GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 692316
Randomly fails to render, stuck "estimating" with a progressbar that goes to 100% but a 0 bytes output file
Last modified: 2013-01-22 17:52:51 UTC
This is an explanatory report for a heisenbug that I've been experiencing for years with pitivi without finding a clear pattern... until now. Sometimes, you would get these symptoms when trying to render: - Output file is created, but stays at a 0 bytes filesize - Progressbar text stays at "Estimating" - Progressbar very quickly goes to 100% (?) Unlike what I presumed, it turns out that this not dependent on a particular codec. It happens with ogg{theora+vorbis} just as well as webm{vp8+vorbis} and possibly others, and it occurs randomly. That is, with the exact same rendering settings, you just have to try rendering repeatedly and you will eventually encounter the bug (typically in less than 5-10 tries). Pitivi 0.15.2 and older are affected. However, as far as I can tell, Pitivi GES is not affected (current master is 6595c3e8cf60430bb, with GES 95acc7c5729, gstreamer 1.1.x and gnonlin 1230a8d).
Created attachment 234124 [details] sample project to test with This tarball contains both a 0.15.2 xptv project file and a pitivi git .xges project file for testing.
Created attachment 234125 [details] screencast demonstrating the problem
Ideally this should be verified extensively (if someone has the patience to try rendering hundreds of times), but so far it looks like the current GES version of pitivi is unaffected, so hopefully this is fixed/obsolete.