Videovortex

Has anyone here used Videovortex (from OS4Depot)? I was able to install it succesfully, but cannot get videos running if I use the preselection of resolution. Downloading does not work either, nothing appears to RAM: . I already checked that 'videovortexdownloaddir:' is assigned to 'RAM Disk:' as it should.

Any idea or advice...?

@Gregor

Hi Gregor,

This should work.

Download it, install it in Utilities or another folder, and when you click on it, it will ask you to download YT.rexx and install it where it should. Then you search, and it should offer you videos.

You also need to create a redirection file for Emotion or MPlayer in Prefs/Env-archive/AppDir.

@skynetQuote:

As said, that's what I already did, and there was no error messages.

I can run videos at very low resolution with MPlayer, if I do NOT check the preselection option in the menus. Thus the link to MPlayer is already working. But if I choose the preselection, nothing works.

Have You ffmpeg in appdir: ?

@TearsOfMeQuote:

I let Videovortex download and install it automatically, and it reported the installation was succesful. 'ffmpeg' seems to be located in 'VideoVortex/Data/FFmpeg/Generic' drawer. Is that correct?

Is correct. But in this Version ffmpeg will not softlinked to Appdir: from VideoVortex.
So maybe it found Appdir:ffmpeg not.
Next Version comes with an Installer that will hopefully sort out some things.

@Gregor

You could probably just run ffmpeg once from that path, or even just do a "version VideoVortex/Data/FFmpeg/Generic/ffmeg". Once the executable is referenced like that, the system creates the APPDIR: entry.

I guess that is what TearsOfMe will do from the next installer version.

(Note: I don't have the VideoVortex program installed myself, I'm only guessing based on the above facts and my knowledge of AmigaOS.)

Best regards,

Niels

@TearsOfMe @nbache

Thank you for your advice! I got it now working .

Sorry to bump this thread.

- I downloaded VideoToaster on my A1222 into my Utilities drawer.
- I then installed FFplay, Emotion (Full) & Mplayer again into Utilities drawer.
- VideoToaster prompted to install YT.rexx.
- I clicked yes to download automatically.
- But I get this VideoToaster.output shell prompt.
- C:lha: unknown command
- C:lha: failed returncode 10
- I know lha is in C: drawer and I can type it fine via shell.
- Then entire system grind to a crawl.
- Rebooting the system restore it back to normal

Any ideas on next step to try?
Thank you

@Boabster

VideoVortex, not VideoToaster.

What is your version of LHA? Is the exe bit activated?

Hi @K-L,

Thanks for your reply.

I have LHA freeware version 2.15 AOS4 installed.

The protect bits show LHA in C: drawer has rw-d at the end.

I opened shell.

I typed protect lha +e

I typed list lha

It shows it protect bits have now got rwed at the end.

Re-tried VideoVortex and it successfully downloaded YT.rexx and FFmpeg.

VideoVortex is now working.

Thank you.