Exporting Problems with Olive & How to Fix them

How can
things

go wrong?

Bad video files

Videos can be corrupted, or for other technical reasons (that we'll go in detail later) videos can't mix together without affecting the final product video or audio speed.

Issues with Olive

The software can be acting unexpectedly, or lack a feature you need.

Bad video files

My video plays just fine, why are you calling it bad or damaged?

Bad video files

Video 1

Video 2

Let's say we have 2 videos, one you shoot on your phone and another on a profesional camera

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Bad video files

Video 1

Video 2

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Vertical video
Was saved as an .MP4 file
Non-HD video
Audio is sampled at 44100 Hz

Horizontal video
Was saved as a .MOV file
HD video
Audio is sampled at 48000 Hz

Bad video files

Video 1

Video 2

Vertical video
Was saved as an .MP4 file
Non-HD video
Audio is sampled at 44100 Hz

Horizontal video
Was saved as a .MOV file
HD video
Audio is sampled at 48000 Hz

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Bad video files

Video 1

Video 2

Because both videos have different settings, when you mix them in olive they will distort in some way, kind of like this:

Bad video files

Video 1

Video 2

This happens because all video editors like olive asume all videos have the same settings. It can't work with different settings so the program stretches the audio 1 or video 1 to fit audio 2 or video 2