Mission: Impossible? Or just improbable?

Dannywilson · Post by **Dannywilson** » Tue Dec 10, 2002 8:10 am

Ashton wrote: Were you really actually drunk when you messed up your arm... I think that's ironic considering your avatar.

actually, I was... doh... I just didn't have a drink in my hand like my avatar... stupid waxed floor and wool socks...

Aetherfukz · Post by **Aetherfukz** » Tue Dec 10, 2002 8:16 am

Dannywilson wrote:I'm running XP as the OS for the first time, so if anyone has anything they want to tell me about it, dont hesitate.

Well, first of all, after you've installed XP, go for XP AntiSpy. It is able to deinstall that nasty Windows Messager, deactivates all "features" of Media Player to send personal data to Micro$oft, and just makes you system all-around l33t ^_^

Peace out,
~Aetherfukz

Ashton · Post by **Ashton** » Tue Dec 10, 2002 8:43 am

Somehow I think he was talking in terms of creating AMVs... maybe not ^_^

temaranight · Post by **temaranight** » Tue Dec 10, 2002 8:47 am

Due to family crisises..ice storms and no power..I'm starting work on my part today..actually..I started it on Sunday but Premire kept doing this funky shutdown thing and I got fed up with it and decided to try agian today. After I'd get my clips into premire..and try to save..it wouldn't..then..about a third of the way through..it'd just shut down..no error message..nothing..just..bloop! It'd be gone! It was quite frustrating to say the least....

Aetherfukz · Post by **Aetherfukz** » Tue Dec 10, 2002 8:49 am

But what's the difference between making an AMV on a Win2k machine and a XP machine? Both are stable. I just thought AntiSpy is a good way to start, because it is always the first thing I install after a new XP.

Peace out,
~Aetherfukz

Dannywilson · Post by **Dannywilson** » Tue Dec 10, 2002 9:26 am

anyone know anything about making a router/server out of one of my older comps and then connecting to the net through that? That would be Ideal, since I have DSL, and dont particularly want to buy a router at this time....

§_Akuma_§ · Post by **§_Akuma_§** » Tue Dec 10, 2002 3:42 pm

ladydx wrote:about a third of the way through..it'd just shut down..no error message..nothing..just..bloop! It'd be gone! It was quite frustrating to say the least....

OHHHH YES!! i know that little problem VERY well.

working on my english project this past weekend and about 5 times it fucking did that! that tought me to save my work about every 3 mins!!!! arrrg! it hurts thinking about it.

RichLather · Post by **RichLather** » Tue Dec 10, 2002 4:04 pm

Ha! My segment is done, and awaits upload when I get home.

About 19MB, nice high-quality Xvid AVI.

Premiere didn't crash once; I was impressed. Total editing time, about 4 hours--and that includes the time spent replacing all the clips I screwed up with the mistimed batch of MJPEG AVIs.

Total capture time, about 3 hours from DVD to AVIsynth and MJPEG work files.

temaranight · Post by **temaranight** » Tue Dec 10, 2002 4:59 pm

Okay..I have a problem. When I encode my segment into Xvid..it looks like utter crap! It's all pixelated..not nice at all! I've encoded it in Divx and into Huffy and it looks fine..but Xvid..no. So unless someone can tell me how to fix this little problem..I really don't think you want what I have in this.

RichLather · Post by **RichLather** » Tue Dec 10, 2002 5:39 pm

My initial encode in Xvid was a little blocky, but it yielded a filesize of 3MB.

Then I realized that I shouldn't have made the encode directly from Premiere.

I exported from Premiere as an uncompressed AVI, then opened it up in VirtualDub. Following the instructions on the M:I web page, I made a 1-pass Xvid encode. Final filesize was just over 19MB, but there wasn't any blockiness that I could see.

LadyDX, is this what happened to you?