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VirtualDub is a free and open-source video capture and video processing utility for Microsoft Windows

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Which resize algorithm to choose for videos?

I'm using VirtualDub for encoding with those settings. However I record my stuff in 1920x1080 and resize it down to 1280x720. Now the question: which algorithm should I choose when making a balanced quality vs. file-size decision? I always went…
Grumpy ol' Bear
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Install codecs for VirtualDub

I have many video codecs installed on my machine but Virtualdub only lets me choose from a very basic selection. Do I have to manually point VirtualDub to the codecs somehow?
maloo
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General guidelines / workflow to convert or transfer video "professionally"?

I'm an IT "professional" who sometimes has to deal with small video conversion / video cutting projects, and I'd like to learn "the right way" to do this. Every time I search Google, there's always a disaster for weird, low-maturity trialware, or…
cloneman
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VirtualDub for Linux

Is there VirtualDub analogue in Linux? I know there is MEncoder but it runs in console.
Kirill V. Lyadvinsky
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Is there a VirtualDub alternative which works with DirectShow filters?

The question says it all: I'm looking for a VirtualDub alternative which can work with video files if there's only a DirectShow filter available (and not a VFW filters as VirtualDub requires)
Daniel Rikowski
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reencode several videos with virtualdub?

I have about 50 small videos (and a few large videos). I want to convert them all with the SAME settings. Its basically change audio to X with Y bitrate, change video to xvid. and do full processing on the video and audio. Then force the FPS to 15…
user3109
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How can I smooth/deblock a video file with FFMPEG?

I am not interested in upscaling my video file, but am instead interested in just encoding it to smooth out the pixelation of my files. My files are from a T2i DSLR and I'd just like to smooth out the pixelation of the video in it. I did this with…
Zachary Goodwin
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How can I stop music from looping for every cut of video in VirtualDub?

I'm trying to use VirtualDub to make a video. I have a 3 second clip that I copy and pasted multiple times to loop it. When I try to add music, the music loops when a new loop of the video starts. I've tried a lot of things to make the music not…
Actually Ed
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Converting with ffmpeg a .mov to uncompressed .avi results in a black screen in virtualdub

I am trying to convert a .mov to an uncompressed .avi with ffmpeg. As I want no quality loss, I am using the following ffmpeg command: ffmpeg -i toto.mov -vcodec copy -y toto.avi The convertion works perfectly (the video works in VLC) except that…
TazgerO
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Sony Vegas 8 and VirtualDub codec problem

I have an EzCap 116 capture device, which can capture video and audio from composite cables. I capture the video in VirtualDub using its "Capture AVI" function. VirtualDub apparently encodes the video into .avi with the MPEG-1 codec and generates…
Corey
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DV-AVI in DivX Plus Player and VirtualDub - playback issue

I have an AVI-video which I had (digitally) transferred from a DV camera to my PC. The video contains errors at the beginning most likely because the DV tape was pretty old. When playing this video in the DivX Plus Player I get some picture…
Kai
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How to add subtitles without changing video aspect ratio

I'm trying to add hardsubs to an AVI file using the H264 lossless codec in VirtualDub. The original video is 720x480. The resulting video is also 720x480, but the actual video that is seen becomes thinner. Everything looks stretched vertically.…
tony_sid
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recovering an application that is not responding

I'm running Windows XP and a program (virtualdub) that I've been working in has hung. It shows the message "...not responding". And it doesn't redraw etc. I was wondering if anyone knew of a way to jumpstart a program that's hung like this. Perhaps…
Fidel
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Two second pause between DVD chapters on .avi split with VirtualDub then produced with DVDFlick

I split an .avi with VirtualDub (file->save segmented file) then turned these files into a DVD using DVD Flick. The result is a two second gap between each chapter. How can I stop this pause so the chapters run together seamlessly (and without the…
Umber Ferrule
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Virtualdub Why isnt it saving my edited down video?

I'm finished editing a video. I hit save as AVI and the result file is my longer unedited video. Its set to direct stream copy. (i am sure i was able to save like this under XP.) If i switch to full processing mode and save with xvid (defaults) it…
user3109
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