harryadshead Posted October 25, 2008 Report Posted October 25, 2008 Like others here, I've been struggling to make an AVI file that doesn't miraculously disappear when it's saved. I've found the help and followed all the advice but am still stuck. Having found out I need mpeg4 codec, I downloaded ACE Mega CoDecs Pack and opened the 'Dashboard'. I selected the mpeg4, tried 'load' and 'apply' then rebooted. But - back in PTE - when I get to the stage in Create AVI where the mpeg4 should appear in the dropdown list...it's not there! The help instructions on how to make an AVI just say download and 'install' the mpeg4. I don't know whether it's installed and PTE can't find it, or whether it's not installed properly? Would be very grateful for any advice!Thank you. Quote
Ken Cox Posted October 25, 2008 Report Posted October 25, 2008 try this onehttp://www.free-codecs.com/download/Micros...3_VKI_Codec.htmrsvpalso an utilities to check what you havehttp://www.updatexp.com/sherlock-codec-detective.htmlhttp://www.headbands.com/gspot/ken Quote
nobeefstu Posted October 25, 2008 Report Posted October 25, 2008 harryo,Follow Ken's post above .... ( Ken, this time you Beat Me )See Attachment below to find your Codecs installed and its status ... without use of third party tool. Quote
harryadshead Posted October 28, 2008 Author Report Posted October 28, 2008 Big thank you to both of you - that worked perfectly! Quote
uuderzo Posted October 29, 2008 Report Posted October 29, 2008 Wow Ken!I tried the codec you suggested and it is so good on respect to the DivX codec!Thanks! Umberto Quote
isabel95 Posted November 9, 2008 Report Posted November 9, 2008 I just downloaded Microsoft mpeg4 vki codec which installed shows three versions: v1, v2, and v3. Can someone tell me the difference between them?TIA.Isabel Quote
Ken Cox Posted November 9, 2008 Report Posted November 9, 2008 ISABELsome info herehttp://forums.creativecow.net/thread/20/860430http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&sa=X...dec&spell=1andhttp://www.free-codecs.com/download/Micros...3_VKI_Codec.htmhttp://www.divx-digest.com/software/mpeg4codec.htmlin the past when making custom avi's i settled on the mpeg 4 codec from the pte listwhen dealing with codecs just remember the old saying"it's a jungle out there" ken Quote
isabel95 Posted November 9, 2008 Report Posted November 9, 2008 Thanks for the helpful links.I'm still not clear as to which would be the best to upload to YouTube.I've put a show together with PTE for a friend that turned out to be 130mb after AVI conversion with PTE.It took at least an hour to upload to youtube (which accepts up to one gig) and then seem to hang in processing mode for another hour until I closed it.No notification that the upload had failed and it didn't appear.Wondering if it wouldn't be best to just convert the AVI output from PTE into flash with an application I like very much, Flash VideoMX (Standard) which gives me four files when I process to flash, flv, swf, jpg and html for streaming.Just wondering which I would upload to YouTube and if YouTube would compress it further, thus reducing quality.I might add that I was able to upload the AVI file to Motionbox and it view just fine: http://www.motionbox.com/videos/ee98dfba1b14e464IsabelISABELsome info herehttp://forums.creativecow.net/thread/20/860430http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&sa=X...dec&spell=1ken Quote
Ken Cox Posted November 9, 2008 Report Posted November 9, 2008 I think you will have to wait for Lin to get done his chores - he the man for this i think ken Quote
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