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Encoding video for streaming with low bit-rate
Posted on October 9th, 2004 | 2 Comments

Does any encoder+codec allow the encoding to be optimized around a specific bit-rate? I'm planning on streaming video in a lab environment where my only true constraint is an 1.5Mb link between the...

Emailed video is "skippy"
Posted on October 9th, 2004 | 2 Comments

Hi. I uploaded video into Windows Movie Maker. I emailed some of my son's football game video, that I had taken, to my son's email address. When he opened it, he said he was able to play the video,...

Video editing on Gateway 700R
Posted on October 9th, 2004 | 0 Comments

Hi, Has anyone have any experience using the new Gateway 700GR for video editing? If so, any pros or cons? Thanks

Advice Please: Realistic Landscapes
Posted on October 9th, 2004 | 8 Comments

Can anyone tell me how realistic a 3-D landscape would be if made with a program like Bryce? Is it better to go out and get actual video footage to edit? Thanks a lot. Darren Harris Staten Island,...

Nero slideshow+video+slideshow
Posted on October 9th, 2004 | 6 Comments

I have Nero 6 ultra edition. This is what I would like to do. I have snap shots of my family that I would like to make into a slideshow. But i would like to add in old home videos. So another words...

WB Skinning on right-click menus and IconX bug
Posted on October 9th, 2004 | 0 Comments

I've noticed this bug: (using Windowblinds 4.4.036 and DesktopX 2.21.029) When right-clicking on desktop icons (or items on the taskbar/tray) the menu that appears is not being skinned by...

Capturing Wide Screen
Posted on October 9th, 2004 | 3 Comments

I have a Sony TRV70 and can shoot in wide screen format. Does anyone know if I can capture the wide screen format to my HD and edit etc in wide screen? I havent tried it yet and was wondering...

Wedding Video won't play
Posted on October 9th, 2004 | 6 Comments

I have a dvd that is able to play jpg's and mp3 besides audio. I put this copy of a wedding in and it won't play. I then tried my dvd rom in my computer and it did play...why? I'd prefer to see it on...

file names on a VCD - acceptable formats
Posted on October 9th, 2004 | 1 Comments

Can I choose filenames for my VCD? The master VCD I have has 8 files, named from Avseq01.dat to Avseq08.dat . This VCD runs properly on my DVD player. While copying, can I change the names to...

advice needed for editing menus on dvd-vr discs
Posted on October 9th, 2004 | 7 Comments

Hi Guys, Just want to say Thanks in advance for any help. I use premiere and encore for making my videos and dvd's and understand all that is involved in making dvd-video compliant dvd's. However...

PAL MPEG1 Video In NTSC DVD Project
Posted on October 9th, 2004 | 0 Comments

I have to edit some PAL MPEG1 segs with muxed audio and incorporate into what will be an NTSC DVD. Do I need to first render the PAL MPEG into an intermediate non-GOP frame format so I can make clean...

How about a new DX VD plugin?
Posted on October 8th, 2004 | 2 Comments

The latest I can find is from 2002...and non-configurable. Does anyone know of a better one?

No standby with RT.X10
Posted on October 8th, 2004 | 3 Comments

Hi, My PC refuses to go into standby. It complains that "The device driver for the 'Matrox MiniVFX' device is preventing the machine from entering standby. Please close all applications and try...

Converted mpeg files to DVD -- pixelated?
Posted on October 8th, 2004 | 4 Comments

Hi all: Newbie here. I converted multiple mpeg files to play on my DVD player by using TMPGEnc Author. Process worked fine (even though I ignored a "Video GOP is too long" message), but when I...

ATI AllinWonder 9000 video capture leaves TV on during and after capture
Posted on October 8th, 2004 | 1 Comments

My ATI ALLINWONDER 9000 works great except that it turns the TV on (in the middle of the night) and leaves it on after it completes the scheduled capture time. Is there any way to avoid this so that...

DVD authoring stopped working after SP2
Posted on October 8th, 2004 | 5 Comments

Hi there, Since installing Windows XP Service Pack 2 I can no longer encode DVD-videos. I use Adobe Premiere Pro and a Matrox RT.X10. Has anyone else had this problem? Even better, have you found...

Any successful way to capture PAL video from PAL DVD???
Posted on October 8th, 2004 | 1 Comments

Has anyone found a workaround to capturing PAL video from a PAL recorded DVD and use it in a Studio 9 project? Multisystem DVD players have hit the market in the past year. These players convert...

Nextstart(Winstep) and DX?
Posted on October 8th, 2004 | 0 Comments

Are they fully compatible, with all the different options available in both programs? Not that OB wouldn't do the job, just wondering, since Winstep does have some features that are more suited to my...

Tmpgenc clean install problems, unsupported type
Posted on October 8th, 2004 | 5 Comments

I recently decided to do a clean xp install. Instead of the way I usually did it by backing stuff up (I never remember everything), I choose a different method. I split my windows partition into ...

Optimum length of titles or stills in video for best encoding ?
Posted on October 8th, 2004 | 2 Comments

Using Premiere and TMPGE (Express and Author) to make DVDs from camcorder footage. In Premiere, I often add titles and slideshows of stills. Does it matter how many frames long my titles or still...