Does VirtualDub Require Real AVI files? Will a Project File

[bbb]

I'm trying to encode from a 25 min VOB to a SVCD MPEG2 file with burnt in subtitles, hence I need frameserving. However, I've had the worst luck trying to get frameserving to work using VirtualDub 1.4. Virtual Dub wont take my DVD2AVI project files. Even after renaming the project file to the avi extension. I've read the HOW TO manual on making burnt in subtitles but I still can't pass the Virtual Dub obstacle.

So, I am assuming that a real AVI file is required. Is there anyway to circumvent using a full AVI file? I only have 1 gig of HD space to work with.

[Shifthrow]

You need to convert the .d2v file to .avi with Vfapi Reader Codec. Download it from here or doom9 or whereever. Once you get the program, start it, go to 'add job', find your .d2v file, open it, highlight job, press convert button, and you will have a vfapi avi file which virtualdub can read. YOu still need the vobs through out the whole process.