Hi there,

i just bought the pro version of lrt3 and started to play around with the new workflow.
I tried to render a batch of already merged HDR tifs. So i renamed them like LRT renames the intermediary tifs (LRT_00001.tif, etc) hoping i could choose Render and let LRT create a prores file for me. Apparently it isn't as easy as renaming the tifs because it didn't work.

Is there a way to let LRT encode tifs that are not created by the program itself?

Thanks,


phe

I honestly don't know. This is not officially supported. You can play around with this and check the log file though...

Could you have a quick glympse at it, just in case it's something that's obvious to you.

Code:

[2013-08-11 17:36:08] DEBUG: Done saving.
[2013-08-11 17:40:40] DEBUG: tiff sequence found.
[2013-08-11 18:18:02] INFO: Loading directory: K:\Zeitraffer\Windgfäll 10.8.13
[2013-08-11 18:18:09] DEBUG: Initializing directory chooser.
[2013-08-11 18:18:10] INFO: Done (dirchooser)...
[2013-08-11 18:18:18] INFO: Loading directory: K:\
[2013-08-11 18:18:30] DEBUG: Launching ExifTool: C:\Program Files (x86)\LRTimelapse 3\exiftool.exe
[2013-08-11 18:18:31] INFO: Loading directory: K:\Zeitraffer\Neuer Ordner\Windgfäll 10.8.13\1 HDR
[2013-08-11 18:18:31] INFO: Loading preview with ExifTool: LRT_00001.tif...
[2013-08-11 18:18:31] INFO: read 8 bytes from ExifTool: {ready}
[2013-08-11 18:18:31] INFO: preview not available, trying to load embedded jpg
[2013-08-11 18:18:31] INFO: read 10 bytes from ExifTool: {ready}
[2013-08-11 18:18:31] WARN: could not read embedded jpg either.
[2013-08-11 18:18:40] INFO: Loading preview with ExifTool: LRT_00002.tif...
[2013-08-11 18:18:40] INFO: read 10 bytes from ExifTool: {ready}
[2013-08-11 18:18:40] INFO: preview not available, trying to load embedded jpg
...
[2013-08-11 18:19:08] INFO: Loading preview with ExifTool: LRT_00241.tif...
[2013-08-11 18:19:08] INFO: read 10 bytes from ExifTool: {ready}
[2013-08-11 18:19:08] INFO: preview not available, trying to load embedded jpg
[2013-08-11 18:19:08] INFO: read 10 bytes from ExifTool: {ready}
[2013-08-11 18:19:08] WARN: could not read embedded jpg either.
[2013-08-11 18:19:10] DEBUG: tiff sequence found.
[2013-08-11 18:21:02] DEBUG: Launching mpeg converter: C:\Program Files (x86)\LRTimelapse 3\ffmpeg64.exe
[2013-08-11 18:21:02] DEBUG: Rendering in 1920x1280
[2013-08-11 18:21:02] DEBUG: Launched encoder.
[2013-08-11 18:21:02] DEBUG: Speed 1.0
[2013-08-11 18:21:02] DEBUG: Quality 4
[2013-08-11 18:21:02] DEBUG: Frame rate 25
[2013-08-11 18:21:02] DEBUG: Output cs 444
[2013-08-11 18:21:02] DEBUG: ffmpeg version N-54126-g8cdea50 Copyright (c) 2000-2013 the FFmpeg developers
[2013-08-11 18:21:02] DEBUG:   built on Jun 20 2013 23:42:52 with gcc 4.7.3 (GCC)
[2013-08-11 18:21:02] DEBUG:   configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --disable-w32threads --enable-avisynth --enable-bzlib --enable-fontconfig --enable-frei0r --enable-gnutls --enable-iconv --enable-libass --enable-libbluray --enable-libcaca --enable-libfreetype --enable-libgsm --enable-libilbc --enable-libmodplug --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libopus --enable-librtmp --enable-libschroedinger --enable-libsoxr --enable-libspeex --enable-libtheora --enable-libtwolame --enable-libvo-aacenc --enable-libvo-amrwbenc --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-libx264 --enable-libxavs --enable-libxvid --enable-zlib
[2013-08-11 18:21:02] DEBUG:   libavutil      52. 37.101 / 52. 37.101
[2013-08-11 18:21:02] DEBUG:   libavcodec     55. 16.100 / 55. 16.100
[2013-08-11 18:21:02] DEBUG:   libavformat    55.  9.100 / 55.  9.100
[2013-08-11 18:21:02] DEBUG:   libavdevice    55.  2.100 / 55.  2.100
[2013-08-11 18:21:02] DEBUG:   libavfilter     3. 77.101 /  3. 77.101
[2013-08-11 18:21:02] DEBUG:   libswscale      2.  3.100 /  2.  3.100
[2013-08-11 18:21:02] DEBUG:   libswresample   0. 17.102 /  0. 17.102
[2013-08-11 18:21:02] DEBUG:   libpostproc    52.  3.100 / 52.  3.100
[2013-08-11 18:21:02] DEBUG: [image2 @ 00000000024cb260] Could find no file with with path 'K:\Zeitraffer\Neuer Ordner\Windgfäll 10.8.13\1 HDR\LRT_%05d.tif' and index in the range 0-4
[2013-08-11 18:21:02] DEBUG: K:\Zeitraffer\Neuer Ordner\Windgfäll 10.8.13\1 HDR\LRT_%05d.tif: No such file or directory
[2013-08-11 18:21:02] ERROR: External encoder exited with error 1

I tried to find something i could understand. What about the following line, the thing about the index in particular:

Could find no file with with path 'K:\Zeitraffer\Neuer Ordner\Windgfäll 10.8.13\1 HDR\LRT_%05d.tif' and index in the range 0-4

Also could the resolution of the files be of any importance? The files had a resolution of 2872x1914.

Cheers

The pathname has non ascii characters... Use a simple path name instead.

This post was last modified: 2013-08-11, 22:50 by lederschnautz.

Argh, i got problems with that before once in AE. Will give it a try.

Thanks for your help (on a sunday evening)!!

Grüsse aus der Schweiz

Edit: It works, thanks!!