Hi, all!
I'm looking to create a blank/mute AVI file that's just a black screen with no audio, and that's less than 1 second long, ideally 0.1 or 0.2 seconds.
I'm doing this to create a simple mod, where all the unskippable intro movies in the game MVP Baseball 2005 are replaced by this short mute blank file that's only 0.1/2 seconds long.
Seeing how the game plays three unskippable movies consecutively that are around ~5 seconds long, this mod would be such a relief to have.
Anyway, the AVI file's metadata has to be:
- Resolution: 640x480
- Aspect Ratio: 4:3
- FPS: 25
The only thing missing is the duration, which is, as I said preferably 0.1 or 0.2 seconds long.
The in-game files are in VP6 extension, that is, they use the On2's VP60 video codec, and I did manage to find a way how to compress AVI files using that codec, so the only thing remaining is to create an actual AVI file that I will convert to VP6.
Now, I did manage to find a blank AVI file from someone on videohelp.com (here), but the problem is that file is 5 seconds long, and I couldn't manage to find a way on how to trim AVI files, without them being corrupted or changing extensions.
So I can do this in two ways:
Either I find a way to trim this 5-seconds AVI video file that I downloaded, or I create a new AVI file with my specified length, and properties, and compress it using On2's VP6 codec using VirtualDub
I think I would prefer the latter option, as I believe it is less complex than the former one.
So, does anyone know how can I achieve this? What software would I need to use, and how could I create such a file?
Thanks in forward!
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Code:BlankClip( fps=25, length=5, pixel_type="RGB24" ).KillAudio
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Now, I did manage to find a blank AVI file from someone on videohelp.com (here), but the problem is that file is 5 seconds long, and I couldn't manage to find a way on how to trim AVI files, without them being corrupted or changing extensions.
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Or with only VirtualDub2:
1) Start the program.
2) Select Tools -> Create Test Video, then 640 (640x480) and One of the test types (we're going to filter it to all black so it doesn't matter which).
3) Video -> Filters, then Add... Add the Brightness/Contrast filter. Move both sliders all the way to the left. You should now see a black output pane.
4) Video -> Frame Rate... enable Change Frame Rate to... 25.
5) Use the Mark-in and Mark-out tools (aka Edit -> Set Selection Start and Edit - Set Selection End) at the main window to select the length you want (as shown in Alwyn's image).
6) Audio -> No Audio.
7) If you have a VP6 VFW encoder installed it should show up in Video -> Compression. Select and configure it. If you don't, just leave the compression set at "uncompressed RGB/YCbCr" (and use your other method of converting to VP6).
8 File - Save Video... Select a location and name, then save. -
Thanks for the replies everyone, but I actually found another way, and that was with using ffpmeg CLI with the command line:
ffmpeg.exe - i <yourfile.avi> -t 00:00:00.100 -c copy c:\out.avi
Anyway, just for future reference, I see some users recommending the original VirtualDub, and some recommending VirtualDub2. What exactly is the difference between these two, and if I were to come across the same problem like I did with this one, which of these two programs should I use?
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VirtualDub hasn't been updated in 8 years. VirtualDub2 is a fork that's still being updated. It has several built in codecs and support for output to MP4, MOV, MKV, and several other containers. And lots of other feature updates. For a while it was less less stable than the original it's pretty stable now. There's very little reason to use the older VirtualDub now.
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