Updating AMVapp Mini-guide

Orwell · Post by **Orwell** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 2:19 am

Is it worth it to update vdubmod? Is there a program that picks up where they left? (Vdubmod hasn't been updated since 05 as far as I can tell)

Willen · Post by **Willen** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 6:16 am

Orwell wrote:Is it worth it to update vdubmod? Is there a program that picks up where they left? (Vdubmod hasn't been updated since 05 as far as I can tell)

As far as people know, VitualDubMod development is dead (other than a bugfix). The only viable alternatives are the original VirtualDub, which lacks some of Mod's features and VirtualDub-MPEG2 which adds MPEG2 import support.

I'll stick with VDubMod.

Orwell · Post by **Orwell** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 2:09 am

But does the AMVapp modify vdubmod in anyway? Or is it just one program among many in a pack?

Also, will the next full release of the the AMVapp include Gspot? A very, very useful tool I've found, along with AVI fixed.

ChronoWraith · Post by **ChronoWraith** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 4:03 am

But the amv app pack is about amv creation, not playing. While GSpot may be a good tool for that I've never needed it for the making of an amv... it's not exactly an editing tool/helper....

Orwell · Post by **Orwell** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 8:03 am

Your just not working with the right footage, however org policy would assume your never going to make use of it.

Willen · Post by **Willen** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 10:30 am

I've had to use AVIcodec to diagnose issues with my output from my video editor(s). Without it, I wouldn't have been able to figure why VirtualDubMod kept on refusing to join the two segments of a video export together. It turned out that the framerate of one segment was a tiny bit off at 29.96 fps instead of 29.97 fps. I re-exported that segment, which finally came out at the proper 29.97 fps, and finished the video.

That being said, the inclusion of this type of utility program into the AMVapp is probably not really necessary. I could have examined the Huffyuv AVI in VirtualDubMod and retrieved the same information. Although it is handy to use, due to AVIcodec (and GSpot) being in a file's right click menu, it doesn't directly come into play during AMV creation.