Need help with Windows Movie Maker.

Scintilla · Post by **Scintilla** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 4:29 pm

-Bauzi- wrote:Uhm... MAGIX Video Studio deLuxe can work with XviD and DivX without re encoding, but yeah... it is not freeware (50$ for the studio only)

<a href="http://www.amvwiki.org/index.php/DivX_Editing">That still doesn't mean you should do it.</a>

Melanchthon · Post by **Melanchthon** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 7:37 pm

I haven't had any problems (fingers crossed) working with XviD in MEP 10+, but I've been accessing the files via AviSynth scripts. Don't know whether or not that makes a difference.

I'd recommend Magix for a starting program. The basic stuff is all drag-and-drop and it's easy to add pics, video clips, and fancy (ie. cheesy

) transitions and effects. The advanced stuff is tucked away in the context menus, and while this makes the program less overwhelming at first it makes not learning the main keyboard shortcuts a bad idea.

Warpwind · Post by **Warpwind** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 8:27 pm

Melanchthon wrote:I haven't had any problems (fingers crossed) working with XviD in MEP 10+, but I've been accessing the files via AviSynth scripts. Don't know whether or not that makes a difference.

Yeah it does. Avisynth does all the decoding so the editing program doesn't fall over itself. Makes it slow sometimes though.

Melanchthon · Post by **Melanchthon** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 4:51 pm

Warpwind wrote:Avisynth does all the decoding so the editing program doesn't fall over itself.

Ah, thanks. Didn't want to make an 'AviSynth solves your DivX / XviD woes!' post without knowing for sure that it was AviSynth keeping the frames straight.

Willen · Post by **Willen** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 7:42 am

Scintilla wrote:
-Bauzi- wrote:Uhm... MAGIX Video Studio deLuxe can work with XviD and DivX without re encoding, but yeah... it is not freeware (50$ for the studio only)
<a href="http://www.amvwiki.org/index.php/DivX_Editing">That still doesn't mean you should do it.</a>

I agree. Just because you can start smoking, doesn't mean it's good to start smoking...