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07/12/2010 11:33:32
How do I import with textures? Hi RightUrKen,

There is a problem with the Sketchup Importer's textures - it makes them all the defaultd toto.bmp but there is a work-around:

If you open up the .ase file using Wordpad or any other text editor (I use Notepad++) you will see the following sections for each material:

*MAP_DIFFUSE {
*MAP_CLASS "Bitmap"
*BITMAP "C:\ut3\toto.bmp"

If you change the file name and path to the correct bitmap/tga then it should work.

Take care,
-Jim.
06/12/2010 12:21:59
Christmas Muvizu laptop I have only found one so far, but if you get something with similar specs to these you should be ok:

Dell XPS 15 (£579 - £779)

It's the big brother of the laptop that I own, which can run Muvizu, so this one should have no trouble.

http://www1.euro.dell.com/uk/en/home/Dell-Laptops/xps-15/pd.aspx?refid=xps-15&s=dhs&cs=ukepp1
06/12/2010 12:05:54
Christmas Muvizu laptop True, the more RAM the better - I was just saying what I thought was the bare minimum.

It's also quite tough to get a laptop with more than 3GB, as a lot of manufacturers still only ship laptops with 32-bit versions of Windows.
06/12/2010 11:37:54
Christmas Muvizu laptop This is my personal opinion, not the view of Muvizu HQ:

If you are buying a laptop out of Currys or PC world (although I would personally recommend avoiding them due to their crappy service) they will take pretty much any working laptop and give you £100 of a new one - so you could buy a laptop from eBay for £50 and trade it into PC world, giving you an overall saving of £50. .

As for a specific model - if you go for a machine with a dual core processor, at least 2GB of RAM and a dedicated graphics chip with at least 512MB of ram you should be ok. I will have a quick look at some laptop sites to see what's available at the moment and give you some suggestions.

Things to avoid:

Celeron Processors (really slow)
Intel Graphics Chipsets (either don't work with Muvizu or work very badly)

Also, you might want to wait for a couple of months: AMD are releasing their new Fusion line of processors with in-built graphics cards in the spring. They are aimed at the low-price laptop market and should be a big improvement on the existing budget line.#

-Jim.
02/12/2010 11:47:53
bleeding edge beta and things that made me go hmmn Dreeko wrote:
ziggy72 wrote:
And for goodness sakes, give Dreeko his dragon! I think he's earned it! Applause

Dragon shmagon I'm after a griffon now Gotcha!


You just want to re-enact one of my favourite Family Guy moments:
01/12/2010 18:30:08
Favourite ever cartoon? Sylvesters Son was also awesome in the Kangaroo episodes "I'm soooo ashamed!"

Hmm, can't find the best one but this is ok:
30/11/2010 12:04:48
Problems after the update Hi hugmyster,

I had a quick word with Ian and I was hoping to ask you a couple of questions:

Are you using a home or business connection?
If it's a home connection who is your service provider?

Take care,
-Jim.
26/11/2010 14:00:31
log in from software Hi eddierose, sorry you are having trouble.

The most likely explanation is that your firewall is blocking Muvizu.exe from the internet - could you please try adding C:\Program Files\Muvizu\Binaries\Muvizu.exe (or C:\Program Files(x86)\Muvizu\Binaries\Muvizu.exe if you have a 64-bit version of Windows) to your list of allowed programmes?

Take care,
-Jim.
25/11/2010 14:36:57
GAGA finalist toonarama wrote:
freakmoomin wrote:
Anybody know what this is?

National Theatre of Scotland – ‘TDF Takeover’

Tour de france takeover?


No - I think it is "The Daft F.." - oh no maybe not


Yes the "Daft Friday" - Glasgow Uni's traditional end-of term ball!
24/11/2010 15:55:09
WHere are my creations Hi again Hector,

900 MB! Wow, I am guessing that you have saved the video in an uncompressed format - if so, would it be possible to re-encode it in XVid either by re-recording it in Muvizu or by running the AVI through Virtualdub or another editing programme?

The reason that I am asking you to do this is that the larger the file the higher the chance of something going wrong during the upload process.

Take care,
-Jim
24/11/2010 15:14:34
WHere are my creations Hi again Hectorstudio,

That's really strange - your .avi files should always show up on YouTube, even if there is a problem with our system.

We only need to approve the videos on our site - your YouTube account should show all of your videos, even if we haven't approved them yet.

Could you tell me what time you tried to upload them please? That will allow us to check if there were any error messages logged.

Take care,
-Jim.
23/11/2010 11:13:19
Modding Hello again inlimbo,

We are planning on adding the ability to upload custom character attachments, but it might be a while before it's implemented.

You would probably be able to open the UPK files in the Unreal Editor, but due to the custom content that has been added by our devs the results would be hard to predict. (I would save a backup of any files, just in case).

Take care,
-Jim.
23/11/2010 11:00:05
WHere are my creations Hello Hectorstudio, thanks for trying Muvizu.

Your videos haven't shown up on our system either - it's possible that there was a problem with the upload process. Could you please try again?

Take care,
-Jim.
20/11/2010 09:55:52
MachinExpo / Muvizu Competition. Deadline Dec 10th Hi Dwino,

Any video that is uploaded via Muvizu.com will appear on your YouTube account pretty much instantaneously, so if you upload via our site and then go to your "My Videos" section on YouTube you will be able to get a link from there.

The problem with some videos taking a while to show up on our system doesn't affect the YouTube hosting .

Take care,
-Jim.
19/11/2010 10:57:15
MachinExpo / Muvizu Competition. Deadline Dec 10th Hi dwino,

Their website http://machiniplex.net/expo/2010/11/01/muvizu-film-competition-co-produced-with-the-expo-great-prizes-dec-10-deadline/

Has the full T&C's including:

"Entrants should register as Muvizu members at www.muvizu.com, which will allow us to contact you, and post their submission – or submissions, we don’t mind how many times you enter – under their account on our site. They should also send the urls of submitted work to the MachinExpo team at expo@machiniplex.com."

So feel free to enter 1 or 1,000,000 entries

Take care,
-Jim.
18/11/2010 15:20:45
Cannot Make Movie Hi Callum,

That's great to hear (Muvizu working, not the crash, obviously ) - if you have any questions or suggestions please let us know.

I think the devs are still going to put the programme together, just in case it happens to anyone else.

Take care,
-Jim
18/11/2010 11:03:39
Cannot Make Movie Hi Callum,

I have just poked the devs in the head and they have told me that they should have the test software pretty soon.

I will continue to poke them every day until you have it .

Take care,
-Jim.
15/11/2010 15:45:50
Facial animation in video games is evolving. Wow, that's pretty remarkable.
15/11/2010 11:43:42
Ghost House episode 3 "purposely on accident!" lol
edited by glasgowjim on 11/15/2010
12/11/2010 16:43:49
Beta Installation Heyheyhey,

Your desktop shortcuts would have been overwritten by the new install - if you go into the binaries folder of the original install you should still be able to run the original Muvizu.exe

Take it easy,
-Jim
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