AVIedit 3.38 - User Guide and FAQ

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How to add music to the movie

Frequently Asked Questions - AVIedit

1. How can I add sound and edit my AVI file that I have created with third-party animator?
   If you wish to add or remove frames and sounds from the AVI file please use AVIedit. Other shareware AVI editors are available on the web.
   
   
2. Why won't my animation play back on another machine?
   The same video and audio codecs are required to play the AVI files back on a different machine. The reason for this being that the file needs to be decompressed "on the fly" before the frames can be shown. Windows includes a set of simple codecs, you can find more information at www.fourcc.org (formerly http://www.webartz.com/fourcc/ ). Using AVIedit, you can create animations in a form of animated GIF files, or FLI/FLC movies, to avoid possible "missing codec" problem. On the other hand, you can select most popular AVI codecs at compression time.
   
   
3. How can I put my animation into a Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, or other document?
   
   • Select Insert and Object from the document
   • Insert the AVI file
   
   
   
4. How can I convert AVI to another format?
   AVIedit lets you convert avi movies to animated GIF files and FLI/FLC files in either direction. Also it is possible to save avi frames to bmp, jpeg and other still image formats. Other converters available on the web might let you convert AVI's into other formats such as MPEG, QuickTime and RealMedia.
   
   
5. I can open a movie in AVIedit, but there is no filmstrip, (or the frames are just black, or I can see frame pictures but can not hear sound). What is wrong ?
   It looks like you do not have a decompressor (codec) for your type of content. In AVIedit, click Edit|Info menu item. You'll see a dialog box with properties of your movie video (or audio) stream. Write down the information from Type and Format fields. Then, visit this link: www.fourcc.org (formerly http://www.webartz.com/fourcc/ ) and look for the codec by its four character ID. Download and install it.
   
   When your friends give you a movie that played fine on their PC but yours failed to play, ask them to run AVIedit and click Options|ACM menu item. There is a list of all currently installed codecs (on their computer). Compare that list with one you see on your own PC (and install/copy the missing codecs). For audio related problems, see Options|ACM (audio compression manager) instead.
   
   
6. Each time I export a truecolor movie using Microsoft RLE codec I get a message "Damaged file or unknown format", while the clip is just perfect. Do you know why ?
   To use MS RLE codec you must have 8 bit per pixel 256 colors image format. This codec does not support anything other. Unfortunately Microsoft guys still think there is nothing better than GIF-like pictures quality and they continue to sell this codec with Windows Me and Windows 2000, no matter than it was first time developed in about 1993...
   
   Need a solution ? Just avoid using this codec. The only case when you may need to use it, is the line-art and low colored computer graphics.
   
   
7. I know what codec dll I need to install. But I do not have any oemsetup.inf or setup.exe file. How do I add the codec to Windows 2000 ?
   Earlier versions of Windows did offer you an option to add a codec manually. These days you can't do this neither in Windows Me, nor in Windows 2000. However there is a quite simple way to add a codec once you have its .DLL file. Sometimes it can be a solution even if you have a complete installation package. Unfortunately some software vendors offer you a bit buggy setup routines that result in a serious system registry damage. In such a case, adding a codec manually is your the best way. Don't afraid, it's really qick and easy. Start regedit (Start->Run-> type regedit.exe -> hit OK). Locate the following registry branch: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Drivers32] Create a new string parameter using the name built from a codec FourCC ID and 'vidc' string. For example, for a Microsoft RLE codec (its FourCC ID is 'mrle') you must have "vidc.mrle" created. Then assign the parameter value to .DLL's name (for example, "msrle32.dll"). Finally, close regedit and copy the .DLL to the system32 subdirectory. (This codec is already there, we used it just to show you the way).
   
   
8. When I edit and save my movies in AVIedit, it often takes a hour to finish. My friend reported that even older computer saved a large file in a few minutes, using the same AVIedit version. What's it ?
   Most likely, your friend used "no recompression" option instead of a video codec name. In this case AVIedit works as fast as if you copy your file to a new location, and compression just remains the same (unchanged). If you do not see such an option in the list of suitable compressors, then maybe you have deleted some so-called key frames. This happens very often when you edit DivX encoded avi's. Please visit our site Readings section and read more about repair and editing of DivX movies.