Movie freezes in Logic Pro X. Audio editing still works fine. Help?

Check the CODEC of the movie.

There are CODECS that are editable, and some that are not. (like H264)

I would suggest using a fast codec like DV, or DVCPro.

These CODECS have reliable time code.

Re-export the movie to one of the above codecs, and use that instead.

Treatment

I just wanted to say thank you Treatment.

...and to confirm that this worked for me, in case it might help others.

I tried converting and re-exporting the .mov file via imovie as DVCPro last night - a time-consuming process for imovie to do this - I removed the old movie from LPX and imported the new one and so far no issues with freezing (for a couple of hours now)

I was having to restart LPX (I have latest vesrion at this time:10.0.6) every time the movie frequently froze and it would work again but only for a little while - which was very frustrating and time-wasting. This workaround is not ideal but at least it works.

I hope Apple get their act together and solve this problem, otherwise LPX is not a serious contender for film scoring.

Thanks again Mr. T

(and greetings from Ireland)

Paul

Sorry to report the same problem reoccurs a day later - even with DVPro format in the .mov file

Logic Pro X can't seem to keep pace with calculating the video when you are moving back and forth across the movie.

Once the problem happens, sometimes it manages to fast-foward itself a few minutes minute later, but generally it will hang in the frozen position.

I am running a mid-2011 i5 quad-core imac, so i don't think it is a CPU issue - I suspect this a major bug - also because I think I remembering reading elsewhere that this problem does not happen with Logic 9.

(I cannot go back to Logic 9 as I started on 10)

I don't know if this will help but it's a ton easier working with video with music in Final Cut X than in Logic. I know money is tight, but this would be the better way to go in my opinion.

Stuart

Thanks Stuart,

I need the midi sequencing and virtual instrument features of Logic Pro though, to develop the music to picture - don't think that's in Final Cut Pro...

Cheers,

Paul

"I don't know if this will help but it's a ton easier working with video with music in Final Cut X than in Logic.'

SERIOUSLY!?

Good lord.

for the record, there is nothing I hate more than using FCP (7) to work with audio.

(Really?! I have to RENDER it first?!?)

FCP is in the DINOSAUR ages when it comes to audio, which is EXACTLY why I am switching to Adobe Premier after being loyal to FCP for 9 years.

Now. This all being said, I have not used Logic X for scoring film, because I have used MOTU's Digital Performer for nearly 2 decades, and find that the process of scoring to film is one of my favorite past times.

I'm not suggesting to Jonathan Gate to purchase Digital Performer for this kind of activity, (but by the sound of things, he should consider this).

Virtual instruments and MIDI is NOT available in FCP. (and neither is real time audio processing apparently)

Jonathon, if you want a second brain for this, make a really small sample of your project, and put it in DropBox (or something similar) so I can have a look at it from my end.

I have LPX V 10.0.3.

Not to rub it in your face, but Digital Performer will lock in to any CODEC installed on your system, with BETTER than a single frame accurracy.

Ok, for all the LPX users out there, I'm going to shut up now before I get into a huge speach on why DP has been kicking Logic's butt since the very beginning.

Treatment

I have this problem too. For me, the movie will stay frozen on the last frame I was playing, until the sequence/logic timeline catches up to where the movie left off. It then starts playing in sync again.

So if I stop logic after one minute, then restart logic, the movie stays at the frame from one minute until logic gets to one minute then the movie starts playing again. When this happens, the movie window is gone in the inspector, and I can find it. I've tried clicking on the track for the extracted audio of the movie, but nothing. Also, the video track is not displaying, and using show hidden tracks reveals nothing more. If I restart Logic the movie is back.

I have to agree with Treatment. I use Final Cut Pro to add original music to video. You can record your music in logic using virtual instruments; convert instruments to audio. Then it is incredibly easy to insert it in FCPX. To turn the MIDI instruments into audio just bounce the track in place. I know you probably know this, but video has never worked well in Logic at least in my experience.

I don't pretend to know much I am just a hobbyist but I hope this helps.

Good Luck

Stuart

hi all, this is a strange tip but it sometimes works when you add an exs24 midi instrument and you just draw it during the export you wanna do,

but sometimes it works sometimes no...

strange logic X!!

take care

ben

What helped me: ctrl-click on the movie and choose "réinitialiser la région de film" (in French) Should be something like "reset film region" in english... Did the trick for me, for now...

Thanks! This works for me.