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Posted by: arklight Jul 27 2007, 06:50 PM

HERI'S VIRTUALDUB FOR THE ABSOLUTE BEGINNER. Been asked alot of times about what virtualdub is, how to use, what can it do.Especially after threads like this.so to save repeating myself I thought i'd post this.Maybe make it sticky? We'll see.So what is virtualdub? WHAT IT DOES: Virtualdub is a popular OPEN SOURCE program created by AVERY LEE used to: .1 ENCODE video files from one fornat to another. depending on the codecs installed on your system. .2 CAPTURE VIDEO from your video camera to your PC. .3 CHANGE CREATIVELY AND ARTISTICALLY THE LOOK OF YOUR VIDEO .Via the Virtualdub filters plugins. .4 FRAMESERVE. You got a video file that one of your other video programs can't open but virtualdub can? Frameserve it.Streaming the video from virtualdub to a a dummy video file .Then open the dummy video file in your other video program. .5 EXPORT IMAGE SEQUENCES.You don't have to output video files. You can output the whole video file as individual frames.Filetypes depend on which flavour of virtualdub you use (JPG, TGA PNG and GIF-).Experimental version of virtualdub also does Photoshop filmstrip. Some other video programs work best with image sequences and need them. .6 IMPORT IMAGE SEQUENCES.create a variety of video files from image sequences (JPG, TGA OR PNG only). Godsend for stop motion animators that want to create a video file. or create video files from other video programs that ONLY export image sequences .7 IMPORT IMAGES TO ARTISTICALLY ALTER.You can import SINGLE images to artistically alter with the vast range of virtualdub filters, and export a single image out. DOWNLOAD IT: You can download about 4 DIFFERENT FLAVOURS OF VIRTUALDUB. Each do something slightly different. It is recommended to download ALL of them. here are the download links in order of most important. .1 VIRTUALDUB REGULAR.34bit and 64 bit versions. this is the virtualdub versionthat gets updated FIRST. Updates are very regular.So check often.here are the download links, also download alternate links : Alex Avery's site,creator.Check download section: http://www.virtualdub.org .2 VIRTUALDUBMOD and AVISYNTH:essential for opening QUICKTIME movies,and other movie files that virtualdub regular can't. Also encode AC3 audio (DVD audio). Plus INTERLEAVE (combine sound and video from into one video file- WITHOUT time consuming rendering).As well as doing all the things regular virtualdub can do.You NEED to install AVISYNTH for this to work.Here are the download links: http://www.videohelp.com/tools/Avisynth http://www.videohelp.com/tools/VirtualdubMOD http://www.afterdawn.com/software/video_software/video_tools/virtualdubmod.cfm Virtualmod 6 channel sound.Encode surround sound to your video files as well as all the things virtualdubmod can do. http://www.softpedia.com/get/Multimedia/Video/Codec-Packs-Video-Codecs/VirtualDubMod-Surround.shtml http://www.videohelp.com/tools/VirtualdubMOD .3 VIRTUALDUBMPEG2:-able to open most Windows Media files (WMV), open raw VOB files (DVD video files straight from the dvd folder of your DVD disc).As well as all the things virtualdub can do. http://www.videohelp.com/tools/Virtualdub-MPEG2 .4 VIRTUALDUB EXPERIMENTAL. Alex's chance to try out some more out of the box ideas.Not quite a beta (try out of software before main release), some ideas might get junked altogether. it might crash too.But most times suprisingly useful. [URL] http://www.virtualdub.org[/URL] http://www.afterdawn.com/software/video_software/video_tools/virtualdub.cfm .5 VIRTUALDUB ASF: Open OLD windows ASF video files.Will not open modern Windows media files (WMV). http://www.videohelp.com/tools/Virtualdub_1.4c-ASF http:////www.afterdawn.com/software/video_software/video_tools/virtualdub_1_3c.cfm DOWNLOAD CODECS: Your video files will not play on ANY video program on your system, let alone virtualdub if you don't download and install the RIGHT codecs to play them. Here are my RECOMMENDED ESSSENTIALS TO DOWNLOAD AND INSTALL: STINKY'S MPEG2 codec. Now you can open DVD/VOB/MPEG2 files in practically any video program.Essential: http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Stinky_MPEG_2_Codec.htm AC3 CODEC.FREE.One of a kind.Allows you to Encode AC3 audio (DVD audio) in virtualdub.Essential. http://www.free-codecs.com/download/AC-3_ACM_Decompressor.htm AC3 FILTER. http://www.free-codecs.com/download/AC3_Filter.htm QUICKTIME ALTERNATIVE.If you want to open quicktime movie files, you need this. MUST UNINSTALL any versions of quicktime first before putting this in.You will still be able to play all your quicktime movies as usual.Essential. http://www.free-codecs.com/download/QuickTime_Alternative.htm DIVX and XVID CODEC. Practically the defacto king of codecs for video at the moment.Also some DVD players have ability to play Divx/Xvid files like regular DVDS.Essential. Divx: http://www.free-codecs.com/download/DivX_Free.htm xvid: http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Koepi_XviD.htm K-LITE codec pack:All the OTHER codecs you need.ALL AT ONCE.It will be very unlikely you won't be able to play a file after installing this.If KLITE asks you to uniinstall, or replace one of the codecs above like Divx/xvid,quickalternative that you yourself installed.SAY NO.Install the rest.Essential. http://www.free-codecs.com/download/K_Lite_Codec_Pack.htm VISTA CODEC PACK: If you have winows VISTA operating system and are having problems with K-LITE CODECS.Files not opening etc,crashing. Uninstall K_LITE and Install these VISTA CODECS.These have been tested to work on VISTA.Essential. http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Vista_Codec_Package.htm Now you got all the stuff... INSTALLING VIRTUALDUB: You download the zip or rar achive files.unzip them into a folder.THERE IS NO NEED TO INSTALL.You just click on the virtualdub exe file in the Virtualdub folder to start the program.As shown in animated GIF below.Each step shown every couple of seconds. GET THE FILTERS: you want to correct the colour of the wedding video you captured? You want to make a piece of video art even crazier than it is? Use the vast range of virtualdub filters.THERE IS PRACTICALLY NO OTHER VIDEO PROGRAM FREE OR COMMERCIAL THAT ALLOWS YOU TO ALTER VIDEO IN SO MANY RADICALLY DIFFERENT WAYS THAN VIRTUALDUB AND IT'S FILTERS. Only Avisynth,virtualdub's sister program can do more, although that will require you to learn scripting. SO WHERE ARE ALL THE FILTERS?? Here are links to filter dumps.collections of most of the virtualdub filters.download and unzip them to get the virtualdub filter files (VDF). http://www.hlinke.de/Home_e/Vdub-Filterlist/vdub-filterlist.html Put the VDF files into your virtualdub plugins folder so virtuialdub can access them.It's RECOMMENDED YOU JUST GET ALL OF THEM.They are so tiny in size, 65kb-300kbs each or less usually.One day you will need one of the more exotic filters, you don't want to be scrambling around the internet looking for it.Get them all. USE THE FILTERS This is for any filter.We've imported a video in, with a nice tree. We will use the HALFTONE filter to make it radically different. Almost pop art.with a red background.Click on VIDEO at the top of virtualdub, then select FILTERS.. The FILTERSTACK dialog [/B]comes up.Click to add a filter. Select a filter you want to use. It's dialog will come up. Configure it how you want.Click OK. Now it is in the filter stack. You can add more filters to the stack.The order they are in effects final image. The first in the stack is the first effect, and so on.Click ok to go back to main virtuldub screen.DONE The steps are easier to show in the animated gif below.Each step is viewed a couple of seconds, then repeated. EXPORT A VIDEO OUT OF VIRTUALDUB You've done all the things you wanted to do.Now you want to get a video out of it. Very easy, you just need to pick the CODEC (COmpression-DECompression) you want the video to be in.Do you want it asa popular divx file?whichever you want, it will depend on the codecs installed.You click on VIDEO at the top of virtualdub and select COMPRESSION.Choose the codec.CONFIGURE it how you want.Click OK.Go to file, SAVE AS.Then watch it render.Done. THATS THE BASICS DONE. HERE ARE A FEW THINGS YOU ALSO NEED TO KNOW IN MY OPINION ESSENTIAL FILTERS IN MY OPINION the most essential filters you will end up using again and again are: COLORMILL/RGB EQUALISER: Color correct video.SO Essential. FILL BORDERS: You want to create that letterbox borders.In different colours apart from black?.How far down should thwe top and bottom borders be?This lets you do it.You will end up using it suprisingly often. download here... http://emiliano.deepabyss.org/ CMYK: One of its kind for virtualdub.use CMYK instead of RGB to colour correct video. http://www.geocities.com/rocketjet4/CMYK_rj.htm GRADATION CURVE: import photoshop curves AMP files to colour correct video. http://members.chello.at/nagiller/vdub/index.html MSU FILTERS: Too many to describe.Get all of the public filters.especially MSU brightness.rescue dark dingy videos.Get all. http://www.compression.ru/video/public_filters.htm MSU CARTOONIZER: The only attempt at natural media emulation in virtualdub http://www.compression.ru/video/cartoonizer/index_en.html EMILANO'S FILTERS: Too many to descibe, get all of them.add noise is a good filter to add filmic grain to video.Colour temperature is excellent for warming up pictures or making them cooler.Get all http://emiliano.deepabyss.org/ WIDESCREEN/ANAMORPHIC: To be used with resizing filters usually. If you have a widescreen video, but want it to be converted to normal TV size. Or want normal TV to look widescreen with the letterbox. http://www.hlinke.de/Home_e/Vdub-Filterlist/vdub-filterlist.html OPEN QUICKTIME FILES You need to have VIRTUALDUBMOD. But first MUST INSTALL QUICKTIME ALTERNATIVE, and AVISYNTH . NOTE: uninstall any quicktime versions before you install quicktime alternative or there might be clashes.IF YOU DON'T HAVE THESE THINGS.FORGET IT. links to download them: http://www.free-codecs.com/download/QuickTime_Alternative.htm http://www.videohelp.com/tools/Avisynth http://www.videohelp.com/tools/VirtualdubMOD I assume you have the done above.Open up virtualdubmod by clicking on the virtuldubmod exe.goto FILE on virtualdubmod, click OPEN VIDEO FILE.Goto the location of your quicktime files.can't see them? Goto files of type at the bottom of the open video file dialog box.click the bottom from the list of file types-ALL TYPES. Now you see them. To open the files, select USE AVISYNTH TEMPLATE and choose DIRECTSHOWSOURCE.Now select your quicktime file and it will open in Virtualdubmod.DONE! You can even export this as another video type.If you didn't follow that watch the steps in the animated gif below,each step is shown every couple of seconds. But some,not all of my Quicktime files still don't open you say ! This maybe due to your quicktime movie being encoded in the very latest quicktime codec and the quicktime alternative guys haven't caught up yet and released an update. Or this maybe due to issues with your operating system.Don't even get me started about VISTA and it's handling of videomedia. If you have VISTA. I recommend you get VISTA CODEC pack.This should iron out alot of problems. http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Vista_Codec_Package.htm I hope all that helps.It was posted here in this forum, so if you do happen to stumble on this on the net, you can register on the forum (free) and ask any questions you have straightaway. Heri Mkocha

Posted by: granG Jul 31 2007, 09:50 AM

arklight, a very nice overview, and thank you for including all those links. More filters, yummy! (not sure I agree about using codec packs, I prefer to load my essential codecs manually -- but that's just me, and I don't need access to a lot of different formats.) Thank you for an excellent post.

Posted by: arklight Aug 10 2007, 10:04 PM

I realised I'd quickly skimmed over saving a video.Which is quite important. So i'll remedy this. THE SIMPLE WAY OF SAVING A VIDEO. You done the filters,made it look how you want, blah blah, how to save, is illustrated below as an animated gif. each step is about 5 viewing seconds.... USING VIRTUALDUB TO CONVERT FROM ONE VID TO ANOTHER MORE ADVANCED METHOD (for divx) PART 1 You will need one extra tool for this-GSPOT http://www.videohelp.com/tools/GSpot This brilliant free software tells you what type of media file you have even if they've changed the file extension to make it look like something else, what codec is needed to view it, and if you have something installed that will show it. It also will tell the video bit rate of the media file per second. The bit rate needed to present that file in it's current quality. You will need to match this in virtualdub PART 2 You are using Virtualdub to convert from one video to another. But you want to save it in a codec like divx which will be small enough to send across the net. At the very least you want to retain the quality to be as close to the original as you can, while compressing to make it small. I've animated it as a gif.It's much easier to show, than to write reams sometimes..... Done. Heri.

Posted by: arklight Sep 2 2007, 02:20 PM

YOU WILL PROBABLY DO THIS AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER... HOW DO I GET JUST THE AUDIO OUT OF A VIDEO FILE, CHANGE IT AND PUT IT BACK IN WITHOUT A HUGE RENDER TO A NEW VIDEO FILE??! This actually covers alot of things in one demonstration that's why I wanted to post this.You can do quite a few of these in other editing and video software.But probably nowhere near as fast and quickly. IT WILL TEACH YOU : .1 seperating sound from video WITHOUT doing a full render to create two seperate files.Very fast. .2 combining two seperate files-audio and video into one proper video container file WITHOUT doing a full render to create the one file. which usually takes ages!! Also very fast. .3 Making AC3 files. But I won't be using virtualdub for this even though once you install these http://www.free-codecs.com/download/AC-3_ACM_Decompressor.htm you can make AC3 files in virtualdub. I just prefer my workflow in getting the result.You are free to find any other way that suits you best. .4 using STREAMLIST in virtualdubmod.Thats Virtualdubmod NOT virtualdub. .5 Making divx/xvid files more compliant for standalone hardware DVD players that can play Divx/xvid files in the audio department by using ac3 instead of mp3 or wav files. List of DVD players that play divx files burnt on DVDS/CDS:- http://www.videohelp.com/dvdplayers?DVDname=&Submit=Search&Search=Search&divx=1&dvdportable=&dvdchanger=&dvdtv=&chipset=&orderby=Name&hits=50 http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-6473_7-6221255-1.html YOU WILL NEED: .1 ACM AC3 if you haven't already installed it like i said in the beginners post. http://www.free-codecs.com/download/AC-3_ACM_Decompressor.htm .2 TO get a seperate free program. It's called encWavtoAC3. http://thefrontend.sourceforge.net/EncWAVtoAC3/ It encodes WAV to AC3 BLOODY FAST.It does this all in one step without the sometimes common drop in volume when encoding WAV to AC3 in other software.you just select the audio bit rate you want and encode. .3 VIRTUALDUBMOD http://www.videohelp.com/tools/VirtualdubMOD .4 VIRTUALDUB REGULAR http://www.virtualdub.org/download LETS GO. PART 1: VIRTUALDUB REGULAR-EXPORT A WAV FILE Open the video file in [/B] VIRTUALDUB REGULAR.[/B] We will seperate the Video and the audio.We need a WAV file for encwavtoac3 to convert into an AC3 file.Let's get it. Here's where people mess up usually. check in Audio, that it is set to FULL processing. So click file, save wav.NAME AND SAVE THE WAV FILE. The steps are in the animated gif below,each step a couple of seconds. Now let's get the video file with NO AUDIO because we are going to replace the audio track.Here's where most people mess up. Click on video and then DIRECT STREAM COPY. If you had it on FULL PROCESSING it would RE render the whole video again. WHICH WOULD TAKE AGES. Direct stream copy will just put out a copy of the video.You don't even have to set compression settings and setup codecs etc.NoPE. Let's turn off the audio.By selecting no audio. Save the video.watch it blast through IN SECONDS if the video is a couple of minutes long and your computer is reasonbly fast. [/B]the steps are in the animated gif below, each step a couple seconds[/B] Close Virtualdub Regular. PART 2: ENCWAV2AC3 start up ENCWAV2AC3.Drag and drop or open the WAV you just made in virtualdub regular.Select the bit rate by moving the slider.I usually use no less than 192kbps bitrate to retain the quality.You don't need to do anything else.J ust click encode. The steps are in the animated gif below. each step a couple of sceonds long Close encwav2ac3. PART 3: VIRTUALDUBMOD Open VIRTUALDUBMOD.Open the video with no sound. Let's add the AC3 audio you just made.This is where most people scratch their head when they use virtualdubmod for the first time.[ Where's the audio in virtualdubmod ?! The audio is in the STREAMLIST. Click on STREAMLIST and a dialog comes up. Click on add, and find the AC3 File you just made. once added.click ok. Again we do not want to re-render the video file. We just want an exact copy with the AC3 file.So we go to video and click on direct stream copy. Goto save, and name your file, then watch it combine! Again this can take seconds if it is a couple of minutes video. DONE! The steps are in the animated gif below, each step a couple of seconds CONCLUSION: THAT WHOLE PROCESS USING THE EXAMPLE OF A 3 MINUTE VIDEO FILE, IMPORTING,EXPORTING,SAVING WOULD PROBABLY TAKE YOU 5-10 MINUTES IN TOTAL.YOU CAN DO MOST OF THE ABOVE IN A HOST OF OTHER VIDEO PROGRAMS.BUT NOWHERE NEAR AS FAST USUALLY, EASILY OR INTUTIVLY. ANY OTHER PRACTICAL REAL WORLD USES OF THIS TECHNIQUE??: SOUND IS TOO LOUD/CLIPPED OR TOO SOFT.YOU WANT TO CHANGE,REMIX EQ..ETC.. The sound on the video file you are playing bother's you.Sounds all wrong. well with the above method you can export just the audio. Re-mix it.Import it into your audio program, Remix it,fix it whatever.then with the above method put it back into the Video file in minutes instead of hours of rerendering the whole video. VIRTUALDUB HAS DETECTED AN IMPROPER VBR ENCODING.... Your mediaplayer choked on the file?your multiformat DVD player wont play your xvid/divx file? You open it up in Virtualdub and it tells you the error message-Virtualdub has detected an improper vbr encoding in the source avi file... you need to re-render the whole damn thing??It could take hours if it's a very long video file.NO YOU DON'T. It's the audio that needs to be taken care of. Use the method described above to export a wav file, re-render to compliant ac3 and recombine with a copy of the file without audio in minutes instead of hours. VOICE OVER. Having sound and video seperate is great because if you want to put a voice over to a video file,you've heard these in popular DVDs. You can export the sound as a WAV. Import the wav into an audio editing program. Turn down the volume, talk over with a mic while watching the footage from the original video.mix together the muted volume original with your voiceover WAV.Then convert this vioce over wav with encwav2ac3 into an AC3 file. You then use Virtualdubmod streamlist to add another audio stream. After the main one in your xvid/divx file.Remember the first audio file is the default stream that will be played first. you will have to manually select the other voice over in your mediaplayer or DVD player.one to listen to it. This method you can even have other language dubs in one file. Or just keep these AC3 files for when you author your DVD in your DVD Authoring program. AC3 Is the most industry compliant DVD audio standard while some DVD players choke at some MP3 and WAV authored DVD discs. Heri.

Posted by: arklight Sep 2 2007, 02:31 PM

REMOVE QPEL FROM AN XVID FILE Not all Xvid files are the same.Some are encoded with QPEL. While this makes for a better file according to those who use it, it also makes them NON-COMPLIANT for quite a few who have a standalone hardware DVD player that plays Divx and xvid files that have been burnt onDVDs or CDS.That means THEY DON'T PLAY for those non too lingo! Me I like to burn tutorials on DVDs and watch them on TV. Most tutorials are 20-200mb xvid/divx files that's alot of tutorials that can be put on a DVD!! Also they're on a bigger screen with better sound.Music tutorials sound much better when they're not on tinny PC speakers. SO HOW DO WE GET RID OF QPEL?? Here's the bad news, you'll have to re-render the file.The good news is we can make that render miles faster with FAST COMPRESSION and keep it nearer the same size as before.The rest is upto your computer's Ram and processor(s). You will need GSPOT and Virtualdub. GSPOT is here, download, run from exe by clicking it. No need to install. http://www.videohelp.com/tools/GSpot Virtualdub is here. http://www.virtualdub.org/download PART 1: GSPOT Gspot, the video inspector will tell you if your video has Qpel. It will save you burning it on DVDputting it on and it not playing. No more coasters! It will also tell you the bitrate you will need to keep the video filesize down while retaining picture quality. you start gspot by clicking on the exe.then the gspot dialog comes up.the steps are in the animated gif below. each step is a couple of seconds. [COLOR=blue]PART 2: VIRTUALDUB[COLOR] Now you have the bit rate noted on a piece of paper.Open Virtualdub by clicking on the exe or a shortcut you've made to the exe. The steps to remove QPEL are in the animated gif below.each step a couple of seconds. That's it.If you need the animated gifs for reference, rightclick and save to download.They provide the instructions in a cut down form. Heri Mkocha

Posted by: arklight Sep 19 2007, 05:35 PM

OPENING AN FLV FILE IN VIRTUALDUBMOD Due to the popularity of youtube and the dominace of FLV files being used in video streaming, how to open FLV files has come up a few times in forums.Here's how... ESSENTIALS: You will onlybe able to open an FLV or SWF file, or many others in Virtualdubmod IF YOU HAVE THESE 3 THINGS INSTALLED: 1. CODEC PACK http://www.free-codecs.com/download/K_Lite_Codec_Pack.htm 2. AVISYNTH http://www.videohelp.com/tools/Avisynth 3. VIRTUALDUBMOD http://www.videohelp.com/tools/VirtualdubMOD IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE ABOVE 3 INSTALLED FORGET IT. OPEN THE FILE: Here is a written explaination, but below it is an animated gif I made with the same instructions.Each step appears after a couple of seconds. right click, save image if you want to keep for reference. .1 Click file, open video file. .2 When you find your file, you'll find Virtualdubmod can't see it! .3 Click files of type, and select "all types". Now Virtualdubmod sees it! .4 Very important: Now Select Avisynth template,at the bottom and choose Directshowsource. Otherwise Virtualdubmod will not be able to open the FLV file. .5 Open the file. and wow! Now you can Enocode it into another codec, use filters to make it look different.etc. .6 The above same method works for SWF files,MOV files etc. If you have the codecs installed you can open it usually. But if you want to open WMV files,mpeg2 files or VOBs, use Virtualdubmpeg2. It is developed to work around those files as well as do all the things Virtualdub can. recommended: If you plan to edit the FLV,output it out as image sequences if your computer has the storage and can handle it.That's "file, save image sequence" in virtualdubmod.Because if you rencode it as one of the other "lossy" codecs like Divx you'll make the video quality even worse than FLVs "usually" are.Plus you retain as much of the colour quality as possible if you use PNG or TGA.Don't forget to export the sound seperately as a wav. when you go to your Editor, you just line them up and put in the correct frame rate. if you do want to rencode it into as an avi..... Encode Opened FLV to AVI .1 click on video, then compression. .2 there appears a list of codecs. Choose which one you want. For example divx.Click to configure it the way youi want. .3 once configured. Click ok. .4 let's save the video in the new codec. Click file save as, name it, then click save. .5 render speed will depend on computer specs. below is an animated gif of the same instructions.It might be clearer here. hope that helps, Heri Mkocha

Posted by: tritoneman Oct 30 2007, 09:33 PM

wow! that's a comprehensive guide. thanks how about posting a similar walkthrough for saving to FLV files using VDub (if that's possible)?

Posted by: arklight Nov 16 2007, 06:38 PM

will look into it.But plenty of encoders out there will do it. Like super... http://www.videohelp.com/tools/SUPER_1 If you just want to do a straight encode. I wouldn't do something really beautiful in virtualdub and save as an FLV though,the quality is atrocious most of the time. Save it out as IMAGE sequences for ultimate quality if you have a big harddrive ( PNG using virtualdubmod) or TGA for as near to bliss as possible. If space is an issue use anyother codec apart from FLV! Then AFTER,use an encoder to output to FLV anyway, oneday the quality will improve in FLV and you'll have to rencodeall that work which is easier than doing it all again. Heri.

Posted by: arklight Jan 19 2008, 01:54 PM

GPU FILTER FOR ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS I thought I'd add this to the absolute beginners thread because it's an important development and is probably where alot of video software is heading. **REALTIME** FX AND ALTERING OF YOUR VIDEO OR IMAGES VIA YOUR GRAPHICS CARD. Here's the main gpu filter thread where this began to take shape.... http://forums.virtualdub.org/index.php?act=ST&f=7&t=14597 KNOWN PROBLEMS: You might find you are missing a dll file..... d3dx9_25.dll you are told in the filter dialog you can find missing DLLs here.... http://www.dll-files.com/dllindex/dll-files.shtml?d3dx9d_25 or search here... http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=missing+dlls+download&btnG=Google+Search&meta= download the dll and drop it into your windows system32 folder.Any other problem, join forum (free!) and just ask! Some have seen the GPU filter downloaded it and been baffled how to use it...so lets sort it out. INSTALLING THE PLUGIN: Basically you download and uzip the gpufilter and it's contents into the virtualdub plugins folder. It comes in two parts: .1 The actual plugin, THE GPUFILTER VDF filter file. .2 The .FX FILES which you browse for from the gpu filter dialog. These are the specific FX that you apply. Like a BW.FX file might turn images black and white There is an animated gif below to show you again visually if unclear. each step shown every couple of seconds.. USING THE GPU FILTER: .1 startup virtualdub by click on the exe or shortcut to the exe. .2Open your Video or image (file, open etc...) .3On the virtualdub interface click on video, then filters. .4Click on ADD in the filters stack dialog that comes up, .5/B]Search and select the GPU SHADER FILTER, the dialog should come up. [B].6THe GPU filter dialog,click browse to find the FX file.Select which FX you want. .7This appears in the GPU filter dialog.Click preview and to see the result. .8Click ok and you go back to filter stack. .9click ok again and you are back at the virtualdub video panes the left pane being your original video/image and right being the altered video/image the above is probably better explained in the animated gif below... each step displayed every couple of seconds FOR MORE INFORMATION.... Of course now the community will start to create more FX files to rival the huge selection of virtualdub (.vdf) filters out there. For more information about this particular filter contact AVERY LEE and LOADUS[/B]. You can do this by joining the forum (free!) and sending them an email once logged in.Or posting a thread... Heri Mkocha

Posted by: arklight Oct 6 2008, 10:11 AM

PRACTICALLY EVERY VIRTUALDUB FILTER IN 1 ZIP FILE should have done this a long time ago- practically every virtualdubfilter in 1 zip file! It'll save you running around doing mutliple downloads. just unzip vdf files into your plugins folder to access them.... various download links:- http://rapidshare.com/files/151381102/nearly_all_the_virtualdub_plugins_virtualdub_forum_.zip.html http://www.megaupload.com/?d=93K5R7ST http://www.badongo.com/file/11628627 http://sharebee.com/98d2b7b4 Heri Mkocha

Posted by: phaeron Oct 7 2008, 05:43 AM

Very cool, but you've got a bit of a mess there. You have a number of .vdf files in subdirectories, which won't auto-load. You've also got a bunch of source files mixed in all over the place, seemingly from multiple plugins, and you've even got VirtualDub's old help file in there (!). Also, you've got a few filters in there that are licensed under the GPL but don't have source code, such as my subtitler. I'd suggest splitting the archive into two directories, one with just the sources and another with just the filters. The plugin directory should only need to have the .vdf files and additional helper files (dll, txt, or whatever else the filter needs to run). That should make it a bit more manageable. Finally, it may not be a good idea to have all of these in your plugin folder. You could do it, now that VirtualDub does dynamic loading and unloading, but the startup time will be dreadful.

Posted by: arklight Oct 9 2008, 05:48 PM

You are right about the untidyness of it all. I really tried to get almost everything and dump it into 1 folder! I assumed the wiser people out there would get the vdf( virtualdub filters) they needed from the pack. funnily enough i have nearly all those filters in my plugins folder -including multiple versions of the same filter and there's not a huge difference in startup for virtualdub.Apart from MSUcartoonizer which takes forever!But people can weed them out. I like multiple versions of the same filter because the authors have changed them considerably sometimes (affecting speed, use, eliminating or adding features). Boxblur 1.5 being different from the original.some of these older filters have vanished from the net, but are in that pack. will sometimes down the line get a more organized version as you said. Heri Mkocha

Posted by: arklight Sep 1 2010, 08:58 PM

CROPPING VIDEO IN VIRTUALDUB Cropping parts of video to only show the bits you want. An extremely Common Virtualdub Task. Also the resulting problem that the cropped video is not any of the standard video dimensions and might get rejected by certain devices/software etc... Each step is shown as animated gifs, each step a couple of seconds.. .1 Goto video, select, fliters, and add the NULL TRANSFORM filter .2 On the right hand side of the filter dialogue, click on Crop... Now using the numbers in the dialogue boxes, select the parts to be cropped. The grey area will seem to extend..these are the areas going to be cropped. .3 Click ok on everything and go back to main virtualdub window.. you can now see the cropping result! .4 Not finished! now your video will be some weird height x width dimensions. That's ok for sending stuff on computers , but a big pain if you are going to use it in any software or standalone media and DVD/HD/ etc players that dont accept non standard video dimensions. what i mean is things like PAL DVD dimensions [720x576]...or HD [1920x1080p]. ..etc..etc.. Check out video dimensions on Wikipedia.... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Display_resolution That includes youtubewhich might squash your beautiful video masterpiece to standard sizes in weird ways if they are not standard when they go up... youtube support... http://www.google.com/support/youtube/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=132460 youtube on wiki... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube#Video_technology so lets fix it. its easy....just add a resize filter and enter the dimensions. You might have to use an aspect ratio filter too if "it looks stretchy". But then again that might be the look you want. .5 resize the video to a standard video size.... that's it. Heri Mkocha

Posted by: maxrnb Sep 9 2010, 06:08 AM

@arclight WOW!! what a treasure trove of information! I am a total noob at virtualDub and need to thank you for all the time and effort you put into these guides. I create documentation for a hardware/software company and know how labor intensive your work is. I stumbled upon this thread by accident and after googling for days it is great to find just about I've been looking for in one spot. Thank You again! What I'm trying to do is to take archive DVD's I make from HDTV video which turn out to be 16:9 that is letterboxed into 4:3, undo the 4:3 letterbox and render the video back to 16:9, then add my own menus in DVD Architect and finally burn the video back into a 16:9 DVD. Is virtualDub the right tool to use for this?

Posted by: arklight Sep 16 2010, 06:56 PM

@Maxrnb .1 Virtualdub or one of the versions will read your files. .2 Virtualdub will then be able to crop/resize/change aspect ratio all your files. .3 It will be able to output the end file out as an avi. .4 which if it is the accepted format in DVD architect , you should then be able to drop menus and create what you want. problem is, Virtualdub will not output DVD architect compliant mpeg2 files so you will have to render an avi and DVD architect will render the mpeg from the avi and author the DVD (hopefully). You can try different compressions, to decrease the file size of the rendered AVI (eg divx/xvid/mp4 avi) but check online if DVD architect accepts them before you do a loooong render and find it doesn't. good luck Heri Mkocha

Posted by: maxrnb Sep 18 2010, 11:07 PM

Thank you arklight for the info. I have been playing around with VirtualDub for about a week now and have learned that there are numerous ways to go about doing just about anything you want. Will take your advice and experiment with all the steps that you have outlined for me. This program is so powerful that I should perhaps start off with very basic things and work my way into what I would like to do. I especially want to learn how to integrate avisynth into the processing. I have CCE-SP and TMPGEnc to play with so I'll see if if I can get either of those to make a file that will make DVDA happy and if not I guess I'll will look for another authoring solution. Thanks again!

Posted by: arklight Sep 29 2010, 09:13 PM

@maxrnb kool! Tmpgenc is a great tool, it has some unique colour tools for mucking about with videos "look". Blender http://www.blender.org/features-gallery/feature-videos/?video=imaging is an incredible tool for video and film even and im not talking about the 3d movies they keep pumping out.It aslo pumps out some nice DPX / Openexr files if you want to as an end result Things are moving pretty fast at the moment on the Hardware /resolution of video/ and colour depth that alot of software is getting left behind. As of writing of course...:-) Heri Mkocha

Posted by: fcXX Jul 26 2011, 04:00 PM

YOU should be commended for allowing the video novice to learn the features and intricacies of VirtualDub (VeeDub). Why, oh why, is this information not included in the virtualdub.org site? At first launch and opening a file, the program yeilds filter related error messages which are impossible for a novice to decifer. Why is there no starting .vdf files in a pre-installed plugins directory with at least a 1 .vdf file in it? I am hopeful that this post will help me at least to get the program running! Thank you so much. fcXX.

Posted by: arklight Oct 5 2011, 02:12 PM

@fcXX... Thanks! Appreciated! I always think half the reason most people think they can't do things is the actual way to do those things hasn't been communicated effectively enough... So i try my best to get the information over to other people who might be curious about image processing, and with the internet we have a global reach. spread the word, and the link! Heri Mkocha

Posted by: antique Dec 10 2011, 01:11 PM

I just wish I knew what you all were talking about, its like a new dialect. i am a 73 year old who enjoys playing about with video and stills, very low tech. I only became aware of this program because AKVIS used it to "make frames" to make a cartoon from a video. I use Pinnacle Studio plus for video and can use most of the things in it to produce a fairly acceptable end result but I just don't know where to start with Vdub.

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