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Posted by: zimbot Feb 12 2010, 07:41 PM
I have a file.avi that has the dv codec.
when i attempt to play in virtual dub i get
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VirtualDub Error
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Couldn't locate decompressor for format 'dvsd' (unknown)

VirtualDub requires a Video for Windows (VFW) compatible codec to decompress video.

DirectShow codecs, such as those used by Windows Media Player, are not suitable.
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OK
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if i inspect the file w mediainfo i see

General #0

Complete name : D:\VidC_05_shr\rider_test\001.avi

Format : AVI

Format/Info : Audio Video Interleave

Format/Family : RIFF

File size : 2.04 GiB

PlayTime : 9mn 36s

Bit rate : 30.4 Mbps

StreamSize/String : 467 MiB



Video #0

Codec : Sony DV

Codec/Family : DV

Codec/Info : Sony Digital Video (DV) 525 lines at 29.97 Hz or 625 lines at 25.00 Hz

PlayTime : 9mn 36s

Bit rate : 22.1 Mbps

Width : 720 pixels

Height : 480 pixels

Display Aspect ratio : 4/3

Frame rate mode : CFR

Frame rate : 29.970 fps

Standard : NTSC

Resolution : 24 bits

Chroma : 4:1:1

Interlacement : Interlaced

Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 2.131

StreamSize/String : 1.48 GiB



Audio #0

Codec : PCM

Codec/Family : PCM

Codec/Info : Microsoft PCM

Codec settings : Little / Unsigned

Codec settings, Endianness : Little

Codec settings, Sign : Unsigned

PlayTime : 9mn 36s

Bit rate : 1536 Kbps

Channel(s) : 2 channels

Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz

Resolution : 16 bits

StreamSize/String : 106 MiB


so -- is theer a plug in or something that will allow me to open this file in virtual dub?

Posted by: Placio74 Feb 12 2010, 08:21 PM
Options > Preferences... > AVI > Prefer internal video decoders over installed third-party codecs (MJPEG and DV)

Or use ffdshow VFW.
ffdshow video encoder configuration > Decoder > Codecs > DV = libavcodec

Or install some DV codec - for example, Cedocida DV Codec.

Posted by: Jam One Feb 12 2010, 08:24 PM
ffdshow's internal DV is excellent.

I find it to behave better than MainConcept-DV and Canopus-DV in some cases (in respect of detail/sharpness and "chromatic aberrations" i.e. luma-chroma relative shifts/misplacements).

...I even "commented" the Win Registry entry for vidc.dvsd (renamed it to _vidc.dvsd) in order to make ffdshow to run on each and every call for DVSD instead of system default codec...

The only problem - sometimes you can run into the entire ffdshow build being "corrupt".

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