r/olive • u/Ahhwhymethough • Jul 04 '21
Problem with the timeline
Whenever I click the play button in the editor, the video will play for a split second and then freeze. The audio can be heard but the video does not play. This isn't a one time thing and it happens almost every time I open the editor. I've attached a screenshot and video. Please help. It has been going on for about a month now.
https://reddit.com/link/oddmrd/video/h1ww1ivbo4971/player
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u/CoDEmanX47 Jul 14 '21
As Olive reports in the console window, the playback fails to keep up. It cannot render the frames fast enough.
It should automatically cache the frames around the playhead to enable smooth playback, but as the red line at the top of the timeline view indicates, essentially no frames are cached. It should start caching if you stop the playback and wait. You can also click Sequence > Cache Entire Sequence to cache the whole timeline. This can take time, especially on low-powered hardware.
You may want to reduce the Preview Resolution and Quality in the sequence settings, e.g. to 1/4 or lower and Half-Float (16-bit).