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Auto-Editor: Efficient media analysis and rendering
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Cannot edit video by motion #421

Closed ErikVogelLUH closed 5 months ago

ErikVogelLUH commented 6 months ago

Bug description

I wanted to try editing by motion and used a command from the README:

auto-editor .\test.mkv --edit motion:-19dB --no-open

After some time I get this line in the console

Error! Trying to render empty audio timeline

What's your platform?

`Python Version: 3.11.5 64-bit
Platform: Windows 10 amd64
FFmpeg Version: N-110322-g0c25da5a28-g1440bf15e2+1
FFmpeg Path: C:\Users\<MyName>\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\site-packages\ae_ffmpeg\Windows\ffmpeg.exe
Auto-Editor Version: 24w03a`

What command did you use

`auto-editor .\test.mkv --edit motion:-19dB --no-open`

What properties does your input video have?

Input #0, matroska,webm, from '.\test.mkv': Metadata: ENCODER : Lavf60.6.100 Duration: 00:10:00.01, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 6430 kb/s Stream #0:0(eng): Video: vp9 (Profile 0), yuv420p(tv, bt709), 3840x2160, SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9, 29.97 fps, 29.97 tbr, 1k tbn (default) Metadata: DURATION : 00:09:59.999000000 Stream #0:1(eng): Audio: opus, 48000 Hz, stereo, fltp (default) Metadata: DURATION : 00:10:00.008000000

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WyattBlue commented 5 months ago

You're getting this error message because auto-editor doesn't see any motion that's above your threshold. When you try to render, it stops because otherwise it would make an empty file.

Try lowering your motion threshold. You can also use --preview to see a breakout of the cuts.