Update 03-18-2011 - TrakAx and LoL

Once more, a pesky update video to tide the good viewers over while I attempt to finish the more interesting projects. This one, however, is unique in that it doubles as a test for what could be my new editing program.

After Sony Vegas proved to be a disappointment, I went looking online for an alternative and was told about a program called TrakAx. After downloading the free trial and rediscovering some test footage I had lying about, I decided to give it a whirl. This video is the end result of my first editing exercise in this new software.

This entire video was edited using TrakAx, which you can find at http://www.trakax.com/

The game featured in this video is called League of Legends (LoL for short). Play it for free at http://www.leagueoflegends.com/

The song featured during the credits is "Teemo The Swift Scout" by Simon Eliasson. You can download it at http://bit.ly/foPAUP

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[EbonJackal]

@lukenuetzmann Thanks for the quick walkthrough. Unfortunately, after having tried it, the videos still come out exceptionally pixelated and impossible to make anything out. Unless there's some other option I'm still not understanding, Sony Vegas is still dead to me.

Thanks much for it, Luke, all the same.

[lukenuetzmann]

@EbonJackal At the top of the screen in Vdub's menu click video > compression... > select xvid > configure button > other options button > make sure "print debug" and "display encoding status" are UNCHECKED as this could cause everything to crash otherwise. Now just OK your way out and file > save as avi.

[EbonJackal]

@lukenuetzmann Okay, so I just redownloaded all the tools. Question now is: what options do I use to save an old video file in the XVid codec?

[lukenuetzmann]

@EbonJackal I guess so, it seems to work fine for me. I'm using Vegas 9.0 pro.

[EbonJackal]

@lukenuetzmann Huh. I remember reading that Vegas 9 on up does not accept XVid. Was that just some sort of lie?

[lukenuetzmann]

@EbonJackal I use XVid Mpeg-4, just make sure you have the status window disabled under its configuration.

[EbonJackal]

@lukenuetzmann Guess I should have asked in my last response, what codec would be best if I were to use VirtualDub to convert it into something Vegas would agree with?

[EbonJackal]

@lukenuetzmann Funny thing about that. I tried that method as well and Virtualdub wasn't cutting it either. Maybe it's some small detail I'm missing, but meh. Thanks for the suggestion, Luke.

[WyldJezter]

League of legends looked pretty good man

[lukenuetzmann]

FRAPS to Virtualdub then over to Sony Vegas. For whatever reason Sony Vegas doesn't much like uncompressed AVI.