Newbies: How to make your first AMV

[tuathaanwarrior]

im workin on my first amv and am using wmm. when i am previewing it, it skips to the end of the song at the same point everytime. i exported it and played it in media player and it worked fine. any idea why?
also, since wmvs seem to be looked down upon is there a way to convert and is it worth it to do so?

[downwithpants]

hi i just made my first amv but before i put it up for downloading on this site i wanna show me friends on my xanga site. can sum1 tell me how to do this?

you'll need to host the video if you want to leave a link on xanga. http://www.animemusicvideos.org/phpBB/v ... php?t=2864 shows how.
however, if you're just showing the video to a few friends, i find it easier to send the video over aim file transfer or mirc.

Thanks!

So here's my next question: If it comes with XP, can I just pop in my Windows XP CD and install it? I'm like the ultimate n00b, here.

If you have XP, it should be somewhere in the start menu. Otherwise look for C:\Program Files\Movie Maker\moviemk.exe in your harddrive. I'd also recommend upgrading to WMM 2.0 available: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/usin ... fault.mspx

im workin on my first amv and am using wmm. when i am previewing it, it skips to the end of the song at the same point everytime. i exported it and played it in media player and it worked fine. any idea why?
also, since wmvs seem to be looked down upon is there a way to convert and is it worth it to do so?

wmm, being video editing software, is memory intensive, and usually if you have more than a handful of clips on the timeline, it lags when trying to load up the video in the preview window. the best way around this i've found is to break your video up into 10-20 second fragments, which gives you more of a chance to preview some parts of your video in the preview screen, and when it starts lagging you can just export that 10-20 second fragment and preview it in media player.

wmvs can be converted to AVI via avisynth and virtualdubmod (available in the AMVAPP, or to MPG via tmpgenc.
i've found in recent experience that it is worth converting wmv to avi because you can use cleaning filters to improve the quality of the video.

[tuathaanwarrior]

ty for the help
unfortunately i cannot figure how to make this conversion. i looked through the help files and ermac absolutedestiny's guide and came out very confused because i dont know a lot about the technical stuff and its 2:30 am. if you could explain this or give a link or something that would be much appreciated

[tuathaanwarrior]

ty for the help
unfortunately i cannot figure how to make this conversion. i looked through the help files and ermac absolutedestiny's guide and came out very confused because i dont know a lot about the technical stuff and its 2:30 am. if you could explain this or give a link or something that would be much appreciated

[downwithpants]

1. download and install the amvapp if you haven't done so.
2. open notepad. type: directshowsource("c:/<filepath>/<filename>.wmv", 29.97)
where <filepath> is the filepath of your video and <filename> is the name of your video.
you can also add in cleaning filters or scripts at this point. it is optional but recommended for better quality.
3. click file/save. change the "save as type" from *.txt to all files. then enter a filename followed by the extension .avs
4. open virtualdubmod (a program in amvapp), and click file/open video file... and select the avs file you just saved.
5. you can click file/save as..., then enter a filename and click save, but that will create an uncompressed AVI, which for a 4-5 minute video might be 2-4 gigabytes in size. for a smaller size you'll need to compress the video with a codec. http://www.animemusicvideos.org/guides/ ... /xvid.html will show you how to compress with the xvid codec.

[tuathaanwarrior]

thank you again for the help. u ended many frustrated hours of reading guides and help files. also, can i delete where i double-posted or does a mod have to. (sorry about that but i swear verizon is screwin with my internet)

[Maverick-Rubik]

Actually, that kind of a double post only happens if you hit submit twice before the page loads, I believe.

[slades_apprentice]

By using DVD footage, how do you just get parts of it? Is there a program I should buy or download? I love seeing AMVs and have decided to try and make at least one, but I am still sort of blurry on the whole idea. I'm good with html and css, but they don't have much of anything to do with AMVs. 0_o

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[Gepetto]

Actually, that kind of a double post only happens if you hit submit twice before the page loads, I believe.

Yes, it's only in that case. Because some slow computers send the post data but don't go to the "submitted" page, so you click the button again and end up re-sending the post.

[tuathaanwarrior]

Actually, that kind of a double post only happens if you hit submit twice before the page loads, I believe.

Yes, it's only in that case. Because some slow computers send the post data but don't go to the "submitted" page, so you click the button again and end up re-sending the post.

it went to an error so i hit back button and re-submitted. also i have dsl and a brand new comp so i have no idea why it did that.