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These are added on at the end of the tutorial. Though you may want to check that you have the AVC(264) Codec first as the reason why if you still get the “Cannot Open AVI File” may be down to missing that particular codec from your system.
> Error solution upon converting problem
> Included a link to the AVC(264) codec (Still “Cannot open AVI file” solution [?])*
*This should be the solution, due to the fact that if a particular codec is missing from your system some things will not work.
AVC(H264) Codec Download : [link]
a.k.a How do I play a video in the background tutorial.
Format Factory Homepage - [link] (Free)
(Will work on all WindowsOS, which is what MMD runs on. And yes. That includes Vista as well)
Hope this helps.
Also don't worry guys. I haven't forgotten about the other tutorials
I just thought I'd do this one before I forgot how to do it. I'll answer messages sometime. My main account really needs to be focused on at the moment. Other Tutorials
PMDe + PMX Commands Tutorial - Physics and Joints PMX Tutorial -> .PMX to .PMD PMDeditor Tutorial - Tricking 3DCG Bones Reading Gibberish Read Me files MMD - Load background .avi file >> You are here<< More Tutorials can be found here for MMD/PMD/PMX and others!
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do you know how to change the model's resolution in mmd?
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Got any advice for when it freezes at the first frame? I tried to render it to avi, but when it finishes, the video only shows the first frame, but still plays the music. Do you know how to fix this?
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thank u alot, this helped me greatly.
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Hi do you have any tutorials on how can you move the position,and resize the loaded .avi file in MMD?
You know when you're trying to trace something
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I do not believe that there is a way to change the actual ‘size’ of the video when it is loaded into the background in MMD – as MMD stretches the video and/or picture that is loaded into the background.
However, what you can do to make the video ‘smaller’ is to download a screen accessory ( [link] ) separately and load it into MMD and get the video to show on it instead.
This way you can change the size of the screen/video and also move the screen around with the Dummy bone if you ‘attach’ the screen to it through the accessory tab.
In order to make the video show on the screen (all of this is located under the “Background” section in MMD);
1) Load your AVI in the background
2) Then go to the Capture Screen Mode and pick “ON.mode03 (B)” this will make the background file appear on the screen.
3) You should also uncheck the “Show AVI in background” option so that the video will only show on the Capture screen and not in the background as well.
4) From here you can resize the screen’s size and move it around a bit to make seeing the motion in the video easier.
I hope that helps.
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-woahohohohow!-
This is one great alternative! Thank you so much!
I mean I found out that SHIFT and CTRL keys help, without adding the video to the accessory but to be honest I can't get quite get used to it~
But yeah thanks to your comment, I find it most easy~ thanks!
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Really? It changes its size on yours? Mine doesn't....Odd.
But anyway no problem~ Glad it helped you~
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If it doesn't work then there's not much I can do 
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I kinda got it to work I just don't remmeber how
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Can you help me?
I can't export videos with audio!
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What do you mean?
Do you mean that when you load it into MMD it doesn't have audio?
Or when you convert it and play it in Media Player?
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When I save the video and convert!
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You can always just load the wav in MMD. ^^
Mine has sound when I play it in Media Player, but when I open it in MMD it doesn't have sound - so I just load the wav.
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I load the wav in MMD but when I save the video they come out without audio.
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Ummm.....So long as the video loads in the background and you have the wav file it doesn't matter if there's no sound on the video because you get the sound from the wav in MMD. You can still make the motion, sound doesn't matter.
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Hmm...a useful tutorial--would've been more useful if I'd found it about three days ago, but that's neither here nor there--but I think there must be additional details that are still unknown about what makes MMD accept an AVI. Because when I was trying to convert a video as a motion guide, I literally went through every single one of Format Factory's versions of AVI, and on every single one of them, including AVC(H264), MMD said it couldn't open the file.
Are there any other settings you changed other than the ones shown above? Maybe one of them is the deciding factor or something. Or maybe it's about the frame rate or bit rate on the finished video? I noticed a lot of options when I was trying to figure out how to force FF to give me an AVI I could use, but there were so many that it was going to take too long to try and experiment with it all. Knowing what the settings/results were on a video that works will be a good first step, I think.
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Yes. I know its weird, for some reason mine allows AVC, but others have said that it does not work for them.
I've been thinking that mine could be down to the fact that I CANNOT render MMD Videos that I make in the other codecs EXCEPT for Xvid. Microsoft Video 1, AVI RAW and other 'built in' codecs do not work when I try to render MMD Movies. When rendering with these codecs (for some reason) MMD freezes and crashes. So I can only use Xvid to render my videos with. I also can't play the other formats back when they do decide to render (which is currently never, used to be once in a blue moon but no longer).
I've been trying to ask what codecs people can render to see if this is what the deciding factor is but the replies sound very blunt and curt. Plus I only get one codec name out of the 10 on the list - or how many defaults there are.(Just trying to figure out what is wrong people...its not like i'm sitting next to you and can get it straight away :/ )
All the settings are the same as shown in the tutorial. The only difference that I've found with people using format factory is that they are converting other file formats to .avi when in this tutorial I am converting .avi to .avi :/ which I thought I didn't need to really mention because....you know it says "Load background AVI file". But I can render wma to AVI (AVC) and mpeg to AVI (AVC) and MMD will still open it.
So I don't think its that, unless the original convert from youtube is important. For the video I used in this tutorial I downloaded it as an AVI from MP4. While others have downloaded it as MP4 -> WMA or MP4 to MPEG because of the different interlacing of the formats.
What kind of details do you want? Do you want ALL the details under Details when you go to Properties (Right click on file)?
I'm also going to look at some other converting programs to see if they allow Microsoft Video 1 converts. So the angry mobs will have to wait while I figure this out.
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Hmm, it does sound very odd the way it works differently on different people's computers. I bet it has to do with video cards and other things we can't lightly change. 
I had been trying to figure out what was wrong by looking at the videos that work and don't work; the details in the "Details" tab when I look at the Properties on the .avi files. The big differences I was spotting between the ones that work and don't work seemed to be the bit rate and other numerical things that I don't entirely know what they mean.
My brother has a program on his computer (a $200 program, yikes) that can make videos that work, so this isn't a *huge* deal for me, but it certainly would be a lot less hassle if I could convert videos on at my own place.
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Yeah I understand that. My mum has Photo Paintshop Pro 10 (or 11) on her computer and she says I can go on and use it but....I kinda want to use it on my computer where I know where everything is x'DD Its a sweet gesture though.
I think I've actually worked out why it wouldn't work on some computers.
On my Video Compressors section, I have a codec called "X264vfw – H264/MPEG-4 AVC Codec" installed on my computer. In other words the "AVC(H264)" Codec.
So the reason why it might not play in MMD as a background file is because you are missing that codec. (Because Codecs are horrible like that just like Directx9 with PMDeditor - where you need it to work properly.)
You can download that particular codec from here; [link]
So it should just be a case of downloading and installing that codec and then MMD will accept the format (hopefully).
Here are also the details of the original and converted data. But as said before, I didn't change anything in the program when converting it. (There's no other important data after those sections - just what my computer is called and where its stored.)
Original - [link]
Converted - [link]
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I can't remember if the AVC was one of the ones that would play on my machine or not...I thought it was, but I'll definitely download that codec and see if that was the problem, just in case. (It would certainly be nice if it was something that simple!)
Looks like your bit rate really increased between the original and the converted version. I think mine decreased, so I think I'll also try doing a 30 frame per second version at a much higher bit rate, and see if that helps.
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Okay~
My file size reduced as well - forgot to mention that. It went from being 90.0MB to 38.5MB.
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Hmm, file size. I didn't think to check that aspect. It could well be that there's a maximum that MMD will easily accept. (Technically, it *did* load a raw .AVI, but then it crashed the first time I changed the frame, so...obviously the file size there was a problem...)
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AVI Raw hates me. Dunno why. Just doesn't work for me.
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thanks so much for this, now I can make a GOOD Meltdown video X3
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No problem at all~ 
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I got a problem, I did it and everything but it still says " Cannot Open AVI file "
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Okay. I'm going to ask some really weird questions which are not by any means picking at you. Its just I don't know anything about your computer and it would help to know this stuff to try and figure out the problem
1. Is the file name of the file really long or has strange characters (like symbols, exclamation marks in ect) in it?
2. Can you render in all the codecs found in MMD? Or can you only render in one?
3. What did you convert the file from when you turned it into an .avi file?
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1. No, I shorted the name and it doesn't have any strange letters, the file's name is called " MMD dance "
2. I didn't understand that question
3. it was an .wma file
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1. Okay~
2. When you render a video in MMD yourself ( File > Render to AVI file) what codecs can you render in?
I ask this because the method in the tutorial works for me but I can ONLY render with Xvid in MMD.
3. Hmmm....It works for me which is odd.
4. How did you 'get' the video which you want to load in MMD? (e.g downloaded it from youtube).
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2. I render with Microsoft Video 1 like always... and in your tutorial it says that we can also use AVC(H264)
4. I got the video off youtube yes - this one [link]
I converted the video on www.convertfile .com into .wma
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I think I just noticed something on my MMD which might be different.
In your "video compressor" section, where you choose Microsoft Video 1 from, do you have a codec called "x264vfw -H.264/MPEG-4 AVC codec"?
I think that might be the reason why MMD might not be able to load it because THAT is the AVC(H264) codec that's used in this tutorial and if you don't have it that might be the reason why its not working. Its only a guess though.
if its not that I swear I'm going to jump out a plane. you can be the one to push if you like
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No I just saw it and I don't have a codec called "x264vfw -H.264" but I DO have "MPEG-4"
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The "MPEG-4" part is part of the "x264 [ect]" codec name.
You can download it here: [link] . Try downloading this codec and seeing if loading the converted video in MMD works once its installed.
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Mine said illegal file name.... >.<
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Could you be a little bit more specific
Is it the file itself (before you converted it) or when you converted it.
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When I clicked "start" it says that XD
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Okay. When you go to "Add to _________" do any question marks show up in the file name that you are trying to convert?
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What is the file you are trying to convert?
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A mpeg file to AVI xD
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So its actually [filename].mpeg not [filename].avi?
Because this tutorial converts [filename].avi to [filename].avi (don't even ask. It sounds stupid but MMD will only work with a certain .avi file type).
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Yes....
I clicked "add file" then when I clicked the file, it said click start.. so I clicked start... Then it said that .. XD
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Okay. I tested converting .mpeg to .avi on mine and it works. So its not that.
On the site it says;
Question : I installed Format factory in my PC having Windows XP OS. But is is showing an error.
Answer：Please install VC10 Redistributable Package (x86) to fix it. [ [link] ]
I kinda wish it'd be more specific but you could try it. If not you could try one of these instead; [link] or [link] (if you don't care about it being watermarked)
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