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Postby HakuOfTheMist » Sun Aug 12, 2007 2:29 am

I've been using windows movie maker, but decided I wanted something a little better. Being tight on money at the moment, I picked up pinnacle 10.5. Everything works, eccept when I put two different clips together.

It'll play them but... for example. I have three different clips for my amv. I press play. The first goes through perfectly. Then when it gets to the second. the adiou gets staticy, and the second clip freezes. then when it gets to the third it does the same thing.

I though it might be my cpu, or whatever. But they run smoothly on windows movie maker. What's up? (Sorry if there are any typos. It's 2:30 over here. lol)

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Postby NS » Sun Aug 12, 2007 2:34 am

Why are you using only 3 clips for an amv?.. Unless of course this is a drama.. in which case that's really all you need... Just slow them all way down.
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Postby HakuOfTheMist » Sun Aug 12, 2007 2:38 am

Lol, That was just an example. What I'm saying is, after it gets off the first clip everything acts up.

Sorry if I wasn't clear enough.
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Postby NS » Sun Aug 12, 2007 3:26 am

Nah it's ok. Just I have no idea why, so I figured i'd be a smartass while I was up late trolling the forums. you described it fine.
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Postby post-it » Sun Aug 12, 2007 11:16 am

.. that happens when they are still in the CODEC's .. turn your clips into RAW's and try it again ^_^

What your fighting is "lack of Memory" [RAM] to decode the Video's and their MP3 Audios.
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Postby JaddziaDax » Sun Aug 12, 2007 12:29 pm

what is the codec/container of your source files?

to get codec information right-click on the video file, and choose "properties" and click the tab that says "summery" it should be listed next to compression and if that doesnt work, get a program called GSpot and drop the file in it
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Postby HakuOfTheMist » Sun Aug 12, 2007 2:05 pm

Ok the codec is XVID, or DivX. I'm not sure which one it is. How do I turn it into a RAW?

Oh also, thanks for the help. ^^
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Postby JaddziaDax » Sun Aug 12, 2007 2:17 pm

"raw" isnt the correct term for what you want to "turn it into"

you want to reincode it into a lossless format your best bet is virtualdub mod: which can be found in the amvapp

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

then go to file->save

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THIS WILL CREATE RATHER LARGE FILE SIZES
use those to mark the beginning and the end of the "clips" you want so you can save room
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Postby HakuOfTheMist » Sun Aug 12, 2007 3:11 pm

lol, I'm having some trouble installing it. Do I want to replace my plug ins? lol and after it's installed. how do I get to virtualdub?
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Postby HakuOfTheMist » Mon Aug 13, 2007 2:20 am

Ok ignore my last post. lol I figured it out. Right now I'll mess around with it. If I can't figure it out, I'll be sure to ask. lol

thanks alot for the help.

(Sorry for the double post.)
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Postby HakuOfTheMist » Mon Aug 13, 2007 3:17 pm

Ok new problem. Everything runs good untill I go to edit it. Then all I hear is the audio, and the video is blank. How can I fix this?
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Postby JaddziaDax » Mon Aug 13, 2007 3:28 pm

what codec did you use?
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Postby HakuOfTheMist » Mon Aug 13, 2007 5:10 pm

I tried the two you reqested me to use. Umm huffy, and lagarith.
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Postby JaddziaDax » Mon Aug 13, 2007 5:16 pm

you tried them both and the both failed?
usually i find that if one doesnt work that the other will... i also usually stick with just one codec.
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Postby HakuOfTheMist » Tue Aug 14, 2007 6:11 pm

Well, I tried both, one turned into a blue pic, and the other turned into a black pic. But I can watch both of them. they just won't work in the editor.
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