MP4 codec

[chewie8008]

Ok, i'm trying to compress a file using VirtualDub on my PC but am missing a codec. Here's the deal...

I have two PCs, my Desktop, I have the codec I need the MP4 codec(Microsoft MPEG-4 Video Codec V1 and also V2). I have a Canon camera which produces weird videos that must be compressed via this codec before I can use it in TMPGENC. The thing is, I want to be able to compress these videos on my laptop instead of my desktop. But the laptop doesn't have that codec. I don't know where to find it on my PC. I downloaded the ASF Codec / MPEG-4 V1/2/3 from the tools section on this site but was unable to get it to work. It gave me a .dll file and a .ax file. It says something about clicking the .inf file to install, but there was no such file that came w/ the download. So I just tried dropping the .dll file into the Virtualdub folder. Opened Virtualdub and the codec wasn't listed.

Am I just downloading the wrong codec? Or would it be easier to find the one already on my desktop?

MPG4C32.dll is the filename that is on my desktop, that I need, and that's the same file name as the one I downloaded. But when I put it in the Virtualdub directory it doesn't show up under compression. I searched for it on my desktop(the PC I know that already has it) and it didn't show up anywhere. But when I open Virtualdub and click compression it is a listed option, it even tells the filename, same name MPG4C32.dll.

Sorry, i'm not real good w/ codecs.

[chewie8008]

Nevermind I figured it out, sorry. Kept messing around and figured it out. The I thought the .inf file was just a readme file. Never installed a codec like that before. Got 'em to work though..

Thanks!

[BJ_M]

Microsoft MPEG-4 Video Codec is a very bad format for recompression in tmpgenc