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Re: Neat video creating Freeze frames on Render in FCP 10.6.3
Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2022 9:58 pm
by NVTeam
Thank you very much.
We have tried to reproduce the problem using our own tests on a Mac Pro with one Xeon but it worked without problems. So none of our Intel machines reproduced the issue. However it is still possible that dual Xeon may be the key to issue.
Vlad
Re: Neat video creating Freeze frames on Render in FCP 10.6.3
Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2022 11:07 pm
by joema
Another user just completed a series of tests on a 2019 Mac Pro, config: 12-core, 96 GB RAM, Afterburner, 2 x AMD Radeon Pro W5700X, macOS 12.4, FCP 10.6.3. He also tried NeatVideo SR 5.5.2 combined with variations of the above-mentioned scenario. He never saw it.
Re: Neat video creating Freeze frames on Render in FCP 10.6.3
Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2022 11:45 pm
by joema
In further testing today I have seen this on these built-in FCP effects: Film Grain, Raster, Stencil and Subway Shadow. On those it seems to happen less frequently than the "Trails" effect and it might require a retimed clip to manifest but I'm not sure. It is consistent with the original description by Neat Video as some kind of frame handling error, not a bug in specific plugins. It is especially difficult since the anomalies seen during playback do not always persist in the encoded file, even if the timeline was fully rendered to cache and the export was ProRes 422.
Re: Neat video creating Freeze frames on Render in FCP 10.6.3
Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2022 9:30 pm
by joema
This can also happen if using CoreMelt's Lock & Load stabilizer or the FCP built-in chroma keyer. To reproduce that I used four stacked 1080p/29.97 ProRes 422 clips, each scaled to 50% so they all appear on the viewer, and retimed the clip to 25% speed. So it's clearly not unique to Neat Video; it affects many different affects and plugins, both built-in and 3rd party.
Interestingly I could not reproduce it using Digital Anarchy's Flicker Free plugin.
I discussed this with Apple yesterday and today, so they are working on it.
Re: Neat video creating Freeze frames on Render in FCP 10.6.3
Posted: Sun Jul 17, 2022 7:05 am
by josch
I rendered one of my videos in Compressor, but the same issue occurs.
Re: Neat video creating Freeze frames on Render in FCP 10.6.3
Posted: Sun Jul 17, 2022 12:52 pm
by joema
I confirm it also happens if sending the timeline to Compressor for export. Update on 3rd-party plugins affected by this (besides Neat Video)
- CoreMelt Lock & Load stabilizer 4.0.2
- Digital Anarchy Beauty Box 5.0.4
It also happens with the built-in FCP chroma keyer.
Re: Neat video creating Freeze frames on Render in FCP 10.6.3
Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2022 8:32 pm
by joema
I noticed FCP 10.6.4 was just released. There is a single listed fix: "Fixes an issue where video frames may be out of order during playback or export". Anyone experiencing this problem should get this version and test it.
Re: Neat video creating Freeze frames on Render in FCP 10.6.3
Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2022 6:58 am
by josch
Yes, it looks like they fixed the bug, at least with the use of Neat Video.
Re: Neat video creating Freeze frames on Render in FCP 10.6.3
Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2022 8:45 am
by NVTeam
Our tests confirm that as well. FCP 10.6.4 now works correctly with Neat Video as well as with FCP's built-in effects that earlier shown the same problem.
Vlad