Extra, linked, video track I didn't add

The image shows two Video tracks, Video 2 appeared at some point early on; I didn't notice it's arrival and I have no idea how or why it got there. It seems to be linked to Video 1 because I can't select them separately; in order to deleted Video 2. Also Video 2 has no audio track.

I still think you've accidentally applied the Effects Mask, from the right-click menu.
Steve,
I agree with you. When an Effects Mask is applied, there WILL be what appears to be a duplicate of the Video, placed on a higher Video Track, and linked to the original Video Track. It is about the same, as with the Track Matte Keying, and contains the Mask. With Track Matte Keying, one would Duplicate the Clip to the Video Track above, then create and add the Matte, above that, linking, as needed. With Effects Mask, all the handwork is done automatically, and that "duplicate" has the Mask.
Can definitely be a tad confusing, the first time that one encounters it - unless they have read your book!
Hunt

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Well, not quite, but that's the best I could do in the subject line.
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Thanks, Jim, for your reply to this and other threads. (Warning: I had two other questions — been saving them up for awhile — that I'll post shortly. It was too late already last night).
> AVIs need to be "read" from the hard drive and can create a bottleneck depending on certain conditions.
Agreed, but unless there is partial opacity in the top Enabled track, only one track at a time is exported. And in the cases I cited, the unused clips were Disabled. No need for Premiere to read them at all. I assume the state of each clip is part of the Project.
Ah well, I was only curious if I was missing something obvious, or perhaps it was a known bug that would be addressed. Apparently the additional resources needed for tape export push Premiere over some edge. Remember, I can watch (even Preview) the sequence in the Monitor window without seeing this artifact.
> Render before exporting to tape is SOP. Go with that.
Naturally. And I do. And if I didn't, Premiere would do it for me automatically before opening the Export to Tape window.
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shooternz wrote:
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QTVR files can also have "hotspots" that could, in theory, point to other non QTVR files. You could make a "Stage" using QTVR and set the "angles" as links to regular QuickTime movies.
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Sorry about the links -:(
Anyway follow these steps and it should work (one approach, not difficult to do, I just wrote the steps in small bites )
Press F3 Key so we are looking at the same layout in DVD SP
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