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  • 1.  Xpression Graphic

    Posted 01-03-2022 14:07

    I hope you all had a great Christmas and New Years! I have a question for xpression. I created a 2 second graphic to get us into our presentations. I used video coder from xpression and coverted the file to play correctly in Xpression. 

    I got it to work fine with the switcher and even created a custom control. When I go and import that new Graphic to another project on Xpression to use it…I add it to the sequence side and when I click on it to take it online it plays faster than the original clip. I don't know why it's doing that. Its an HD file and its 2 seconds long. I even tried to bring it in building it from scratch and it still plays fast. It only plays normal in the original project I created in. Why is it doing that?
    Thank you, 



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    Lazaro Lopez
    videographer/editor
    miami dade county
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  • 2.  RE: Xpression Graphic

    Posted 01-03-2022 14:10
    The Projects probably have 2 different Video formats.  So now it plays the video clip 2 times as fast since it is half the number of Frames.

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    Les O'Reilly
    Director - Switcher Product Management
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  • 3.  RE: Xpression Graphic

    Posted 01-03-2022 15:05
    We just checked the old project and the new project and everything is the same. This graphic is coming from After Effects. I exported from after effects as a PNG sequence. I got the png sequence and put it in Video Coder for expression to get the avi file that xpression likes. I created a new xpression project and added it and it plays out fine. Looks good and everything.

    When we import this new project to an old project it plays faster. I know I'm repeating myself. What are we missing? What else can we check?  When the file is alone in a new project it works great.   


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    Lazaro Lopez
    videographer/editor
    miami dade county
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  • 4.  RE: Xpression Graphic

    Posted 01-03-2022 15:10
    Well at this point it is beyond a switcher question and is really needed to be addressed by the XPression team..

    @Garner Millward could you have someone look into this or offer up a suggestion...

    The only time I ever had the issue with the clip speed was when the project settings for FPS was different between them...  So I am out of ideas to help with..

    Les​​

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    Les O'Reilly
    Director - Switcher Product Management
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  • 5.  RE: Xpression Graphic

    Posted 01-03-2022 15:24
    Generally this issue is caused by the framerate of the XPression engine not matching the framerate of the output and/or project. There are some situations where it can be a bit finickily to get XPression into the correct base framerate. 

    Open the project where the clip plays back at double speed and go: XPression > Project > Convert Project Mode
    What is the editing mode and timebase shown there? (Ex. HD SDI 1080i & 29.97 frames/second). Don't change the project mode, just check what it is. 

    Do the same for the project where the clips plays back at the correct speed. What is the editing mode and timebase shown there?

    What is your output resolution and framerate supposed to be? 

    Does your XPression system create an "untitled" project when it launches? If so, also check the framerate of the untitled project. Sometimes this issue can be resolved by enabling "Do Not Create Untitiled Project" and/or by enabling "load most recent project". XPression > Edit > Preferences > Editor > On Startup


  • 6.  RE: Xpression Graphic

    Posted 01-03-2022 15:29
    Thank you Les and Garner. I will look into this and let you both know. Thanks Again.

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    Lazaro Lopez
    videographer/editor
    miami dade county
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  • 7.  RE: Xpression Graphic

    Posted 01-05-2022 16:55
    Both projects are set up at 29.97. We went into project, convert project mode in project that video was playing fast, and changed it to DV NTSC and it plays correctly now. We left the aspect ratio alone and it didn't change our lower thirds or anything. It's playing fine now. Thank you guys! 

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    Lazaro Lopez
    videographer/editor
    miami dade county
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  • 8.  RE: Xpression Graphic

    Posted 01-05-2022 22:18
    By any chance is there an event on the scene director that changes playback speed? Just throwing spaghetti at the wall right now. Try exporting from AE as a QuickTime. If Quicktime is installed on the xpression machine you can use the .mov file instead of a .png sequence. 


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    Malcolm Thorpe
    Free Lance Xpression Designer/Carbonite TD
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