The Idiots Guide to Vegas

JaddziaDax · Post by **JaddziaDax** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 3:44 pm

you mean you can't see the track? or you can't see the layer in the preview screen?

Kumatora · Post by **Kumatora** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 4:59 pm

JaddziaDax wrote:you mean you can't see the track? or you can't see the layer in the preview screen?

I can't see the layer in the preview screen. Sometimes, I can see it, other times I can't.

LivingFlame · Post by **LivingFlame** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 5:09 pm

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say it's because the WMV format doesn't have keyframes at every frame. Try transcoding it to something like Huffyuv or Lagarith.

JaddziaDax · Post by **JaddziaDax** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 5:12 pm

JaddziaDax · Post by **JaddziaDax** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 5:13 pm

and yea you should be editing with lossless avis in vegas...

Kumatora · Post by **Kumatora** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 6:00 pm

LivingFlame wrote:I'm gonna go out on a limb and say it's because the WMV format doesn't have keyframes at every frame. Try transcoding it to something like Huffyuv or Lagarith.

I can't put it into Virtual Dub because of some patent infringement. I assume that I have to use AVI Synth in order to get it in?

LivingFlame · Post by **LivingFlame** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 6:11 pm

Yea. Try DirectShowSource to open it, I guess. I've never actually opened a WMV file in AviSynth/VDub and I don't have any on hand, so that's sort of a guess.

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DirectShowSource("File_Path")

Or if you have the newest version of VirtualDubMod, the option to open a file as an AviSynth template is on the bottom of the Open Video File dialogue box.

Kumatora · Post by **Kumatora** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 6:27 pm

LivingFlame wrote:Yea. Try DirectShowSource to open it, I guess. I've never actually opened a WMV file in AviSynth/VDub and I don't have any on hand, so that's sort of a guess.
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DirectShowSource("File_Path")
Or if you have the newest version of VirtualDubMod, the option to open a file as an AviSynth template is on the bottom of the Open Video File dialogue box.

Tried that. It says it can't determine the frame rate. It says I have to use the fps parameter.

JaddziaDax · Post by **JaddziaDax** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 7:06 pm

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DirectShowSource("C:\AMVExport\yourDVexport.avi",29.97)

insert the framerate like so

JaddziaDax · Post by **JaddziaDax** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 7:06 pm

but be sure to get the actual frame rate of the video file...

or you know, don't use wmvs in the first place