It appears VideoLan is possibly taking/skimming off ‘silences’ from the audio file, making it shorter than the actual video file. So the original AAC is just fine coming out of dgmpegdec, but it’s VideoLan’s conversion causing the length difference.

That’s nice… but if Winamp won’t play my AAC and I can’t use disk write mode and VideoLan is cutting off unwanted milliseconds or even seconds from my audiofile… what do I do then?

Solution:
Drop the AAC into Yamb, and convert it to mp4.

The mp4 will play in Winamp, and therefor you can use disk writer. Winamp does not cut bits off it thinks it doesn’t need, hence the end product has no sync problem. I know VideoLan is a popular player, but it certainly isn’t any good for converting AAC.

The problem:

• VFapi reader is an old program, this is why even after running the *.bat and installing the *.inf virtualdub gives you the message: “Could not locate decompressor VIFP” once you want to frameserve a converted d2v project from dgmpgdec (“fake avi”).

The solution:
What you need to do is place the file VFCodec.dll in both %System32 and %SysWow64. %SysWow64 ironally actually contains the regsvr32 which enables registering 32 bit dll’s. Then you need to open up a cmd window (run as administrator) and type in:

cd \windows\syswow64 [HIT ENTER]
rundll32.exe advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection C:\PATH_TO_VFAPI\
vifp.inf,DefaultInstall [HIT ENTER]

What you’ve just done is tell the correct regsvr32 to register the VFapi dll.

The problem:

• There is a 64-bit edition of virtualdub available for download. Do NOT download this edition, because it will never work with VFApi.

The solution:
Use the 32-bit edition.

The problem:

• You’ve installed Lame mp3 encoder but can’t see it in Virtualdub. It’s the same problem as VFapi.

The solution:
Installing Lame for mp3 encoding also only succeeds if you do type in cmd:

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe setupapi.dll,InstallHinfSection
DefaultInstall 0 c:\PATH_TO_LAME\LameACM.inf [HIT ENTER]

Make sure it’s the 32 bit edition you’ve downloaded! Don’t forget to run cmd as administrator.

That’s it. You can download x264 from here and install without further problems.

I’m still looking for the solution, but for the time being I’ve found some info on the program’s User Manual. Next time I’ll do a conversion which requires aac stripping, I’ll try and figure out the answer for you. If anyone already knows, please share!

To be quite honest, I even thought of closing Solstice Productions for a while because I release so little these days. Nonetheless this site has some useful video tutorials I want to keep around. Like you, I consistently forget what settings I need to use when I’m encoding or converting something.

I’ve developed a new theme for the website since the old one was getting more and more problems with newer browsers. I’ll come back sometime and update / correct some information on this site. Enjoy!

Required programs:

• dgMpegdec (successor of DVD2AVI)
• VirtualDub
• VFApi
• Winamp

Open the TS file in dgmpegdec.
Check if the option “Demux tracks” is enabled under Audio -> Output Method.
File -> Save Project.

This will create a D2V project file and an AAC audio file.

Processing the audio
The AAC file must be converted to WAV first, as it is a readable format for virtualdub. I usually convert audio files by using Winamp on disk writer mode.

Processing the video
Open VFAPI and load the D2V file.
After that click convert.

A file is created that is basically a “fake avi” which will read out the TS content.
Open the fake avi in virtualdub and apply filters like resizing and compression settings under Video.
Make sure you select the wav file you created under ‘Audio’ and to apply compression settings.
Now do: file, save as.

Title: 7 steps to Buzzer Beat
Used footage: Buzzer Beat, Fuji tv getsu 9 drama, summer 2009. Additionally a scene from Natgeo’s “The Universe” series for the rocket.
Score: Read the roll off titles at the end, there are just too many used.
File details: RAW 706 x 396, in the following versions:

• Divx 1 pass quality based (2)
• Xvid 4030 Kbps
• MPEG2 4000 Kbps
• audio all 128kb/s mp3

HARDSUB

• Divx 1 pass quality based (2)

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FOLLOWING DESCRIPTION CONTAINS SPOILERS!

And here is a short description for the 7 steps of Buzzer Beat.

Step 1: Cavemen; exaggerated agression [Basketball scenes]. I got this idea because I was still listening to Humanaut by Mnemic while starting up an episode of Buzzer Beat. The opening for Buzzer Beat just happened to match the “lift off” feeling of this song.

Step 2: Satan. I always thought Yoyogi was a creepy guy. The little beard just made it all the worse. It didn’t take long to match that with Stephen Lynch’ BEELZ.

Step 3: Betrayal. Here we see Naoki walking in on Yoyogi and Natsuki. From there on I gave Naoki some spunk by using Revolucian – Bale out. The way Naoki SHOULD have reacted.

Step 4: Meaningful male dialogue. Secretly I made this because Yamapi said “this and this dialogue is very interesting” (gehehe). This one came into play when I was looking over my music collection for really crude dialogue. I found it in Crotchduster.

Step 5: Anticlimax. Where would Buzzer Beat be without the blooming romance between Naoki and Riko? I’m so not good at doing sappy editing, so you’ll just have to forgive me for making a prank.

Step 6: Meaningful female dialogue. I figured, if I were going to do a “male dialogue” I would also need to do a female dialogue. Since I am neither genders but an alien, I thought the pranks should be equally shared.

Step 7: P-Cup ω to Strauss. That’s right! I edited all the yummy Yamapi “in the shower, in the bath tub, squeezing tits” scenes together on nothing other than classical music. A fancy rack like that deserves some fancy music.

I spent most of the editing so far on getting the intro right, of which I will give a sneak preview by a screen capture.

As you can see the intro has a pretty big warning icons. Contains violence, sex, drugs, mobbing and swearing.

Generally this OPV is all about exaggerating. I simply took 7 bits of pieces of this story and exaggerated it to no end. The end result will be so evil it has no equal. Especially somewhere in the chapter ‘Meaningful male dialog’, I’m trying really hard not to let Yamapi say the last sentence to that but I make absolutely no promises hahaha. God help me if it fits with the facial expression and mouth movements…

Let’s just say the one thing I’m not exaggerating are the warnings on this video.