Encoding a video to play in reverse?

[Novacaine Fix]

I was working on a little project at home, nothing major and tried to do this little feat with no success. It seems simple but I guess I don't understand the process of the codecs [maybe], I don't know.

Well here it is in a nutshell:

A simple mpeg[no special encoding, just what you would find on just about every online video on the net], only about 10 - 15 seconds long, play the standard 29.97 frames per second>>>I am using TMPEnc for the time being and want to play the video normally to a point and at a specific spot, freeze and play in reverse as in a instant replay or scratching a record then resume playing the rest of the clip.

Do I use frameserver method? or is the a special codec to allow video editors to play backwards and encode?? I have some other video editting tools that I don't use as much, if anyone knows a good program or tool to use for this seemingly simple process, it would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you,
Novacaine Fix

[aktee]

that's an effect.
I use Adobe Premiere, and Adobe After Effects. Both are expansive tho...

[gadgetguy]

I believe that can be done in AviSynth using the Reverse command, but I haven't tried it myself so I'm not sure on the details for the script.

[Novacaine Fix]

I appreciate the info on how to make the mpeg play in reverse.

I do have Adobe Premiere and After Effects but don't get the time to really get to know how to use them for stuff like this, one day maybe I'll get to use them for what they are meant for.

Thanks,
Novacaine Fix

[Raga]

http://www.avisynth.org/Reverse

Very easy to do.

[bahamut0013]

I made the .avs script after installing AVISynth2.5, and ran it in WMP10. But, I get this:

AVISource: couldn't locate decompressor for fourcc dvsd (C:\Bob stuff\vid project\church1.avs, line 1)

For reference, the code should be:

AVISource("C:\Bob stuff\vid project\church1.avi") 

Reverse

, correct?

Any idea? I know I have a codec that works on AVI files. I think it may be because my AVI file is encoded wrong, possibly?

[manono]

Hi-

You need to install some kind of a codec, but I don't know which one. The Panasonic DV Codec, possibly? If you open the AVI in GSpot, it may throw some light on it.

And just a nitpick. It's:

AVISource("C:\Bob stuff\vid project\church1.avi")
Reverse()

The parenthesis help it to encode a tiny bit faster. That'll make the entire video play backwards. There are other ways to get different parts to play backwards.

[bahamut0013]

Well, the AVI on it's own works perfectly fine. It's just the script that is giving me headaches. Gspot didn't know what to do with the AVScript...

BUT!!!
The Panasonic codec did the trick! It runs perfectly fine now. Thank you, very much!
On another topic, is it strange to have 27 video codecs?