Video Recording/Playback/Editing/Converting/etc.

10 Nov 2008, 00:47 #2321

bmwracer wrote:
Which PC did you run it on?

If you run the program on a faster PC, you'll get faster conversions.

I used the newest laptop that I have (now I wish I had something faster :beaten:). Here are the specs:

Dell Inspiron I1720
Intel Core 2 Duo CPU [email protected] GHz
4GB RAM

10 Nov 2008, 04:55 #2322

sadacori wrote:I used the newest laptop that I have (now I wish I had something faster :beaten:). Here are the specs:

Dell Inspiron I1720
Intel Core 2 Duo CPU [email protected] GHz
4GB RAM

Well if you ran that compression on the dual core CPU, I doubt that you'll get much better results time wise...

10 Nov 2008, 05:28 #2323

bmwracer wrote:
Well if you ran that compression on the dual core CPU, I doubt that you'll get much better results time wise...

Yeah, and I tried making it 400mb and it only shaved off about 9 minutes. :sweat: I guess I'll just bear with it and hope that 20+ hours passes by fast. :beaten:

10 Nov 2008, 05:38 #2324

Unfortunately it seems that anything related to video is time/processor intensive. That's why I start my converting projects just before I go to bed :)

8 Dec 2008, 09:42 #2325

I authored the same file 4 times over the weekend, and only 1 appeared to work correctly (except I stuffed up the subs, so I had to redo it) when I put it back into the computer, the comp wouldn't recognise it as a DVD and my standalone video player/recorder didn't recognise it either. After the 4th attempt, I decided to try it in my other standalone DVD player - and it worked. And so did the other 3 :headscratch:

8 Dec 2008, 09:48 #2326

Anime Dad wrote:I authored the same file 4 times over the weekend, and only 1 appeared to work correctly (except I stuffed up the subs, so I had to redo it) when I put it back into the computer, the comp wouldn't recognise it as a DVD and my standalone video player/recorder didn't recognise it either. After the 4th attempt, I decided to try it in my other standalone DVD player - and it worked. And so did the other 3 :headscratch:

Did you verify all of your burns?

DVD drives and players are a finnicky bunch. :sweat:

What media are you using?

5 Jan 2009, 14:58 #2327

Don't hate me for resurrecting this thread!!

Anyway, I'm having problem with an .avi file. When I try to convert it to DVD, it says "There is no decodable video stream," so I'm unable to convert it. I wonder if there's a way around this problem. Any help would be much appreciated.

5 Jan 2009, 16:19 #2328

sadacori wrote:Don't hate me for resurrecting this thread!!

Anyway, I'm having problem with an .avi file. When I try to convert it to DVD, it says "There is no decodable video stream," so I'm unable to convert it. I wonder if there's a way around this problem. Any help would be much appreciated.

Does it play OK with Windows Media Player?

5 Jan 2009, 16:53 #2329

Anime Dad wrote:

Does it play OK with Windows Media Player?

Yeah. It seems to play ok with both that and DivX.

5 Jan 2009, 22:44 #2330

sadacori wrote:Don't hate me for resurrecting this thread!!

LOL, I saw this thread resurrected and I knew it was you... :P

Anyway, I'm having problem with an .avi file. When I try to convert it to DVD, it says "There is no decodable video stream," so I'm unable to convert it. I wonder if there's a way around this problem. Any help would be much appreciated.

Are you using ConvertX?

Have you tried another program to convert the .avi?

6 Jan 2009, 08:46 #2331

bmwracer wrote:LOL, I saw this thread resurrected and I knew it was you...

:lol: I figure I got you peace and quiet from this thread for a while, which was your Xmas present. And I never made any resolutions about keeping out of this thread, so... :hehe:

Are you using ConvertX?

Have you tried another program to convert the .avi?

Yup. Using ConvertX. I haven't really tried another program yet. First I suppose I'd have to convert them to an mpg file, right?

6 Jan 2009, 08:54 #2332

sadacori wrote:

Yup. Using ConvertX. I haven't really tried another program yet. First I suppose I'd have to convert them to an mpg file, right?

You could try looking at it with Video Inspector http://www.kcsoftwares.com/index.php?vtb It might be able to work out what's wrong with the file...

6 Jan 2009, 10:12 #2333

Anime Dad wrote:

You could try looking at it with Video Inspector http://www.kcsoftwares.com/index.php?vtb It might be able to work out what's wrong with the file...

I tried installing it, but something happened and now I can't go online with my laptop (I'm online with my ancient desktop now). I have to check it out later because I'm too irritated right now. :grumble: I swear, I have the worse freaking luck with this kind of stuff. :banghead:

6 Jan 2009, 10:16 #2334

sadacori wrote:

I tried installing it, but something happened and now I can't go online with my laptop (I'm online with my ancient desktop now). I have to check it out later because I'm too irritated right now. :grumble: I swear, I have the worse freaking luck with this kind of stuff. :banghead:

oops :banghead: Ganbatte kudasai!

6 Jan 2009, 12:59 #2335

sadacori wrote:Yup. Using ConvertX. I haven't really tried another program yet. First I suppose I'd have to convert them to an mpg file, right?

Is this one episode of a series?

If so, are you having problems with any of the other episodes?

6 Jan 2009, 13:34 #2336

bmwracer wrote:
Is this one episode of a series?

If so, are you having problems with any of the other episodes?

Only that one episode is screwed up. Nothing else.

6 Jan 2009, 15:15 #2337

Anime Dad wrote:

You could try looking at it with Video Inspector http://www.kcsoftwares.com/index.php?vtb It might be able to work out what's wrong with the file...

By the way, that program that you mentioned was the reason why I couldn't get online. Thankfully groink-sama helped me out and suggested me to uninstall the program and restart my laptop. As a warning to others, do not install that Video Inspector program on your computer if you want to go online. Weird that some simple program was able to do this. :sweat:

6 Jan 2009, 15:44 #2338

sadacori wrote:

By the way, that program that you mentioned was the reason why I couldn't get online. Thankfully groink-sama helped me out and suggested me to uninstall the program and restart my laptop. As a warning to others, do not install that Video Inspector program on your computer if you want to go online. Weird that some simple program was able to do this. :sweat:

Gomen nasai Soco-chan :bow:

6 Jan 2009, 16:03 #2339

Anime Dad wrote:

Gomen nasai Soco-chan :bow:

Nah, that's ok. I know you had no ill intentions, so don't need to worry, AD. :hug: I also found out that my laptop still isn't quite working yet, so I have to do a system restore. :sweat:

Hopefully I'll be able to author a drama, or at least edit something tonight. :fingerscrossed:

6 Jan 2009, 23:07 #2340

sadacori wrote:Only that one episode is screwed up. Nothing else.

That figures... It's happened in the past, ne?

Either that file is somehow corrupt or it was encoded differently... :headscratch:

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