Cannot open Premiere AVI files with Virtualdub, TMPGenc or F

[ngundtoft]

I have captured some files from my DV-camcorder via FireWire card and into Adobe Premiere 6.0. I would like to convert these into DivX format. However, it is not possible to import the files in Virtualdub, TMPGenc or FlaskMPEG.
Virtualdub says it can't locate decompressor for format DVSD and requires VFW compatible codec.
FlaskMPEG gives a list of supported media files (not including AVI?).
I thought AVI was a very "compatible" format. Is it because these files are a special DV AVI format? I also tried to convert a file in Premiere into a VFW format - with same result. Only success has been with a VCD format, but quality is not acceptable.
Do I need to convert the files in some way?

[muddyshooz]

Others can certainly provide better details than I, but what you need to get is the MainConcept DV Codec (http://www.mainconcept.com/) and then capture using it instead of the standard MS DV. There are some standard templates you can add so Premiere will pop up the new "MCDV" preset choices for this. Using this codec to "capture" (misnomer) will allow these other programs to understand your AVIs -- vdub works great. The MainConcept codec is a demo version that (supposedly) watermarks your captures until you register, but for some reason mine hasn't choked, yet (I downloaded it ~a month ago).

Check out this URL: http://home.att.net/~nelders/

Depending on the OS you're using, you may have to perform the hacks mentioned in the page. If you're using Win 2000 Professional SP 2, the experience is even more harrowing (yes -- I did it).

[ngundtoft]

Hi:
Thanks for your input. I will try this - I am really interested in getting this thing to work.
BR
Nils


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On 2001-11-14 17:10:33, muddyshooz wrote:
Others can certainly provide better details than I, but what you need to get is the MainConcept DV Codec (http://www.mainconcept.com/) and then capture using it instead of the standard MS DV. There are some standard templates you can add so Premiere will pop up the new "MCDV" preset choices for this. Using this codec to "capture" (misnomer) will allow these other programs to understand your AVIs -- vdub works great. The MainConcept codec is a demo version that (supposedly) watermarks your captures until you register, but for some reason mine hasn't choked, yet (I downloaded it ~a month ago).

Check out this URL: http://home.att.net/~nelders/

Depending on the OS you're using, you may have to perform the hacks mentioned in the page. If you're using Win 2000 Professional SP 2, the experience is even more harrowing (yes -- I did it).

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[ngundtoft]

By the way - I am using Windows XP - would that be the same hack?

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On 2001-11-14 17:10:33, muddyshooz wrote:
Others can certainly provide better details than I, but what you need to get is the MainConcept DV Codec (http://www.mainconcept.com/) and then capture using it instead of the standard MS DV. There are some standard templates you can add so Premiere will pop up the new "MCDV" preset choices for this. Using this codec to "capture" (misnomer) will allow these other programs to understand your AVIs -- vdub works great. The MainConcept codec is a demo version that (supposedly) watermarks your captures until you register, but for some reason mine hasn't choked, yet (I downloaded it ~a month ago).

Check out this URL: http://home.att.net/~nelders/

Depending on the OS you're using, you may have to perform the hacks mentioned in the page. If you're using Win 2000 Professional SP 2, the experience is even more harrowing (yes -- I did it).

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[muddyshooz]

Uhhhhh, XP .... hmmmm .... It -might- be the same hack but somehow I doubt it. If I remember correctly, what happened with Win 2000 (Professional) was that there's this file called qcap.dll, right, that keeps all of the original codec info in it. To use the mainconcept codec, this file has to be replaced/deleted. Well, this particular dll was considered a system dll, and windows, whenever it detects that it's gone tries to replace it with a backup copy. Well, the first hack was to simply disable this auto-replacement feature. Unfortunately, to do that in 2000 service-pack 2 required some extra work.

With XP, there's bound to be somebody out there who's done it. Bueller? Sorry I'm not more help. You know how it is: you get a system working "just right" and you're afraid to hose it. That's me!