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Error number 3 occurred / video decoder error: bad frame
Symptoms
If you get the message Error number 3 occurred or the message video decoder error: bad frame, then it is more likely that the video is defective.
The message can look like this in the workspace:
or like that in the notification history:
Verification
To verify if the video file is broken, a good way is to test it with ffplay.
Please download the latest FFmpeg release from https://ffmpeg.org/download.html and install/unzip it.
Open the bin folder and drag and drop the Video file on ffplay.exe
The video will start in fullscreen. Please press Alt + Tab to navigate to the console window.
If the video is broken, an error like that will show up when the broken frame is played back.
Solution
Please re-encode the video file again.
Pixera 2.0.65 | June 18. 2024 | O.H.