore Cs4
                      Kent Purdy Community Member

                      Hunt and Joe,

                      I have not, but I will try three timelines and see what I get.

                      Kent

                      • 8. Re: White line in Encore Cs4
                        Kent Purdy Community Member

                        Hunt and Joe,

                        May have a clue, Yesterday I made BOTH a DVD and BD from the two files that are showing the white line.Overnight I encoded the third file and then added it to the timeline this morning, and saw what I thought was a problem. As of right now Im making a DVD(encoding in En) with all three files, to see if the third file gets a white line after the DVD encode. I did make 3 new timelines and still had the problem with the third file.

                        Thnks Kent

                        • 9. Re: White line in Encore Cs4
                          Kent Purdy Community Member

                          To All that may read this,

                          There was no problem after all.As soon as the DVD transcode finished, and wrote the Iso and I clicked on OK. En drew the white line accross the top of the last file.

                           

                          Still wondering about the pink colored file I see once in awhile. Any thoughts.

                          Thanks Kent

                          • 10. Re: White line in Encore Cs4
                            JSS1138 CommunityMVP

                            When you expand the timeline you get a mulitude of small, short, vertical, lines

                             

                            Yeah.  Those are the I frames.  They're normal.  The 'line' is only a buch of small tickmarks squished together.

                            • 11. Re: White line in Encore Cs4
                              Bill Hunt CommunityMVP

                              Kent,

                               

                              Glad that you got it sorted.

                               

                              As for the "pink" files, where do you see these? In the FlowChart, there are many color coded notations.

                               

                              Good luck,

                               

                              Hunt

                              • 12. Re: White line in Encore Cs4
                                Kent Purdy Community Member

                                Hunt,

                                The actual file laying on the timeline is pink instead of the usual light green. It seems like it must have something to do with the unseen attributes of the file. Maybe someone will recognize this behavior. Have you ever seen anything other than green on the timeline in EN.

                                Kent

                                • 13. Re: White line in Encore Cs4
                                  Bill Hunt CommunityMVP

                                  Kent,

                                   

                                  The actual file laying on the timeline is pink instead of the usual light green.

                                   

                                  That blows my theory. To answer your question, I have not seen this, but then I do every Project the same exact way. They are all SD Projects, and I also Export from PrPro as elemental streams - one Video-only DV-AVI Type II and one Audio-only AC3 (for DD 5.1 SS). I seldom do the Transcoding/Export from PrPro, so my Projects, regardless of how intricate the navigation is, are quite simple.

                                   

                                  Maybe someone else can comment on the "pink" files. I cannot, as I have never seen such.

                                   

                                  Good luck,

                                   

                                  Hunt