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unable to identify driver for capture card

March 13, 2017, 11:04 pm
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I lost the CD that came with the capture card.

The capture card, or capture stick, is: Compro VideoMate C200 Pro. The web page for this product is this. On this web page, at the top, there is a link called "Download", and when I click on it, the web browser goes to this web page, where there are 4 drivers. I am unable to identify which of these 4 drivers is the one that is for Compro VideoMate C200 Pro. Is it the latest one? Or none of them are?
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Play Subtitles from HDD using DVD player

March 14, 2017, 5:32 am
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HELLO
I want to play movies on my Sony DVD player (USB port) that have been recorded on to an external HDD (fat32) using a cheap set top box (Teac).
The subtitles are recorded perfectly by the set top box and do replay well but navigation (fast forward etc) is problematic on the set top box.
The video files are M2TS and the DVD player has no problem playing the video but it cannot play the subtitles.
I can extract the subtitles using CCExtractor and save them as .SRT
I tried putting the sub (SRT) files in same folder as video but obviously DVD player does not recognize and no subtitles are reproduced.
Maybe doing this is impossible but I was hoping some of you experts out there may be able to suggest a solution that would make it work.
I know I can hot burn the subs using HandBrake but it takes so long to do each movie this way.
Do I need to extract or convert the subs to a different format ?
Any suggestions or help will be greatly appreciated
Thanks

Rob
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MKVtoMP4 multiple errors

March 14, 2017, 6:34 am
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can anyone help me with this ? this started to happen a lot lately with always same errors

Removed H:/Movies/SAN_ANDREAS_HEVC/San Andreas 2015 BDRip 1080p x265 AC3 D3FiL3R.mkv
The file H:/Movies/SAN_ANDREAS_HEVC/San Andreas.mkv has an unknown subtitle format: PGS
Added on list: H:/Movies/SAN_ANDREAS_HEVC/San Andreas.mkv



Started processing file: H:/Movies/SAN_ANDREAS_HEVC/San Andreas.mkv
Starting MkvExtract with the parameters:
../Tools/mkvextract\mkvextract tracks "H:/Movies/SAN_ANDREAS_HEVC/San Andreas.mkv" 1:"../Temp/San Andreas_internal_audio_2.AC3"
Extracting track 1 with the CodecID 'A_AC3' to the file '../Temp/San Andreas_internal_audio_2.AC3'. Container format: Dolby Digital (AC3)
Starting x264 with the parameters:
../Tools/x264/x64/x264 --crf 20.000 --preset superfast --no-interlaced --profile high --level 4.1 -o "../Temp/video.h264" "H:/Movies/SAN_ANDREAS_HEVC/San Andreas.mkv"
ffms [error]: could not create video source
lavf [error]: could not find decoder for video stream
avs [error]: failed to load avisynth
raw [error]: raw input requires a resolution.
x264 [error]: could not open input file `H:/Movies/SAN_ANDREAS_HEVC/San Andreas.mkv' via any method!
x264 terminated with error: 4294967295
Total time: 7 sec.
0 files processed.
1 errors.

so I'm stuck using handbreak to re encode them going on 14 hours strait now for 7 videos .. I seriously need to fix this error because I have a lot more mkv to mp4 to do ..
I use pretty much default settings , superfast level 4.1 /mp4 /I do have enable mp4 optimization when loading the file checked m now sure if that was default.
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How to best record a video over a backing track

March 14, 2017, 8:03 am
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Hi there,

I am starting a new YouTube channel, in which I make educational / comedy raps over the top of a rap backing track.

I have zero experience of making videos. I'm just wondering if I should:

(a) Record all audio separately perhaps in a recording studio and then mime over the top of that when recording the video,

OR

(b) Just play the backing track in the room and then recording the rap live over the top while filming at the same time.

Obviously either of those could work, but I was wondering what would produce the most professional sounding / looking result.

Thank you in advance.
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Color keep changing and I cant get it to stop

March 14, 2017, 3:45 pm
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[ Problem I am having ]

I am trying to encode a Blu-Ray of mine and I'm having a color problem. This is obviously a rec601/rec709 issue but I cant get it fixed.


When I open the M2TS in any media player on any computer I have, the video and colors look like this. This is also how the DVD's colors look when I play it back in any media player on any computer of mine.


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The problem I'm having is every time I run it through AVISynth the colors end up looking like this. (Notice the reds are really dark looking)


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[ Things I have tried to fix this ]

Usually when I have this problem, I just specify --colorprim bt709 in the h.264 settings and it comes out how it's supposed to. I have tried specifying --colorprim bt709, --transfer bt709, and --colormatrix bt709 in the settings and it is not outputting the correct colors in the encode.

I have also tried adding ConvertToYV12(matrix="rec709") to the script and it does not come out with the correct colors.

I tried adding ConvertToRGB(matrix="rec709") to the script and that seems to get the correct colors, but my encoder says that's an incorrect colorspace and I would rather not change the colorspace to RGB if it can be helped.


[ My Question ]

The Blu-Ray is rec709 according to mediainfo so I don't know what else to do.

The M2TS, the Blu-Ray and the DVD all play fine when it comes to colors in my media players and on my TV.

I can encode the DVD and the colors remain correct. Why is this Blu-Ray giving me such a hard time even after trying the usual settings that always fixed this for me in the past?


[ MediaInfo ]

Code:
General
ID                                      : 0 (0x0)
Complete name                            : C:\Users\Desktop\Encoding\LN\BDMV\STREAM\00000.m2ts
Format                                  : BDAV
Format/Info                              : Blu-ray Video
File size                                : 19.1 GiB
Duration                                : 1h 34mn
Overall bit rate mode                    : Variable
Overall bit rate                        : 28.8 Mbps
Maximum Overall bit rate                : 48.0 Mbps

Video
ID                                      : 4113 (0x1011)
Menu ID                                  : 1 (0x1)
Format                                  : AVC
Format/Info                              : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile                          : High@L4.1
Format settings, CABAC                  : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames                : 3 frames
Codec ID                                : 27
Duration                                : 1h 34mn
Bit rate mode                            : Variable
Bit rate                                : 23.5 Mbps
Maximum bit rate                        : 33.0 Mbps
Width                                    : 1 920 pixels
Height                                  : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio                    : 16:9
Frame rate                              : 23.976 fps
Color space                              : YUV
Chroma subsampling                      : 4:2:0
Bit depth                                : 8 bits
Scan type                                : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)                      : 0.473
Stream size                              : 16.0 GiB (84%)
Writing library                          : x264 core 120 r2120 0c7dab9
Encoding settings                        : cabac=1 / ref=4 / deblock=1:1:1 / analyse=0x3:0x133 / me=umh / subme=10 / psy=1 / psy_rd=0.40:0.00 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=24 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=2 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=6 / sliced_threads=0 / slices=4 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=1 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=1 / b_adapt=2 / b_bias=0 / direct=3 / weightb=1 / open_gop=1 / weightp=1 / keyint=24 / keyint_min=2 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=24 / rc=abr / mbtree=1 / bitrate=23500 / ratetol=1.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=69 / qpstep=4 / vbv_maxrate=33000 / vbv_bufsize=30000 / nal_hrd=vbr / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:0.60
Color primaries                          : BT.709-5, BT.1361, IEC 61966-2-4, SMPTE RP177
Transfer characteristics                : BT.709-5, BT.1361
Matrix coefficients                      : BT.709-5, BT.1361, IEC 61966-2-4 709, SMPTE RP177

Audio #1
ID                                      : 4352 (0x1100)
Menu ID                                  : 1 (0x1)
Format                                  : PCM
Format settings, Endianness              : Big
Format settings, Sign                    : Signed
Muxing mode                              : Blu-ray
Codec ID                                : 128
Duration                                : 1h 34mn
Bit rate mode                            : Constant
Bit rate                                : 1 536 Kbps
Channel(s)                              : 2 channels
Channel positions                        : Front: L R
Sampling rate                            : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth                                : 16 bits
Stream size                              : 1.02 GiB (5%)

Audio #2
ID                                      : 4353 (0x1101)
Menu ID                                  : 1 (0x1)
Format                                  : AC-3
Format/Info                              : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension                          : CM (complete main)
Format settings, Endianness              : Big
Codec ID                                : 129
Duration                                : 1h 34mn
Bit rate mode                            : Constant
Bit rate                                : 448 Kbps
Channel(s)                              : 6 channels
Channel positions                        : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate                            : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth                                : 16 bits
Compression mode                        : Lossy
Stream size                              : 304 MiB (2%)

Audio #3
ID                                      : 4354 (0x1102)
Menu ID                                  : 1 (0x1)
Format                                  : PCM
Format settings, Endianness              : Big
Format settings, Sign                    : Signed
Muxing mode                              : Blu-ray
Codec ID                                : 128
Duration                                : 1h 34mn
Bit rate mode                            : Constant
Bit rate                                : 1 536 Kbps
Channel(s)                              : 2 channels
Channel positions                        : Front: L R
Sampling rate                            : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth                                : 16 bits
Stream size                              : 1.02 GiB (5%)

Text
ID                                      : 4608 (0x1200)
Menu ID                                  : 1 (0x1)
Format                                  : PGS
Codec ID                                : 144
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Unkonw AVI file

March 14, 2017, 4:34 pm
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Hi,

I am trying to play an AVI file but vant get it to play in VLC because it says it is unkown file type... but in file manager show up as an AVI file.

IThis file came up from a DVD RW DLayer 8.5GB disc that for some reason has problems reading. I have bought SkipDr in order to try to fix the DVD but the problem persisted and didnt resolve me the issue.. so I took it to a Videi shop and they put the DVD is their cleaning machine. It got better but still is very slow reading and some files do not open.

I tried to make a copy of the disk and could make it because it was constantly freezing the system and not responding so I used the software IsoPuzzle and created a iso file, a copy of the DVD itself. Then i went to Poweriso and extracted the video file i want. But it didnt open but the size is the same of the disk and it shows up as an AVI file.

I then tried to use DivFix plus, Gspot, VirtualDub and nothing.. the file do not open and errors are File Unknown, Not a valid AVI file, and so on...

So I would like if anyone could help me how to open or manipulate this video file that shows up as an AVI but apparently is not an AVI file...
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livestreamer vs ffmpeg vs streamlink for downloading m3u8?

March 15, 2017, 12:10 am
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Since this is more of a general question rather than a "Help me pls." type post I posted it here. I hope it's in the right section... If not, my apologies.

I have an m3u8 stream I want to download and I know how to download it with either ffmpeg or livestreamer or even streamlink (which apparently is a spinoff of livestramer and works just like it). My question is if I want to get the best video possible should I use one over another? Are there certain cases where one is better than another? Or will any of them download the stream just as well as the other. I believe the stream's bitrate varies and my max connection speed it about 40Mbps in case that matters...

Thanks for any input. I tried searching online to answer this myself, but couldn't really find anything specifically related to my question. Plenty of how-to's though.
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Command-line method for correcting overlapping display times? vtt to srt.

March 15, 2017, 12:18 am
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After I download vtt subtitles via ffmpeg and convert the to srt all in one go I get subtitles with overlapping display times. I read online that using the latest ffmpeg might fix the issue, but it doesn't seem to help.

I've been working on a batch file to streamline my processes and ironing out this overlapping display times issue would really help. I've been searching and searching online and find myself stuck.

Thank you in advance for any advice.
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getting audio all at same volume

March 15, 2017, 1:35 am
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Hi all
I have been given a movie file and asked to clean up the sound. The Volume is low in some places and high in others. I need a quick way to get the audio at a volume that is constant. is there a quick way to do this in Premiere pro. I have audacity and adobe audition as well.

thanks in advance
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Downloads via livestreamer-v1.12.2-win32

March 15, 2017, 4:58 am
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Capturing software crashed mid-way-- Data's in the file, but not playable

March 15, 2017, 5:36 am
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Hi everyone,
I'm recording the lectures in my college.
I'm using Avermedia Live Gamer Portable, with RECentral.
http://www.avermedia.com/gaming/product/game_capture/live_gamer_portable
http://www.avermedia.com/gaming/download/live_gamer_portable#ans_part

RECentral crashed mid-record, but the file remains. It just looks like it wasn't "wrapped up" by the software, so it's unplayable.
Any way to recover it?

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No Sound in Mp4 video editing (but sound in playback)

March 15, 2017, 6:25 am
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Hello,
I'm importing an MP4 video into my Premier Pro/After Effects timeline and cannot get any audio track out of it.


Information:
The mp4 video does play audio playback on video-viewing programs (VLC WMP)
The video is from someone who edited the clip, I need to re-edit it.

What I've tried:
Clearing Cache. (100% cleared along with new destination for memory cache)
Exporting Audio only (mp3) from the file via Encoder CC. (Just produces a long silent audio file)
Exporting Mp4 into H264 via Encoder CC: It produced no sound.

PC Specs:
i7700k @ 4.2GHZ
16 GB Ram DDR4
GPU: NVidia GTX 970

Media Info:

General
Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : Base Media / Version 2
Codec ID : mp42 (mp41/mp42/isom)
File size : 1.08 GiB
Duration : 56 min 57 s
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 2 727 kb/s
Encoded date : UTC 2017-03-03 00:19:17
Tagged date : UTC 2017-03-03 00:29:09
IsTruncated : Yes


Video
ID : 2
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L3.1
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 2 frames
Format settings, GOP : M=2, N=30
Codec ID : avc1
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding
Duration : 56 min 57 s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 4 997 kb/s
Maximum bit rate : 768 kb/s
Width : 1 280 pixels
Height : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 29.970 (30000/1001) FPS
Original frame rate : 25.000 FPS
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.181
Stream size : 1.99 GiB
Title : Core Media Video
Encoded date : UTC 2017-03-03 00:19:17
Tagged date : UTC 2017-03-03 00:29:09
Color range : Limited
Color primaries : BT.709
Transfer characteristics : BT.709
Matrix coefficients : BT.709


Audio
ID : 1
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format profile : LC
Codec ID : 40
Duration : 56 min 57 s
Source duration : 56 min 57 s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 128 kb/s
Channel(s) : 2 channels

Thank you!
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Sony Z1 mini-DV tape to Final Cut Pro on mac: which camcorder?

March 15, 2017, 7:17 am
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I want to video document my weight loss. I bought a Sony Z1 on eBay. I don't want to play-back my mini-dv tapes using my Z1 camcorder to record and capture video on my Mac in Final Cut Pro, because of the wear-and-tear on my camcorder. So can I buy a used Sony DV camcorder on eBay to do this (they go for about £50), or would I lose the video quality if it's only dv and therefore I have to buy an hdv for playback (as I'm going to shoot in hdv on Z1). Sorry if this is a dumb question; I'm a regular girl with zero experience of video recording. I hope my question makes sense. Thanks, Faye
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AVI files play without sound

March 15, 2017, 8:08 am
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Hello,

I have some old AVI files that are playing video but not the audio sound. The newer AVI files I took with my new camera are playing both video and sound.
I tried playing the old AVI files with Windows Media Player, VLC ... without success.
In GSpot and MediaInfo, the codec used for audio is PCM for both old and new AVI files.
Could you please help me resolve this issue?

Thanks a lot
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VHS video encoding in 2017

March 15, 2017, 9:28 am
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Hello.

I have several VHS tapes with my family records. Since the tapes tend to deteriorate with time, I decided to capture them three years ago. As these tapes are located in another town, I wasn't able to use my desktop PC and was forced to use a laptop together with an USB capture stick. Spent some time capturing and finally I made a bunch of video files containing my precious records. I don't have any plans to visit this town soon so I need to work with captures I already have. That's why I placed this topic in the conversion forum and not in the VHS capture one.

So, what's the problem? I have these files laying on my HDD and occupying 120+ GB of storage space. I haven't touched these files since I captured them. They are so massive that I'm not able to backup them anywhere. I clearly need to encode them and backup in a safe place (a cloud storage, another HDD, etc., more is better).
The source format is: HuffYUV video, interlaced, 4:2:2 color subsampling, WAV audio.

My aim is to make these videos smaller so I will be able to backup them. These records are really important for me so the strict requirement is not to make the video quality ever worse. Of course, any lossy codec has a quality impact, but there are ways to minimize it. In audio coding we have a term called transparency and this is what I'm targeting here. My plan is to deinterlace, denoise videos (to make them more compressible), crop them a little and encode. Still, the less space the result will occupy, the more options I will have for the backup location.

The first question is how to encode these files. Option number one is to make a lossless version (FFV1+FLAC) to store on the HDD and a medium-quality lossy backup version. Haven't seem anyone keeping a lossless VHS capture :D but it's still a case. Option number two is to make a single high-quality lossy version. This option is certainly preferred if it's possible to maintain visually unchanged quality.

The second question is a video codec. I don't have any compatibility requirements so any option will suit. This basically means choosing between AVC and HEVC codecs. Again, does using a more recent one (HEVC) will benefit in a case of a VHS record?

The third question is which encoding tool will suit the best. I've already tried the Handbrake tool. It has a pretty decent denoise filter called NLMeans. The documentation says that the filter has even a separate VHS preset, through I wasn't managed to find it in the interface. Still, the resulting video contains noticeable amount of noise which certainly affects codec efficiency. Another issue with Handbrake is that it uses a poor AAC encoder (faac). Also I've found some AviSynth scripts designed specially to clean up VHS, but I haven't tried them as I'm not sure I'll gain a better quality and compression ratio with them. Another option is the good old ffmpeg command line tool.

The fourth question is a tool to do an A/B testing to control the video quality. Such tool is really necessary for me to be calm about the resulting file.
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The final polish

March 15, 2017, 11:38 am
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Ok...new to these forums, so first and foremost, a BIG hello to everyone out there! I'm grateful to anyone who can provide some help and I will certainly try to return the favor!

Second, being new to this forum, I'm not sure this is in the appropriate place...it seems like an "editing" question, but if there's someplace more appropriate, the powers that be may feel free to move it.

I would ask that everyone PLEASE bear with me here as I try to explain this...I do have a specific reason for asking (a project of my own that I'm working on). I'm going to use the BBC show, "Doctor Who" as an example here, mainly because I was just watching it last night, but I'm sure I've seen this elsewhere. Basically, I was watching some "deleted scenes" from Series 4 (for you Who fans, that's the season with Donna) and the deleted scenes were, obviously, unfinished. In short, they LOOKED like they came off a high def camcorder...it was a rather stark contrast to the final version of the episode. I'm NOT talking about fx here (or lack of music and such), I'm talking about the actual look of the footage.

So the question is, WHAT is done in editing/post that creates that final look? I know that compression effects the final video to some degree and I'm SURE there is a rather moderate degree of color adjustment and such (as a graphic artist, I've had some exposure to color sets...no pun intended), but there's SOMETHING else...the final footage almost looks as though it's been "dumbed down" from the original footage seen in those deleted scenes. It reminds me VERY much of the early days of tv...another British show I'm quite fond of, "The Avengers" had shot it's first couple of seasons on "tape" as apposed to film (the first season is pretty much lost due to the cost of VCR tape back then) and it had this same look to it...rather contrasty and too crisp.

So what am I missing here? Compression, color adjustments, contrast adjustments...I've played with all of that to one degree or another, so there's GOT to be something else that contributes to the final polished look.

Comments? Thoughts? A good solid push in the right direction?

Again...thanks!
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Loss of audio tracks

March 15, 2017, 1:38 pm
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Hi,
I'm using Bigasoft Total Video Converter 5 and trying to convert some video files from 1280x720 to 720x480, original files are 5.1 (keeping converted files 5.1). After conversion the files are the correct resolution, however the audio tracks are all screwed up, all I end up with is a laugh track. Can somebody help me with this please?
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Corel PaintShop Pro X9

March 15, 2017, 2:00 pm
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Any feedback on this software? Is it pen enabled? Is it worth the moolah? I'm looking for unique collage and photo effects.
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Suggestions for some voice changing software for cartoon voice-overs?

March 15, 2017, 3:03 pm
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I'm working on making a fandub of an animated movie in my native language. The thing is, I'm doing all the characters' voices by myself, due to the fact that all the people I know are miles away from such things. I'm actually not that bad in imitating different voices, even some female ones. But there are many characters and I want all of them to sound as believable as possible. I've already used voice changing plugins like AVOX, IRCAM, Polyverse Manipulator and some other stuff. Could someone suggest something else that might help me? :rolleyes:
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which video format is clearest for this application

March 15, 2017, 6:02 pm
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we have a kodak pictureframe that can play videos.
unfortunately it is 800 x 480!
maybe i should settle for 720x 480.
anyway i have pinnacle studio 12 software.
which format is the sharpest - avi? or what?
what kodak sent eons ago
thanks all

Greetings

Below are the file formats supported by the Kodak EasyShare digital picture frames:

Supported Format Types / Compression Formats

MOV -- MPEG-4, MJPEG, G.711, PCM, ADPCM

AVI -- MPEG4, MJPEG (not DIVX), G.711, PCM, MP3 (not Dolby Digital, DTS)

MPG / MPEG -- MPEG-1, MPEG (1 or 2 Channels)

MP3 -- MP3


Listed next to each format type are the compression formats that are supported by the
Kodak EasyShare digital picture frame.
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