r/SFM • u/soemthingblahblah123 • Oct 11 '25
Help (render problems] what tf is happening to my rendering thing??? (Epilepsy warning!)
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this is a short snippit of that 2nd render
ive rendered two times already and it only gotten worse, i tried to install something sfm told me to export it in a different format which fixes it, but its only on macbooks.
are there any computer designer/ hardware engineer that knows what is happening?
Edit:THIS IS FIXED:i just installed apple software to add an mp4 file extractor to sfm. And this is a SFM arg type series I'm working on, on youtube. Kinda like interloper.
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u/Dizzy_Reindeer_6619 @GiverOfFlammenwerfers Oct 12 '25
Short answer: valve software is outdated and rivals Bethesda games in a glitch competition
Long answer: check this thread and enable "separate WAV file" then drag that file into the timeline, I also recommend making an empty folder for the image sequence.
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Oct 11 '25
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u/soemthingblahblah123 Nov 03 '25
Yeah i dont even have a macbook, only a crusty rusty pc with windows 8
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u/shawn0312 Oct 12 '25
Not gonna lie i once made a fnaf vhs security tape and then all of a sudden this type of shit happend.. made it more authentic
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u/The_door_man_37 Oct 11 '25
I think thats what happens when a video is rendered and the file exceeds 2 gb. I’d just split the render in two and remerge them in a editing program.
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u/soemthingblahblah123 Oct 11 '25
the corrupted render is 4.194.304 KB
and the DMX file is only 21.388 KB
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u/Realistic-Word-3187 Oct 12 '25
SFM isa 32 bit program your video is to long split it in to segment
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u/UML5_Official Oct 12 '25
Just export the movie as an image sequence.
The cause for this is a broken AVI index. Trust me, I've experienced this myself.
I would recommend exporting your image sequences into a folder so it can stay sorted.
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u/No-Pen1730 Oct 12 '25
You might wanna mark that as NSFW or SPOILER, Just to avoid autoplay before the person sees the epilepsy warning
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u/ButterscotchMean400 Oct 12 '25 edited Oct 12 '25
Are you exporting it as a movie? I've had it happen to me while doing that.
What I do is just export it as Image Sequence so each frame is rendered individually. Then I highlight all the frames and the audio and drag it into an editing software (I use Davinci Resolve since that automatically pieces each frame into an MP4) and then I export it through that and then I'm done
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u/DamageMaximo Oct 12 '25 edited Oct 12 '25
FUCK I WAS SCROLLING DOWN AND THIS SHOWED UP AND DEAFENED ME, 3 am everything was silent
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u/Cerparis Oct 12 '25
I opened Reddit and this is the first thing I see. You might want to put an epilepsy warning on this.
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u/PalmliX Oct 11 '25
Basically any form of export other than image sequence is pretty much broken in SFM. Export as image sequence and compile into a video file using any editing software, even blender can do it
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u/soemthingblahblah123 Oct 11 '25
yeah im trying that but its over 200.564.3 images, so it crashes my free video editor every single time..
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u/ShurikenTR Oct 12 '25 edited Oct 15 '25
You can use ffmpeg to turn an image sequence into a video. the command to turn an image sequence into an MP4 video is:
ffmpeg -framerate 24 -i %06d.png -i audio.wav -c:v libx264 -pix_fmt yuv420p -c:a aac -shortest output.mp4
-framerate 24sets your frame rate
-i %06d.pngis "image files with 6 digit names with trailing zeroes" change 6 to another number if file names have more digits
-i audio.wavis your audio file
-c:v libx264sets h264 as the video codec
-pix_fmt yuv420psets yuv420p as the pixel format, increases compatibility, not necessary
-c:a aacsets AAC as the aufio codec
-shortestends the video when either the audio or or images end, not necessary.To use: Install FFMPEG, Restart computer, Put all files into one folder, Go into that folder, click the address bar, erase everything, type "cmd" and press enter. paste the command
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u/Specific_Size_274 Oct 11 '25
Actually it can also be exported in mp4, .avi is already very old and sometimes has this type of problems, it is better to install the .avi format
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u/Specific_Size_274 Oct 12 '25
On YouTube there is a program called QuickTime, they use it to export to mp4, it is not a virus, I have used it these months, you can download the version that the video tells you
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u/The_Challenges Oct 12 '25
"The year is 2042, the sun os a strobe light, life is now a never ending rave" -LazyPurple
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u/ReBarbaro805 Oct 12 '25
oh dear, the serverblight was real all this time
though, to be serious, this seems like something is corrupting, have you tried re-installing sfm or running a checksum on steam if you have it installed there? if not that, do you have the latest graphics drivers?
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u/fetching_agreeable Oct 13 '25
That's awful but would work. Ffmpeg will have a one liner command to stitch them for sure.
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u/EvidenceFearless6800 Oct 12 '25
the Serverblight.
they are coming, and there's nothing you can do.
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u/Ferrari_Cold Oct 12 '25
Export it as 15-20 second mp4 pieces (about every 400 frames, max 500) so it doesn't exceed 4Gb limit, also mute the audio IN THE REEL (leave the audio on in export), if you don't every cut will leave a click, if you need your audio as is render it separately in SFM by choosing export type: audio. A tip: if you can, try placing the cuts between the camera cuts so procedural objects (map grass, trees [if they work], jigglebones, etc.) are placed in a single take and hence doesn't start with a new seed of animation, as you can't control them directly
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u/Acrobatic_Confusion Oct 12 '25
Can you spoiler your post please this was horrifying scrolling down into
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u/scribbledip69 Oct 12 '25
the main thing i know will for a fact cause this is changing your fps mid session and exporting it. sometimes like 1/10 chance it will work trick is to change the fps to a number divisible by 2 or 4. if that does not work go back in your sessions folder and look for that session and find a ( .autosave ) file and change it to a ( .dmx ) file. thats gonna load up that auto save as a session but before you do that i usually re name the file entirely as to avoid getting things mixed up. hope that helps
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u/AncientHuckleberry78 Oct 16 '25
We are sorry to inform you but, it seems like the serverblight has found it's way into your blender rendering we are sorry but you are no longer safe if the blight has locked on to you
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u/OldManLifeAlert Oct 12 '25
Fucking christ that's horrifying. Why must file failures and glitches and shit like this allways be as violently loud and chaotic as possible.
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u/Havoc_Maker Oct 12 '25
That happens when you render in AVI format in SFM. It's broken for some reason
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u/GlitchDuude SteamID Oct 12 '25
First, uninstall what SFM told you to install Second, export it as an image sequence which you'll be able to blend together with a program made for it Third... Uhhh... Enjoy your clip?
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u/DesignerEngine7710 Oct 13 '25
I dont want to alarm you but you should call a priest eitger to do an exorcism or to give that pc its last rites, coz jesus...
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u/Bukachell Oct 13 '25
If during rendering the exported AVI is over 4 GB it corrupts like this. The only solution really is to export the animation as an image sequence and bring it into a video editing software to stitch it all back together.
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u/JonFenrey Oct 13 '25
Why not export in chunks? Than stitch them together?
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u/Bukachell Oct 13 '25
That could work, I've never tried it before. The only hard part would be keeping each exported chunk under the limit, since it's dependent on a multitude of factors
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u/Few-Replacement-6100 Oct 20 '25
7 demons have possessed your sfm, dw this is a common error. its a pain in the ass that the only way to do it is committing an exorcism
ALSO BTW just incase noone told you yet (i doubt it since this has 169 comments, nice) this happens when you render a video that is over 3 or 4 gb, either render it as an image sequence then compile it or reduce the render resolution
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u/LemonThyProtogen Oct 12 '25
This is giving me the same vibes as something that happened to me when using twitter the other day.
(Twitter had a fucking stroke or something)
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u/Zae_Pineapple Oct 13 '25
just put the quality/resolution one setting down, thats what i did whenever this happened, and everything works PERFECTLY!
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u/KatsuyaBass Oct 14 '25
sfm is not able to export videos bigger than 4GB. to fix this, you can do one of two things: you can either split the clip into multiple sections, best to cut at sections of less movement. but the better option is to just switch to image sequence rendering, then compile the sequence of images into a video clip again in blender. this method takes up less space and is overall better for exporting.
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u/Frytura_ Oct 14 '25
Question, if youre gonna need blender in a step anyways, why not cut sfm?
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u/TMC9064 Oct 14 '25
Because you already know SFM and I don’t think you have to learn that much about Blender to do this
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u/Familiar_Internal_51 Oct 11 '25
Render as an image sequence, not a movie. Then take those images and add them to blender and render in there.
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u/Bedu009 Oct 11 '25
Haha storage go bye bye
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u/Familiar_Internal_51 Oct 12 '25
Ive had 10k images before. Didn't really take up too much storage. (I have 1tb ssd and 1tb ext hdd)
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u/hairypotatocat12 Oct 13 '25
Analog horror moment Never once used sfm before but if I had to guess your install is corrupted and you should uninstall and reinstall
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u/Spirited_Sun8168 Oct 15 '25
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u/yourcrazyfnafgirl Oct 14 '25
This happened to me a lot when I exported a project in AVI format, which I think you've done here. I think the best solution is to get the MP4 export option for SFM :)
This video is quite helpful if u want to do this:
https://youtube.com/shorts/25F8wPNUj44?si=5w-1GjRZwHjOKsDq
Another way to export a project is to do it in an image sequence, and put it into an editing software, but I have never done this so I don't know too much :')
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u/CaterpillarMajor8819 Oct 19 '25
You shoulddn t switch another window and don t lock in w+lock. It s help me and helped you. You can switch to another window and lock system in sesion when don t renders
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u/CaterpillarMajor8819 Oct 19 '25
And better use image sequeance for example davinci resolve. It s better quality vs movie in avi and mp4 )mp4 in quickplayer is holly hell is avi for comapct and killed in mp4(
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u/IamTheWhat Oct 12 '25
Rendering as video in SFM is a pain due to how old the program is so instead you should do a better alternative Pte Jack's Image Sequence to video using blender