Hello Gunther,

I would like to report what I think is a bug that results in a encoder failure when exporting from Lightroom.

My system is MacOS Monterey, Macbook Pro ARM M1 Max 64GB Ram
The LrTimelapse version is 6.2 Build 820

I noticed a few times that ehe encoder fails when I export a sequence from Lightroom. Maybe it has something to do how the parameters are handed over to LrTimelapse and something goes missing along the way?

The sequence is exported perfectly and when calling the Encoder manually after the failure happens, everything works well.

Please let me know if I can provide more support to investigate this. See Log file below:

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Code:

Support request from Mathias Rhode, , Berlin, E-Mail: mathias.rhode@gmail.com
Lizenz für: LRTimelapse 6, Lizenztyp: professional, Zahlungsreferenz: 0FA20282SS084493K, Gültig bis: Unbegrenzt für LRTimelapse 6

2022-12-05 15:23:57 [DEB] Found render tasks!
2022-12-05 15:23:57 [DEB] Launching render Task for: /Users/mathiasrhode/Daten Privat/01 - Fotografie/000 - Weltreise 2022/Timelapse Export/Neuseeland/LRT_20221205_-_Sunrise_Roys_Peak
2022-12-05 15:23:58 [DEB] -- Headless render --
2022-12-05 15:23:58 [DEB]   Loading: /Users/mathiasrhode/Daten Privat/01 - Fotografie/000 - Weltreise 2022/Timelapse Export/Neuseeland/LRT_20221205_-_Sunrise_Roys_Peak (991 files)
2022-12-05 15:23:58 [DEB] -- Render intermediary sequence /Users/mathiasrhode/Daten Privat/01 - Fotografie/000 - Weltreise 2022/Timelapse Export/Neuseeland/LRT_20221205_-_Sunrise_Roys_Peak
2022-12-05 15:23:58 [DEB] Image has default orientation
2022-12-05 15:23:58 [DEB]   Dimensions: 8382 x 5588
2022-12-05 15:23:58 [DEB]   JPG sequence
2022-12-05 15:23:58 [DEB]   ICC-Profile: BT2020
2022-12-05 15:23:58 [DEB]   Intermediary sequence has LRTimelapse naming convention.
2022-12-05 15:23:58 [DEB] Crop: 0:0 xOff: 0 yOff: 0
2022-12-05 15:23:58 [DEB] Output Filename: /Users/mathiasrhode/Daten Privat/01 - Fotografie/000 - Weltreise 2022/Timelapse Export/Neuseeland/20221205_-_Sunrise_Roys_Peak_ProRes-422_Rec.709F_OriRes_29.97_VHQ_mb03.mov
2022-12-05 15:23:59 [DEB] Launching video encoder: /usr/local/LRTimelapse/ffmpeg-silicon
2022-12-05 15:23:59 [DEB]   Frames:      991
2022-12-05 15:23:59 [DEB]   Output Size (Source): 0 x 0
2022-12-05 15:23:59 [DEB]   Crop Forced: false, AR: 0.0, offset: 50%
2022-12-05 15:23:59 [DEB]   Frame rate:  29.97
2022-12-05 15:23:59 [DEB]   Encoder:     ProRes
2022-12-05 15:23:59 [DEB]   Quality:     VHQ
2022-12-05 15:23:59 [DEB]   Color Space: Rec.709
2022-12-05 15:23:59 [DEB]   Color Subs.: 422
2022-12-05 15:23:59 [DEB]   Color Range: F
2022-12-05 15:23:59 [DEB]   Speed:       1.0
2022-12-05 15:23:59 [DEB]   Sharpen:     true
2022-12-05 15:23:59 [DEB]   Motion Blur: true
2022-12-05 15:23:59 [DEB]   Timestamps:  false
2022-12-05 15:23:59 [DEB]   Copyright:   false
2022-12-05 15:23:59 [DEB] ffmpeg version 4.4.1 Copyright (c) 2000-2021 the FFmpeg developers
2022-12-05 15:23:59 [DEB]   built with Apple clang version 13.0.0 (clang-1300.0.29.3)
2022-12-05 15:23:59 [DEB]   configuration: --prefix=/Volumes/tempdisk/sw --extra-cflags=-fno-stack-check --arch=arm64 --cc=/usr/bin/clang --enable-gpl --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libopus --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libx264 --enable-libx265 --enable-libvpx --enable-libwebp --enable-libass --enable-libfreetype --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis --enable-libsnappy --enable-libaom --enable-libvidstab --enable-libzimg --enable-libsvtav1 --enable-version3 --pkg-config-flags=--static --disable-ffplay --enable-postproc --enable-nonfree --enable-videotoolbox --enable-neon --enable-runtime-cpudetect --disable-indev=qtkit --disable-indev=x11grab_xcb
2022-12-05 15:23:59 [DEB]   libavutil      56. 70.100 / 56. 70.100
2022-12-05 15:23:59 [DEB]   libavcodec     58.134.100 / 58.134.100
2022-12-05 15:23:59 [DEB]   libavformat    58. 76.100 / 58. 76.100
2022-12-05 15:23:59 [DEB]   libavdevice    58. 13.100 / 58. 13.100
2022-12-05 15:23:59 [DEB]   libavfilter     7.110.100 /  7.110.100
2022-12-05 15:23:59 [DEB]   libswscale      5.  9.100 /  5.  9.100
2022-12-05 15:23:59 [DEB]   libswresample   3.  9.100 /  3.  9.100
2022-12-05 15:23:59 [DEB]   libpostproc    55.  9.100 / 55.  9.100
2022-12-05 15:23:59 [DEB] Input #0, image2, from '/Users/mathiasrhode/Daten Privat/01 - Fotografie/000 - Weltreise 2022/Timelapse Export/Neuseeland/LRT_20221205_-_Sunrise_Roys_Peak/LRT_%05d.jpg':
2022-12-05 15:23:59 [DEB]   Duration: 00:00:39.64, start: 0.000000, bitrate: N/A
2022-12-05 15:23:59 [DEB]   Stream #0:0: Video: mjpeg (Baseline), yuvj444p(pc, bt470bg/unknown/unknown), 8382x5588, 25 fps, 25 tbr, 25 tbn, 25 tbc
2022-12-05 15:23:59 [DEB] Invalid aspect ratio: 0.0
2022-12-05 15:23:59 [ERR] External encoder exited with error 1
2022-12-05 15:36:50 [INF] Deleted incomplete file.
2022-12-05 15:41:11 [DEB] User action: Launch Render Dialog
2022-12-05 15:41:11 [DEB] RenderDialog: Initializing...
2022-12-05 15:41:12 [DEB] RenderDialog: Loading presets from settings...
2022-12-05 15:41:12 [DEB] RenderDialog: Loading Render Settings...
2022-12-05 15:41:12 [DEB] RenderDialog: Selecting last render setting...
2022-12-05 15:41:12 [DEB] Loaded render settings from UI
2022-12-05 15:41:12 [DEB] RenderDialog: completed.
2022-12-05 15:41:12 [DEB] -- Dialog render
2022-12-05 15:41:12 [DEB]   Loading: /Users/mathiasrhode/Daten Privat/01 - Fotografie/000 - Weltreise 2022/Timelapse Export/Neuseeland/LRT_20221205_-_Sunrise_Roys_Peak (991 files)
2022-12-05 15:41:12 [DEB] Rendering from intermediary: /Users/mathiasrhode/Daten Privat/01 - Fotografie/000 - Weltreise 2022/Timelapse Export/Neuseeland/LRT_20221205_-_Sunrise_Roys_Peak
2022-12-05 15:41:13 [DEB] Image has default orientation
2022-12-05 15:41:13 [DEB]   Dimensions: 8382 x 5588
2022-12-05 15:41:13 [DEB]   ICC-Profile: ITU-R BT.2020 Reference Display

This post was last modified: 2022-12-05, 12:45 by Gunther.

Could you please update to the latest version (6.2.1) where this should be fixed already.
It's also in the releasenotes:

Fix: If you had set LRTimelapse to render in original resolution and then chose to skip the render dialog ("Last LRT Render Settings" in LRTExport) the render would fail.

That's why I can recommend enough to always update to the latest versions. I normally fix bugs as soon as I get to know them.

Thank you! I usually update to the latest version as soon as LrTimelapse prompts me to. But for some reason, this does not happen with this version.

Great that this is fixed!

In the LRT log (info menu) you can see, if the LRTimelapse version check succeeds or not (search for "Version"). If not, access to the version server might be blocked in your firewall or similar.