[Bug 669869] pitivi won't create project - internal GStreamer error

[GStreamer (bugzilla.gnome.org)]

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=669869
  GStreamer | gstreamer (core) | 0.10.x

--- Comment #2 from Matthias <matthias at eberspaecher.name> 2012-02-13 21:13:50 UTC ---
Hi! 

Sorry for the delayed reply. After posting the bug I started that particular
slideshow from scratch and didn't run into the bug again. So at first, I
couldn't reproduce it. But, while working on another selection of
jpeg/ogg/avi-files I got it again!

First, I tried to play selected (not all) input files the way you asked to and
they worked - I don't think the input-files cause any trouble: They are just
your usual run-of-the-mill digital camera jpegs & ogg-files created with ubuntu
from CDs. 
I then ran pitivi in the debug-mode as you requested but even though I reduced
the number of steps to a minimum the log-file was bigger than 1GB before the
bug occured! (Probably due to my vast number of pics) I played around with it
for a bit and finally found, that I got some very tiny spaces between
successive jpegs on the dashboard. When I removed those spaces (by
moving/stretching the duration of the jpegs) everything was fine again & I
could create a project.

Those spaces seem to be a bother for pitivi: Sometimes I just throw all the
jpegs on the dashboard/timeline to play around with them. This frequently leads
to pitivi freezing up & I need to kill & restart. This happens especially when
I work with a large number of jpegs (typically 100+). It seems that the more
and the bigger the spaces are the more it troubles pitivi...

Well, I hope that helps you to look for ways to increase stability.

My immediate problem is solved, although by a work-around.

Let me know if I can give you any more usefull information.

Cheers,

Matthias

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