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Shirei13
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Post by Shirei13 » Mon Jan 29, 2007 5:06 pm

hello, i deceded a week or so ago that i wanted to make a evangelion amv, i looked in to it and everything. got a dvd decrypter to copy the files on my comptuer, and a converter to make them mpeg files.

(here's where my problem comes in)

i know that windows movie maker can automatically make clips, i got it to work on ff7:ac, but for evangelion it wont. does the whole creating clip thing.... but doesn't atcualy make them... ive tried using my eva. files in mpeg, and avi and no luck :'( can any1 help me?

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Post by Scintilla » Mon Jan 29, 2007 5:22 pm

Did you accidentally turn off the clip creation option?
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Post by Shirei13 » Mon Jan 29, 2007 7:20 pm

don't think so.. if i did, how do i turn it back on?

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Post by Shirei13 » Mon Jan 29, 2007 10:45 pm

ive also tried it on several other files and it works fine, just wont on the 1's copyed from dvd and converted... i don't get it...@.@

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Post by Shirei13 » Mon Jan 29, 2007 10:48 pm

(forgot to add this)

the dvd converted videos upload fine, just as 1 long 22 mins clip and when i right click and select "create clips" it starts its little cound down and doesn't make any :( (asi said only wont work on my dvd converted files(mpeg)) know of antoher converter that you know works well?

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Post by Autraya » Tue Jan 30, 2007 4:42 am

what codec did you use...
new banzors in the making :p

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Post by Autraya » Tue Jan 30, 2007 4:43 am

hey, shit, sorry scintilla
didn't recognise you with your new hat on
new banzors in the making :p

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Post by Shirei13 » Tue Jan 30, 2007 8:25 am

i don't know a thiink about codec's i belive i picked DivX 5.2.1 codec :P

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Post by sweetdeily » Tue Jan 30, 2007 4:43 pm

Shirei13 - read the FAQ sticky at the top of this forum, it explains not to use DIVX
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Re: Windows Movie Maker

Post by Krisqo » Wed Jan 31, 2007 10:55 am

Shirei13 wrote:hello, i deceded a week or so ago that i wanted to make a evangelion amv, i looked in to it and everything. got a dvd decrypter to copy the files on my comptuer, and a converter to make them mpeg files.

(here's where my problem comes in)

i know that windows movie maker can automatically make clips, i got it to work on ff7:ac, but for evangelion it wont. does the whole creating clip thing.... but doesn't atcualy make them... ive tried using my eva. files in mpeg, and avi and no luck :'( can any1 help me?
There are times when WMM just won't make clips. I've had it work with DivX back in my days of using crappy Downloaded footage. Changing the codec may help, but don't be surprised if it does not.
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