Slight problem... [video doesn't show]

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Slight problem... [video doesn't show]

Postby Btalboy » Wed Dec 13, 2006 7:00 pm

Well, I'm very new to this software and I was trying my hand at an AMV. Well, when I put the clip into the video area on the timeline and played it... All I saw was black. The audio was there, but not the video. Any ideas as to what could be wrong? Any help is appreciated.
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Postby CrackTheSky » Wed Dec 13, 2006 7:12 pm

Sounds like a codec problem, so...

DON'T EDIT WITH DIVX/XVID-ENCODED CLIPS!!!!

Problem solved.

Since you probably don't know how to convert the files, though, first thing to do is to get the AMVapp. Then, use VirtualDubMod to convert your files to either Lagarith or HuffYUV. You'll probably want to read this guide to learn how, and you should read it anyway because it'll save you a lot of trouble.
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Postby Btalboy » Wed Dec 13, 2006 7:25 pm

I haven't used either of those, but I'll download that program and read into the guide a bit. Thanks.
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Postby ~The~Thief~Rikku~ » Thu Dec 14, 2006 4:05 pm

Unfortuantly it's pretty strange to hear that, Because I've used that program for quite awhile and I dont think I have had a problem like that :?
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Postby Scintilla » Fri Dec 15, 2006 7:35 am

~The~Thief~Rikku~ wrote:Unfortuantly it's pretty strange to hear that, Because I've used that program for quite awhile and I dont think I have had a problem like that :?

Then consider yourself lucky and enjoy it while it lasts. <a href="http://www.amvwiki.org/index.php/DivX_Editing">Here's why</a>.

(You know, somebody should really mirror this page somewhere else in case something ever happens to the AMV Wiki, what with the recent state of stagnation it's fallen into.)
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Postby jmoneyg » Tue Dec 26, 2006 3:24 pm

i just did the thing with virtual dub mod and it changed my file from a 174MB file to a 2.4GB file!!
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Postby BasharOfTheAges » Tue Dec 26, 2006 3:31 pm

jmoneyg wrote:i just did the thing with virtual dub mod and it changed my file from a 174MB file to a 2.4GB file!!

Yes, that happens. Thats why you make clips... or get really big harddrives.
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Postby jmoneyg » Thu Dec 28, 2006 1:01 am

is there any way to do it without it taking up my whole hard drive?
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Postby Kariudo » Thu Dec 28, 2006 1:14 am

instead of re-encoding entire episodes you can take small clips (in vdubmod) and encode those (in vdubmod).
~350 clips at ~1 second each takes up ~6GB (using huffyuv, lagarith yeilds smaller files)

when in doubt, Read ErMaC & AbsoluteDestiny's Friendly AMV Guides
(it tells you how to use vdubmod to make clips)
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Re: Slight problem... [video doesn't show]

Postby Ch3aLs3A L!n@ » Thu Dec 28, 2006 6:29 am

Btalboy wrote:Well, I'm very new to this software and I was trying my hand at an AMV. Well, when I put the clip into the video area on the timeline and played it... All I saw was black. The audio was there, but not the video. Any ideas as to what could be wrong? Any help is appreciated.


I will say the virtualdud and mod happen that to me instead I found a codec for my video to use my WMM try this codec ---> Free Codec All in ONE it decode your video format and you can use this in your WMM if you don't want to use the virtualbud I never recommend this before bcoz i thought it not gud but I try this more than 5 months and it's not bad then I use other video editing program too beside to my WMM. Hope it can help you this one ^_^ :D
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Postby Kariudo » Thu Dec 28, 2006 2:51 pm

codec packs are usually more trouble than they're worth.
pretty much all the codecs you need are:
divx
xvid
ffdshow
x.264
huffyuv (lossless)
lagarith (lossless)

a fairly short list, easy to find using google
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Postby NS » Thu Dec 28, 2006 3:29 pm

is it just me or do ppl keep on asking the exact same questions?
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Postby Ch3aLs3A L!n@ » Thu Dec 28, 2006 3:53 pm

Kariudo wrote:codec packs are usually more trouble than they're worth.
pretty much all the codecs you need are:
divx
xvid
ffdshow
x.264
huffyuv (lossless)
lagarith (lossless)

a fairly short list, easy to find using google


I will say yeah sometimes I encounter different codec but I'm very cautiously get video from my AMV not a huge problem of codec so I'll not having much trouble ^^

NerdStrudel wrote:is it just me or do ppl keep on asking the exact same questions?

:roll: i will say sometimes yeah same question but they did know if you ask the same question, so better be watcher than talker okei ;)
if you understand what I mean :D :) :D
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Postby BasharOfTheAges » Thu Dec 28, 2006 11:46 pm

NerdStrudel wrote:is it just me or do ppl keep on asking the exact same questions?


Yes, and it's been this way for the entirety of the time I've been here, and for the year or so I lurked before joining.
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Postby Autraya » Fri Dec 29, 2006 2:14 am

NerdStrudel wrote:is it just me or do ppl keep on asking the exact same questions?


Hopefully the sticky will minimize the problem from here on out. :lol:
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