Having pixelating problems (checked Guides already)

DirectDK · Post by **DirectDK** » Fri May 12, 2006 12:15 am

Hello. I'm sorry to clutter this forum with this question, but I am trying to make an AMV with vegas and I'm having this problem where the video looks like this in the preview window, and also when I export it.

here's what i mean:

http://www.directdk.com/temp/pixels.mpg

I can't figure out why it's doing this. The source files I'm using are ANBU-AONE divx versions of Naruto:

640x480x12, 23.976 fps, DivX 6.1.1

Please help! Thank you!

Kalium · Post by **Kalium** » Fri May 12, 2006 12:18 am

You're editing from fansubs. There's your problem right there. Don't edit from lossily encoded files, you will take a major quality hit.

Kariudo · Post by **Kariudo** » Fri May 12, 2006 12:19 am

your problem is divx
(i'd suggest taking clips in virtualDub(/mod))
open the clips you want, re-encode with a lossless codec such as Lagartih or Huffyuv.

Kalium · Post by **Kalium** » Fri May 12, 2006 12:22 am

That won't help too much. The information is already gone, there's no getting it back.

DirectDK · Post by **DirectDK** » Fri May 12, 2006 12:23 am

Hey there. Thanks for the tips.

Hmmm, well, I'll try re-encoding them (I was afraid of that), but problem is I'm taking clips from a total of 50 or so episodes. It's gonna take forever (and not too much hd space left).

I do have virtuadub though. I will give it a try. Thanks.

DirectDK · Post by **DirectDK** » Fri May 12, 2006 12:25 am

Kalium wrote:That won't help too much. The information is already gone, there's no getting it back.

Hey again. Well, I guess I don't mind the quality loss too much. I just really want to avoid those pixels. Is there a reason why it ends up in looking like that? Because, obviously, when I watch them normally those pixels don't show up. That's why I'm confused.

Kalium · Post by **Kalium** » Fri May 12, 2006 12:32 am

It has to do with how lossy encoding works, especially when you go from one lossy encode to another. Your best bet is to buy R2s.

Willen · Post by **Willen** » Fri May 12, 2006 1:15 am

Kalium wrote:It has to do with how lossy encoding works, especially when you go from one lossy encode to another. Your best bet is to buy R2s.

Or wait for the R1s.

x_rex30 · Post by **x_rex30** » Fri May 12, 2006 1:28 am

I've had this before and have fixed it. Can't say exactly how I did or how you do it, but this thread might help..

http://www.animemusicvideos.org/phpBB/v ... hlight=pic

DirectDK · Post by **DirectDK** » Fri May 12, 2006 1:35 am

x_rex30 wrote:I've had this before and have fixed it. Can't say exactly how I did or how you do it, but this thread might help..

http://www.animemusicvideos.org/phpBB/v ... hlight=pic

Thanks for the link. I read it through, and it's cool that you ended up fixing it, but could you tell me a bit more? Did you fix it within Vegas (was it a vegas setting) or did you re-encode the divx files into something else?