Beiträge von Vouk

  • Exporting chapters in Davinci Resolve 20.2 fails during invalid chapter start

    I tested it today and it seems to be working:

    and i got this:

    Log:

    And yes, I remembered the end-times were optional.

    Can you provide me more info to generate a non-working state?

  • Exporting chapters in Davinci Resolve 20.2 fails during invalid chapter start

    The error was:

    Code
    2025-09-13 19:47:19 (trace)    [FFmpeg:0] Invalid chapter start (126280000000) or end (0).
2025-09-13 19:47:19 (error)    [OutputNode.cpp:201] Unable to write format header.
2025-09-13 19:47:19 (error)    [Router.cpp:161] Open phase failed: -11

    The chapter data was:

  • VEGAS Pro 23

    VEGAS Pro 23 will be supported with the Voukoder Pro 3 version.

    I will drop a beta version most likely at October 1st.

    Note: It is important to check the "Show all formats" checkbox to see the Voukoder Pro plugin.

  • Easier FFmpeg installation

    Zitat von deco

    The full/full-shared builds contain everything possible; I didn't really look at the essentials builds, because I want everything :)

    What do you mean with full/full-shared and essentials builds?

    Zitat von deco

    I'm sure you have lots of concerns about licensing (and patents), so something like this moves that to a 3rd party. But, I'm not a programmer :)

    I actually have no concerns about licensing issues anymore as FFmpeg is not included in GPL in Voukoder Pro anymore, but yes, building FFmpeg takes hours and can be VERY complicated if you want to embed all libraries and features. That's why I already switched to the BtbN builds. But scoop makes it even easier.

    I just wish to make Voukoder Pro and FFmpeg even more user friendly for the user, like maybe install it via the Designer app. Maybe I can work on this in 2026 and check the legal aspects first.

    Zitat von deco

    I also really like the system of "zero"-installs, where everything is contained in one directory, Windows is not involved, and it just makes shims as necessary. Delete that directory if you don't like it, and it's gone!

    Same. In theory I don't even need the path variable anymore. But the shims are currently working for EXE files only, not for DLLs.

  • Confusion about the Voukoder

    It's really interesting VEGAS Pro is one of the few tools where older version are still in use by many people. But we can try to support as many older versions that are supported by the oldest VEGAS Pro SDK I have access to.

    I'm just busy with Voukoder Pro 3 at the moment. I'll put it on my todo list.

  • Confusion about the Voukoder

    Voukoder never included a download link for VEGAS Pro. My first version of VEGAS Pro was 17 which SDK should be compatible down to VEGAS Pro 12, but i was never able to test it.

    Voukoder Pro supports VEGAS Pro 18-23 now.

  • Easier FFmpeg installation

    I've looked into this, and yes, it looks very promising! In fact this finally makes installing ffmpeg easy (like homebrew on MacOS).

    I need to look deeper into it and check what's bundled into this ffmpeg version.

    Edit:

    So yes, scoop is indeed a good option, you can install FFmpeg really easy with it, like:

    1. Install scoop itself:
      Open a powershell.exe console and enter:
      Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -Scope CurrentUser
      Invoke-RestMethod -Uri https://get.scoop.sh | Invoke-Expression
    2. Install ffmpeg (for Voukoder Pro 3.0)
      1. scoop install main/ffmpeg-shared@8.0
    3. Add the directory with the installed ffmpeg dlls to the PATH variable

  • Issue with After Effects

    Apparently no single log is created.

    • Please open the Designer App on your Desktop.
    • Open the scene you want to use in After Effects
    • Run the Scene Test with like 10 iterations.
    • Copy the generated log file here.