Can't get MP3 och AC3 codecs to work with Virtualdub in Vista

[NiQ]

Heya.

When I use Virtualdub I can see and use my videocodecs like ffdshow with xvid and x264. But in my audiocompression settings I got nothing else but the standard ones. I have tried to install mp3 and ac3 by lames .inf file (rightclick, install) but I guess that only works with windows XP.
I have also installed ac3 by ac3filter and that one doesn't show up in Virtualdub either.

So how do I fix this? I really need some good audioencoder for Virtualdub. I have never had a problem with this in XP before but the registry in Vista is different so I guess I need some new installationfiles.

Anyone here know what I need to install to be able to use mp3 and ac3 as encoders in Vista?

Cheers!

[Squash]

You need the ACM (audio compression manager) versions for use in Vdub. They work fine for me in Vista HP.

You can get the lame (mp3) ACM here:
http://www.rarewares.org/mp3-lame-dshow-acm.php

and the AC3 ACM here:
http://fcchandler.home.comcast.net/~fcchandler/AC3ACM/index.html

If you're having problems or are using 64-bit Vista, see this thread:
https://forum.videohelp.com/topic334955.html

[NiQ]

Thanks for you quick reply.

I have looked at the links you posted but I still have the same problem.
First of all I don't understand what the authot if the posts mean by saying that the files were "blocked". And wich ones does he mean? The installationfiles or the ones in the systemfolders?

Anyho I also tried the "rundll32.exe setupapi.dll,InstallHinfSection DefaultInstall 0 c:\tmp\lameACM.inf" cmdline but that didn't work either. I just got a error saying the file couldn't be copied to the targetfolder. I have both tried it when I had rightclicked and "installed" the .inf files and when I hadn't.

This is so damn wierd... I tried restard the computer and check in the registry and ALL the entries that are shown in the .inf files have been added to the registry. Also I copied the .acm files both to the system32 and syswow64 folder.

All of this and I still don't get the LAME MP3 and AC3 codecs in the VirtualDub.

Thanks for your help Squash but I really need some more help to get this to work. I really need those codecs. :/

[Squash]

I don't know what the block thing means, either, nor which files he's referring to.

I see by your reference to syswow64 that you're using Vista 64-bit. I'm using 32-bit myself so I'm not much use to you. Check this thread for a solution from Tagert that worked for somebody:

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=127242

As I understand it, in Vista64, 32-bit DLLs go into the syswow64 directory and 64-bit DLLs into the System32 directory. I don't know if having copies in both would cause problems, but I'd suspect it would. Also, Vista64 apparently has two registries, one for 32-bit code and one for 64-bit. See here for more on that if you're interested:

http://searchwincomputing.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid68_gci1204121,00.html

[redwudz]

When you installed the files, did you do it with 'Run as administrator' mode with Vista? (R click on the installer and choose that mode.) I installed both files in my Vista computers with no problems and they show up in VDM. I use VirtualDub Mod most times with Vista, but it works basically the same as VD.

EDIT: I see mention of Vista 64. That's another whole scenario. But they still should run.