 | What does the acronym Vidmex mean? |
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VIDMEX stands for VIDeo/Music EXperience.
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| What are the system requirements to run Vidmex? |
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PC: Pentium-II 233Mhz or higher Operating System: Windows 98 SE, Windows ME, Windows 2000, Windows 2003 or Windows XP DirectX: version 8.0 or higher |
| How do I upgrade to the latest version? |
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All registered users of previous versions of Vidmex or DivX Operational Player are eligible to receive an upgrade to Vidmex free-of-charge. We will send all registered users with a valid e-mail address, an e-mail with new registration information.
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| How to determine the type of video file using Vidmex? |
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Load your video file, and right-click on Vidmex. Menu
will pop up. Click "Properties", and check FOURCC value. DX50 means DivX 5.0/6.0 Codec or higher DIV3, DIVX = DivX 3.11, or just DivX XVID = XviD Codec. WMV3 = WMV version 3, and so on. Here's the list of FOURCC codes that may help you: http://www.fourcc.org/codecs.php |
| When I try to extract MPEG2 file (convert mpeg-2 to divx), the progress bar stops at 0% level. Help? |
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Please, choose correct DivX settings. At the last step (after you click Extract button) DivX configuration window will pop up. You must choose High Definition Profile from the Certification Profile drop-down list. Optionally, if you want to minimize the file size, then try to change bitrate (click the button with calculator image to estimate the size of output divx file).
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| I tried to mix files but audio doesn't run. What's wrong? |
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Sometimes, MPEG Layer-3 codec doesn't support all listed parameters. So, at Step 2 in Vidmex Wizard you must select another audio parameters: 44Khz instead of 48Khz, or change bitrate (kbps). Also, try to download and to install the latest mp3 encoder from the Codecs section.
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| What can I do when I get a message that states a problem exists with my video or audio? I have problems with video and audio after media processing in Vidmex Wizard. Help? |
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If you have some strange problems with audio/video processing, then you must disable conflicting/unstable DirectShow filters. Some DirectShow filters are installed by 3rd party video and audio programs, and can cause issues in Vidmex either when you try to merge, convert, extract or preview audio and video, or when you try to save a file. To prevent such issues, these filters must be turned off by doing the following: 1. Download FilterManager tool. 2. Unpack it, launch FilterManager.exe 3. Go to "DirectShow filters", select the conflicting filter and click "Unregister". Here`s the list of unstable filters: - DivX AntiFreeze Filter - Kristal Studio - InterVideo Audio Decoder (may cause the problem: audio is distorted or playing faster than normal) - Morgan Multimedia Stream Switcher - FFDshow MPEG-4 Video Decoder (only if unstable alpha version is installed) - DirectShow Subtitle Filter - BiCubic Resizer - DeDynamic Audio Filter - Morgan Stream Switcher - Subtitle Mixer - Subtitle Parser - TFM Audio Filter - RadLight Video DSP DirectShow Filter |
| How can I create two videos playing at the same time? The one in the left and the other on the right side of video clip? |
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You can achieve such an effect by using Logo function two times: 1. Find a background video (with audio, optionally). 2. Make a preparation of two logo videos that must be placed on the background video - just extract & resize any video files that you like. 3. Load a background video in Vidmex and select a fragment. 4. Click "choose logo" in Vidmex Wizard, and put the first logo video to the left part of the screen. 5. Extract video fragment (in the extracted video file there will be only one logo). 6. Clear playlist, and load previously extracted file. Add it to Vidmex Wizard. 7. Click "choose logo" again and put the second video logo to the right part of the screen. 8. Extract video fragment. Done! Here's an explanation about how to combine several video files to achieve movie-in-movie effect: Click here to read - insert video window inside a film |
| I want to flip my video files. How can I do it? |
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You can use Vidmex to flip your video files horizontally or vertically (mirror). Load your video file. Click "Effect Controls" , choose Zoom/Flip menu. Press corresponding button - Flip horizontally or vertically. Now, you can extract your video file with these settings. |
| How to select files in Playlist? |
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In order to select several files in Playlist you can use left mouse button. Click on empty area as shown below, and move the cursor to the area of chosen item.
Also, Shift+Up Arrow and Shift+Down Arrow keys can be used for selecting items. If you want to select only a few specific files (not by the order), then: 1). Hold Ctrl key. 2). Click on each file. For example, in this way you can select 1st, 4th, 7th, 9th file and perform operations only with these selected files (moving, copying, adding to wizard, merging etc.) |
| How to search video and audio files in Playlist? |
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Press F key while Vidmex main window is active or click on search area. Cursor will appear in search area inside playlist (right part of menu). Enter any word, or combination of words. Playlist will be filtered according to specified pattern. You can enter only a part of the word, or just an extension of file (like AVI, MPG, JPG). 
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| How to change Height and Width of zoomed area? |
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Click Effect Controls -> choose Zoom/Flip. Change the dimensions by using slider bar or just type numbers. In order to set maximal height or width manually (according to currently specified X/Y position of zoomed area), enter arbitrary large numbers to corresponding fields. Maximal width and height will be automatically calculated and filled in. |
| How to change size of playback window without preservation of aspect ratio? |
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Right-click on main window. In popped up menu select Aspect ratio -> Fit to screen. Now, you can resize playback window without limitations (according to your preferences).
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| How to set playback range for group of files? |
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If you want to merge several images, similar files, then you need to specify playback range of each file. Sure, it's very unconvenient to press BEGIN/END buttons for each file in order to add it to Vidmex Wizard with the same values of time. How to simplify the operation: 1). Select the files in playlist (Ctrl+A). 2). Choose Edit -> Set Playback Range (R Key). 3). Fill in "Start" and "Stop" positions. 4). Click "Apply". Specified position values will be applied to all selected files simultaneously. For example, you can select several images in playlist and specify duration of playback: 1 second for each selected JPG image. And then add it to Vidmex Wizard from playlist by pressing W key. |
| How to create skins for Vidmex? |
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Skins can be created by analogy from existing samples. VXS is a ZIP file. Unzip VXS samples from Vidmex Skins folder. There you'll find many bmp images and skin.ini file. All information about button positions, color, font, size and shape is gathered inside the skin.ini file. Edit bmp files and keep the same file names (do not rename files). [Settings] - shape of skin. [Colors] - colors of font, volume, trackbar and playlist. [Position] - positions of standard and additional buttons, text bounds, trackbar style and bitmap, help and volume areas. [Fonts] - fonts, size and style of text strings. |