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Postby The14thGOD » Tue Feb 20, 2007 10:19 pm

I was wondering, is this guide then specifically for anime? Like, can it be used for non-anime? I'm doing a class project at the moment and using Advent Children. Would I have to change anything?

Also, what if I used live action and followed the guide? Just curious.

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Postby Corran » Tue Feb 20, 2007 10:32 pm

The14thGOD wrote:I was wondering, is this guide then specifically for anime? Like, can it be used for non-anime? I'm doing a class project at the moment and using Advent Children. Would I have to change anything?

Also, what if I used live action and followed the guide? Just curious.

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The guide is written specifically for the amv community but can be applied to pretty much anything that you rip from dvds and plan to edit in a windows based editor. Just be mindful that a lot of avisynth filters can have drastically different effects on animation than they do live action if you use them.
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Postby The14thGOD » Tue Feb 20, 2007 10:45 pm

Ya I figured that (filters), and it seemed like it would work for any DVD video. Thanks.
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Postby angelx03 » Sat Feb 24, 2007 9:48 am

Hmmm, the webpage here says the new guides are out, but it links to the old guides.
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Postby Zarxrax » Sat Feb 24, 2007 11:34 am

angelx03 wrote:Hmmm, the webpage here says the new guides are out, but it links to the old guides.

Try refreshing.
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Postby Scintilla » Sat Feb 24, 2007 12:44 pm

I had noticed that in the first post on this thread: the text says "avtech", but the LINK goes to "avtechbeta". Gets you to the right place, but confusing nevertheless.
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Postby Zarxrax » Sat Feb 24, 2007 4:49 pm

I have decided that as of right now, AMVApp will not support Windows Vista. When Microsoft releases a service pack for it, I will take another look and see what I can do to get it fully supported. I guess I might add a page in the guide listing all the problems that exist with vista, and just let people run it at their own discretion.

I would like to solve the problem with Zarx264gui in 64-bit OS's though, if I can figure out what the problem is.
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Postby Beefy_Suavo » Thu Mar 01, 2007 11:12 pm

Some more typos:

colorspace.html: For example, using Fast Recompress in VirtualDub (or any of its variants) is not only the fastest way to transcode video but also the least costly in terms of colorspace conversions. The drawback is you cannot you any of VirtualDub's filters in Fast Recompress mode - VirtualDub never even touches the incoming video stream... which is why you should use AviSynth for any video processing work.
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For example, using Fast Recompress in VirtualDub (or any of its variants) is not only the fastest way to transcode video but also the least costly in terms of colorspace conversions. The drawback is you cannot use any of VirtualDub's filters in Fast Recompress mode - VirtualDub never even touches the incoming video stream... which is why you should use AviSynth for any video processing work.


avspostqual.html: LimitedSharpenFaster(stength=200) -> LimitedSharpenFaster(strength=200)
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Postby Mago-Merlino » Mon Mar 05, 2007 12:08 am

A question :
When i export in WMM i alwais use the option : high quality video (NTSC or PAL).
To me, seems to be better quality than DV-AVI (NTSC or PAL).
No, i'm sure it is.
Can u tell me so why DV-AVI is the better choice?
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Postby Tiiscool » Mon Mar 05, 2007 1:51 pm

Hi,

the MPEG2Source helpfile says, that this command is default for interlaced footage: YV12toRGB24(clip, bool "interlaced" bool "TVscale")

So maybe when we have progressive footage, we should at "interlaced=false" ???
http://www.animemusicvideos.org/guides/ ... getb2.html

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Postby Zarxrax » Mon Mar 05, 2007 6:57 pm

Mago-Merlino wrote:A question :
When i export in WMM i alwais use the option : high quality video (NTSC or PAL).
To me, seems to be better quality than DV-AVI (NTSC or PAL).
No, i'm sure it is.
Can u tell me so why DV-AVI is the better choice?


As the guide explains, you want to export as a DV-Avi so you can do further postprocessing on your video and then encode it to the codec of your choice. If you don't want to do any of that stuff, then I suppose its alright to just export it with one of the WMV settings.
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Re: MPEG2Source

Postby Zarxrax » Mon Mar 05, 2007 7:01 pm

Tiiscool wrote:Hi,

the MPEG2Source helpfile says, that this command is default for interlaced footage: YV12toRGB24(clip, bool "interlaced" bool "TVscale")

So maybe when we have progressive footage, we should at "interlaced=false" ???
http://www.animemusicvideos.org/guides/ ... getb2.html

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Sorry, but I can't quite understand what you are asking, and I don't see anything like that mentioned in the mpeg2source help file, or on the page you linked to.

In general though, if you have progressive footage then you should of course set any "interlaced" parameters to "false".
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Re: MPEG2Source

Postby Scintilla » Mon Mar 05, 2007 7:29 pm

Zarxrax wrote:Sorry, but I can't quite understand what you are asking, and I don't see anything like that mentioned in the mpeg2source help file, or on the page you linked to.

It's in the MPEG3Dec documentation (why did Donald Graft get rid of almost all of the documentation when he made MPEG3DecDG?):

YV12toRGB24 (clip, bool "interlaced", bool "TVscale")

YV12->BGR24 convertion natively flips image
Use FlipVertical after

interlaced :
set this to true if your source is interlaced,
to interlace chroma correctly.
if you have a progressive stream, using false will
give sharper and real colors
default : true

TVscale :
The same setting as in DVD2AVI.
it may be inversed. try with and without and keep your favorite
default : false
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Postby Gepetto » Thu Mar 08, 2007 1:17 pm

Zarxrax wrote:regarding bait-and-switch, the issue there was that Premiere 6.x had a feature where you could go in and replace the clips with other clips, but premiere pro took this feature away. I think you could probably do it in premiere pro though by simply moving all your files, then it should ask you to find them... at which point you can point it to your new files. I guess :\ I'd definately make project backups before trying anything like that though.


You can still do that in Premiere Pro. Just Offline File then Online, and it'll ask you to find the file. However, you can't load a file with a different extension from the original, so it isn't really useful for bait-and-switch (unless you havea filtered and a non-filtered script, but it would be easier to just comment stuff out and change it back when you export).

I loved the glossary. I think I'll print it out and hand copies to everyone who asks me where to find the MP4 codec.

possible typo:
'Jerky video'

On the Avoiding and Fixing Common Problems section title and on the main page.
I'm not sure, but wouldn't the right way be with full quotes, and only around the first word? Hence,
"Jerky" video


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Postby Corran » Thu Mar 08, 2007 6:13 pm

Gepetto wrote:You can still do that in Premiere Pro. Just Offline File then Online, and it'll ask you to find the file. However, you can't load a file with a different extension from the original, so it isn't really useful for bait-and-switch (unless you havea filtered and a non-filtered script, but it would be easier to just comment stuff out and change it back when you export).


If you still want the speed of working with mjpeg, you can point your non filtered avs script to use the mjpeg avi. Also, since you can't use a file with a different file extension, going online and offline are pointless. I personally have an avisynth script folder with three subfolders containing the following types of scripts:

Mjpeg Avisource
High quality filtered mpeg2source
Copies premiere sees

When I create a new project I tell it to use the ones in that last folder. When I want to go between the fast mjpegs or the high quality dvd sources, I close premiere and copy the appropriate files to that folder. File names, extensions, framerate, resolution... all are the same so premiere can care less.
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