AVI problems

Elam89 · Post by **Elam89** » Fri Dec 07, 2007 12:56 am

I'm tryin to make a amv using wmm. The video file is an .avi format. When I make the amv it will start to run smoothly and then it will freeze up at points, sometimes shutting wmm down. I dont want to convert the file to wmv because it will reduce the quality. Any suggestions?

JaddziaDax · Post by **JaddziaDax** » Fri Dec 07, 2007 1:01 am

convert the file to a lossless huffyuv file as so:

JaddziaDax wrote:open the video file in virtualdub mod go to video->compression->Huffyuv

then go to file->save

use those to mark the beginning and the end of the "clips" you want so you can save room

JaddziaDax · Post by **JaddziaDax** » Fri Dec 07, 2007 1:02 am

huffy will save the quality but will take up lots of space so you will want to more than likely make clips of only the parts you need...

unless you have hard drive of infinity-ness

Elam89 · Post by **Elam89** » Fri Dec 07, 2007 1:22 am

thanx, but how much space are we talkin, cause i'm using a show with 25 eps, plus i'mg goin to buy an external

Kariudo · Post by **Kariudo** » Fri Dec 07, 2007 2:17 am

if you use the above method to make small clips instead of encoding entire episodes then your clips should only take a few GB (as opposed to about 11GB per episode)

Elam89 · Post by **Elam89** » Fri Dec 07, 2007 10:51 am

is there anything else thats better than wmm thats cheap or free?

JaddziaDax · Post by **JaddziaDax** » Fri Dec 07, 2007 1:27 pm

better? if you don't want to lose quality then you want to use a lossless codec...

you can always try to use lagarith instead of huffyuv and disable the sound to save a bit more space,

but most of the people on this forum don't recommend that for wmm and say that it causes the program to be a bit buggy..

that is a FREE method :3

BasharOfTheAges · Post by **BasharOfTheAges** » Fri Dec 07, 2007 2:48 pm

I think Elam89 meant a better program to edit with. Or at least that's how the sentence seems structured to me. Either way, there are at least 100 other threads around that contain the answer to that question including multiple stickies.

Kariudo · Post by **Kariudo** » Fri Dec 07, 2007 3:15 pm

I think the motivation behind asking for another program, however, is to try to get around having to convert divx/xvid files.
In that case, it won't work...divx and xvid encoded files are simply not meant to be edited with

in any case, here's a list of free (and not-so free) editing programs
http://www.animemusicvideos.org/phpBB/v ... hp?t=61207

JaddziaDax · Post by **JaddziaDax** » Fri Dec 07, 2007 3:41 pm

ah i missed the "wmm" in that sentence...
but every program you come across will have issues with divx and xvid encoded files, as Kariudo pointed out