Cannot open old capture encoded with HUFFyuv

[videeo]

I am trying to open a capture I made a few years ago and VirtualDub complains it "uses unsupported old format that lacks embedded encoding tables". I am doing this on a new machine and installed the codec listed here in the downloads section. Any suggestions?

[Baldrick]

Did you install the huffyuv 64bit version? Then try the normal 32bit version.

Can you play the video with vlc media player?

What does mediainfo say under video codec?

[DB83]

You could try one of the old versions from the download page.

There are some comments there that one version created un-playable files.

[jagabo]

There are several versions of Huffyuv. Try 2.1.1, 2.2, the MT variant, and ffdshow. Also keep in mind that 32 bit editors/players require 32 bit codecs, 64 bit editors/players require 64 bit codecs. The two environments can't see each others' codecs.

[Brad]

VirtualDub complains it "uses unsupported old format that lacks embedded encoding tables".

This isn't a VirtualDub error message. I suppose it could be passing along a message from Huffyuv, but I can't find the phrase "encoding tables" in the Huffyuv source code either. Please screenshot the precise error.

[videeo]

Thanks for the suggestions. I just setup a fresh Win10 VM and I had previously captured with a WinXP machine around mid 2012. The error message I quoted verbatim, but I can post a screenshot later. I did not install VLC player yet.

Is it possible to identify the exact codec version used in the file?

[Brad]

Not without someone writing a specialized tool to do so. Most of them use the same FOURCC in the header. MT uses a new one, and ffdshow sometimes does (it depends which mode is used).

[videeo]

Here's the screenshot:

[videeo]

This tutorial helped me. Basically, I thought the codec was installing, but for a 64 bit system, it needs to be done differently than just right clicking the ini file.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vpr4MOB5mk

Command Prompt Instructions:

cd c:\windows\syswow64

rundll32.exe setupapi.dll,InstallHinfSection DefaultInstall 0 c:\huffyuv.inf

[jagabo]

Ah, I had forgotten about that. Here's a post that does the same with the lame mp3 encoder:

https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/271712-Lame-MP3-Encoder-on-Vista-x64#1723154

The instructions work for huffyuv too, you just have to change the file names.