
:1 compression ratio (and therefore a disk write of around 2MB/sec), but I'm still dropping 500-1000 frames of a 30 second clip. I've tried the pegasus compression filters, and am getting a 14 So I try adding some compression, first Huffyuv, then pegasus However, it's way out of sync with a ton of dropped frames. I add a deinterlacing filter and that wonderful VHS filter, and set it to output the results to an AVI file. So I install the virtualdub mpeg2 version that does. So I download virtualdub, find out that it doesn't support mpeg2. The resulting file looks ok, but I'd like to run it through virtualdub to clean it up a bit. As far was I can tell it only captures to mpeg2 and not avi. 'm capturing from VHS into a full resolution D1 mpeg2 file using a Hauppage PVR-150. I can't remember it ever running on any PC I've tried it on without it crashing.This is a crosspost from the shspvr forums, so please excuse me if you read both. Is there anything out there that's free and easy to use for the average Joe (or HAN ?) While VirtualDub may be a good free app, it's far from easy to use! (IMO, Windows Movie Maker can't qualify here.

IMO, VirtualDub is definitely not for anyone wanting to work on a handful of videos per year (IOW, the average user shooting home video.) This is a serious, many hours long commitment in learning and experimentation. So you have to download and install all this other stuff, adjust many settings to something other than the defaults, and on and on.

Based on many of the tutorials I watched, there are no recommended codecs included as part of the package. Trying to use VirtualDub is like starting over with PCs at ground zero.Įverything is so convoluted. Train: Thanks for trying! I looked at several of the tutorials and my opinion has remained unchanged. Slow down and go slowly until it falls in place. (d) How can I get VirtualDub to open that avi/mpg file.

(c) Is there any special 'place' (folder, etc) inside Windows XP (Home SP2) that I should put my codec so that it can be shared by other programs ? I downloaded and installed a XVID codec (that I downloaded from ), and VirtualDub still gives me that error message, and refuses to open my files (I tried avi, and I tried mpg - same error encountered). DirectShow codecs such as those used by Windows Media Player, are not suitable." VirtualDub requires a Video for Windows (Vfw) compatible codec to decompress video. "Can't locate decompressor for format 'xvid' (unknown). But I cannot get VirtualDub to open the file. I want to rip the sound track from the avi/mpg file using VirtualDub 1.7.8 (Build 28346). I can play that file with Windows Media Player (v.11).

I have an AVI file which I successfully converted from flv format to avi/mpg format using avs Video Converter (v.6).
