Saber causing lag in new version

Specs: Windows 10, AMD Ryzen 7 3800X 3.9GHz, 16GB RAM, Radeon 5600 XT.

App Version: 5.1.3

Problem: The preview in App runs smoothly, however, the rendered video is choppy. Had no issues in my previous videos prior to updating from 5.0.5 to 5.1.3.

What I have done:

- I uninstalled and reinstalled app, updated graphics card driver, restarted computer. No effect on lag.

- I ran several test renders using different rendering settings - Best/High/Med quality, 30/60 FPS, and Basic/AVPro seemed to have no effect related to lag.

- I ran more test renders using different combinations of particle/light/glow/saber effects. In 100% of the cases, when saber is enabled, regardless of which preset I use, the rendered video will lag. If I render with everything except saber, then the video is smooth. If I render with only saber and no other effect, then the video is choppy.

- I went back to my old projects that had no issue rendering in 5.0.5, and re-rendered them in 5.1.3 without changing any setting. The rendered video is choppy.

Conclusion:

Enabling saber in version 5.1.3 seem to be causing lag issue previously not encountered.

Pls help?

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Comments (11)

visualmusicdesign

Nov 14, 2022

1. It's very strange - I do know that after very heavy use, sometimes the Windows Media Foundation that provides video clip loading and seeking can generally get gummed up, and will reset after a restart.

If you're encountering the issue again, the simplest fix might be attempting a restart?

2. Can you send the video file of your hands you were using for this rendering?

Thank you

Mori

Nov 15, 2022

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Yes, I use DaVinci to edit and sync the video and audio before importing to SeeMusic. I've also tried importing the unedited video but that also produced lag too

visualmusicdesign

Nov 15, 2022

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I just tried testing on Windows 10 with the settings file and the original video file you sent me... unfortunately, I'm not immediately able to reproduce the issue you're describing. Everything seems to render out perfectly with no lag.

I 100% believe and understand you're having this issue consistently on your device. The problem is, if I can't replicate the issue, it's impossible for me to fix for this kind of issue.

- I can keep trying to see if I can eventually replicate it - or if you have any more specific information or ways to consistently replicate the issue, please let me know.

- A workaround could still be to try to find a slightly different way of encoding your video footage before importing to SeeMusic - triple check the video codec and framerate being used, and perhaps try a different one to see if it helps.

visualmusicdesign

Nov 15, 2022

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I just checked the logs, and I do see this error related to your video file:

First video frame not zero: 2 (0.066667s). Result may be out of sync. Please make sure tracks all start at 0

This kind of issue could cause the rendering issue you're seeing - again, the solution would be to find a different way of encoding the video that doesn't produce this issue.

Mori

Nov 13, 2022

So I rendered it a few more times and somehow it is now working with no lag using saber preset 1, at 60FPS, High quality, and Basic rendering framework. Still don't know why it causes lag occasionally. Maybe it didn't like a particular combination of settings

Mori

Nov 13, 2022

Thanks for the quick response, I couldn't upload to this forum, but I uploaded to Google drive and shared with the listed email

visualmusicdesign

Nov 13, 2022

- Could you please upload a short 10 sec clip showing the issue in the render?

If you can't upload, you can send to seemusicapp@gmail.com

- Please make sure you have the settings active that cause the issue - then open the Save window from the left side of the main screen - click "New Save" to create a save of your current settings - click Export, and send the exported save file so that I can test with your settings