XMP when sharing video

Hey everybody.?I am fairly new and am trying to 'Share' my video, but the share function keeps seperating my video (MPEG) from a audio and creating a file that has a xmp extension.?Can you tell me why it is doing this, and how I can get them together?

On aside, the video is fairly huge, and I have been trying to 'export' but I don't think that my PC can handle it cause I keep getting a 'fail' saying that Adobe cannot compile video.

Thanks for the help.

James

XMP when sharing video

Can you tell us a bit more?

What is your operating system, how much RAM do you have and how much free, defragmented space is left on your hard drive?

What are the source files for your video project? If video, what type of camcorder did it come from? If photos, did you resize the photos to no larger than 1000x750 pixels?

Finally, what type of file are you trying to share your video as, and what settings did you use to share it?

XMP when sharing video

James,

The reason that you are seeing the files that you are, is because of the failure of the system to complete the process. When Exporting/Sharing to a muxed file (one file that contains both the Audio and the Video), they are initially created as separate files. There are up to three ''helper'' files, though you may only get one of those, during the process. The XMP and often XMPES files tell the system how to combine the Audio and Video files into one. If the process did complete, the two individual files, plus the helper file(s) would disappear, and you would be left with one muxed file per your settings. One can watch this happen, if they have Windows Explorer open to the destination folder, while the Export/Share is taking place. In your case, the process stops, so you are left with the pieces, prior to combining.

Now, Steve has asked some very important questions, to help find out why your system is not allowing the creation of the muxed file to complete.

The common issues are:

1.) Inadequate HDD space for the process. As you can see, the files created in the process are rather large, and there are more of them, than what you will end up with. PE needs room to work. That is the reason that this forum recommends so much free, defragmented HDD space.

2.) System problems:

A.) This can be overheating, as the process is CPU intensive. This often leads to a system reboot

B.) Bad RAM

C.) Issues with your Page File (Windows Virtual Memory) - goes back to #1 above

D.) MoBo issues

The answers to Steve's questions will get everyone started on the troubleshooting path, and may even contain the answer to the problem immediately. For more indepth trouble shooting, you might want to see this ARTICLE.

Good luck, and let us know the answers to Steve's questions, please,

Hunt

[Edit] PS Welcome to the forum

Message was edited by: the_wine_snob - added PS

%26gt;video is fairly huge

DV AVI type 2 files (the kind I work with) are about 13Gig per hour... so I have 2 hard drives, an 80Gig C: drive for all software and a 100Gig (or 120gig, I use swap hardware) for all work files

This is aimed a Premiere Pro, but may help - First, work through the steps here http://ppro.wikia.com/wiki/Troubleshooting

If your problem isn't fixed, report back with the DETAILS asked for in the questions at the end of that link

Hey Steve, thank you so much for your help.?I am sorry that I am so tardy in responding.?Here are the answers to your questions.?Any additional assistance would be great.

Operating System: Windows Vista (TM) Home Premium

RAM: 4 GB RAM

RAM Free: Physical - Total = 3.3g, Cached=1.4g, Free=17mb

Defrag Space: Not sure how to find this but I defrag frequently.

Source: Sony DCR - Video Cam - 29fps (Files were over 9GB)

Attempted File: All of the above.?I have tried .WMV (only captures video), AVI (seperated the xmp), MPEG (seperates the xmp)

I assume that the 'free' memory (which is what you were looking for is the issue.?If that is accurate, would you be willing to tell me how I can clean that up, or resolve.

Once again, thank you so much for all your help.

James

James,

Welcome back to the forum.

From your system specs, I don't immediately see an issue.

Can you give us the full specs on your Share/Export settings. There might be a clue there, as to why your resulting file is not being muxed (combined Audio %26amp; Video). What you are ending up with is basically the intermediate step. You get the elemental streams, and the XMP (basically instructions for combining the two streams into one). If one Exports to a muxed file, and open Windows Explorer to the folder, where the Export is directed, they will see the creation of the two elemental streams, plus the ''instruction'' file, and then see these disappear, as the final Export file is ''assembled.'' It's that ''assembly,'' that is not taking place in your case.

Have you had any error messages, such as ''Low on Resources,'' or ''Memory Errors?''

Do not remember if I linked to this already, but you might get some tips, on setting up your computer for an editing session in this ARTICLE.

Now, back to the defragged free space. You defrag regularly, but how much free space do you have on the HDD, to which you are Exporting? In My Computer, you can Rt-click on that HDD, and choose Properties. That will tell you how much free space is available. Because the two elemental streams are first created (takes up a lot of space), it could be that there is not enough additional space to create the muxed version, so you end up with a partial Export - elemental streams, instructions file and no muxed final output. Just guessing here.

Good luck,

Hunt

You nailed it.?That is exactly what is going on for me.

I read your article, good stuff.?Can you tell me how to run MSCONFIG?

I have about 500Gb left on my HDD, so I think I have plenty.?

Export Settings for MPEG (my desired)

NTSC DVD Standard

720/480, 29.97, Aud 192kbps, 48khz, Dolby,

VBR, 1 pass, min 1.50, target 6.00, max 8.0

Multiplexxing DVD

Estimated file size = 771kb

Once again, thank you so much for the help.

J

I have about 500Gb left on my HDD, so I think I have plenty.

While we're testing, under the Multiplexer tab, change Multiplexing to ''MPEG2'' from ''DVD,'' and see if that makes a difference.

Good luck,

Hunt