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| Unofficial VirtualDub Support Forums > Newbie Questions > Exporting Avi Is 40 Gigs. What Settings? |
| Posted by: BandFootage Jan 11 2014, 10:42 PM |
| I only use this app once every few years. Context: I filmed a video with my digital camera. It was saved as AVI about 2GB. Before working with the file, I converted it to MPG (500MB) I then imported the 500MB Mpeg into VirtualDub to overlay an external mp3 (15MB) I can not save the final fine from V-Dub If I choose File->Export as AVI it's a HUUUGE file. Scheduled to be 40GB. Am I supposed to use File->Save as AVI? I have no idea what setting I used to use!!!! It should only be a few 100 megs. When I try to save the final file, what do I do? Did I used to select something in Video->Compression? What menu settings should I double check? Should it be under Video-> Direct Stream Copy? Video-> Fast recompress? Video-> normal recompress? Video-> Full provessing mode? |
| Posted by: raffriff42 Jan 11 2014, 11:53 PM |
| 1. Why not work with the camera video directly? Why convert it to MPG? 2. You are not selecting any compression, so the file will be huge. 3. Recommended compression codecs = http://sourceforge.net/projects/x264vfw/ and http://sourceforge.net/projects/fcchandler/files/Ac3Acm%20Codec/. 4. Use Full processing in this case. Might I suggest checking out a https://www.google.com/search?q=virtualdub+tutorial? The https://frapsforum.com/threads/raffriffs-awesome-virtualdub-tutorial.739/ a while back seems to be #1 in Google results right now, whoo-hoo! |
| Posted by: BandFootage Jan 12 2014, 02:09 AM | ||
Does it make sense to work with a 2GB file directly? I just assumed it would be too big to load into V-dub and work with. |
| Posted by: BandFootage Jan 12 2014, 02:11 AM |
| I chose "ffdshow video codec" and ended up with a 55MB file. Is this an ok solution? This seems like a very small file, but the quality seems good enough. |
| Posted by: raffriff42 Jan 12 2014, 02:36 AM |
| ffdshow gives you 4 choices: MJPEG, Huffyuv, FFv1, DV (and uncompressed, that's 5 choices) MJPEG is OK, but x264vfw is much more compressed at the same quality. Huffyuv and FFV1 are lossless formats; the file sizes are quite large. I've never used DV. EDIT Suggested settings (hit ffdshow 'Configure' button', Encoder tab) Encoder=MJPEG Mode=1-pass quality Quality=1 (best quality, largest file) to 20? (medium quality, smaller file) |
| Posted by: meowmeow Jan 12 2014, 02:42 AM | ||
maybe some old ffdshow versions still have x264 or xvid encoder included. better to use x264vfw encode alone ffdshow's good for its decoders |
| Posted by: BandFootage Jan 12 2014, 02:43 AM |
| Ok, so I'll install "x264vfw" But how do I add it to the list of choices in V-Dub? Save it in a certain folder in the V-dub install? I only see "plugins/" |
| Posted by: raffriff42 Jan 12 2014, 02:48 AM |
| x264vfw comes with a setup program. Be sure to check the "Virtualdub hack" option when installing (if there is one), and also in the configuration dialog. |
| Posted by: meowmeow Jan 12 2014, 02:51 AM | ||
restart VD and should be able too see x264vfw at compression list in VD, no plug-in needed, just system change by install may it have 32/64 bit issues? installing 64 bit with VD 32 bit? |
| Posted by: BandFootage Jan 12 2014, 06:34 AM |
| I upgraded to V-dub 1.10.4 (32 bit) |
| Posted by: BandFootage Jan 12 2014, 03:44 PM |
| I wasn't given any options when I ran the setup. It just installed. But, I made my Config page exactly like the screenshot. Seems to work fine. |
| Posted by: meowmeow Jan 12 2014, 04:08 PM |
| Under Win-64 use 64-bit versions. Both. Unless problems. Links to the new and old, 32 and 64 VirtualDub and x264vfw: http://sourceforge.net/projects/virtualdub/files/virtualdub-win/ http://sourceforge.net/projects/x264vfw/files/?source=navbar If only I could upgrade mine quad to 80-core Xeon for free  |
| Posted by: BandFootage Jan 12 2014, 04:11 PM |
| The new config worked ! I am running 32-bit to keep it simple. Skipped the MPEG step, used the 2GB AVI file directly, and I ended up with a 150MB file using the new compression plugin. I exported it as an AVI and uploaded to YTube. Big thanks to Raff and Meow! |