Subject:acid 4a cant load .avi

Posted by: anibalin

Date:11/23/2002 9:53:17 PM

only quick times are visible (cant get divx stuff either). I just get black squares instead of the frames - again - only .mov works ok, mpeg, avi, just goes black.

Yes, i got divx codec installed and i can see the .avi and other formats in media player.

thanks in advance for any help regarding this problem.

aniba!

Subject:RE: acid 4a cant load .avi

Reply by: SonyNateM

Date:11/25/2002 11:26:56 AM

anibalin,

What type of video card are you using? Which drivers? What version of Windows are you using? I know that all these formats work in ACID, so we just have to figure out what is making the difference on your machine.

Nate

Subject:RE: acid 4a cant load .avi

Reply by: anibalin

Date:11/25/2002 5:54:12 PM

thanks for the reply sm :O)
windows xp insalled from scratch (sp1 slipstreamed).

-Acid used to work fine till i reintalled alllll over again- Now, for some reason, it aint working. Maybe if i uninstall acid and install it again would do the trick? (tried but no luck - maybe there is more stuff to uninstall from it)

video card - msi (cant remember model) with tnt2 chipset | detonator 40.71.

dont hesitate to ask for more info since i kinda need this to work properly :O)


thanks again pal,
aniba!

Subject:RE: acid 4a cant load .avi

Reply by: PHATDRUMS

Date:11/25/2002 6:19:51 PM

get a ;prog that works i kid you not
but coming shortly for all you folks out there
is turkey 4.b that comes with a full plates worth
of cranberry code +totally stuffed customers
roast unsweet loops plus an a4 total cabbage
and lots of rich runny griefy

followed by some seriously cheesey loops
some very poor advice
very little honesty and to finish a very poor rant by peter from sf who cant understand why people get upset at his bad code

to sofo you make shit you get shit and that is the politest way i can put it
remove the post if you like but ill post it elswhere the shops know and they wont stock it or sell it so fix it 3 monthsfor a revision means you dont know much more than the rest of us

for and on behalf of a4 users or trying to use (Maybe not the sychopants sorry md in advance)

Subject:RE: acid 4a cant load .avi

Reply by: salad

Date:11/25/2002 6:25:19 PM

I have a TNT2 video card in one of my PC's.
I noticed, with XP, that it's very sensitive to driver updates.

Awhile back, I had used the Win XP update site, and it had a driver for my video card, so I DL'd and installed it. I just recently noticed that the WinMediaPlayer would NOT play back WinMedia Files.....gee thanks MS.

I disabled hardware acceleration in the display adapter properties and it worked, enable it and it's broke. I used the "roll back driver" feature and all is well with hardware acc. ON again, but with an older driver.
I dl'd a driver from the Nvidia site once for that same card, and that driver wouldn't let my monitor wake up. It was never this touchy with drivers when 98se was installed. No more updates for this video card.


Just thought I'd pass it on, but it probably won't apply here.

Subject:RE: acid 4a cant load .avi

Reply by: asopaque

Date:11/25/2002 7:48:42 PM

phatdrums,

let's assume that you are totally correct, and the program blows and the company is in the shitter.

then move on and shut up....please?

methinks you have entirely too much time on your hands, so you jump into any post that someone is having a problem and rant "see? see? the prog is crap and you know it and sofo knows it and i know it and blah blah blah blah blah blah...".

go away and make some music.

maybe you could post a URL that we could hear some of your music rather than your negative drivel?

hugs and kisses,

rich

Subject:RE: acid 4a cant load .avi

Reply by: anibalin

Date:11/25/2002 11:42:47 PM

do u feel the video drivers are the problem salad? mmmm dont know, maybe u right...dont know. Gotta check this box (which has a g4 mx with the same drvs) and see...

I could check if downgrading the video aceleration does the trick too...

but i feel is has something with acid u know 'cause i can see the videos out of the acid app...odd.

thanks for sharing pals,

aniba!

Subject:RE: acid 4a cant load .avi

Reply by: SonyNateM

Date:11/26/2002 11:39:52 AM

Hmm. I don't really see anything that should be causing trouble there. The fact that AVI files show up is strange, as they wouldn't load into the application at all if the AVI plug-in wasn't registered.

Where did these AVI files come from? Are they DV? Did you render them yourself? What compression codecs are used on the video?

"DivX" files, especially those you have downloaded from the internet, are unreliable at best. "DivX" does not always refer to files encoded with the DivX video codec, but also to many psuedo-MPEG4 video compression codecs. There have been a number of different versions of the "official" DivX codec as well, beginning with a hacked version of Microsoft's MPEG4 video codec from the beta stage of its development, all the way through the current DivX Pro 5.x codec, which contains enhancements that put it beyond ISO MPEG4 video, and non-compliant. Beyond that, many DivX videos are encoded by third-party, non-professional tools that write incorrect or purposefully modified AVI files to save space, allow for the addition of information, etc. All of these things can cause issues with software reading these files. It's usually a better idea to use a more standard format.

Hope this helps,

Nate

Subject:RE: acid 4a cant load .avi

Reply by: salad

Date:11/26/2002 3:27:03 PM

Actually aniba, no I don't think it's a driver issue in this case either.
I was just waiting to see "TNT2" to show up somewhere in the forums, so I could post my bad driver story.
Owners of Matrox video cards were experiencing strange symptoms due to a bad driver not too long ago. The newer drivers eliminated these symptoms, but they got really familiar with the "Hardware Acceleration" slider while waiting for these new drivers, 'cuz this gave a temporary fix. Some just went back to using the previous drivers.

It does sound more like you might have some "unusual" video files.
Right click on one of the video files and click PROPERTIES/Summary, and look at what it "might" say for the "video encoder".
Anything? DivX....mpeg4?

Wow, this must be the 20th time DivX has been mentioned in the forums in the last.....5 days?

Subject:RE: acid 4a cant load .avi

Reply by: PHATDRUMS

Date:11/26/2002 5:40:53 PM

ass-opaque how fitting
if you can tell me how to get this god damn prog to run or that it is not morally wrong to push a flawed app in the way that sf staff are doing then ill shout it from the rooftops how great it is
but until then 4b has/is taking a long time coming and i shall reserve my right to free speech if that is ok with you you sycophantic ass- opaque of course
lots of love xxxxx

Subject:RE: acid 4a cant load .avi

Reply by: asopaque

Date:11/27/2002 5:24:50 PM

wonderful. touched a nerve!
you rant on and on about how it should be illegal for this company to put out this half baked flawed piece of crap software. Fine. that's your opinion. Sycophantic? Where in my previous posts have i ever said that A4 was great? You make too many assumptions, my friend. Guess what? i'm playing with 3.0g. Yup. Watching the forums and checking out the situation.

what the real issue is, IMO, is that you are angry. Justifiably ANGRY. And poor you, you have absolutely nowhere to vent your anger except upon people on a public Internet forum. Isn't it comforting that it's an anonymous place, where your remarks don't garner you a bloody nose, or worse. You take advantage of this, and you seem to enjoy it. Why else would you pollute almost every post with your anger? Acid is holding you up EVERY DAY? Causing you so much rage that you JUST HAVE to vent it here? And if it does, you aren't intelligent enough to find another software program that does work for you? What would you rather be, flexible and happy, or stubborn and bitter? Obviously that latter.

Recently, I listened to a NPR radio broadcast about a Mexican plastic surgeon, who is being brought up on legal charges by victims of her surgery. She injected Industrial Grade Silicon into these poor people's bodies, causing them severe disease and fatalities. It's very difficult to prosecute a doctor in Mexico, and this woman may get off scot-free.

Now you may say that the victims are responsible for their own stupidity and vanity, but the scenario of someone REALLY being victimized by the delivery of something other than what was promised puts your childish whining in perspective.

You have your right to free speech. Yes you do. But so do we all. And we retain our right to our opinions, as well. My opinion is that you are the ass, and you're a bitter, ugly person. If you don't like that opinion of you, well....change your tact or get thick skin, yes? Soon, there will be people here that will take it upon themselves to bash you as consistently as you have decided to bash SoFo and other posters. and won't that be great? (like we don't have better things to do, like making wonderful music) You will be as responsible for this eventual situation as ANYBODY else. There are no victims here, only volunteers.

Your info says Victoria. You are a woman? Damn, girl...maybe you need some iron in your diet....your PMS cycle is way over extended.

rich

hahaha....ASS-OPAQUE....smiles on that one. good one! way to tap into your lower instincts.

Subject:RE: acid 4a cant load .avi

Reply by: PHATDRUMS

Date:11/27/2002 6:24:25 PM

mysoginist as well an ass eh! as?
how dare assume that as a female that i cant vent my distaste or dissapoint ment at badly conceived or rather badly implemented products you are totally welcome to your point of view as i am mine as a non user or attempted user of a4 i fail to see how you justify any opinion on it
you may sit in your bedroom masturbating how good a3g is and you may even write an intersting ditty or two albeit with someonelses loops but meanwhile other apps sail off into the distance talking to other hardware and software withuout issues
you can live in a vacuum with a3g if you like but if you do you like it will become a dinosaur
and at the end of it you will still have a small dick!

thanks once more
and be careful youll go blind .wanker

ps silicon in mexico are you saying sf is a third world organization i thought we were talking about america here where laws count for something or is your silicon implants just more evidence of your bedroom fantasies and would you have brought threats of violence into your conversatation if you thought we would meet or that i was a six foot man? that is avery poor point ive not threatened any one with violence you did asso (paque of course)but of course you would
good luck with your wonderful music i remain sceptical but not bitter just sad
and maybe a little frustrated a bit like you in your bedroom really!



you dont even use the product what a brave man you are

Subject:RE: acid 4a cant load .avi

Reply by: asopaque

Date:11/28/2002 11:17:07 AM

your rage and need to fan flames keeps my opinion of you intact. my happy marriage of 8 years will attest to the size of my genitals and whether i'm a mysoginist or not. you are welcome to ask her about it at kljensen at attbi.com.

obviously no one is going to encourage you to have any sort of perspective on this. you are on your own chosen trajectory of spewing rage and hateful remarks.

fine, the program sucks. i have used it. it wasn't stable with my Delta 66 card, even with the beta drivers.

from your posts, you seem to see your world as an unfair place, where you are the lone victim, which forces you into this position of anger and lashing out. i believe there are many people here who don't see it that way. sure, someone gives you a little lip, as i did (based on previous hateful posts of yours), and although you encourage people to have thick skins, you lash out in exponential form. you can't see how that elevates the 'violence'?

so, this will be my last post to you. i'm not playing this game.

i sincerely hope that your crusade garners you what you wish for.

now...i'm off to go masturbate. right now, i'm having this terribly sexy fantasy about TWINS! ooooh...too bad their names are Lefthand and Righthand, eh?

lighten up, girl.

ASSOPAQUE

Subject:RE: acid 4a cant load .avi

Reply by: PHATDRUMS

Date:11/28/2002 5:12:00 PM

enjoy !

Subject:RE: acid 4a cant load .avi

Reply by: anibalin

Date:11/29/2002 12:08:03 AM

jesus lord, just want to resolve this problem. Phatdrums, please is not personal, but ur posts in this, at least, thread has nothing to do with the problem im having and ur are not brain-storming with the rest of the dudes here to help other peoples problems regarding this software.

Dont fight anymore, we dont need this, there is enough hate in the world already.

~ReSpEcT each other, here, there, anytime, ever.~

aniba!

Subject:RE: acid 4a cant load .avi

Reply by: SonyNateM

Date:12/2/2002 11:35:35 AM

OK, I have re-tested most all of our video formats and have found that DivX 4.12 and DivX 5.x encoded AVI files will only show black frames in the video bar at the top of your track view. The old, hacked MPEG4 DivX codecs seem to work fine. Xvid (the open source MPEG-4 solution) will not work, as they require the DivX codec to properly decode. I have notified our developers of this trouble. I'm hoping it shouldn't be too complex to fix, as Vegas 3.x or newer doesn't have trouble with any of the above codecs. Unfortunately, this fix will probably not be completed in time for the 4.0b update.

Nate