Question regarding starting an AMV

Kariudo · Post by **Kariudo** » Fri Nov 11, 2005 1:58 pm

to Dream_Of_Loneliness:
Finally! someone who reads!
imo, even if you own the footage on dvd; using downloaded footage is frowned upon.
I guess it would be kinda hard to work with dvd's if you don't have a dvd player on your computer, but those are fairly cheap (found this one on amazon)(only $35!)
if you're using a laptop then the cheapest external dvd drive I found (not on ebay) was $120 on this site
but you could also just get a kit to make the $35 drive an external one

Ratix · Post by **Ratix** » Fri Nov 11, 2005 10:25 pm

I picked up a DVD Drive at the local CompUSA for about $45. Just a small investment like this can go a long way in opening up possibilities for you. After that, there's no excuse for using downloaded footage, really.

DJ Spinz · Post by **DJ Spinz** » Sat Nov 12, 2005 6:44 pm

Well I'm trying out Vegas 6 and so far I really like it. Very professional. Only thing is if you put several effects on at once the video starts to lag behind the music ><; I'll have to find an easier way to do this

Kariudo · Post by **Kariudo** » Sat Nov 12, 2005 7:22 pm

DJ Spinz wrote:Well I'm trying out Vegas 6 and so far I really like it. Very professional. Only thing is if you put several effects on at once the video starts to lag behind the music ><; I'll have to find an easier way to do this

Putting more effects on a single clip means that more information has to be rendered, so it will naturally slow down (the playback)
easiest way (but takes awhile) is to export and encode your amv every so often to check your sync.
...or you could save the effects til after you finish syncing the video

DJ Spinz · Post by **DJ Spinz** » Sat Nov 12, 2005 10:36 pm

I think I just put too much on at once. I'll try your idea out though, wait until I get done to put effects on.

DJ Spinz · Post by **DJ Spinz** » Sat Nov 12, 2005 10:53 pm

Ooh hey here's another question. For some reason, some of my movies will work and others won't even load. Is there something wrong with the codecs in this program or what?

Kariudo · Post by **Kariudo** » Sun Nov 13, 2005 12:40 am

what codecs are you using?

DJ Spinz · Post by **DJ Spinz** » Sun Nov 13, 2005 1:43 am

DivX 5.1. It's the same as all of the other movies that I have, but for some reason when I pull these 3 up they are horribly pixelated. And on another note, they work fine in Windows Movie maker. Just not Vegas 6.

Org Profile · Post by **808-buma** » Sun Nov 13, 2005 1:29 pm

DJ Spinz wrote:DivX 5.1. It's the same as all of the other movies that I have, but for some reason when I pull these 3 up they are horribly pixelated. And on another note, they work fine in Windows Movie maker. Just not Vegas 6.

Where's Scintilla's sigline when you need it.

Short answer, don't use divx/xvid encoded footage in any NLE (Non-Linear Editor). You're basically asking your computer to decode a lot of information in a very short amount of time - and when you're using a NLE, you are putting a lot of demand on your cpu and memory and any additional load can make things go buggy (like what you are reporting).

So, go here and read the guides, espeically this one (yes, it's all a bit technical, but making AMV's isn't as easy as it seems - do you need to know all of it? No, but it's a good read).

oh, btw - if you're looking for a cheaper but still powerful editor, you may want to try Magix Movie Edit Pro 10.

DJ Spinz · Post by **DJ Spinz** » Sun Nov 13, 2005 3:43 pm

Thanks for the advice! I'll be sure to check that out when I get home from work.