Proxy Custom File is broken #48916

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Paulo José Oliveira Amaro · 2016-07-21T07:13:47+02:00

2016-07-21 07:13:47 +02:00

System Information
Ubuntu 16.04

Blender Version
Broken: All from 2.75a c27589e to 2.77a abf6f08
Working: 2.74 000dfc0

Short description of error
The feature Proxy Custom File is not working anymore. The proxy file is just ignored and it shows an scaled version of the input.

Exact steps for others to reproduce the error

Add a Movie strip to Sequencer
Set Proxy/Timecode, Proxy Custom File and select another video as proxy
Set 25% size to be used
In View Settings of Image Preview window, set "Proxy render size" to 25%
Proxy file is not used

Related Issues
I think it seems to be related with the introduction of the Per Project/Per Strip feature. A file saved with 2.77 and a Proxy Custom File added is not open correctly in 2.74 (before this feature). The option appears unchecked. #38806 was similar, but the new issue is not solved reopening the file.

.Blend with the issue
I believe this blend file has everything to show the issue. It includes a video file and a proxy video file with a grayscale filter, so you can make sure the proxy is not been used:
bug-custom-proxy.tar.gz

Screenshoots
Working in Blender 2.74:

Broken in Blender 2.77a:

**System Information** Ubuntu 16.04 **Blender Version** Broken: All from 2.75a c27589e to 2.77a abf6f08 Working: 2.74 000dfc0 **Short description of error** The feature Proxy Custom File is not working anymore. The proxy file is just ignored and it shows an scaled version of the input. **Exact steps for others to reproduce the error** * Add a Movie strip to Sequencer * Set Proxy/Timecode, Proxy Custom File and select another video as proxy * Set 25% size to be used * In View Settings of Image Preview window, set "Proxy render size" to 25% * Proxy file is not used **Related Issues** I think it seems to be related with the introduction of the **Per Project/Per Strip** feature. A file saved with 2.77 and a Proxy Custom File added is not open correctly in 2.74 (before this feature). The option appears unchecked. #38806 was similar, but the new issue is not solved reopening the file. **.Blend with the issue** I believe this blend file has everything to show the issue. It includes a video file and a proxy video file with a grayscale filter, so you can make sure the proxy is not been used: [bug-custom-proxy.tar.gz](https://archive.blender.org/developer/F325720/bug-custom-proxy.tar.gz) **Screenshoots** Working in Blender 2.74: ![bug-custom-proxy.blend-2.74.png](https://archive.blender.org/developer/F325726/bug-custom-proxy.blend-2.74.png) Broken in Blender 2.77a: ![bug-custom-proxy.blend-2.77a.png](https://archive.blender.org/developer/F325728/bug-custom-proxy.blend-2.77a.png)

Paulo José Oliveira Amaro commented

2016-07-21 07:13:47 +02:00

Changed status to: 'Open'

Paulo José Oliveira Amaro commented

2016-07-21 07:13:47 +02:00

Added subscriber: @PauloJoseOliveiraAmaro

Campbell Barton commented

2016-07-26 05:25:01 +02:00

Added subscriber: @ideasman42

Campbell Barton commented

2016-07-26 05:25:01 +02:00

Caused by a180c8e2ed

Caused by a180c8e2ed

Sergey Sharybin commented

2016-07-26 17:48:30 +02:00

Added subscriber: @Sergey

Sergey Sharybin commented

2016-07-26 17:48:30 +02:00

Changed status from 'Open' to: 'Archived'

Sergey Sharybin closed this issue

2016-07-26 17:48:30 +02:00

Sergey Sharybin self-assigned this 2016-07-26 17:48:30 +02:00

Sergey Sharybin commented

2016-07-26 17:48:30 +02:00

So it's an intentional change from a year ago. The change explicitly mentions that re-generation of existing proxies is needed, so it's not really a surprise.

To me it doesn't rally sound a bug. Thanks for the report anyway.

So it's an intentional change from a year ago. The change explicitly mentions that re-generation of existing proxies is needed, so it's not really a surprise. To me it doesn't rally sound a bug. Thanks for the report anyway.

Paulo José Oliveira Amaro commented

2016-07-27 09:42:44 +02:00

So this feature should be removed from the UI, don't you think? Letting it like that really sounds like a bug to me.

Sergey Sharybin commented

2016-07-27 09:52:30 +02:00

Not sure why you remove it? It should work if you generate proxies in a newer blender. Just proxies generated with old blender will not work in new one.

Campbell Barton commented

2016-07-27 10:46:31 +02:00

The UI exposes this as if you could select a custom file (even having a file selector which allows you to select a file).

Selecting this file and rebuilding proxies, ignores this completely, so as far as I can see, this option is no longer used at all.

The UI exposes this as if you could select a custom file (even having a file selector which allows you to select a file). Selecting this file and rebuilding proxies, ignores this completely, so as far as I can see, this option is no longer used at all.

Sergey Sharybin commented

2016-07-27 11:27:04 +02:00

@ideasman42, so we need an option whether we want a suffix or not? :This proxy stuff is going out of control :S

Campbell Barton commented

2016-07-27 11:59:43 +02:00

I think this is intended so you can select a file directly, if we no longer want to support that - the option could be removed.

Sergey Sharybin commented

2016-07-27 12:07:07 +02:00

Ok, thinking a bit more in details. Perhaps original change was to allow custom directory to be shared, by adding a suffix to the file. Now, perhaps we can ignore any suffix if there's a custom file specified? Would that support both initial change intention and this report?

Paulo José Oliveira Amaro commented

2016-08-07 17:01:13 +02:00

It seems to me that issue is not finished. Should not it be reopened until a solution comes up?

I'll explain my use of this feature. I used to generate proxies using ffmpeg to external videos (no Blender generated scenes), so I got a very small MP4 files coded in x264, that loads and plays really fast using as a proxy.

I used to apply a filter (in ffmpeg) to make the video sharper, so the change of resolution doesn't lost so much detail using proxies. This way I don't use the generate proxy feature at all and prefer to use a custom file proxy.

This feature could be fixed or removed from the interface. I hope for a fixing, because my projects don't open correct anymore and I'm being forced to use the generate feature (a great feature, by the way). :-(

It seems to me that issue is not finished. Should not it be reopened until a solution comes up? I'll explain my use of this feature. I used to generate proxies using ffmpeg to external videos (no Blender generated scenes), so I got a very small MP4 files coded in x264, that loads and plays really fast using as a proxy. I used to apply a filter (in ffmpeg) to make the video sharper, so the change of resolution doesn't lost so much detail using proxies. This way I don't use the generate proxy feature at all and prefer to use a custom file proxy. This feature could be fixed or removed from the interface. I hope for a fixing, because my projects don't open correct anymore and I'm being forced to use the generate feature (a great feature, by the way). :-(

Sergey Sharybin commented

2016-08-09 12:22:03 +02:00

Changed status from 'Archived' to: 'Open'

Sergey Sharybin reopened this issue

2016-08-09 12:22:03 +02:00

Sergey Sharybin commented

2016-08-09 12:22:03 +02:00

@PauloJoseOliveiraAmaro, will make sure that sequencer doesn't add anything to the filename when using custom file. Think that should solve your problem.

blender-admin commented

2016-08-09 14:58:34 +02:00

This issue was referenced by d5a0ae00d0

This issue was referenced by d5a0ae00d08897f7066c6f69e130e717dd5654c1

Sergey Sharybin commented

2016-08-09 14:59:00 +02:00

Changed status from 'Open' to: 'Resolved'

Sergey Sharybin closed this issue

2016-08-09 14:59:00 +02:00

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Proxy Custom File is broken #48916