Exported footage stuck on first frame

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Dave Lonsdale

Pulling my weight
Dec 3, 2015
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Congleton Edge, UK
I record continuously and have exported some clips from BI (MP4) but when I try to play them using VLC media player, the progress bar advances normally but the video image is stuck on the first frame. It worked fine two or three weeks ago with no changes to VLC in the meantime.

But I have extended the number of days of recorded clips before overwriting recently (can't quite remember when) by using h.265 direct to disc, VBR, reducing the frame rate to 4 fps and extending the I frame interval to 16 so that I can still use the maximum bit rate setting available for those settings in the hope that this will not sacrifice image quality. Could this be the problem? If so, is there a fix?
 
Dave Lonsdale said:
I record continuously and have exported some clips from BI (MP4) but when I try to play them using VLC media player, the progress bar advances normally but the video image is stuck on the first frame. It worked fine two or three weeks ago with no changes to VLC in the meantime.

But I have extended the number of days of recorded clips before overwriting recently (can't quite remember when) by using h.265 direct to disc, VBR, reducing the frame rate to 4 fps and extending the I frame interval to 16 so that I can still use the maximum bit rate setting available for those settings in the hope that this will not sacrifice image quality. Could this be the problem? If so, is there a fix?
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when you export are you rencoding to h.264 or not?
 
Have now just discovered that if I export direct from the camera (SD49225) to my PC it also sticks on the first frame. This also worked OK before Christmas. So I guess I should close this thread in BI but any pointers would be helpful.
Many thanks for your very prompt response!
 
Dave Lonsdale said:
Have now just discovered that if I export direct from the camera (SD49225) to my PC it also sticks on the first frame. This also worked OK before Christmas. So I guess I should close this thread in BI but any pointers would be helpful.
Many thanks for your very prompt response!
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does the video play in the BI interface?
 
OK thanks fenderman, I will. The strange thing is though, the MP4 exports from the same camera before Christmas still work in VLC, its just that I can't remember if the camera was on VBR then. Maybe I'll also try CBR?
 
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So far, it appears that if I change from VBR to CBR and reencode to h.264 using BI, then exported files play OK on VLC. But exported CBR files in h.265 (reencoding unchecked) still stick on the first file.
 
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