some video making questions . . .

Post by **kAoS-aZZie** » 13 Nov 2005 10:02

can someone tell me why , when i have ace mega codecs installed it does not show up as a listed in virtual dub's compression options?

is there a PARTICULAR place only that the codecs need be installed?

Post by **suiz** » 13 Nov 2005 11:10

i had that problem to but if u see in Gammo's FAQ sheet theres a link to just mpeg-4

d/l that it works fine

Post by **kAoS-aZZie** » 13 Nov 2005 11:25

thanks:D . . . i am trying hard to understand each bit a s i go along so dont yet have global knowledge of the faqs

soz for being a nOOb
one of those times i hate being a gal :roll:

Post by **kAoS-aZZie** » 13 Nov 2005 13:33

well with all due respect tio the wonderfully put together vid making faqs . . . i quit, give up, never again

i just cant understand what i am doing or meant to do
tried dumping frames but then cud not get them from screenshots folder to virtual dub window

sorry & thanks for all the help

off to play with dolls :roll:

Post by **gämmö** » 13 Nov 2005 14:38

aZZie... ffs calm down ... lol

VirtualDub ONLY accepts sequencialy named series of *.bmp's. That means you need to make sure that the sequence you want to import into virtual dub, is "sequencely" named. that is in order from the frist screeshot to the last one they have to be named in order.

AceMegaCodedcs pack ONLY installs a variety of the most common codecs available today. It does not appear as "AceMegaCodecs Pack" within VirtualDub, ONLY the codecs that AcePack installs appear in VirtualDub, and ONLY the ones that can be used to ENCODE.

Post by **kAoS-aZZie** » 14 Nov 2005 16:39

well i duuno which of the few listed ones with no restrictions i am to use here
or do i dl that mpeg4 file to do the job?

my sources tell me u CAN add to those codecs listed from Ace mega codecs pack

in choosing the right compression file is the essential issue that frames must be divisable by 4?

i have heeded ur advice (kinda) & decided to persist cos i gonna show u all that i CAN do this, albeit to turn out a bloody mess & i be too emabarrassed to put my name to it

wud u prefer i PM with my questions or chat on icq or i spose u gonna say "keep ur bloody questions to urself"
u have been sooooo helpful but i simply do not have the required understanding to know exactly what i am doing

Post by **kAoS-aZZie** » 14 Nov 2005 16:52

OMG i did a few things cos it seemed logical to do them & voila i have a captured screen shot in my virtual dub window showing me a picture & when i utilize the virtual dub controls the picture moves from screenshot to screenshot

OMG i can't believe it bloody worked for me

OMG OMG OMG!!!!

hugz gammo

but i might still need help from here on in . . .

getting excited now ::hubbaBubba::

Post by **gämmö** » 14 Nov 2005 17:52

kool.. good to hear it's working....

jsut keep posting here if you have probs...

::cheers2::

Post by **kAoS-Maian0** » 14 Nov 2005 18:25

Cooool, keep at it aZZie and keep posting

Post by **kAoS-aZZie** » 14 Nov 2005 19:56

well actually . . . ::haha::

i do need to ask u bout that additional file u told me to download to add to virtual dub download
i forgot what it is called & therefore cant locate it within the drive of dl's
so can u remind me what it is called plz ty

but then again i using the kAoS virtual dub file with extras so maybe i no longer need that additional one . . . it aint in the faqs . . . ?

Post by **kAoS-Maian0** » 14 Nov 2005 20:28

Here's everythig youll need to get Rcam working aZZie;

http://machina.trishock.com/files/rypeltut/tutorial.htm

And a quick description on how to get it working;

In the RCam_UT04_08 folder (thats what its called if you used its default name) theres a file called cam.u Copy that one into your UT2004/system directory.

The other folder is CompaMut-0.1 in it are three files;

CompaMut0_1.u
CompaMut0_1.ucl
CompaMut0_1.int

All three of these need to be copied into your UT2004/system directory as well.

Once thats done, you need to open up your User.ini and do the following;

Make sure that your "H" and "I" keys have nothing bound to them, the same goes for all your numpad keys, have nothing bound to them.

Then;

Do a CTRL+F to bring up the find tool and do a search for "DemoMenuClass" and it should find something that looks like (well exactly like) "DemoMenuClass=GUI2K4.UT2K4DemoPlayback"

You need to change that line to "DemoMenuClass=Cam.CamDemoPage"

Then you just continue to Find Next and change all the instances of "DemoMenuClass=GUI2K4.UT2K4DemoPlayback" to "DemoMenuClass=Cam.CamDemoPage" and youll be laughing. (This last bit is really important, I didnt realise there was more then one instance and couldnt figure out why it wasnt working til gammo pointed it out for me lol)

Now you should be able to fire up a demo and have RCam working by pressing the ESC key twice. Press "H" for a quick overview of what everything does and "I" for a quick tutorial/introduction. Also that link I posted before has a tutorial written that you should have a quick once over on to get a small idea of what the cam can do. Then its just a matter of making some small flyby cam paths then work up to capturing shots. After a while youll be pulling off productions like gammo lol

Post by **kAoS-aZZie** » 16 Nov 2005 16:21

thanx heaps, my friend

i already looked at the tutorials that come with rcam & can se the method of madness being implemented
guess thats why i now am getting so excited cos i understand the sort of things i can do in my video

u just wait . . . i will show u that there is life in the old gal yet!

Post by **kAoS-aZZie** » 20 Nov 2005 09:23

grrrrr . . . not as easy as it looks

anyway, i gotta stop for week or so, getting XP installed in next few days

no doubt, there will be a problem . . . there always is :roll:

cant be bothered burning things to save, i will just swap it to another pc in the meanwhile
gonna try the upgrade to XP 1st but if it fails then twill be a complete install
and i WILL be turning off all automated processes! hate microsoft ::hissyfit::