Quick new video compression guide (from fraps to vdub)

http://sourceforge.net/projects/virtualdub/files/virtualdub-win/1.9.11.32842/...
http://sourceforge.net/projects/x264vfw/files/x264vfw64/30_1867bm_26400/x264v...

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• dub
• vdub
• compression
• x264

[Madarpok]

The same programs can be used on XP 32-bit, you just have to download the compatible version.

And no to bitch about the video, but both x264VFW itself and putting an h.264 stream in AVI container is a hack, there are better alternatives, for example StaxRip(uses Avisynth and mkv).

[diggitySC]

@Madarpok As far as I know StaxRip doesnt have a lot of other features (logo filter etc) that make Vdub preferable for commentators in particular.

[Saxonaitor]

So how much roughly is a 10 minute video for you Diggity? Because I tried Vdub for some videos I uploaded and it didn't reduce it a whole lot, a 10 minutes video would still be 2Gb + and to much of a pain to upload..

[diggitySC]

@Saxonaitor you might want to lower your quality a bit. You might also be trying to compress a file which has already been compressed in which case you won't get much gain

[GrandDracolich]

If you're running Windows XP, the XVid MPEG4 codec that I think comes with VirtualDub works well enough. Setting it to 15 gives good quality/filesize ratio.

If you want to compress sound, too, Audio > Full Processing mode and Compression can work if you know sound files. I prefer the AC-3 ACM codec compressing to 96kBit/s, 44100, stereo, most of the time you can't tell a difference, but you should play around with just to see. That codec doesn't like StarCraft 2, though.

Just my two cents.

[diggitySC]

@GrandDracolich My one side note to this would be to put the audio rate up to 48000 for a better sound overall.

[HeroicDolphin]

Just wondering... Wth is your wallpaper?

[Sam5Max]

I <3 diggity~!!

[creature283999]

dude i downloaded everything u did the codec wont show no codec will idk wats going on i tried every good codec there is they wont show up in virtual dub can u plz help me?

[Flewplaysgames]

A very useful guide, thanks!

[slytown]

Do record FRAPS clips to a separate hard drive or do you just have one hard drive? Thanks so much for the guides Diggity.

[GameMeThree]

What the hell...My video file is 10 MBs and the Audio file is 110 MBs..WHY?D:

[InsurancedGamers]

How do you make your videos in 1080p?

[StubbornJoe]

I know this video is pretty old by now, but it still helped a lot in getting my videos to compress. One question I have about compressing the files is: Is there something I should change to get rid of some "corruption" in the compression? My videos get random spots where they become all pixelated for a few seconds, and then jump ahead to where it should be, back to being matched up w/the audio.

Any suggestions?

[TheAngryGazebo]

I was able to do this with Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit for anyone else concerned that he said Windows 7 only.