Newbies: How to make your first AMV

Arigatomina · Post by **Arigatomina** » Sun Jan 25, 2004 10:29 pm

LoST RaiNDRoP wrote:another question.. i was wondering how you guys copy out the videos from the video games.. like, for example, the intro of a the game RED ALERT 2 and the other movies while your playing the game or something... is there like a software for it?... if so.. what kinda software? what its called? where can i get it?... or if not, how do you do it? ...i need answers before wednesday.. coz i have a big report about making AMV's in friday.. and i need all of you guys help!!!

I don't know what sort of info you're looking for if it's to write a report, but a good program for PS1 games is PSxMC247 - do a google search or two and you'll find that, some sites also tell how to work it, but it's pretty self explanatory. As long as you have a cd-rom, you can use that program to get cg clips from a game disc. For PS2 games...you'd have to check the 'Software Help' section - do a search, I know it's been asked a few times over there so the threads should still be up if you look for them. ^_^;;

LoST RaiNDRoP · Post by **LoST RaiNDRoP** » Sun Jan 25, 2004 10:42 pm

yea.. i dont know what im looking for either.. just anything important and complicated about making AMVs... like ripping DVDs and PS2 games to make clips for a video.. i dont know which softwares to use..

Arigatomina · Post by **Arigatomina** » Sun Jan 25, 2004 11:30 pm

LoST RaiNDRoP wrote:yea.. i dont know what im looking for either.. just anything important and complicated about making AMVs... like ripping DVDs and PS2 games to make clips for a video.. i dont know which softwares to use..

In that case, just read the guides:
http://www.animemusicvideos.org/guides/

They'll tell you most everything you need to know - particularly the 'All Things Audio and Video' guide. ^_^

dragonsbane13 · Post by **dragonsbane13** » Mon Jan 26, 2004 4:36 pm

So all I need to do is get a program to put all my little clips together?
Ok, what are the names of some progs i could use?
Also. where can i find new AMVs on this site? i havent found any yet..
Lastly.....There is no such thing as a stupid question when you are a "newbie". Dont care what people say about that......i ask questions so i can get information and help. THank yoU! Dont mean to sound like a jerk........

Arigatomina · Post by **Arigatomina** » Mon Jan 26, 2004 4:42 pm

dragonsbane13 wrote: So all I need to do is get a program to put all my little clips together?
Ok, what are the names of some progs i could use?
Also. where can i find new AMVs on this site? i havent found any yet..
Lastly.....There is no such thing as a stupid question when you are a "newbie". Dont care what people say about that......i ask questions so i can get information and help. THank yoU! Dont mean to sound like a jerk........

Okay, for a list of programs frequently used, go down to the 'Software Help' section - there should be a bold 'sticky' thread telling various programs.

For new vids, go to the 'Member Main' page and on the bottom left click the 'search vids' link. Do a super search and choose 'by upload date' to get the newest ones. Since you're new you won't be able to download local vids (unless you donate) for 2 weeks. So you should probably limit your super search to 'downloadable' so you get the direct and indirect links.

As for the 'dumb questions' - not that they're dumb, just that they get asked a lot and people tend to get fussy about answering them more than twice. Next time use the 'search' button at the top of the forum and try looking up your questions (using key phrases) in the 'help' sections of the forum. You can usually find your own answers and not have to deal with short-tempered people. ^.~

ChibiChan1126 · Post by **ChibiChan1126** » Mon Jan 26, 2004 5:27 pm

its me again guys and kurama person (

I LOVE KURAMA

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i didnt get a word u said...^^''' sorry im not that big of a computer person so can u IM me or explain it to me a little better and in Windows Movie Maker, the amv is clear in the preview box its perfect but its just in Windows Media Player that its blurry. thanks for all ur help ^^

downwithpants · Post by **downwithpants** » Mon Jan 26, 2004 6:33 pm

click the links as you follow along.

Arigatomyna wrote: Okay, for a list of programs frequently used, go down to the 'Software Help' section - there should be a bold 'sticky' thread telling various programs.

For new vids, go to the 'Member Main' page and on the bottom left click the 'search vids' link. Do a super search and choose 'by upload date' to get the newest ones. Since you're new you won't be able to download local vids (unless you donate) for 2 weeks. So you should probably limit your super search to 'downloadable' so you get the direct and indirect links.

As for the 'dumb questions' - not that they're dumb, just that they get asked a lot and people tend to get fussy about answering them more than twice. Next time use the 'search' button at the top of the forum and try looking up your questions (using key phrases) in the '[site, audio, and video] help' sections of the forum. You can usually find your own answers and not have to deal with short-tempered people. ^.~

as for why your videos look blurry in windows media player, but not in the preview box: this happens because the preview box shows the original video file. when you play the video you've made with windows media player, it doesn't show the original video file. rather, it shows a file that windows movie maker has created. however, windows movie maker cannot create the video file with the same clarity as the original video file, since it's trying to save your hard drive space. if you want to get a clearer video out of windows movie maker, when you click "save movie as..." and it brings up a window that looks like this, choose a compression with a high bitrate (something between 1.0 and 2.1 Mbps). it will still not be as clear as the original video file, but it should be better.

pauliojr · Post by **pauliojr** » Mon Jan 26, 2004 10:14 pm

jbone wrote:
What NOT to do if you want a good AMV:

Do NOT use a windows media format (usually .wmv or .asf)

[MOD359: Edited 12/19/02]

I think that this part isn't really good advice. WMV makes a huge file so much smaller in size. You can decide how many k bits/sec you want, so WMV is actually an excellent source for making Music Videos. Windows Movie Maker 2 is recommended highly!!

Scintilla · Post by **Scintilla** » Mon Jan 26, 2004 10:44 pm

pauliojr wrote:
jbone wrote:
What NOT to do if you want a good AMV:

Do NOT use a windows media format (usually .wmv or .asf)

[MOD359: Edited 12/19/02]

I think that this part isn't really good advice. WMV makes a huge file so much smaller in size. You can decide how many k bits/sec you want...

You can make a really small MPEG-1 or DivX/XviD AVI, too, but they won't look good. However, a WMV at the same tiny size will look even worse. While it's true that the WMV9 codec is a lot better than the older WMV codecs, it still doesn't give as good compression as XviD, as far as I've seen.

And by the way, you can also specify what bitrate you want with DivX/XviD and MPEG (at least with TMPGEnc).

LoST RaiNDRoP · Post by **LoST RaiNDRoP** » Wed Jan 28, 2004 8:25 am

is AVI better than WMV ?

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