Virtual Dub Codecs

[pepegot1]

When in the select "Video Compression" screen, the only choice I have is (No recompression UYVY). I changed format to YUY2, still no codecs. How do you get them, and install them so Virtual Dub will use them? I noticed that other users have several to choose from.
I would like more choice than the VD default, above.

[fmctm1sw]

When in the select "Video Compression" screen, the only choice I have is (No recompression UYVY). I changed format to YUY2, still no codecs. How do you get them, and install them so Virtual Dub will use them? I noticed that other users have several to choose from.
I would like more choice than the VD default, above.

Look under the "Tools" section to the left....

[pepegot1]

This is of no help at all. What is "create sparse AVI" have to do with the codec selection? I need to know how in detail, not filppant obfuscation, Please.

[kitty]

Download some codecs:

http://home.eunet.no/~pereivin/codec.htm
http://www.ligos.com/
http://www.autobanners.net/codec/codecs.html (nasty popups)
etc etc

[pepegot1]

I have Indeo 5.1 but how do I get Virtual Dub to recognize it. Details please. Now that I have it, what do I do with it? Help Please. What folder does it go in, etc., or is there another means?

[Thorn]

Codecs don't go in a folder -- they're installed on the system. Most codec packages will an installer or an INF file to install it into the system. Any usable codecs will automatically appear for Virtualdub. Directshow codecs aren't usable in Virtualdub.

Indeo is old... and as far as I remember it's not very good. Two of the most used codecs are Huffyuv and divx (for capping and encoding respectively). Try installing them. If you still don't see anything then it depends on if you're capturing, or just re-encoding, or what (some capture cards have limits on what they can do).