Avidemux in Lucid`s Package Manager doesn`t work.

[sunburnt]

Installed it, says it`s ok, load AVI to delay the audio ( copy video and audio ).
The "delay audio" checkbox won`t work so I can`t set the delay amount.
After selecting the input file the main Avidemux window won`t redraw itself...
Don`t know about the x264 and ac3 codecs but Mplayer plays the AVI fine.

Any one have experience with Lucid Puppy`s Avidemux package?

[stu90]

I use the portable version of Avidmux on Lucid Puppy.

Download is near the bottom on this page:
http://portablelinuxapps.org/

[sunburnt]

Thanks stu90; I downloaded it and I`ll try it tonight.
I already removed the stock Avidemux that the Package Manager installed.

[abushcrafter]

After selecting the input file the main Avidemux window won`t redraw itself...

Try moving the window.

To see the output from Avidemux look for the combo-box which by default has "input" selected, choose "output".
Now do you get your audio delay?

[stu90]

Edit. forgot to say to make sure to set the portable version to executable or it won't work.
Right click File>Properties and tick the 3 boxes under Exce.

[sunburnt]

Hi abushcrafter; Yes I did move the window and it moved normally,
but the portion that was covered by the file select dialog never redrew.

### NOTE: It occurred to me that Avidemux may have been parsing the input video.
This would make the main window unresponsive, but you`d think it would say something.

stu90; The file you pointed me to was an EXE file according to the ROX file browser.
It didn`t redraw the main window immediately either, but very quickly it did so.
I`m not sure, but it seems the EXE version is faster, but I don`t know if that would make it faster at parsing.

stu90, your file did a great job of editing the audio! But the std. one may have worked also.
I think I may try it for encoding a video, I`ve tried Avidemux for this before and it failed miserably.

### Q... I`ve suggested that SFS files be used for a new app. package format.
( MUCH better than .pet or .tar.gz )
This makes me wonder if an app. and all it`s dependencies can be made into an EXE.
Maybe an even better way to go for a standardized app. package format?
BOTH the SFS file and EXE file package types don`t need to be installed.
No file tracking is needed they can be added and removed with little effort and leftover mess!