Some AVI's won't FF and RWD

[r00st3r]

How come some avi files I can ff and rwd, but other just show 00:00 at both ends of the time line bar? Can I reencode the avi's that I can't ff or rwd into an avi that I can navigate through?? thanks!

[ke6guj]

one thing that happens is if you are encoding, copying, or unzipping an avi directly into the import folder, Sage will scan the incomplete file and get a corrupted timeline. The solution is to do all your work into a temp directory on the same HD as the import folder and when done, just move the file into the import folder.

As a test, you could rename the "broken" file and see if it has a correct timeline when Sage rescans it.

[r00st3r]

That makes sense. I do encode the files in the actual import directory.
So I should rename the file and it will rescan the file and pick up the timeline? Or can I just force a rescan so I don't have to rename the file. If yes, how do I force a rescan of the import directory? I can never find it.. Can I make it a custom menu item?


Thanks.

[ke6guj]

Couple ways to do it.

You could rename it and Sage will automatically rescan the new file within a short time. Just forcing a rescan without renaming it won't work, since Sage already sees the original file and won't rescan it.

YOu could also move the file out of the import directory, wait/force a rescan so that Sage sees that the file is gone and deletes it from the db. Then move the file back in and Sage will rescan it as a new file.

In SageMC, you can go to "MY videos", put the selector in the left side menu and bring up the options menu, "Rescan Import Folders" is there. Yes, you could probably make a custome menu for it if you wanted. Or, if you have the webserver installed, you can trigger a rescan with it.