Several months ago, I used MainActor to put together several avi clips I took with my digital camera and put them into one mpeg. Now, I can't seem to do it. I'm wondering if I'm doing something wrong. I downloaded my avi from my camera and tried to place it in MainActor, but MA said it was not recognized. It plays fine on my system. Do I need to convert it to an mpeg first? If so, how do I do it again? Thanks for any help offered. I'm trying to get something for the grandparents. Tom
Just wondering if folks missed this one since it was late at night. -- Tom On Tue, 2004-01-06 at 21:44, Tom Nielsen wrote:
Several months ago, I used MainActor to put together several avi clips I took with my digital camera and put them into one mpeg. Now, I can't seem to do it. I'm wondering if I'm doing something wrong. I downloaded my avi from my camera and tried to place it in MainActor, but MA said it was not recognized. It plays fine on my system. Do I need to convert it to an mpeg first? If so, how do I do it again?
Thanks for any help offered. I'm trying to get something for the grandparents.
Tom
-- Tom Nielsen Neuro Logic Systems 805.389.5435 x18 www.neuro-logic.com
On Tue, 06 Jan 2004 21:44:20 -0800
Tom Nielsen
I downloaded my avi from my camera and tried to place it in MainActor, but MA said it was not recognized.
Strange, I check to mainactor site for you. It states that it supports avi and dv (I presume the avi files from you camera are dv avi's). Do you have mplayer install? What is the output from midentify?
Do I need to convert it to an mpeg first? If so, how do I do it again?
Well converting to mpeg is not for the faint of heart (unfortunately the mpeg container output is broken in mplayer last time I checked). You will need to use transcode: http://zebra.fh-weingarten.de/~transcode/ You will have to trancode it to an mp1 video file and mp1/2 audio file first and then use tcplex to mplex them together again. Charles -- Avoid the Gates of Hell. Use Linux (Unknown source)
Thanks for the tips. I'll try them when I get home. Tom On Wed, 2004-01-07 at 11:34, Charles Philip Chan wrote:
On Tue, 06 Jan 2004 21:44:20 -0800 Tom Nielsen
wrote: I downloaded my avi from my camera and tried to place it in MainActor, but MA said it was not recognized.
Strange, I check to mainactor site for you. It states that it supports avi and dv (I presume the avi files from you camera are dv avi's). Do you have mplayer install? What is the output from midentify?
Do I need to convert it to an mpeg first? If so, how do I do it again?
Well converting to mpeg is not for the faint of heart (unfortunately the mpeg container output is broken in mplayer last time I checked). You will need to use transcode:
http://zebra.fh-weingarten.de/~transcode/
You will have to trancode it to an mp1 video file and mp1/2 audio file first and then use tcplex to mplex them together again.
Charles
-- Tom Nielsen Neuro Logic Systems 805.389.5435 x18 www.neuro-logic.com
On Wed, 2004-01-07 at 11:34, Charles Philip Chan wrote:
On Tue, 06 Jan 2004 21:44:20 -0800 Tom Nielsen
wrote: I downloaded my avi from my camera and tried to place it in MainActor, but MA said it was not recognized.
Strange, I check to mainactor site for you. It states that it supports avi and dv (I presume the avi files from you camera are dv avi's). Do you have mplayer install? What is the output from midentify?
Do I need to convert it to an mpeg first? If so, how do I do it again?
Well converting to mpeg is not for the faint of heart (unfortunately the mpeg container output is broken in mplayer last time I checked). You will need to use transcode:
http://zebra.fh-weingarten.de/~transcode/
You will have to trancode it to an mp1 video file and mp1/2 audio file first and then use tcplex to mplex them together again.
Charles
Still no luck. I downloaded and installed the latest version from their website the other day. If I import an .avi file, it comes up a unknown video type. I even tried downloading some avis and no luck with those. Thoughts? Tom
participants (2)
-
Charles Philip Chan
-
Tom Nielsen