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Render problem -- frames skipping?

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I've been using Anime Studio for a year or two now, and I'm still really impressed by its capabilities. Just recently, though, as I've been exporting animated clips at 24 FPS, I've run into a small issue.

See, I have a character with a cape flying at high speeds -- flying so fast that I want his cape to flap back and forth in a 2-frame cycle. But when playing back the uncompressed AVI I exported, some of the frames are seemingly skipped -- like instead of a continuing pattern of 1-2-1-2-1-2-1-2, it goes kind of randomly, something like 1-2-1-2-2-2-1-1-2-1. It can't be just because it's slow playback on an uncompressed AVI, because I can watch frame-by-frame in Sony Vegas and confirm that it's a problem with the actual video. Any thoughts? I have AS 10.1.
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First, try disabling multi-thread rendering.
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Okay, just tried it, and it didn't work.
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Do you have an AS file that shows an example of the problem? If it does not show up for someone else, it may be a problem with your system/install/etc..
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Here you go. The red box is flashing to the left and right on a 2-frame cycle. It plays fine in Anime Studio, of course.

https://app.box.com/s/ahb9gyvattuy1dfqvcvz
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Okay, it's not just you. I am also seeing duplicate/dropped frames with uncompressed AVI. There is something awry here, but there's also a way around it.

I assume you are using the same output format I tried first:
Image

Instead, use this:
Image

And then select uncompressed:
Image


Hopefully this works for you as well. :wink:
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Well, whaddya know -- it worked!! :D Thanks a lot for the help, synthsin. I think I'm gonna like this forum...
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Glad it worked for you. I've reported the problem to the developers.
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Are you on XP?

I am, and the developers think it may only be an issue on XP.
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Interesting... :? No, I'm on Windows 7 Professional 64-bit.
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Thanks, I'll let them know.
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You're welcome. Just let me know if you need any other info. Thanks again for the help! :D
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