Ok , i tested this codec and works great with virtualdub but.... while streaming it uses 265% of my cpu usage, that's scary!! I have an amd Phenom2 x 4 with windows xp , should i be concerned about that usage of cpu?
@arrecarallo Obviously it's some sort of glitch, because it's impossible to use more than 100% after all. How is the actual performance when you're doing that (What I mean is, how responsive is your computer)?
Somebody help!!! when i render it in vdub, then put it in vegas it says "Warning: an error occured while loading the project file: an error occured while opening the codec"
Your channel is precisely what I was looking for. I've used virtualdub for several years, but my knowledge of and use of it, is growing, as I am trying to create new videos for my YT channel. I just installed the H.264 codec and did a short re-compression of a virtualdub RAW file. Then I analyzed the new file using avinaptics. So far, I'm quite impressed! Thanks for your help - and I will be sure to download and look at your other videos here too! :-)
Those who can't see h264 in virtualDub - Are you using Windows 64bit? I had the same problem but I downloaded the 64bit coded version "x264vfw64_34_2008bm_29021" (2011-06-15) from sourceforge and it worked! Google "x264vfw64" and it's the first page and second link in that page.
Hi ^^ I'm sort of a newbie with VirtualDub and I have a little question :O
I'm subbing a music video and I created the subtitles using Aegisub. The video file was .flv but I converted it to avi using xvid. When I try to open it up in VirtualDub, however, the video shows up as a black screen. When I preview it the audio works fine but I can't see anything :(
Am I doing something wrong here? I have Nimo something encoder installed (I forgot the name) but that doesn't seem to do anything...
@TheCatIsUmm Sounds like your computer can't natively playback XVID, at least in a way Virtualdub can recognize. A codec pack SHOULD fix things for you. Perhaps use FFDSHOW codec pack? I use ffdshow tryouts myself.
@ItsMeTheBadGuy That's because VirtualDub only handles .avi format files. Limited use in this day and age, but I use FRAPS a fair bit, and those save in .avi format so it works for me just fine.
On the other hand, Handbrake (0.9.5 and up) supports blu-ray, which uses .m2ts format.
@KageNoAku TY for your reply! I have been busy all day with programs, Power Director, After Effects etc. Those prof. programs I can't even import a file. I really don't get Adobe AE, while my general knowledge of a lot of programs is vast or at least understandable with the insight I gathered.
Cyberlink PowerDirector hasn't let me down on any extension yet but the conversion is often not the quality I like as well for tons of conversion programs out there. I'll try yours.
@ItsMeTheBadGuy You're welcome ^_^ As long as the files aren't protected, I don't see why Handbrake won't work for you. It's a pretty good program for handling DVD/BD conversions.
@ItsMeTheBadGuy Well.....Do you have something that can play those? You might be able to get FRAPS to work with that. It's sort of a jury-rigged way to get low compression AVI files.
You COULD alternatively just use the Handbrake method, setting the file type to AVI, and setting the output file size very high?
@KageNoAku I'm seeing MP4 and MKV options only to save. I tried a random MP4 in my Vdub but that doesn't work, either not compatible or no plugin for Vdub yet.
@ItsMeTheBadGuy MKV isn't supported either from some of the movies I have. The only tool that has just about reasonable quality for .TS to .AVI is AVS4U-tools. But it goes from 1.4GB to 58MB so you can imagine the loss. And I'm using the highest setting.
This file is coming out of someone elses camera. I thought my .MOV were already hard to convert and edit from my Canon. Bah...
@KageNoAku Xilisoft seems to be my solution. It's the most versatile and nice different compressions to choose from. Thanks for the help, KageNoAku. Maybe you can try it, too.
@iPwnAtZombies Are you using the right version of both devices? If you Downloaded the 64 bit version of x264vfw and installed it, you need to boot up virtualdub 64 bit version (Veedub64) otherwise it won't work.
Thanks for this. I was stuck using Xvid and the quality was bad to the point where I had to record in lower res to stop it either destroying the video or making a file to large to upload. This is both faster and amazing quality. Thanks again
For what it's worth I find X-Fire has a great video recorder that doesn't kill framerates as much, and works in Virtual Dub. (My virtual Dub won't read fraps files for some reason)
@SabreXT I did forget to mention that H.264 was designed for HD resolutions, unlike older encoders. Lawl, try using Microsoft Video 1 (really old compression scheme that probably dates back to windows 95 or something) and that was just terrible XD
Virtualdub reads FRAPS files just fine for me, so that's unfortunate on your end V_V
Xfire only works with xfire games though, I think?
@SabreXT It's an ancient video codec for windows once it went the GUI route and started supporting video. At least, that's what I'm guessing. It's pretty terrible looking no matter how little compression is added.
@SabreXT I did forget to mention that H.264 was designed for HD resolutions, unlike older encoders. Lawl, try using Microsoft Video 1 (really old compression scheme that probably dates back to windows 95 or something) and that was just terrible XD
Virtualdub reads FRAPS files just fine for me, so that's unfortunate on your end V_V
Xfire only works with xfire games though, I think?
@333hoodboy H.264 is a way of compressing video, resulting in files that are not only relatively small, but still very good looking. In my experience, default medium quality (which is what my HD game videos use) and single pass encodes results in a very nice looking video @ about 75MB/min.
It's LOADS better than XVID IMO. It isn't as widely supported by various devices (doubt it would play with most DVDs/TVs) though.
BTW: Blu-ray videos are often compressed with H.264 I think.
Devices like TVs/DVD/BD players are unlikely to work with it, but it is compatible with at least some portable devices. Ipod type devices do work with it, but I think they have bitrate restrictions.
The only other real disadvantage with h.264 is that it is more processor intensive to encode with. In this day and age, it isn't too much of an issue what with everyone buying quad cores (or better). Even laptops have quad cores these days XD
@F4H33M97 Odd. Sounds like you might have accidentally saved as a raw file.
With Raw files, even if it was a low quality (or just small because of very little action going on, on screen), if it was a decently long (doubly so if it was high resolution) video, then it would become a huge file. Raw files, if you don't know, do not compress at all, so each video frame is preserved perfectly (not sure how the audio is handled, whether it gets uncompressed too).
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x264vfw64 doesn't seem to be available at sourceforge. I search for it and there are no matches for it :(
I just want to know why I'm getting black screen when using Veedub64 on my Win7 PC. Anyone know, please? I've googled aplenty but still not sorted it.
@KageNoAku Hi, thanks. I poked a bit more on the site and found it and have installed it. It hasn't changed things with the black screen but I don't know if it would anyway.
It is a 64-bit version of Win7, however. Is there a setting I've missed, please? I used to use it on an XP machine and never had this problem (with a 32-bit version :)
@TopTellyFan Only thing I can suggest is re-installing it and/or running it as an administrator. If neither works, than I suggest seeking help on a forum where the software is discussed.
@delphi88 Ah, yes. That high a resolution would certainly result in a longer encoding period, assuming it's a decently long video (like over half an hour).
@xXMATTPHILLIPSXx Either you encoded it poorly (due to your CPU being...not so good), or your CPU and/or decoders aren't up to the task of decoding it. Do you have FFDSHOW or a different good codec pack?
When I compress my fraps videos with this amazing codec the videos are just perfect but the audio and video are out of sync for a few seconds... I tried this codec and H264 from ffdshow one... Some help?
@DezClassic Default. That's all most people will need.
To iterate more specifically, Single pass, Ratefacter or Quantizer based. Compression level of 26, 4CC - h264, VirtualDub Hack checked. AVC set to auto, SAR width/height set to 1.
In other words, default, pretty much.
BTW: If you're using the new version, it's supposedly crappy because the team split up. Check Playman350's comment above.
@KageNoAku Haha thanks. Mine is the old version i guess. I have a Modern Warfare 2 AVI video which is about 300mb, sorry im lousy at virtual dub but is this the way to compress it??
@KageNoAku Mine is around 7 or 10 minutes. Well im having the resolution problem where i upload my video to youtube and there are these black boxes beside it. Any suggestions on how i can resize it? Cuz im playing my game at 1280x1024 using wegame recorder, and i dont want to change my in game resolution cuz its jusy fine.
@DezClassic The boxes on the side are because it's not widescreen. You're using a 5:4 ratio, you need something more like 16:9 (16:10 might work too).
@DezClassic You're not spamming, I get enough of that to know what it is XD No, you do NOT want to resize (if you mean 'make it bigger'), especially you don't want to change the aspect ratio in VirtualDub (or any other video editor). It'll make it look screwy. Rather, you should play and record in a widescreen aspect ratio. Either you get a new monitor, or live with the bars on the sides when you upload.
@kian0889 Te basic options for compression are shown. If you want more options, you'd have to customize it a bit under additional configuration tabs (the first tab features the compression level option I showed).
Download the exact SAME version the author of this video downloaded (February/April 2009 build), as the most recent ones have a problem with quality.
(After a problem between the regular x264 project and the x264vfw extension, the two projects broke off and x264vfw had to re-write part of its source code.)
@KageNoAku yes it makes my encoding a bit slow and the size of 6 min video with motion blur is over 50000 gb so i stop it cause it's very impossible to be upload on youtube but thanks anyway i should not use motion blur anymore.
@sesestro 50,000MB would probably be more believable XD Even that is just ridiculous. Did you mean 5000MB?
You sure you're applying compression? Hmmm, I never fiddled with filters on Virtualdub. It's possible that it actually has to save as uncompressed first (so the large file is the raw file, post-processing). Meaning you have to encode it again, this time with just compression active.
Any video I upload, even with this codec, seems to get really ugly. If you take a look at the one on my channel right now, it looks awful despite it looking good after being converted from FRAPS via VirtualDub.
I've always had this problem. Is there any help you could offer? Your videos look much better.
Do you give it a while to finish converting? Initially converted videos always look like crap, youtube needs a while to process it (longer for HD videos, and takes longer, the longer the video is).
Wait until Youtube has the 'HD' symbol by the video title before you judge.
Which build are you using? It appears the newer ones have accelerated encoding speed, but the programmers seem to have f***ed up the bitrate optimizations.
Unless there is a specific encode you have to use for some reason, you really should. As far as I can tell, h264 is the best encoding scheme overall, it's only real downside is that it is slower than the others.
It works.. Im not going to take your advice with the "leave all the options alone" First Off you need to enable the Virtualdub Hack option. Now I am trying to figure out if this can use all 4 of my cores because rendering 960x600@5000Bitrate at 10 FPS compared to my usual Xvid@5000 goes around 35 FPS.
Uhhhhh to encode the video.....I use VirtualDub to open the raw FRAPS footage, and use the H264 encoding scheme I'm talking about here, and producing a high quality, low filesize video.
If you read 'more info', the default settings for the codec produce great results at only about 50MB/min @ 1080p resolution.
Lol, I have a anime video (K-On ending) captured @ 1080p (natively 720p though, but I don't think I could have done it in windowed mode), and at my standard settings, the minute and a half video ended at 47MB, and the video portion was less than 2x the audio size (16MB audio, about 29.5MB video). The video did suffer from quality loss, but I bet half the loss is because it was upscaled.
Eh? Are these bars on the actual video, or are they just empty space that is not video, added to make the video fit the screen? You can't remove those anymore than you can remove empty space.
Most videos these days don't use letterbox additions....
I'm guessing the box is the extra space that's present around video games on TV (though I didn't think it applied to HDTVs)....about 15% of the image on SD TVs isn't even on the visible screen, but cut off.
Thank u very much. Have'nt tested yet but sure it will. One question---I recorded and compressed a HD video 720p to 227MB for a 2:23 duration video. Is it ok in terms of size to upload on youtube???
Yep, youtube handles up to 2GB (new policy, used to be 1GB). You can see the limits when you click on the 'upload' button on the upper right, and lower down on the page.
10 minutes is another limit (for non-partners of youtube). Don't mind if you go a bit over that though.
Why not try opening the raw (pre-Vdub) video files? Course, if you've already deleted them, that'd be a problem ~_~
You could try just guessing based on the elapsed time, by opening the video in a media player. You'd at least have the seconds right, so worst that would happen is the subtitles would be a bit off sync.
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I'm posting my H.264 FFmpeg test as a video response to this video, if you type "h264 vdub" in the youtube search engine, my test is second after your tutorial =O
Runs fairly well and looks quite good, the encode.
Got a typo though, you put it as One minute and forty eight seconds, when it was two minutes and forty eight seconds.
Actually, you only had in the 40's last I saw. Meh, considering how long my video has been on, it hasn't received much viewing. And it only has a 4/5 rating ~_~
uh, I have resetted the defaults, but quality then sucked, I believe you should set the quality to something balanced between file size and quality. I make my vids in 1280x720, and if I set to 19, it makes a 2 mn video 190 mb
That IS the default though, the middle of the line that is. The ratefactor (bitrate in other words) ranges from 1 to 51, and mine is at the default 26.
Something screwy happened with yours when you selected 'load defaults' or whatever it was, I guess.
For me, I get roughly 75MB per 1 minute @ 1920x1080 for my gameplay videos. For example, my Crysis video is 4:37, and the filesize is 232MB. If you're using a lower resolution, it should be even smaller (the filesize).
That could be it, though I don't think it would screw with the defaults.
Just keep with the same setting I did (ratefactor 26), and you'll probably be alright. There isn't much point to doing higher quality, it would not be that great a difference, I'd think, except for the fact it'd boost filesize. In any case, default quality is more than good enough for youtube.
Ok , i tested this codec and works great with virtualdub but.... while streaming it uses 265% of my cpu usage, that's scary!! I have an amd Phenom2 x 4 with windows xp , should i be concerned about that usage of cpu?
arrecarallo 5 days ago
@arrecarallo Obviously it's some sort of glitch, because it's impossible to use more than 100% after all. How is the actual performance when you're doing that (What I mean is, how responsive is your computer)?
KageNoAku 5 days ago
You don't actually show how to save as mp4???
RejectedManiac 3 weeks ago
@RejectedManiac Because you can't? Virtualdub only saves as AVI (and WAV for audio).
KageNoAku 3 weeks ago
@KageNoAku With the plugin you have in the video you can save as avi, mkv, mp4, and a couple others too.
RejectedManiac 3 weeks ago
@RejectedManiac I see no option for that.
KageNoAku 3 weeks ago
Somebody help!!! when i render it in vdub, then put it in vegas it says "Warning: an error occured while loading the project file: an error occured while opening the codec"
T3mporaryGold 1 month ago
Worked for me thanks dude
YeahDude85 1 month ago
I do not hear audio on this video.....does it have audio?
jimm641 1 month ago
@jimm641 Nope, sorry. That's why everything is explained via annotations and the description.
KageNoAku 1 month ago
@KageNoAku Ok thanks.....great tutorial...appreciate you posting it
jimm641 1 month ago
Your channel is precisely what I was looking for. I've used virtualdub for several years, but my knowledge of and use of it, is growing, as I am trying to create new videos for my YT channel. I just installed the H.264 codec and did a short re-compression of a virtualdub RAW file. Then I analyzed the new file using avinaptics. So far, I'm quite impressed! Thanks for your help - and I will be sure to download and look at your other videos here too! :-)
cautiouslibra 1 month ago
@cautiouslibra Glad I could help, and thanks ^_^
KageNoAku 1 month ago
Wow thanks a lot! ^_^
55elazar 1 month ago
@55elazar You're welcome ^_^
KageNoAku 1 month ago
Those who can't see h264 in virtualDub - Are you using Windows 64bit? I had the same problem but I downloaded the 64bit coded version "x264vfw64_34_2008bm_29021" (2011-06-15) from sourceforge and it worked! Google "x264vfw64" and it's the first page and second link in that page.
IrregularPineapples 2 months ago
@IrregularPineapples Thank you so much, it worked! :D I was having that exact problem.
zacgamer01 1 month ago
Hi ^^ I'm sort of a newbie with VirtualDub and I have a little question :O
I'm subbing a music video and I created the subtitles using Aegisub. The video file was .flv but I converted it to avi using xvid. When I try to open it up in VirtualDub, however, the video shows up as a black screen. When I preview it the audio works fine but I can't see anything :(
Am I doing something wrong here? I have Nimo something encoder installed (I forgot the name) but that doesn't seem to do anything...
TheCatIsUmm 2 months ago
@TheCatIsUmm Sounds like your computer can't natively playback XVID, at least in a way Virtualdub can recognize. A codec pack SHOULD fix things for you. Perhaps use FFDSHOW codec pack? I use ffdshow tryouts myself.
KageNoAku 2 months ago
@KageNoAku Hmm... I'll try that and come back if there's still any problems. Thanks :D
TheCatIsUmm 2 months ago
Whatever I have tried, there is just nothing that makes my .ts and .m2ts work in Vdub 9.11
I downloaded several H.264 codecs, Avisynth, Avidemux.... etc I don't get it anymore. I want to edit this movie that someone shot from his camera.
Cyberlink can do it but the output film is so bad, compared.
ItsMeTheBadGuy 3 months ago
@ItsMeTheBadGuy That's because VirtualDub only handles .avi format files. Limited use in this day and age, but I use FRAPS a fair bit, and those save in .avi format so it works for me just fine.
On the other hand, Handbrake (0.9.5 and up) supports blu-ray, which uses .m2ts format.
KageNoAku 3 months ago
@KageNoAku TY for your reply! I have been busy all day with programs, Power Director, After Effects etc. Those prof. programs I can't even import a file. I really don't get Adobe AE, while my general knowledge of a lot of programs is vast or at least understandable with the insight I gathered.
Cyberlink PowerDirector hasn't let me down on any extension yet but the conversion is often not the quality I like as well for tons of conversion programs out there. I'll try yours.
ItsMeTheBadGuy 3 months ago
@ItsMeTheBadGuy You're welcome ^_^ As long as the files aren't protected, I don't see why Handbrake won't work for you. It's a pretty good program for handling DVD/BD conversions.
KageNoAku 3 months ago
@KageNoAku I need a program that can make .TS and .M2TS into raw AVI or pretty lossless, so I can deshake it and compress it with VDub.
ItsMeTheBadGuy 3 months ago
@ItsMeTheBadGuy Well.....Do you have something that can play those? You might be able to get FRAPS to work with that. It's sort of a jury-rigged way to get low compression AVI files.
You COULD alternatively just use the Handbrake method, setting the file type to AVI, and setting the output file size very high?
KageNoAku 3 months ago
@KageNoAku Maybe I missed something. I'm going to check that Handbrake again.
ItsMeTheBadGuy 3 months ago
@KageNoAku I'm seeing MP4 and MKV options only to save. I tried a random MP4 in my Vdub but that doesn't work, either not compatible or no plugin for Vdub yet.
ItsMeTheBadGuy 3 months ago
@ItsMeTheBadGuy MKV isn't supported either from some of the movies I have. The only tool that has just about reasonable quality for .TS to .AVI is AVS4U-tools. But it goes from 1.4GB to 58MB so you can imagine the loss. And I'm using the highest setting.
This file is coming out of someone elses camera. I thought my .MOV were already hard to convert and edit from my Canon. Bah...
ItsMeTheBadGuy 3 months ago
@ItsMeTheBadGuy I wish you luck on finding a solution, then. I mostly stick to Vdub and Handbrake, so I can't really help with other programs.
KageNoAku 3 months ago
@KageNoAku Xilisoft seems to be my solution. It's the most versatile and nice different compressions to choose from. Thanks for the help, KageNoAku. Maybe you can try it, too.
:)
ItsMeTheBadGuy 3 months ago
I don't have the Option for x264vw :L I followed it but I couldn't get it to work..
iPwnAtZombies 4 months ago
@iPwnAtZombies Are you using the right version of both devices? If you Downloaded the 64 bit version of x264vfw and installed it, you need to boot up virtualdub 64 bit version (Veedub64) otherwise it won't work.
KageNoAku 4 months ago
@KageNoAku ya i used the 64 bit of vdub lemme try again
iPwnAtZombies 4 months ago
Thanks for this. I was stuck using Xvid and the quality was bad to the point where I had to record in lower res to stop it either destroying the video or making a file to large to upload. This is both faster and amazing quality. Thanks again
For what it's worth I find X-Fire has a great video recorder that doesn't kill framerates as much, and works in Virtual Dub. (My virtual Dub won't read fraps files for some reason)
SabreXT 5 months ago
@SabreXT I did forget to mention that H.264 was designed for HD resolutions, unlike older encoders. Lawl, try using Microsoft Video 1 (really old compression scheme that probably dates back to windows 95 or something) and that was just terrible XD
Virtualdub reads FRAPS files just fine for me, so that's unfortunate on your end V_V
Xfire only works with xfire games though, I think?
KageNoAku 5 months ago
@KageNoAku I've never used that. I remember real media format and .movs from back in the day though. 320 was considered hi res back then.
Yeah, X-Fire only works on 'supported games' so it limits you to the big name releases. Call of Duty, Assassins Creed, ect.
SabreXT 5 months ago
@SabreXT It's an ancient video codec for windows once it went the GUI route and started supporting video. At least, that's what I'm guessing. It's pretty terrible looking no matter how little compression is added.
KageNoAku 5 months ago
@SabreXT I did forget to mention that H.264 was designed for HD resolutions, unlike older encoders. Lawl, try using Microsoft Video 1 (really old compression scheme that probably dates back to windows 95 or something) and that was just terrible XD
Virtualdub reads FRAPS files just fine for me, so that's unfortunate on your end V_V
Xfire only works with xfire games though, I think?
KageNoAku 5 months ago
WHAT IS AN H.264 ?? Is it better than xvid mpeg for quality especially anime/ cartoons?? anybody help is great :) @KageNoAku
333hoodboy 5 months ago
@333hoodboy H.264 is a way of compressing video, resulting in files that are not only relatively small, but still very good looking. In my experience, default medium quality (which is what my HD game videos use) and single pass encodes results in a very nice looking video @ about 75MB/min.
It's LOADS better than XVID IMO. It isn't as widely supported by various devices (doubt it would play with most DVDs/TVs) though.
BTW: Blu-ray videos are often compressed with H.264 I think.
KageNoAku 5 months ago
@333hoodboy Ran out of characters....
Devices like TVs/DVD/BD players are unlikely to work with it, but it is compatible with at least some portable devices. Ipod type devices do work with it, but I think they have bitrate restrictions.
The only other real disadvantage with h.264 is that it is more processor intensive to encode with. In this day and age, it isn't too much of an issue what with everyone buying quad cores (or better). Even laptops have quad cores these days XD
KageNoAku 5 months ago
Thank you so much, I was trying all these other things, from other people. And none of it worked, but this worked. THANK YOU THANK YOU!
iitsrainingglitter 5 months ago
@iitsrainingglitter No problem, glad my tutorial helped you ^_^
KageNoAku 5 months ago
Worst 1080p ever.
tezkalow 5 months ago
@tezkalow I was using Camstudio to make this recording buddy >_>
KageNoAku 5 months ago
when i deinterlace it then save the file again it turns 14mb to 2gb?
F4H33M97 7 months ago
@F4H33M97 Odd. Sounds like you might have accidentally saved as a raw file.
With Raw files, even if it was a low quality (or just small because of very little action going on, on screen), if it was a decently long (doubly so if it was high resolution) video, then it would become a huge file. Raw files, if you don't know, do not compress at all, so each video frame is preserved perfectly (not sure how the audio is handled, whether it gets uncompressed too).
KageNoAku 7 months ago
@KageNoAku yh , lol i forgot to add add the encodec when i waas doing the deinterlacing part :P
F4H33M97 7 months ago
@F4H33M97 Lol, good that it was figured out then ^_^
KageNoAku 7 months ago
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berserkmanacle1 9 months ago
x264vfw64 doesn't seem to be available at sourceforge. I search for it and there are no matches for it :(
I just want to know why I'm getting black screen when using Veedub64 on my Win7 PC. Anyone know, please? I've googled aplenty but still not sorted it.
TopTellyFan 9 months ago
@TopTellyFan Yeah, this is an old video, over 2 years old. The group has since split up I think. The version I used isn't commonly available anymore.
I THINK the version I am using is available here: komisar .gin .by/old/1834/ (You want the last one on the list Copy the URL and remove the spaces).
Possibly you don't have an x64 version of Windows 7? Veedub64 only works with 64 bit Operating systems, I imagine.
KageNoAku 9 months ago
@KageNoAku Hi, thanks. I poked a bit more on the site and found it and have installed it. It hasn't changed things with the black screen but I don't know if it would anyway.
It is a 64-bit version of Win7, however. Is there a setting I've missed, please? I used to use it on an XP machine and never had this problem (with a 32-bit version :)
TopTellyFan 9 months ago
@TopTellyFan Only thing I can suggest is re-installing it and/or running it as an administrator. If neither works, than I suggest seeking help on a forum where the software is discussed.
KageNoAku 9 months ago
fuck me 1080 resolution and shit quality FUCK
delphi88 11 months ago
@delphi88 Ah, yes. That high a resolution would certainly result in a longer encoding period, assuming it's a decently long video (like over half an hour).
KageNoAku 11 months ago
@delphi88 protip: crop 1080p videos to 1920x1072. Youtube doesn't encode real 1080p for some reason, probably because it's not a multiple of 16.
jerkstoresup 10 months ago
virus!!!!
martinzopetazo 1 year ago
@martinzopetazo Ummmm, no....VirtualDub is a commonly used application, and SourceForge is a commonly used open source software source.
KageNoAku 1 year ago
@KageNoAku no I mean downloaded a file from those links and it showed up as a virus i dont know why :(
martinzopetazo 1 year ago
@martinzopetazo Most likely a false-positive then. What are you using as an anti-virus?
KageNoAku 1 year ago
@KageNoAku Avira Free Ed
martinzopetazo 1 year ago
@martinzopetazo That's what I have too, though this video was made closing in on two years ago.
KageNoAku 1 year ago
I actually hate this encoder. I prefer XviD.
xXMATTPHILLIPSXx 1 year ago
@xXMATTPHILLIPSXx You probably can't get it (the encoded videos) to work on some devices that only like XviD or DIVX, no?
KageNoAku 1 year ago
@KageNoAku It's actually because it has choppy playback no matter what player I use or what settings I use and it does awful with 60fps.
xXMATTPHILLIPSXx 1 year ago
@xXMATTPHILLIPSXx Either you encoded it poorly (due to your CPU being...not so good), or your CPU and/or decoders aren't up to the task of decoding it. Do you have FFDSHOW or a different good codec pack?
KageNoAku 1 year ago
This has been flagged as spam show
@KageNoAku Actually I figured it out.
xXMATTPHILLIPSXx 1 year ago
When I compress my fraps videos with this amazing codec the videos are just perfect but the audio and video are out of sync for a few seconds... I tried this codec and H264 from ffdshow one... Some help?
Hernaner28 1 year ago
@Hernaner28 OMG, I could sync them. I just turned on Virtual Dub Hack option, but I was told that it might cause losing a few FPS...
Hernaner28 1 year ago
Argh what are the f-ing settings
DezClassic 1 year ago
@DezClassic Default. That's all most people will need.
To iterate more specifically, Single pass, Ratefacter or Quantizer based. Compression level of 26, 4CC - h264, VirtualDub Hack checked. AVC set to auto, SAR width/height set to 1.
In other words, default, pretty much.
BTW: If you're using the new version, it's supposedly crappy because the team split up. Check Playman350's comment above.
KageNoAku 1 year ago
@KageNoAku Haha thanks. Mine is the old version i guess. I have a Modern Warfare 2 AVI video which is about 300mb, sorry im lousy at virtual dub but is this the way to compress it??
DezClassic 1 year ago
@DezClassic Well, if it looks like uncompressed in-game footage, than it is probably alright. How long is it and what's the resolution at?
KageNoAku 1 year ago
@KageNoAku Mine is around 7 or 10 minutes. Well im having the resolution problem where i upload my video to youtube and there are these black boxes beside it. Any suggestions on how i can resize it? Cuz im playing my game at 1280x1024 using wegame recorder, and i dont want to change my in game resolution cuz its jusy fine.
DezClassic 1 year ago
@DezClassic The boxes on the side are because it's not widescreen. You're using a 5:4 ratio, you need something more like 16:9 (16:10 might work too).
KageNoAku 1 year ago
@KageNoAku Thanks! That really helped, im going to try it out later. Shall i do the Resize in Filters of Virtualdub? Very sorry for spamming here!
DezClassic 1 year ago
@DezClassic You're not spamming, I get enough of that to know what it is XD No, you do NOT want to resize (if you mean 'make it bigger'), especially you don't want to change the aspect ratio in VirtualDub (or any other video editor). It'll make it look screwy. Rather, you should play and record in a widescreen aspect ratio. Either you get a new monitor, or live with the bars on the sides when you upload.
KageNoAku 1 year ago
this doesnt tell anything . where are the settings ??
kian0889 1 year ago
@kian0889 Te basic options for compression are shown. If you want more options, you'd have to customize it a bit under additional configuration tabs (the first tab features the compression level option I showed).
KageNoAku 1 year ago
Thank you very much for this :)
TheRexHD 1 year ago
Note to people watching this:
Download the exact SAME version the author of this video downloaded (February/April 2009 build), as the most recent ones have a problem with quality.
(After a problem between the regular x264 project and the x264vfw extension, the two projects broke off and x264vfw had to re-write part of its source code.)
playman350 1 year ago
@playman350 So that's why they went down in quality. They had to change part of the code to please the people that broke off?
BTW: Be sure to update here if they fix the issues in the future, if you remember ^_^
KageNoAku 1 year ago
camtasia vs virtualdub : com/watch?v=yYJjRMbbTqc
flavioscorpions 1 year ago
I've got a problem: I got Dazzle working twice on VDub but now it's just a black screen on preview all the time!
EOCB 1 year ago
@EOCB I know Dazzle is a hardware capture device (for use on TVs and such), and I'm not familiar with it.
Probably pointless to ask, but did you change any settings with your Dazzle? Did you add/remove the Dazzle's codec from your OS?
KageNoAku 1 year ago
@KageNoAku I'm not really sure, what I am sure of is that I didn't change anything after it worked.
EOCB 1 year ago
@EOCB Sorry, I don't really know what to do to help in this case. Perhaps finding a help forum would be useful?
KageNoAku 1 year ago
But the x264 codec is not the same as the H264 is paid back.
X264 codec is freely available.
A codec H264 is just so easy to get and I'd like to try: D
hankmanGTA 1 year ago
if i use motion blur option could Mblur eat more HDD space?
sesestro 1 year ago
@sesestro Hmmmm? An encoding option (filter) or something?
In any case, I doubt it would, not noticeably anyhow, but I could be wrong. However, it could slow the encoding speed a bit.
KageNoAku 1 year ago
@KageNoAku yes it makes my encoding a bit slow and the size of 6 min video with motion blur is over 50000 gb so i stop it cause it's very impossible to be upload on youtube but thanks anyway i should not use motion blur anymore.
sesestro 1 year ago
@sesestro 50,000MB would probably be more believable XD Even that is just ridiculous. Did you mean 5000MB?
You sure you're applying compression? Hmmm, I never fiddled with filters on Virtualdub. It's possible that it actually has to save as uncompressed first (so the large file is the raw file, post-processing). Meaning you have to encode it again, this time with just compression active.
KageNoAku 1 year ago
@sesestro yes 5000 mb only sorry too much zero :)
sesestro 1 year ago
Thanx Brother :))))))
NikicaIvos 1 year ago
you lost me at 1:33...
installed: x264vfw_20_1195bm_19501.exe
installed: VirtualDub-1.9.8-AMD64
ran: Veedub64.exe
Video>compression>[missing] :/
delatroy 2 years ago
strange.. VirtualDubMod_1_5_10_2_All_inclusive works but VirtualDub-1.9.8-AMD64 doesnt for me. Enjoy
delatroy 2 years ago
@delatroy
I think you're supposed to install the x264vfw64__20_1195bm_19501.exe version, if you use 64bit version of VirtualDub...
TeppoTK 1 year ago
Any video I upload, even with this codec, seems to get really ugly. If you take a look at the one on my channel right now, it looks awful despite it looking good after being converted from FRAPS via VirtualDub.
I've always had this problem. Is there any help you could offer? Your videos look much better.
daytimesky 2 years ago
As I said in the other video:
Do you give it a while to finish converting? Initially converted videos always look like crap, youtube needs a while to process it (longer for HD videos, and takes longer, the longer the video is).
Wait until Youtube has the 'HD' symbol by the video title before you judge.
KageNoAku 2 years ago
Worked like a charm !
good gear son
1dosucol1 2 years ago
this is x264 not h264 :P
SylarsCreed 2 years ago
@Sylar:
This IS x264, but x264 is an open-source H.264 encoder. H.264 is the codec, x264 is the encoder.
playman350 2 years ago 9
oh :P didnt knew that
SylarsCreed 2 years ago
@SylarsCreed x264 is h264 open source
xXMATTPHILLIPSXx 1 year ago
Which build are you using? It appears the newer ones have accelerated encoding speed, but the programmers seem to have f***ed up the bitrate optimizations.
playman350 2 years ago
Eh, not a clue. I got it around the time I made this video, so it would be about half a year old or more.
KageNoAku 2 years ago
mm, from what I saw, I think it's the 26 of February build...
playman350 2 years ago
Thanks, this actually works. :D I don't use the H.264 codec to encode though. I just use it so it'll open in VD.
iMmoRtaLfrEnD704 2 years ago
Unless there is a specific encode you have to use for some reason, you really should. As far as I can tell, h264 is the best encoding scheme overall, it's only real downside is that it is slower than the others.
KageNoAku 2 years ago
It works.. Im not going to take your advice with the "leave all the options alone" First Off you need to enable the Virtualdub Hack option. Now I am trying to figure out if this can use all 4 of my cores because rendering 960x600@5000Bitrate at 10 FPS compared to my usual Xvid@5000 goes around 35 FPS.
ViolatorGaming 2 years ago
Hey, if you know better ways to do things, then so much the better.
Mostly this tutorial is for newbies. Don't want newbies to start fiddling with the options too much eh?
KageNoAku 2 years ago
There should be an option for multithreading under the options - preferences or something. Should improve performance.
KageNoAku 2 years ago
yeah, must have missed it yesterday. Getting 33-37FPS encoding @3,000. Sweet!
ViolatorGaming 2 years ago
What did you record crysis with? Console?
Hamppzah 2 years ago
I mean developer console on pc, not PS3 or XBOX of course.. x) What's the command to screenshots per second?
Hamppzah 2 years ago
I used Fraps? The default button to press is F9 but you can change it.
I don't remember if Crysis has a built in recorder or not.
KageNoAku 2 years ago
Oh, ok. What did you use virtualdub for then? It's a program to make an AVI from an image sequence :P
Hamppzah 2 years ago
Uhhhhh to encode the video.....I use VirtualDub to open the raw FRAPS footage, and use the H264 encoding scheme I'm talking about here, and producing a high quality, low filesize video.
If you read 'more info', the default settings for the codec produce great results at only about 50MB/min @ 1080p resolution.
KageNoAku 2 years ago
Thankss!!Work Prefectlyy!!!!
lb3rg 2 years ago
omg thank youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!!! ive been looking for this for SO long!!!!! :)
rayparktoaddm 2 years ago
Lol, you're welcome ^_^
KageNoAku 2 years ago
thank you so much for this!!!
frshholygrailzEGO3 2 years ago
thanks!!!
deskvdenis 2 years ago
Thanks a lot =]
punanena2 2 years ago
No problem, glad it helped you out ^_^
KageNoAku 2 years ago
I don't know which codec you're using but the same x264vfw codec work's one my virtualdubmod.
mentaldagger 2 years ago
It probably didn't work for me because I have both Vdubs installed, and it only installed for one of them, I guess.
KageNoAku 2 years ago
Getting this brand new Hauppauge HD PVR thingy and going to use this encoder for my future 720p HD PS3 videos :)
playman350 2 years ago
Smart choice.
Unless Virtualdub refuses to open the raw video file being encoded, it depends on how said file is encoded, and to what file type.
KageNoAku 2 years ago
Now, I will be using this codec for my Half-Life 2 and Left 4 Dead frame dumps :D
playman350 2 years ago
You better ^_^ It does a great job of it.
Lol, I have a anime video (K-On ending) captured @ 1080p (natively 720p though, but I don't think I could have done it in windowed mode), and at my standard settings, the minute and a half video ended at 47MB, and the video portion was less than 2x the audio size (16MB audio, about 29.5MB video). The video did suffer from quality loss, but I bet half the loss is because it was upscaled.
KageNoAku 2 years ago
BTW: I decided against uploading the video, since it would probably be removed eventually anyhow.
KageNoAku 2 years ago
From where did you get the wallpaper??
keneAhnung11 2 years ago
Found it searching for HD wallpapers, on some site.
The original format is ultra widescreen with high resolution, 3200x1200 pixels. I resized and cut it for my 1080p monitor.
Send me a message and I'll cut it again to match your resolution, if you like.
KageNoAku 2 years ago
I think I'm gonna test what kind of quality I get when using a MPEG2 file with the .mpg Vdub handler and x264 !
Trying this out right now :D
H.264 FOR PRESIDENT!
playman350 2 years ago
Um, guess I'm gonna test with Vegas, I need to crop out the black bar that gets into my videos streamed from my PS3 :D (damn it).
playman350 2 years ago
Eh? Are these bars on the actual video, or are they just empty space that is not video, added to make the video fit the screen? You can't remove those anymore than you can remove empty space.
Most videos these days don't use letterbox additions....
KageNoAku 2 years ago
Well, it's because I have capture card for my games now but it downscales the video from 1920x1080 to 720x480 widescreen, and it creates a weird box.
playman350 2 years ago
Oh that, have you tried looking at settings?
I'm guessing the box is the extra space that's present around video games on TV (though I didn't think it applied to HDTVs)....about 15% of the image on SD TVs isn't even on the visible screen, but cut off.
KageNoAku 2 years ago
Well, the bigger the input resolution for my cap card, the bigger the box.
No problem with that bar though, I have an all-done preset to remove the bar in Vegas.
playman350 2 years ago
Thank u very much. Have'nt tested yet but sure it will. One question---I recorded and compressed a HD video 720p to 227MB for a 2:23 duration video. Is it ok in terms of size to upload on youtube???
shankyishere 2 years ago
Yep, youtube handles up to 2GB (new policy, used to be 1GB). You can see the limits when you click on the 'upload' button on the upper right, and lower down on the page.
10 minutes is another limit (for non-partners of youtube). Don't mind if you go a bit over that though.
KageNoAku 2 years ago
actually i meant is it(227) normal size for a 2:23 video?or it sould be lesser? What is normal size for a compressed HD video per minute i mean.
shankyishere 2 years ago
thanks alot.
hottorihanzo 2 years ago
No problem, I hope it helped you out ^_^
KageNoAku 2 years ago
I have a problem with Subtitle Workshop though, I cannot open video files encoded in x264vfw made using VDub :(
350Productions 2 years ago
Why not try opening the raw (pre-Vdub) video files? Course, if you've already deleted them, that'd be a problem ~_~
You could try just guessing based on the elapsed time, by opening the video in a media player. You'd at least have the seconds right, so worst that would happen is the subtitles would be a bit off sync.
KageNoAku 2 years ago
I have a question (if I already asked sorry): You live in Canada, no? if yes are you from Quebec (parle francais?)
350Productions 2 years ago
Yes, I live in Canada. And no, born and raised in Ontario, been to Quebec once.
Je ne parle francais, sorry. I sucked when I took it, I just couldn't get into it, and I had something substituted in for it when I went to High School. Why?
KageNoAku 2 years ago
I'm posting my H.264 FFmpeg test as a video response to this video, if you type "h264 vdub" in the youtube search engine, my test is second after your tutorial =O
350Productions 2 years ago
And it only has 60 views...
350Productions 2 years ago
Checked it out (though sans audio).
Runs fairly well and looks quite good, the encode.
Got a typo though, you put it as One minute and forty eight seconds, when it was two minutes and forty eight seconds.
Actually, you only had in the 40's last I saw. Meh, considering how long my video has been on, it hasn't received much viewing. And it only has a 4/5 rating ~_~
KageNoAku 2 years ago
I loved your Quantum of Solace video :)
350Productions 2 years ago
Thanks. Though it is one of my lesser viewed game captures.
I really ought to capture some of CoD4 (I have the full game now), and The Witcher....Haven't played the latter in ages though ~_~
KageNoAku 2 years ago
Ah, I get it now! This codec is the open vfw version of ffmpeg x264!
350Productions 2 years ago
Simple question: is this FFmpeg x264? I'm looking for this all over google and I think I might be a dumbass cuz I may already have it -_-
350Productions 2 years ago
No, it isn't. It is an encoder/decoder designed for Virtualdub.
You can of course, use other H264 encoders if you find they work well for you.
I used this one because at normal settings, I got a very acceptable result of file size to quality @ 1080p
KageNoAku 2 years ago
In fact, I think it's the other version of the codec, the one I was looking for is delivered with special video converters like eRightsoft's Super.
You might want to take a look at this, watch some tests there are on YouTube.
350Productions 2 years ago
Thanks! yur vids look real good
350Productions 2 years ago
Thanks ^_^
I believe my more recent desktop videos look better, actually (changed the recording program).
KageNoAku 2 years ago
uh, I have resetted the defaults, but quality then sucked, I believe you should set the quality to something balanced between file size and quality. I make my vids in 1280x720, and if I set to 19, it makes a 2 mn video 190 mb
350Productions 2 years ago
That IS the default though, the middle of the line that is. The ratefactor (bitrate in other words) ranges from 1 to 51, and mine is at the default 26.
Something screwy happened with yours when you selected 'load defaults' or whatever it was, I guess.
For me, I get roughly 75MB per 1 minute @ 1920x1080 for my gameplay videos. For example, my Crysis video is 4:37, and the filesize is 232MB. If you're using a lower resolution, it should be even smaller (the filesize).
KageNoAku 2 years ago
maybe there's a difference, i have XP 32-bit and downloaded the 32-bit codec on 32-bit VirtualDub
350Productions 2 years ago
That could be it, though I don't think it would screw with the defaults.
Just keep with the same setting I did (ratefactor 26), and you'll probably be alright. There isn't much point to doing higher quality, it would not be that great a difference, I'd think, except for the fact it'd boost filesize. In any case, default quality is more than good enough for youtube.
KageNoAku 2 years ago
I checked the VirtualDub hack box in the codec configuration and now it works awesome.
350Productions 2 years ago
Oh, that's great ^_^
Happy encoding!
KageNoAku 2 years ago
In fact, that box allows you to reduce file size to like 250Mb for 720p HD 10 mn video, at a very decent quality.
350Productions 2 years ago
That sounds pretty good actually.
10 mins @ the way I got it set up, @1080p would be around triple that (750MB).
KageNoAku 2 years ago