Hi all,

I have few problems with some sequences. Here is how I work:

1. I edit my pics in LR
2. I export everything in TIFF using the export plugin
3. In LRtimelapse 3, I use the tool "render video".

I work like this because I don´t need all of the editing tool in LRtimelapse.

for some of my timelapses, the final video are really short: 0 secondes or 1 or few seconds. But I use LRtimelapse to browse and to choose the sequence I want in timelapse, LRtimelapse said that the timelapses will be at least 10 or 12 secondes (the information between bracket when you browse).

Does someone has information about this problem? Lor of my timelapses are really short compared to the amound of images (350-400). I produce timelapses at 23,976 fps.

Thanks a lot for your help !

This post was last modified: 2014-11-23, 12:37 by timoune.

I just tried something new...

When I export the sequence in JPEG from lightroom, the timelapses work perfectly.

Is it possible that too much TIFF can not be processed by LR 3.1 pro ?
do I loose a lot of quality if I export in JEPG instead of TIFF?

Thanks a lot!

Normally the TIFF export should work the same but I recommend using JPG, I do this for mostly all my professional work as well. After grading and reducing the contrasts in Lightroom on a RAW file basis, normally JPG can easily cover the resulting dynamic range.
You might check the log file after the exporter aborts (info/log).

This post was last modified: 2014-11-24, 20:51 by timoune.

Thanks a lot Gunther!

Thanks for your answer for the JPEG/TIFF. Pretty awesome to use JPEG!

Here is the log info that I just got from a rendering. I could not go further than the 7th picture in the sequence...

Please send the content of this log-file to support@lrtimelapse.com if you experience any problems.

[2014-11-24 19:35:08] DEBUG: Loading properties from C:\Users\florent\AppData\Roaming\LRTimelapse\user.props
[2014-11-24 19:35:08] INFO: LRTimelapse 3.1 (2013-08-03)
[2014-11-24 19:35:08] INFO: © 2014 Gunther Wegner
[2014-11-24 19:35:08] INFO: http://lrtimelapse.com
[2014-11-24 19:35:08] INFO: Java version: 1.7.0_67 (64bit) from Oracle Corporation
[2014-11-24 19:35:08] INFO: Running on: Windows 8.1 locale: en_GB
[2014-11-24 19:35:08] INFO: ------------------------------------
[2014-11-24 19:35:09] INFO: Licensed to: x-force, pro, pro - X-force License.
[2014-11-24 19:35:09] DEBUG: Initializing directory chooser.
[2014-11-24 19:35:09] INFO: Done (dirchooser)...
[2014-11-24 19:35:10] DEBUG: Launching ExifTool: C:\Program Files (x86)\LRTimelapse 3\exiftool.exe
[2014-11-24 19:35:12] INFO: read 14 bytes from ExifTool: 9.33
{ready}
[2014-11-24 19:35:12] DEBUG: Exif Tool available.
[2014-11-24 19:35:12] DEBUG: DNG Converter not found.
[2014-11-24 19:35:12] DEBUG: MPEG Encoder available.
[2014-11-24 19:35:12] INFO: Detected Screen size: 1920 x 1080
[2014-11-24 19:35:12] INFO: Newest version: 3.4 (2014-06-05), current Version: 3.1 (2013-08-03)



.......


[2014-11-24 19:45:57] DEBUG: jpg sequence found.
[2014-11-24 19:46:01] DEBUG: Launching mpeg converter: C:\Program Files (x86)\LRTimelapse 3\ffmpeg64.exe
[2014-11-24 19:46:01] DEBUG: Rendering in 1920x1080
[2014-11-24 19:46:01] DEBUG: Launched encoder.
[2014-11-24 19:46:01] DEBUG: Speed 1.0
[2014-11-24 19:46:01] DEBUG: Quality 3
[2014-11-24 19:46:01] DEBUG: Frame rate 23.976
[2014-11-24 19:46:01] DEBUG: Output cs 420
[2014-11-24 19:46:01] DEBUG: ffmpeg version N-54126-g8cdea50 Copyright © 2000-2013 the FFmpeg developers
[2014-11-24 19:46:01] DEBUG: built on Jun 20 2013 23:42:52 with gcc 4.7.3 (GCC)
[2014-11-24 19:46:01] 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
[2014-11-24 19:46:01] DEBUG: libavutil 52. 37.101 / 52. 37.101
[2014-11-24 19:46:01] DEBUG: libavcodec 55. 16.100 / 55. 16.100
[2014-11-24 19:46:01] DEBUG: libavformat 55. 9.100 / 55. 9.100
[2014-11-24 19:46:01] DEBUG: libavdevice 55. 2.100 / 55. 2.100
[2014-11-24 19:46:01] DEBUG: libavfilter 3. 77.101 / 3. 77.101
[2014-11-24 19:46:01] DEBUG: libswscale 2. 3.100 / 2. 3.100
[2014-11-24 19:46:01] DEBUG: libswresample 0. 17.102 / 0. 17.102
[2014-11-24 19:46:01] DEBUG: libpostproc 52. 3.100 / 52. 3.100
[2014-11-24 19:46:01] DEBUG: [image2 @ 0000000003cd00a0] Stream #0: not enough frames to estimate rate; consider increasing probesize
[2014-11-24 19:46:01] DEBUG: Input #0, image2, from 'F:\TL BC EXPORT TO RENDER\LRT_Top_trees_fog_WP\LRT_%05d.jpg':
[2014-11-24 19:46:01] DEBUG: Duration: 00:00:15.28, start: 0.000000, bitrate: N/A
[2014-11-24 19:46:01] DEBUG: Stream #0:0: Video: mjpeg, yuvj444p, 4096x2304, 25 tbr, 25 tbn, 25 tbc
[2014-11-24 19:46:01] DEBUG: [libx264 @ 0000000003ce7740] using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 SSE4.2 AVX AVX2 FMA3 LZCNT BMI2
[2014-11-24 19:46:01] DEBUG: [libx264 @ 0000000003ce7740] profile High, level 4.0
[2014-11-24 19:46:01] DEBUG: [libx264 @ 0000000003ce7740] 264 - core 133 r2334 a3ac64b - H.264/MPEG-4 AVC codec - Copyleft 2003-2013 - http://www.videolan.org/x264.html - options: cabac=1 ref=3 deblock=1:0:0 analyse=0x3:0x113 me=hex subme=7 psy=1 psy_rd=1.00:0.00 mixed_ref=1 me_range=16 chroma_me=1 trellis=1 8x8dct=1 cqm=0 deadzone=21,11 fast_pskip=1 chroma_qp_offset=-2 threads=12 lookahead_threads=2 sliced_threads=0 nr=0 decimate=1 interlaced=0 bluray_compat=0 constrained_intra=0 bframes=3 b_pyramid=2 b_adapt=1 b_bias=0 direct=1 weightb=1 open_gop=0 weightp=2 keyint=250 keyint_min=23 scenecut=40 intra_refresh=0 rc_lookahead=40 rc=crf mbtree=1 crf=10.0 qcomp=0.60 qpmin=0 qpmax=69 qpstep=4 ip_ratio=1.40 aq=1:1.00
[2014-11-24 19:46:01] DEBUG: Output #0, mp4, to 'F:\TL BC EXPORT TO RENDER\Top_trees_fog_WP_h264-420_1080p_VHQ.mp4':
[2014-11-24 19:46:01] DEBUG: Metadata:
[2014-11-24 19:46:01] DEBUG: encoder : Lavf55.9.100
[2014-11-24 19:46:01] DEBUG: Stream #0:0: Video: h264 (libx264) ([33][0][0][0] / 0x0021), yuv420p, 1920x1080, q=-1--1, 11988 tbn, 23.98 tbc
[2014-11-24 19:46:01] DEBUG: Stream mapping:
[2014-11-24 19:46:01] DEBUG: Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (mjpeg -> libx264)
[2014-11-24 19:46:01] DEBUG: Press [q] to stop, [?] for help
[2014-11-24 19:46:02] DEBUG: Could not open file : F:\TL BC EXPORT TO RENDER\LRT_Top_trees_fog_WP\LRT_00008.jpg
[2014-11-24 19:46:02] DEBUG: F:\TL BC EXPORT TO RENDER\LRT_Top_trees_fog_WP\LRT_%05d.jpg: Input/output error
[2014-11-24 19:46:03] DEBUG:
[2014-11-24 19:46:03] DEBUG: video:3034kB audio:0kB subtitle:0 global headers:0kB muxing overhead 0.027552%
[2014-11-24 19:46:03] DEBUG: [libx264 @ 0000000003ce7740] frame I:1 Avg QP:10.32 size:565059
[2014-11-24 19:46:03] DEBUG: [libx264 @ 0000000003ce7740] frame P:6 Avg QP:10.77 size:423504
[2014-11-24 19:46:03] DEBUG: [libx264 @ 0000000003ce7740] mb I I16..4: 6.8% 67.2% 26.0%
[2014-11-24 19:46:03] DEBUG: [libx264 @ 0000000003ce7740] mb P I16..4: 2.3% 47.1% 5.6% P16..4: 17.4% 16.4% 11.2% 0.0% 0.0% skip: 0.0%
[2014-11-24 19:46:03] DEBUG: [libx264 @ 0000000003ce7740] 8x8 transform intra:81.4% inter:40.6%
[2014-11-24 19:46:03] DEBUG: [libx264 @ 0000000003ce7740] coded y,uvDC,uvAC intra: 99.8% 99.2% 98.5% inter: 99.3% 94.5% 73.8%
[2014-11-24 19:46:03] DEBUG: [libx264 @ 0000000003ce7740] i16 v,h,dc,p: 2% 2% 62% 34%
[2014-11-24 19:46:03] DEBUG: [libx264 @ 0000000003ce7740] i8 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 7% 9% 60% 4% 4% 3% 4% 3% 6%
[2014-11-24 19:46:03] DEBUG: [libx264 @ 0000000003ce7740] i4 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 15% 10% 23% 8% 10% 8% 9% 7% 10%
[2014-11-24 19:46:03] DEBUG: [libx264 @ 0000000003ce7740] i8c dc,h,v,p: 57% 27% 11% 4%
[2014-11-24 19:46:03] DEBUG: [libx264 @ 0000000003ce7740] Weighted P-Frames: Y:66.7% UV:16.7%
[2014-11-24 19:46:03] DEBUG: [libx264 @ 0000000003ce7740] ref P L0: 53.1% 22.6% 10.8% 10.5% 3.0%
[2014-11-24 19:46:03] DEBUG: [libx264 @ 0000000003ce7740] kb/s:85110.30
[2014-11-24 19:46:03] DEBUG: External encoder finished successfully.
[2014-11-24 19:46:03] INFO: Rendered video to: F:\TL BC EXPORT TO RENDER\Top_trees_fog_WP_h264-420_1080p_VHQ.mp4


Thanks a lot for your help... I don´t really understand what is wrong here...
I guess there is the log script from 2 tries

Hmm, it seems not to be able to read the files for what reason ever. Could you please check if they are somewhat locked or corrupt? Maybe you could try another driver for the intermediary sequence?

This is the error:
[2014-11-24 19:46:02] DEBUG: Could not open file : F:\TL BC EXPORT TO RENDER\LRT_Top_trees_fog_WP\LRT_00008.jpg
[2014-11-24 19:46:02] DEBUG: F:\TL BC EXPORT TO RENDER\LRT_Top_trees_fog_WP\LRT_%05d.jpg: Input/output error

Thanks for your help Gunther, really appreciated.

The files don´t look corrupt... What do you mean by "locked" ? I just export the sequence from Lightroom without special settings.

What do you mean with "another driver" ? Do you mean an other hard disk? the JPEG are currently on a hard disk, that might be the problem. If I remember well, I already try to do it on the computer hard disk and it did not change anything...

Quite tough: it is doing this for most of the timelapses...

Thanks again for your help!

Sorry, I don't know - it must be something on your computer - the error says "input/output" error on the file system.
Try another location for the intermediary sequence (configured in the LRTExport plugin when exporting from Lightroom).
Maybe that drive is full or whatever.

Is it possible to change this file system?

Thanks!

Yes, in Lightroom when exporting via LRTExport just choose another output location.

This post was last modified: 2014-11-28, 09:49 by timoune.

Look likes it worked for one... I will try more tonight and I will let you know...

If this is not working, I will have to find an other solution...

Thanks a lot!