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## creating videoclips with Windows

Sun Mar 31, 2013 6:37 pm

A friend of mine uses Windows and creates a lot of videoclips.
As of now he has used sony-vegas.
He can't install it anymore. I tried to help, but i only cursed a lot and nothing happened. At least nothing good.
My question:
What free software is available and good to create videoclips? For Windows, not Linux.
I found:
-blender
- dvdstyler
- avidemux
but i don't understand if they create clips or if they are good for other things.
Thanks
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## Re: creating videoclips with Windows

Sun Mar 31, 2013 7:24 pm

I have been using avidemux for years including all the clips that I have posted. DVDStyler doesn't create/edit clips but packages them in a nice format with menus etc.. Blender . . . dunno.
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## Re: creating videoclips with Windows

Sun Mar 31, 2013 8:08 pm

Thanks.
We looked at blender, and it seems impressive, but i am not sure if it does what he wants to do (creating videoclips). Besides that it seem anything but intuitive.
I ran into two further results:
VideoDub and WindowsMovieMaker
I installed avidemux in Virtualbox (which has it's own problems).
I clicked on "File -> open" and avidemux told me it couldn't open a *jpg file.
(That is what he wants to do too: insert images and add some music. But also editing existing clicks. Assuming i understood it correct: I never do any multimedia, he doesn't speak my native language, i don't speak his, and we use different operating systems. Communication is a bit awkward).
Perhaps an example is more clear. Stuff like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_r2P_t9-pxs
(to me that is not exactly an video).
Ignoring the content: something like that is possible with avidemux?
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## Re: creating videoclips with Windows

Mon Apr 01, 2013 1:31 am

I was able to open a jpg file in avidemux. Then I intuitively started this process but was moving so fast, it crashed. Anyway, here's the wiki page for how to do a still photo and add music.
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## Re: creating videoclips with Windows

Mon Apr 01, 2013 1:56 am

If i use open and select a file it tells me it can't find a demuxer.
That seemed to be the obvious approach to me, and as it didn't work i assumed it would not be possible.
Looking at
ffdiaporama
as i figured what he wants is more of a diashow creator then a video-editing software.
I can't look that much, as the soundsystem on my system is broken (if there ever something not broken on a Windows box? It all works out of box, you say? Sure, if you know someone who does it all for you)
If looking for software i often go here:
http://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/Software
and that usually does the job (bad news: it's German and in this case most of the video software mentioned there is LInux only. Most of them recommend to use "Linux AV" to Windows users, it seems. But Windows users will prefer to ask others to do for them what is no fun at all. God forbid they will try something new).
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## Re: creating videoclips with Windows

Mon Apr 01, 2013 2:28 am

iow: foam at mouth.
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## Re: creating videoclips with Windows

Mon Apr 01, 2013 2:34 am

What kind of file are you trying to open?
I played with a jpg and a wav file. It crashed a lot but eventually put this together. There has to be a better way.
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## Re: creating videoclips with Windows

Mon Apr 01, 2013 2:56 am

jpg
Thing is: i don't take much care of this box. I just move around a bit and have a look what is where
(I am not in the mood to go through the driver hell of Windows. No sound? So shall it be. No wireless? So shall it be ...).
That means: there might be essential packages missing.
"x is missing. Shall i search for it online?" "Yes, do". "Sorry, no result. Please install some spyware-all-drivers-for-you, including some further apps you didn't aks for and a taskbar and it will change the start-page of the browser too. All that for free. Well: for 30 days".
The Windows apps which are usable come from open/free software (http://osswin.sourceforge.net/). Why one would need Windows to run them is beyond me. I usually go straight to the sites of the according project or to filehippo though.
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## Re: creating videoclips with Windows

Mon Apr 01, 2013 4:09 am

If it's any consolation, my media players in wheezy are totally f***ed up. Not one of them will play a DVD not even a commercial one. stevepusser on the FDN thread gave up and is now using windoze version of DVDStyler on wine. I'd rather stick with squeeze. Gotta get back to trying to create a snapshot . . .
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## Re: creating videoclips with Windows

Mon Apr 01, 2013 1:18 pm

Let me save the list of my search results:
- avidemux
- VirtualDub
- WindowsMovieMaker
- ffdiaporama
- FotoFilmStrip
The lists at butnut:
- video: http://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/Videobearbeitung
- diashow: http://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/Diashows_erstellen
Also downloading:
http://www.bandshed.net/iso/avlinux6.0-lxde-i386-en.iso and
AVLinux and
dyne:bolic
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Without knowing no nothing and from what i have seen on Linux i would use OpenShot.
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