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
Bad video files
Video 1
Video 2
HOW TO FIX THIS
Bad video files
Video 1
Video 2
We can use a program called handbrake to make all of our videos have the same settings and avoid audio or video stretching