OK, So like everyone here, I got tired of losing all progress Starlight made on a video when it will decide to error out. SO, I coded a simple robocopier BAT program that will make copies of the temp file Starlight makes so you will have a video (audio is not saved, but you can always source that i…

Thanks for that. This is, in fact, the best method since the built-in recover/restart functionality in TV is severely broken (I.e. doesn’t work at all).

Thank you! I have stitched together, so far, 14 clips that would have otherwise been lost so far on a 46 min long video and this method is saving my butt for sure.

Does Starlight Mini crash often for you? I haven’t had an issue yet on my new rig (RTX 5090). It is painfully slow though…1.6-1.7FPS at 720p.

Yes, it would error out anywhere from 20 minutes into the process to about 2 hours and then either “Error” or say it was exported when there was clearly more video left. I created the backup program above to save any progress that would have been lost when the temp file disappears upon error. As a…

Just curious, is your 0.7-0.8FPS at 1080p or 720p? I’m getting 1.6FPS at 720p and around 0.7-1.0FPS at 1080p. I’m running a 9950X3D + RTX 5090

Starlight Mini @ 1080p with interlaced footage

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Script to Back Up Starlight Mini Temp Files and Prevent Progress Loss

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nghtrdrtbone0206 (nghtrdrtbone0206) December 30, 2025, 5:49pm 9

here is the youtube playlist to see my results from the old tv series ‘Viper”:

[Feature request] Better crash handling and recovery for long renders