Report Redcine Bugs

[Lav Bodnaruk]

Hi Eugenia,

I had the same problem, because I also run two monitors. One of my LCDs is 20" and the other is 23", and the resolutions are also different. The moment I down re-zed the bigger screen to the same resolution as the 20" - 1680x1050, the redcine worked OK.

The alternative was to go into my Nvidia Properties and make the 23" the PRIMARY screen - the REDCINE would then open up there, and work OK, with the 20" screen now being a spare...

This worked in my case - hope it is somewhat helpful
cheers,
Lav

[Lav Bodnaruk]

hey all,

id like to put my bug forward...
I am using REDCINE on PC, version 3.1.5.
I can get the R3D files opened in there, and I can export XML, convert it to XSL and eventually to ALE (for Avid) but I cannot output QUICKTIME Avid DNxHD file, no matter what I try.

Actually... any QuickTime file (any codec) that I try, the error is the same:

Player: Failed to write frame _____and then there would be frame 1, frame 2, frame 3, etc...

Underneath that line, it says:

Node: RedMag
At: ___date____time____

that is it...
Any ideas on what could be causing this? I tried to re-install the REDCINE few times, used all settings I can think off - different clips, in and out points, no in and out points, formats, folder output settings, etc etc.. but anything you can think of, please let me know

thanks!
Lav

[MikeCurtis]

Too many files loaded into Redcine seems to break the Open dialog - I pulled in a bunch of shots for a 10 minute short, then couldn't load the Redcine XML file I'd made with cineXML - the dialog wouldn't show anything when I clicked on volumes. This is with Redcine 3.18, OS X 10.5.6, 8 core 3.0GHz, ATI X1900, 5GB RAM.

[gbalaji]

Redcine can load maximum of 112 clips at a time.

[MikeCurtis]

well, crap. So for 290 cut short, bust into three parts I guess. Thanks for that help!

[MikeCurtis]

and WTF is up with that limit!!!???? Seems so arbitrary. I'd rather have laggy performance than none...so that is why the open dialog barfs out? Crazy.

Fix, anyone?

[Kevin Wild]

I'm with you, Mike. I am so tired of RED Cine not working correctly or at least as good as it should.

I just completed a 2 minute edit in FCP. All I want to be able to do is to bring the frames I used (via XML) into RED Cine, color them, and export back out. Crimson immediately gave me an error and that was that. UGH! This does not seem to be overly difficult or asking too much!

Beside the clip quantity limitation you are having trouble with, we also found there to be a clip length issue on an earlier project, where crimson/RED Cine didn't work with long clips (over a 4 gig limit). Not sure if this issue has been resolved or not.

I really want RED's tools to "just work" the way they should. Again, the instance I asked for above (a simple conform/color process) isn't that crazy. Not after this much time...

[Cüneyt Kaya]

and WTF is up with that limit!!!???? Seems so arbitrary. I'd rather have laggy performance than none...so that is why the open dialog barfs out? Crazy.

Fix, anyone?

didnt you know it only costs 17500 USD with Scratchcine to have this.
this is exactly what redcine should be.--

i kicked out redcine a long time ago out of my workflow.
its only a viewing tool on set...sometimes

[David Rasberry]

New to Redcine. Just playing with a few clips from Redrelay to learn a little about the workflow while awaiting Scarlet.

Toshiba laptop: 2MHz Intel Core2 Duo 8750, 4GB ram, 256MB DDR2 ATI Radeon 3470, 2 x 200GB 5400rpm drives. Vista 64bit home premium. Redcine 3.1.8

Program loads and runs fine. Plays 4k clips at 1/4res medium at about 18fps. Plays 2k clips real time at the same setting. All picture controls work correctly and instantly. All menus and functions work fine with no crashes or hangups of any kind except for output rendering.

I have tried loading Jarred's 2k dragstrip clip from redrelay and encoding to output at native size with no changes using every format and filter combination available except QT, I only have the QT player not the full version. All produce garbled frames, noise and banding, color shift, no usable image. everything else about the program works just fine except the encoding.

Any clues?

[Bruce Allen]

and WTF is up with that limit!!!???? Seems so arbitrary. I'd rather have laggy performance than none...so that is why the open dialog barfs out? Crazy.

Fix, anyone?

It's a bug. Not a hard limit. Has been reported for AGES (years?).

I don't think anyone at RED has actually tried to use REDCINE on a real-world project over a minute long. If so they would know that bugs like this one really are showstoppers and would have fixed them by now.

I'm not sure how to let RED know that this is important. I've tried polite posts, rude posts, polite emails, rude emails... no results except getting the entire RED software team angry at me. They think it's just me whining.

I don't care any more - I am shooting on Canon 5D Mk2, HV20, EX1, HVX200 and having lots of fun. Until the workflow gets fixed I probably won't bother with Red unless I have a project with sufficient budget for me to either buy a new Mac or can afford to have everything processed on a Scratch.

Anyway, over to you guys. Why don't you write something in ProVideoCoalition, Mike?

Anyway, I'm sure that RED will fix it by the time Scarlet is released - imagine what's going to happen when 1000s of consumers hit this issue (and all the others)?

Bruce Allen
www.boacinema.com