Hello ^_^ I'm having a problem with the Zar264gui...

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Hello ^_^ I'm having a problem with the Zar264gui...

Postby SketchH » Wed Jul 29, 2009 5:55 pm

I downloaded the package offered on a-m-v.org instead of downloading it all individually. However, when I'm done with my amv, I try to compress my avi video using the Zar264gui, but every time I try, it says: "AVISource: couldn't locate a decompressor for fourcc MP42" Therefore, I am unable to do anything with my large amv. I'm not sure what went wrong or how to correct it, and I was wondering if any of you could help me out. :wink:

Thank in advance for all of your help. I greatly appreciate it. Take Care. :book:
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Re: Hello ^_^ I'm having a problem with the Zar264gui...

Postby mirkosp » Wed Jul 29, 2009 6:17 pm

MP42? Sounds like you exported with a weird codec (as in, one that avisource doesn't recognize). Try to go with uncompressed instead.
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Re: Hello ^_^ I'm having a problem with the Zar264gui...

Postby SketchH » Wed Jul 29, 2009 6:45 pm

It says that for any avi file I try to convert.
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Re: Hello ^_^ I'm having a problem with the Zar264gui...

Postby SketchH » Wed Jul 29, 2009 6:48 pm

I mean, when I try to import it into the program, that is the error I recieve. It doesn't even give me the chance to try and export it.
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Re: Hello ^_^ I'm having a problem with the Zar264gui...

Postby Zarxrax » Wed Jul 29, 2009 7:31 pm

He means when you export it from your editing program.
You are exporting to a crappy format.
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Re: Hello ^_^ I'm having a problem with the Zar264gui...

Postby SketchH » Wed Jul 29, 2009 7:47 pm

hmm...that may be the case. But I just select avi from the editing program. What format should I be editing it to? As far as I know, it has not let me compress any avi files from any source. Surely not every avi format in existance is bad.
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Re: Hello ^_^ I'm having a problem with the Zar264gui...

Postby Zarxrax » Wed Jul 29, 2009 8:20 pm

Use uncompressed avi.
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Re: Hello ^_^ I'm having a problem with the Zar264gui...

Postby Qyot27 » Thu Jul 30, 2009 1:12 am

mirkosp wrote:MP42? Sounds like you exported with a weird codec (as in, one that avisource doesn't recognize). Try to go with uncompressed instead.

'MP42' is the FourCC used by Microsoft MPEG-4v2, which for some odd reason tends to be very popular as a distribution format with Japanese MAD editors, as I noted a couple years ago (if I remember right, it was v3 that was hacked by Gej to become the original DivX;) ). Even with DivX 5/6's and XviD 1.xx's encoders being fully mature for several years at that point. That's just an anecdote, though.

ffdshow supports MP42, though. More info here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Me ... o#Versions
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