output unrendered to vtr

[Anonymous]

If i cache sources using burn manager, and then render timeline effects to output to vtr..... the sequence is exported with black holes, where the caching hasn't managed to finish in time. How is this allowed to happen?

[Robert.Adam]

Hi. Does the clip look OK when you play it back?

Are there any error messages in the logs?

Thanks!

robert.

[Anonymous]

Robert, I believ that it's the burn manager in error, which leaves black where the uncached media sits on the tieline. But there must be flags to tell SMoke that cache is incomplete, and/or smoke to fix the cache error and then proceed to process any timeline FX before output to VTR. I was never able to output black within a render in previous versions, what has changed in this respect.

[Robert.Adam]

Hi.

Nothing has changed. Smoke should use the uncached source frames to render the segments that burn hasn't managed to cache yet.

Do you see the "black holes" when you play back the clip?

Have you checked the logs?

Regards,

Robert.

[Anonymous]

Yes, I see the black holes on playback......the timeline is rendered. If i jump into the offending clip it will update to the real vision frames, instead of the previously rendered black. If I find anything I will post the log entry.
Thanks

[Anonymous]

What if you hard commit the layer above?
Back when I used videotape I always hard committed before dumping.

Mike