I need Picture in Picture (4 equal videos)

[wacki]

This is my first post! :-P

All I want to do is take 4 avi's and play them side by side at the same time. so lets say I have videos

1
2
3
4


And here is my computer monitor off:
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|xxxxxx|
|xxxxxx|
|xxxxxx|
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playing videos

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|1|2|
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|3|4|
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Anyone know how to do this?

[smok3]

avisynth, maybe:
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a = DirectShowSource("file1.avi" ,fps=25)
a = subtitle(a, "1")
b = DirectShowSource("file2.avi" ,fps=25)
b = subtitle(b, "2")
c = DirectShowSource("file3.avi" ,fps=25)
c = subtitle(c, "3")
d = DirectShowSource("file4.avi" ,fps=25)
d = subtitle(d, "4")

video1 = StackVertical(a,b)
video2 = StackVertical(c,d)

final = stackhorizontal (video1, video2)

return final
---
(ok, iam not sure if stackhorizontal exists since avisynth.org is down right now, but you will get the idea hopefully.)

[siddharthagandhi]

Can you do this in Nero Vision, Movie Maker, or Sony Vegas?

Also, what AVIsynth script would I use to do this for a limited time?

And although this is offtopic, if i have video thats up here like:

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| |
| |
| |
|_______|

the above is my monitor showing a vid

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| Video |
| |
|Subtitle |
|_______|

the video only takes up the top portion of the scren...i want to stick a subtitle kind of thing in the black space undeneath the video

can i do the sbuttitle thing and the PIP thing in any GUI freeware software...im not good at scripts and stuff like that and I want to be able to customize all the options

[smok3]

what AVIsynth script would I use to do this for a limited time?you would use a trim option at the end of the script.

Sony Vegas?
for sure, dunno about the other two.

the video only takes up the top portion of the scren...i want to stick a subtitle kind of thing in the black space undeneath the video yes that is again possible to do with avisynth (let me know if you wanna see an example.) and virtualdub should be able to do such as well with some magic touches.

can i do the sbuttitle thing and the PIP thing in any GUI freeware softwarewhat is uncle google saying?

[siddharthagandhi]

I have Sony Vegas. I searched the help file...but no results...anyone know anything?

smok3: yes i do want to see an example

and uncle google doesnt give any good results...i search PIP, picture in picture, every possible term

[smok3]

i dont use vegas, so i dont really know, but there should definately be an option - basically you can just put each clip on its own layer and then use resize and position on each...

example of titling with avisynth - titles are added on black bar on the bottom and they even scroll.
http://somestuff.org/avs/titler_za_voznje_crawl_v2.avs.txt

(this script will:
- take av1.avi which should be like 10 minutes long
- add black borders, kinda 16:9 crop thingy
- add scrolling title each two minutes or something.)
p.s. this will work unmoded only if source is pal25p material in 720x576.

about free composer - i know there was at least one for win32, but i cant really remember the name right now, so google some more ;)

[siddharthagandhi]

uhh im a NTSC country

And the dimensions of my video isnt 16:9, its some weird format

the resolution is pretty much the same as those red vs blue videos

www.redvsblue.com

bc its a red vs. blue remake