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Importing Video

Posted: Fri May 04, 2018 7:23 pm
by Doby
Watched all the videos went through all the blogs and forums.
I am still stumped: nothing works.

Is there an ffmpeg command :?:

Re: Importing Video

Posted: Fri May 04, 2018 7:28 pm
by Doc
Doby wrote:
Fri May 04, 2018 7:23 pm
Watched all the videos went through all the blogs and forums.
I am still stumped: nothing works.

Is there an ffmpeg command :?:
Importing video into Muvizu? Muvizu accepts GIF and AVI video for any textures which allow images. (Yes they're very old formats but Muvizu is built on old software)

Re: Importing Video

Posted: Fri May 04, 2018 9:29 pm
by Ziggy72
MPEG-4 AVI works best, keep the file size low as you can, 25 fps or less works well.

Re: Importing Video

Posted: Sat May 05, 2018 5:18 pm
by Doby
Could not get .gif to work. Only .avi I could get to work was uncompressed = HUGE file :(

MPEG-4 AVI? How?

Thanks guys! :)

Re: Importing Video

Posted: Sat May 05, 2018 7:17 pm
by Ziggy72
Use a video converter program. I use Xilisoft's, which is good, but there are lots of free ones out there. Animated GIFs aren't actually video files really, so no surprise they won't load.

Re: Importing Video

Posted: Sat May 05, 2018 10:30 pm
by Doby
I think I tried that program and it was a fail.

What is an

MPEG-4 AVI

Specs?

update: Found forum of u Ziggy explaining it lol: AVI with XVid encoder?

Re: Importing Video

Posted: Sun May 06, 2018 12:31 am
by Ziggy72
All video files are created with a specific codec, and MPEG-4 is just one option you could use. If Xvid can export it, then that should work okay. It pays to experiment :)

Re: Importing Video

Posted: Sun May 06, 2018 3:39 am
by Doby
Okay, I will give it a shot! TY! :)

Re: Importing Video

Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2019 12:38 pm
by DaveVallier
Just adding to Ziggy's advice:
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For me, imported video looks "normal" if
I choose DirectX 9 in Muvizu preferences.
Selecting DirectX 11 causes the video to
appear washed out. Lacks contrast.

The latest Xvid codec is here:
https://www.xvid.com/download/
Download and install.

To convert MP4 to AVI, I use XMedia Recode
[which is free] and I can specifically pick
the XVid codec under video tab.

Re: Importing Video

Posted: Fri Aug 30, 2019 5:00 pm
by Ziggy72
DaveVallier wrote:
Tue Jul 23, 2019 12:38 pm
Just adding to Ziggy's advice:
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For me, imported video looks "normal" if
I choose DirectX 9 in Muvizu preferences.
Selecting DirectX 11 causes the video to
appear washed out. Lacks contrast.
That's why that happened? Been wondering about that one for years! I think you turn off layers or something if you use DX9 though, which is why I never leave DX11. Thanks for letting us know, Dave.