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Postby thebattosai » Sat Oct 28, 2006 9:31 pm

whenever i try to import naruto amv's in after effects i get a error that says something about frame..:S or something.....

what do i do? i cnt even edit or do anything with the video...
plz help..
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Postby Kariudo » Sat Oct 28, 2006 9:45 pm

this should be in video software help.

is your source footage really other amvs, or is it just an amv you made that you're trying to import into AE?
if you're using other amvs, that's generally frowned upon, but will also tend to not work because a lot of amvs on this site are encoded with xvid (or divx)

it would help if you could post the exact text of the error you're getting, along with the codec that your source is encoded with (along with the program you made it in if applicable)
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Postby thebattosai » Sat Oct 28, 2006 9:49 pm

i am importing an accual ep...

its encoded with Xvid Mpeg 4 codec

and as soon as i import it i get he error:

after effects error: retrieving frame from video stream.(3)

(53 :: 34)


thats it
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Postby Moonie » Sat Oct 28, 2006 9:55 pm

most editing programs don't like divx and xvid encoded footage.
Its best to encode your footage with a codec like huffyuv
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Postby thebattosai » Sat Oct 28, 2006 10:02 pm

aw..man...

smt...well tell me...wats the norm for making videos with after effects and premiere...

make the video in premiere first then bring it into after effects and add what you want?...


and i have alot of naruto video....is there any way i can adjust it to accept xvid?
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Postby Moonie » Sat Oct 28, 2006 10:13 pm

thebattosai wrote:aw..man...

smt...well tell me...wats the norm for making videos with after effects and premiere...

make the video in premiere first then bring it into after effects and add what you want?...


and i have alot of naruto video....is there any way i can adjust it to accept xvid?

I don't know much about after effects but i don't think its possible to adjust it to work well with Xvid footage unless you use an Avisynth script to import it. You need to re-encode your footage to huffy for best performance.
Since that codec makes large files its best to only encode the clips you need instead of the whole episode.
You can cut the clips you need by using virtualdub or virtualdub mod
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Postby Kariudo » Sat Oct 28, 2006 10:13 pm

AE isn't really something you want to be using for normal editing

so the norm would be to make your vid in premiere, then import the project into after effects

and there isn't a way to make divx/xvid footage work (unless you count making an avs script and importing those...but editing with avs scripts is slow)
your best bet is probably to take clips in virtualdub(/mod) and save those with a lossless codec (like huffyuv or lagarith)
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Postby thebattosai » Sat Oct 28, 2006 10:27 pm

thanks....
do you have a link to a tutorial for virtualdub? i mean i dont know wha the hell i'm doing....:S
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Postby Kariudo » Sat Oct 28, 2006 10:38 pm

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Postby Minion » Sat Oct 28, 2006 10:43 pm

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Postby Kariudo » Sat Oct 28, 2006 10:52 pm

Read Ermac and Absolute Destiny's Friendly A/v Guides to the rescue?
imo, in this case it's best to drop the "R"
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Postby Minion » Sat Oct 28, 2006 10:58 pm

never drop the R, never give an explaination.
that was the point of calling it Read ErMaC & AbsoluteDestiny's Friendly AMV Guides
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Postby thebattosai » Sat Oct 28, 2006 11:02 pm

so whats the best output for video?
huffyuv is a bit 2 big for my liking.....can i just use wma for the same results??
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Postby Moonie » Sat Oct 28, 2006 11:03 pm

thebattosai wrote:so whats the best output for video?
huffyuv is a bit 2 big for my liking.....can i just use wma for the same results??

Huffy is loosless so it has the best quality but also makes big file sizes.
I don't think the wmv would work good in editing programs
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Postby thebattosai » Sat Oct 28, 2006 11:09 pm

and loosless means....
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