Video Dropouts Due to a Photo

[dasein64]

I'm having a problems in a Reaper video project with dropouts/blackouts in video playback before and after an added photo on a track. I've done one other successful video project using several video files, a song WAV file, and photos with no problems. I know how to set a project up for video (project settings for video, change the grid to frames, change the ruler, etc). In the past when there have been video dropouts, I simply re-size or un-resize videos in Project Settings to match the preferred video size. However, this time, it's a photo, not a video, that's causing the problem. When the track is muted - no problem. I've set the video size of the project (3840 x 2160) and frame rate (23.976) to match the size of the (only) main source video. The photo is a 1080 x 1080 png. On the photo track, in FX, I've selected Image Overlay so that it shows in the main video on the track below. That works (see attached photo). The project is a lyric video for a song. A you can see in the photo, I have text overlay items on tracks above. Any ideas?

[vitalker]

I think I had the same issue.
https://forum.cockos.com/showthread.php?t=236950

[dasein64]

Originally Posted by vitalker

I think I had the same issue.
https://forum.cockos.com/showthread.php?t=236950

Thanks Buddy. It didn't work for me. However, I did find a solution (and given it's Reaper, there are probably 8 other possible solutions I'll never know about it).

Given the huge size of the imported video, I changed the preferred video size in Project Settings to 2160 x 1080, made sure "always resize..." and the other toggles were on Project Settings. I also made sure in both Project Settings, and Options/Preferences/Video that YV12 was forced for colour space (which works well for the h264 codec).

However, given that the track that I added the photo to had Image Overlay as an FX, and I had Item Fades Affecting Video, a miniature version of the underlying video was showing at the beginning and ending of fades (!). I had to remove the Item Fades Affecting Video.

[vitalker]

Originally Posted by dasein64

Thanks Buddy. It didn't work for me. However, I did find a solution (and given it's Reaper, there are probably 8 other possible solutions I'll never know about it).

Given the huge size of the imported video, I changed the preferred video size in Project Settings to 2160 x 1080, made sure "always resize..." and the other toggles were on Project Settings. I also made sure in both Project Settings, and Options/Preferences/Video that YV12 was forced for colour space (which works well for the h264 codec).

However, given that the track that I added the photo to had Image Overlay as an FX, and I had Item Fades Affecting Video, a miniature version of the underlying video was showing at the beginning and ending of fades (!). I had to remove the Item Fades Affecting Video.

Your solution is in that thread. Are your vides overlapping?

[dasein64]

Originally Posted by vitalker

Your solution is in that thread. Are your vides overlapping?

No. Everything is snapped. Anyway, it works without the image overlay fades. Thanks for your input!