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    I'm using Avidemux 2.4 Qt4 to edit QuickTime video. I edit and save to AVI just fine but my new videos only play with QuickTime Player, with difficulty. Before editing all my videos work great with everything-QuickTime, Real Player, WMP, etc. Is there anything I can do? Should I just use another free video editor? Is my Real Player and WMP out of date, though they have no problem playing everything before being edited??? Plus my Avidemux edited MOV or MP4 files don't play on anything.

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    When you save the edited video, do you remember to add the .avi file extension to the file name ?
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    Of course I use the .avi (or .mov or .mp4). It doesn't work unless you type the extension by hand.

    It saves just fine, until I want to actually play them again.
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  4. Were your encoding settings ok? Did you use xvid for video?

    What about other players like VLC, or KMplayer?
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  5. are you using the setting "copy" for video and audio?

    edit - there is a newer version also - 2.5
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    I tried the newest version, no change.


    When I try to play the files all I see is:

    Error 2048 Could not open the file because it's not a file QuickTime understands.
    Windows Media Player encountered a profile while playing the file.
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    I'm sure there are better players but I want a universal one.

    Encoding settings, what? xvid? What's that?

    And I believe "copy" is the default setting. I just delete unwanted portions and save.
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  8. Not all formats are compatible in all containers. For example, depending on what your source .mov is using, it might not work to "copy" it into an .avi container

    You can use mediainfo on your source to determine more information

    Also, if you edits are not on keyframes, it might screw up the video as well

    KMplayer, VLC, SMPlayer are pretty much "universal" players and don't require other splitters/codecs installed, they include everything. Whereas WMP and other directshow players usually need external filters installed
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  9. If you're going to edit the video, you should rebuild the keyframes. And yes, mark in point (A) must be on a keyframe.
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    I just use default modes, nothing fancy. I am trying to trim home video down to size.

    Format, container? keyframes? Splitters/codecs??? What?*lost*

    I'm just an ordinary man trying to edit home video. Is this what you're looking for:




    San Diego Trip\100_6235.MOV
    Format : QuickTime
    Format/Info : Original Apple specifications
    File size : 4.63 MiB
    Duration : 20s 616ms
    Overall bit rate : 1 884 Kbps
    Movie name/More : EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY KODAK DX4530 ZOOM DIGITAL CAMERA
    Encoded date : UTC 2008-09-28 12:57:43
    Tagged date : UTC 2008-09-28 12:57:43
    Origin : Digital Camera

    Video
    ID : 1
    Format : H.263
    Codec ID : h263
    Duration : 20s 616ms
    Bit rate mode : Variable
    Bit rate : 1 822 Kbps
    Width : 320 pixels
    Height : 240 pixels
    Display aspect ratio : 4:3
    Frame rate mode : Constant
    Frame rate : 14.988 fps
    Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 1.583
    Stream size : 4.48 MiB (97%)
    Encoded date : UTC 2008-09-28 12:57:43
    Tagged date : UTC 2008-09-28 12:57:43

    Audio
    ID : 2
    Format : ADPCM
    Format profile : U-Law
    Codec ID : ulaw
    Duration : 20s 616ms
    Bit rate mode : Constant
    Bit rate : 60.6 Kbps
    Channel(s) : 1 channel
    Sampling rate : 7 575 Hz
    Resolution : 16 bits
    Stream size : 153 KiB (3%)
    Encoded date : UTC 2008-09-28 12:57:43
    Tagged date : UTC 2008-09-28 12:57:43
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  11. avidemux seems to have problems with many kodak cameras. I found a clip from that camera online, and it wouldn't play nicely

    You can use QTPro, or MPEGStreamClip for simple cut edits, and it works fine. The good news is your clips are all I-frame (i.e you can cut anywhere, forget about keyframes), and there is no quality loss if you keep the .mov container (re-encoding to xvid/avi will cause quality loss)

    If you look on the author's webpage of MpegStreamClip, there is a free special version of QT alternative that allows you to do edits
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    Ran into my first problem with theis otherwise great program the other day. Split a file into 3 for posting to Youtube. The 1st and 3rd segments went up fine but the 2nd won't convert. Tried 4 times. Will have to see if I can't find another editor for xvid....
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    Ran into my first problem with theis otherwise great program the other day. Split a file into 3 for posting to Youtube. The 1st and 3rd segments went up fine but the 2nd won't convert. Tried 4 times. Will have to see if I can't find another editor for xvid....
    Did you use copy mode? What do you mean by convert? Did you start from xvid/mp3/avi and just want to cut sections?

    Did you cut on keyframes?

    Another option is vdub in direct stream copy mode
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    Thanks, I'm trying MPEGStreamClip. The "save as AVI" works but the the file is the same size as the MOV, isn't AVI supposed compressed? When I "convert to AVI" the AVI file is HUGE.

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    Define huge.

    By default, AVI is usually output uncompressed, which will be huge. You have to select a compression format a configure it before saving to get something smaller. If you intend to edit, I would use either a lossless codec (Huffyuv, Lagarith etc) or DV (Cenocida)
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    Hello, thank you for the input. I am indeed trying to edit MOV. I am trying the Huffyuv and Lagarith but I don't think it installed properly. I installed it but can't find it anywhere.
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    I believe (not a big user of mpeg-streamclip) that you have to select AVI as the output, and then choose a codec. If mpeg-streamclip can see the codecs you have installed, then these should be listed.
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