<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">RafaMar:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Batch Rendering was designed as an advanced feature to be flexible for users when <b>computers were slow</b> by today's standard.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Original HV manual states:</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Set up a project and define the
region to be rendered either by highlighting it, setting in/out points
around it, or positioning the insertion point before it. Then save the
project as an EDL</div></blockquote><div> </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Current manual states:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">You do not have to render an entire project. We can limit ourselves to an active<br>region that we can set through a selection in Cut and Paste mode, with labels or<br>In/Out Points. Or the rendering will start from the Insert Point position until the<br>end of the project. <b>Remember: if we want to render the entire project (and not<br>just one active region) it is important to bring the Insertion Point to the beginning<br>of the timeline. This is the only way we are sure to include the whole project.</b></div></blockquote><div> </div><div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default">And now you know why "Save to EDL path" option is there !!! because when you saved your project, the insertion pointer was not at the beginning !!<br></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jan 18, 2021 at 12:31 PM Rafa Mar Multimedia en Gnu\Linux via Cin <<a href="mailto:cin@lists.cinelerra-gg.org">cin@lists.cinelerra-gg.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Sorry to report that the batch render wizard is not working as expected.<br><br>Today I have made several videos of various conferences with Cinelerra GG and I have tried to export the result from the BatchRender window.<br>The result has been:<br>1. The render does not work from the terminal<br>---------------------<br>** segv at 0x55da7ccd646f in pid 27025, tid 27025<br>writing debug data to /tmp/cinelerra_batch27025.dmp<br>lock_items: 0<br>lock_frees: 1<br>Segment violation (`core' generated)<br>----------------------------<br>I do not attach the generated file because it is empty.<br><br>2. With Cinlerra open it seems to work but it does not export the video from beginning to end. After analyzing what happens, it turns out that the render is made from where the playback cursor was left the last time it was saved.<br><br>I should never have tried this assistant ... I throw in the towel, I think the best thing is to leave it as it was before all this dizziness, all because of me, I assume it, and that everyone abides by the consequences if they lose a job or not . I prefer not to use this tool again because it is poorly conceived from the beginning. Never has batch processing given me such a headache.</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">El lun, 18 ene 2021 a las 15:20, Rafa Mar Multimedia en Gnu\Linux (<<a href="mailto:rafamar.mm.ig@gmail.com" target="_blank">rafamar.mm.ig@gmail.com</a>>) escribió:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Sorry Andrew, I did not test the warning, but I have tried these simple changes indicated above, I have completely uninstalled Cinelerra again, compiled with these changes, and now it works perfectly from the first time. It is as simple as setting these 1s to 0 and the problem is solved and we can end this matter.<br><br>I really liked the warning window not to overwrite and the tooltip with the warning.<br><br>Congratulations Andrew, great job. When the Cinelerra update is carried out, I will do a tutorial on batchrender and I will quote you in the thanks because your good work deserves it. We now have an ideal window for new users and much more secure for veterans.</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">El lun, 18 ene 2021 a las 15:06, Rafa Mar Multimedia en Gnu\Linux (<<a href="mailto:rafamar.mm.ig@gmail.com" target="_blank">rafamar.mm.ig@gmail.com</a>>) escribió:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Sorry, my friend has rechecked the file and recommends these two changes to avoid the well-known error.<br>diff PATH / cinelerra / batchrender.C<br>@@ 200<br>- warn = 1;<br>+ warn = 0;<br>@@ 272<br>- warn = file.tag.get_property ("WARN", 1);<br>+ warn = file.tag.get_property ("WARN", 0);<br><br>In this way, the wizard will always start for a new user with this option deactivated. If you activate the option from the preferences, when you open the wizard this option will remain deactivated, but if you activate it, Cinelerra will remember this at the next start.<br><br>I have tried it and it works perfect.</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">El lun, 18 ene 2021 a las 13:28, Rafa Mar Multimedia en Gnu\Linux (<<a href="mailto:rafamar.mm.ig@gmail.com" target="_blank">rafamar.mm.ig@gmail.com</a>>) escribió:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">I sent the new batchrender.C file to my friend to tell me where to change this number and he answered this, saying that you would understand.<br><br>diff PATH/cinelerra/batchrender.C<br>@@ 200<br>- warn = 1;<br>+ warn = 0;<br><br>I have gone to line 200 of the file and I have changed it, recompiled and now it no longer gives the aforementioned error.<br><br>With this small change, the assistant is working perfectly from its first use.</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">El lun, 18 ene 2021 a las 13:03, Rafa Mar Multimedia en Gnu\Linux (<<a href="mailto:rafamar.mm.ig@gmail.com" target="_blank">rafamar.mm.ig@gmail.com</a>>) escribió:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><img src="cid:ii_kk2hso7m0" alt="imagen.png" style="margin-right: 0px;"><br>This will be what new users will find, the error that some have already reported as a bug.<br><br>I have completely deleted Cinelerra, I have done an installation from the last git, I have deleted the .bcast5 folder, I have started Cinelerra and tried to do a batch render.<br><br>Precisely for this reason my friend stressed that it was important that this option was disabled by default, it was only to change a 1 to a 0. If I remember correctly ...<br><br>What happens that now I do not remember where this change was and I am afraid to continue abusing my friendship with him because he is a very busy person with work and family.<br><br>My honest opinion.<br>I still think we're giving new users a bad impression of Cinelerra by keeping a few options in a batch rendering window that only very few users currently use. Some options that do not make any sense in a window of this type, something that has always been done with a save as, which is an option that does not require any Dangerous flag.<br><br>Another option would be to leave the window as it was before all this matter, make the option "warn if it does not match ..." is disabled by default and the dangerous button what it does is a copy of the current file loaded in the EDL path adding a number to this new copy of the xml, and automatically reflect this change in the EDL path. In this way everything remains the same as before, the Dangerous flag is not necessary and the wizard stops being dangerous and automatically makes the "save as" and stops being a dangerous option for new users and this mode is satisfied. work for former users who made use of this feature. And most importantly, no one is going to lose their job due to a wrong click. I don't want to think about how the faces of these lovers of danger with their strange and dangerous way of working, if they press this option without having remembered to manually change the name in the EDL route.</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">El lun, 18 ene 2021 a las 11:28, Rafa Mar Multimedia en Gnu\Linux (<<a href="mailto:rafamar.mm.ig@gmail.com" target="_blank">rafamar.mm.ig@gmail.com</a>>) escribió:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>I'm going to download, compile and test to see how these changes work.</div><div><span lang="en"><span><span>I really like the option of multiple backup copies that Reuss András has made and his response of trying to make an option that creates some backup copies together with the EDL</span></span></span></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">El lun, 18 ene 2021 a las 7:15, Phyllis Smith via Cin (<<a href="mailto:cin@lists.cinelerra-gg.org" target="_blank">cin@lists.cinelerra-gg.org</a>>) escribió:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Changes to Batch Render menu have been checked into GIT. Lots of review/testing/decision making going on. So basically this is the compromise solution (which can be changed if necessary, but I really think it is probably the best option).</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">1) new users or new .bcast5 will automatically never see the "warn on mismatch" and "save edl"</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">2) existing users, if they are seeing these 2 warnings, will have to go into Settings->Preferences, Appearance tab and uncheck DANGEROUS batch render gui, in order to stop seeing these 2 warnings. Just one time and also be sure to use Settings pulldown to "save settings now".<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">3) anyone who wants to have these features available for use, has to get into Settings and check/enable Dangerous flag to see the 2 boxes.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Tooltips added for several additional boxes helps to explain usage a little better in Batch Render menu and some Preferences flags.<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Code checked in mostly by Andrew with slight modifications for compromise and wording changes.<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Jan 16, 2021 at 12:19 AM Andrew Randrianasulu via Cin <<a href="mailto:cin@lists.cinelerra-gg.org" target="_blank">cin@lists.cinelerra-gg.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">This time I tried to add user confirmation on project (EDL) file overwrite,<br>
_in addition_ to gui toggle hiding this button.<br>
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Rafa Mar, I saw your letter, just tracking _where exactly_ this function writes file() turned out<br>
to be harder than just adding warning. For now.<br>
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