Reversing Videos with Avidemux

The other day, I posted about my discovery of a “reverse” filter in Avidemux. Now that I figured out how to do it (with some help from Audacity), here it is:

I’m not the brightest.

The other day, I posted an AviSynth script to reverse videos.

So last night, I was attempting to use Avidemux to correct a wrong aspect ratio (didn’t exactly work the way I wanted, I got something like 32:9), and noticed this in the filters:

Why I never noticed that before…

EDIT: Tested it out. It doesn’t work if the video codec is set to “Copy,” and even then, it only reverses the video. However, I assume you could save the audio, reverse it in Audacity, and replace it. Somehow.

Running a video backwards.

Took me a bit of googling to do this (which really proves that I need to GET A DAMN LIFE):

I used an AviSynth script to do it, in particular this one:

DirectShowSource(“C:\Users\Aimee\Desktop\backwards.avi”)
Reverse()

In which “backwards.avi” is a copy of the video I wanted to reverse.

You can also use this script, but only if it’s an AVI file:

Reverse(AVISource(“C:\Users\Aimee\Desktop\backwards.avi”))

So what you do with these scripts? Once you have AviSynth installed, copy/paste into a text editor (changing filepath as necessary), and save it as whatever.avs. Then you drag and drop it into VirtualDub, which will execute the script and import it — backwards.

So then you test it. (I’ve noticed on about 50% of my reversed videos, it’s horribly choppy and unusable.) If it seems all right to you, set the compression and save it as an AVI.

If you don’t want to save it but just watch, just drag and drop it into a media player. The media player will think it’s an AVI file and play. (I’ve noticed VLC doesn’t work for this, possibly because its got its own built-in codecs and isn’t affected by AviSynth.)

I can sense the jealousy.

Okay, so when I was creating the Ubuntu in a Virtual Machine video, at first I used VirtualDub for cropping and resizing the videos. But then it became a pain trying to merge them, so I reverted to Windows Movie Maker. This is the result of the first try:

I think Micro$oft Windows is mad at me

Nah, it’s to do with the Xvid codec. I found the solution here.

VirtualDub — THE Video Editor You Need

Although it’s not real fancy, VirtualDub is a robust, useful utility for capturing, editing, processing videos. And if you want even more features just google “VirtualDub Plugins.“

Here are some of my favourite plugins, if you’re interested:

MPEG-2 Plugin
Luminescence band (Using this, I managed to make a Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers video look more psychedelic than a Beatles film.)

Free Video Editing Software

Here’s a nice list of free video editors. You can find things from simple video cutters to advanced, powerful tools.

Free Video Editing Software

Need a simple video editor? Avidemux might work for you

Okay, so I was looking for a simple tool to crop videos — Windows Movie Maker is very buggy, so I don’t like to use it. So I looked at some freeware sites, and found Avidemux.

It works really great — the interface might be a bit confusing, but work with it and you’ll get it. Haven’t had any problems yet.