VirtualDub Compressing

[Mikay D]

Hey is there any way that I can click save to avi in Virtual Dub and save the file in an compressed state and keep the same quality I mean the same aspect ratio and every thing. With out having to save it as uncompressed video file that’s like 30 gigs again with out lose any quality I or just a little will be fine if some body can help me

[redwudz]

What kind of file quality are you starting with? If you save it as 'uncompressed' it will be huge, no matter what the input. You need to size your output in line with your input quality.

VD can use a great many codecs. What do you want to do with the file after it's processed? Huffy is one good low loss codec, a little lower, but more compact is PicVideo, then Divx or Xvid. It's all in the encoder settings as far as quality.

Any time you re-encode, you will lose some quality. How much you can tolerate depends on what you want to do with the video and the settings you use.

[Mikay D]

wel after i get all done with i t i wan tot open it up in adobe premie and do some editing with but i have tryed to do this wthout loading it in vdub but its well let me play it in the clip menu bar but when it comes down to the sequence bar its just balc but when i take it thorugh the vdub process its cool works fine ya know so can u tell me the best way to go about this with just losing some qaulity i guess its fine i jus want to create this littile video to show off my skills thats all thanks man for the reply peace out

[daamon]

Download and install the Panasonic DV Codec.

Load the AVI into VirtualDub, Video -> Compression -> Select Panasonic DV Codec. Then Video - Use Full Processing Mode, and then File -> Save AVI.

This is because Premiere is primarily geared to working with DV AVI.

Also, irrespective of source, you're unlikely to notice any quality loss (not saying that there won't be any though).

[Mikay D]

well i did that then at the end it gives me this error ( The Source image format is not acceptable (error code - 2) whats next

[daamon]

More info on the source file would be useful here. Post a screen print from GSpot of the file...

[junkmalle]

DV codecs requires 720x480 (NTSC) or 720x576 (PAL).

[jimmalenko]

How do I upload screenshots ?

[Mikay D]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v209/Mikay_D/untitled.jpg



this is it now it works when im in virtua dub when i change the drame rate and the size but i lose some really noticeble quiality please again help this is where i got some help at thanks agaiin and sorry for the big ass picture

https://www.videohelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=225047

[junkmalle]

When you set up the Resize filter in VirtualDub set the Filter Mode to Lanczos3.

[Mikay D]

for some reason i dont have that in the list i have the as a choice in Vdub Lanczos3 im using the 1.5 versoin anyway i can add it

[junkmalle]

It's in the Filter Mode pulldown of the regular Resize dialog: