Converting MP4 to AVI Using virtualdub...

[ashwin.terminator]

I'm trying to convert the clips I've downloaded off Youtube(HD) using VirtualDub, but the problem is with Xvid compression and Lame MP3 audio, the video bitrate always comes down to 1kBps even if I set it to 125Kbps(=1000kbps)... this used to work for me before, but now virtualdub doesn't even decode the video frame when I shift somehere to the middle of the video... I've installed the K-Lite Mega Codec pack 5.10 and have a few filters in the plugins folder of Virtualdub... The properties of the video file as reported by Mediainfo are as follows:
General
Complete name : C:\Documents and Settings\Karthik & Ashwin\My Documents\Downloads\Video\YouTube - Plain White T's - Hey There Delilah (HD).mp4
Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : Base Media / Version 2
Codec ID : mp42
File size : 59.9 MiB
Duration : 3mn 56s
Overall bit rate : 2 125 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2009-02-14 00:55:00
Tagged date : UTC 2009-02-14 00:55:00

Video
ID : 2
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L3.1
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 3 frames
Codec ID : avc1
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding
Duration : 3mn 56s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 2 001 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 3 439 Kbps
Width : 1 280 pixels
Height : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Resolution : 24 bits
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.091
Stream size : 56.3 MiB (94%)
Title : (C) 2007 Google Inc. v08.13.2007.
Encoded date : UTC 2009-02-14 00:55:00
Tagged date : UTC 2009-02-14 00:55:01

Audio
ID : 1
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format version : Version 4
Format profile : LC
Format settings, SBR : No
Codec ID : 40
Duration : 3mn 56s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 124 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 169 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : L R
Sampling rate : 44.1 KHz
Resolution : 16 bits
Stream size : 3.48 MiB (6%)
Title : (C) 2007 Google Inc. v08.13.2007.
Encoded date : UTC 2009-02-14 00:55:00
Tagged date : UTC 2009-02-14 00:55:01


The audio too, doesn't encode at all... The Audio data in the status windows says 0...

The plugins in Virtualdub are:

DShowInputfilter.vdf and MP4InputDriver.vdf... Can any of me tell me whats going wrong??

[Baldrick]

Probably because of the avc video. Try something else like handbrake, xvid4psp or avidemux or do you have to use some virtualdub filters?

[ashwin.terminator]

well, yeah the problem is I've got only 224MB of RAM... So VirtualDub is the only feasible option... The vid converts in Virtualdubmod with a Avisynth script, but the output is too pixelated... So that is out... Beyond that I've no idea... I could do this no sweat before, but I dunno, of late it doesn't seem to be working...