VideoReDo TVSuite & Professional - General Discussion Thread

[burt123]

Does anybody use RipBot264 ??

It has an awesome frame accurate cutting function that also handles subtitles.

It is a manual operation, but works flawlessly!!

But like anything, once you get to know it, it's easy peasy.

I also use VRD, but it doesn't do subtitles.

[killer30]

Does anybody use RipBot264 ??

It has an awesome frame accurate cutting function that also handles subtitles.

It is a manual operation, but works flawlessly!!

But like anything, once you get to know it, it's easy peasy.

I also use VRD, but it doesn't do subtitles.

Do you know of a program that automatically removes commercials from a series or movie?

[burt123]

Does anybody use RipBot264 ??

It has an awesome frame accurate cutting function that also handles subtitles.

It is a manual operation, but works flawlessly!!

But like anything, once you get to know it, it's easy peasy.

I also use VRD, but it doesn't do subtitles.

Do you know of a program that automatically removes commercials from a series or movie?

The ONLY one that does it almost perfectly is VRD !!!

So unless you can get a genuine copy and register it like it's been explained above, you'll have to get a "pirated" version from somewhere.

[hydra3333]

VideoReDo is the ONLY thing on this planet that does anything remotely near a good QuickStreamFix (QSF) especially in a GUI-less scheduled (batch) task.

There's simply no replacement, and I've looked hard. Some say they do, but end up only doing it partially and/or crashing if not a "windows gui experience".

I use VRD mainly for QSF and occasionally cutting up videos, and ffmpeg for everything else. ffmpeg works fine but has nothing even remotely like what QSF does.

[Bridgy]

That would be not the only problem.

If you use image from previous PC and put it in the new built PC it will de-activate Windows because of the new motherboard.

How would you deal with this?

No problem at all, you would simply use the same serial key to activate it on the new PC as you used on the previous windows image, or go buy a serial key to activate it with.

Making sure that you get a Key that matches the exact version that you have.

[Bridgy]

So unless you can get a genuine copy and register it like it's been explained above, you'll have to get a "pirated" version from somewhere.

Please don't use this language in here, we don't need people in this forum reading rubbish like that.

Plenty of other software options to choose from, some however may not do some things quite as well as VRD does.

[burt123]

So unless you can get a genuine copy and register it like it's been explained above, you'll have to get a "pirated" version from somewhere.

Please don't use this language in here, we don't need people in this forum reading rubbish like that.

Plenty of other software options to choose from, some however may not do some things quite as well as VRD does.

Hi Bridgy, as a fellow Aussie, I knew that when I posted that comment I might "be in trouble"....but it's just a fact of life.

Sometimes it's the only option

[Bridgy]

Hi Bridgy, as a fellow Aussie, I knew that when I posted that comment I might "be in trouble"....but it's just a fact of life.

Sometimes it's the only option

Hi fellow Aussie, my post was kind of more in gest, tongue in cheek stuff, however it is very much frowned upon to mention anything to do with Pirated software in this forum, that is why i posted what i did.

In cases where there is any kind of software still openly available and still being sold, and then people openly use a pirated version of that software rather than pay for it, i call that theft, but in the case of VRD where people had bought a copy originally but may now lose the ability to re-activate it again, especially on a new computer, then one can argue that they should have the right to use a pirated version if one is available, but if you never bought VRD originally and you do use a pirated version, then you have no right to do so.

I just don't think that this, or any other forum, is the place for anyone to discuss piracy or illegal use of software, and i do believe that this topic should be avoided, especially when people start throwing up links do download it.

Cheers

[burt123]

Hi Bridgy, as a fellow Aussie, I knew that when I posted that comment I might "be in trouble"....but it's just a fact of life.

Sometimes it's the only option

Hi fellow Aussie, my post was kind of more in gest, tongue in cheek stuff, however it is very much frowned upon to mention anything to do with Pirated software in this forum, that is why i posted what i did.

In cases where there is any kind of software still openly available and still being sold, and then people openly use a pirated version of that software rather than pay for it, i call that theft, but in the case of VRD where people had bought a copy originally but may now lose the ability to re-activate it again, especially on a new computer, then one can argue that they should have the right to use a pirated version if one is available, but if you never bought VRD originally and you do use a pirated version, then you have no right to do so.

I just don't think that this, or any other forum, is the place for anyone to discuss piracy or illegal use of software, and i do believe that this topic should be avoided, especially when people start throwing up links do download it.

Cheers

Hi Bridgy, thanks for the reply & explanation

Like I said, I thought I'd get some comment back regarding the "pirated" word (P word), but I wouldn't go as far as to attach a link or similar

So, as we all know VRD (any flavour) doesn't process subtitles, which is a major oversight on behalf of the dev's, so I have been using the segmenting option built into RipBot264, where you can cut the video. wherever you want, it also cuts the audio & subtitles to match .

However, I very recently acquired VRD 6 Pro, and it has some mention of subtitles in the settings (that I don't understand), but then after a quick Google search I (it) found "SubReDo" which appears to be a python base app that CAN cut VRD project files (.Vprj) subtitles.

https://pypi.org/project/subredo/

Have you had any experience with this ??

I'd certainly like to know how to get it to do its thing, would be so much easier & quicker.

Cheers.

[Bridgy]

However, I very recently acquired VRD 6 Pro, and it has some mention of subtitles in the settings (that I don't understand), but then after a quick Google search I (it) found "SubReDo" which appears to be a python base app that CAN cut VRD project files (.Vprj) subtitles.

https://pypi.org/project/subredo/

Have you had any experience with this ??

I'd certainly like to know how to get it to do its thing, would be so much easier & quicker.

Cheers.

I have never heard of or seen this tool before, but because my purpose of using VRD Pro is somewhat different to most others, i personally have no use for this tool as i don't work with TV related or files with subs in them.

Be interested to see what others think.

[burt123]

However, I very recently acquired VRD 6 Pro, and it has some mention of subtitles in the settings (that I don't understand), but then after a quick Google search I (it) found "SubReDo" which appears to be a python base app that CAN cut VRD project files (.Vprj) subtitles.

https://pypi.org/project/subredo/

Have you had any experience with this ??

I'd certainly like to know how to get it to do its thing, would be so much easier & quicker.

Cheers.

I have never heard of or seen this tool before, but because my purpose of using VRD Pro is somewhat different to most others, i personally have no use for this tool as i don't work with TV related or files with subs in them.

Be interested to see what others think.

OK, well something new...

I will have to re visit here, to see if anyone else has experience with SubReDo.

Cheers.

[Janus]

I have followed all instructions for the manual VRD activation, but the server replied with the following error message: “invalid System ID”. What could I do to fix the activation?

[Marayong]

There is an inbuilt coded limitation in VRD that has the unfortunate consequence that attempts to activate VRD after early August 2025 will fail. If the developer was still alive, he would have reset that clock, as he has done before .. but he isn't. There is however a workaround, as described on page 9 of this forum. Or go here for details: https://www.reddit.com/r/videoredo/comments/1mwzga3/workaround_to_activation_issue/

Basically, you install VRD, TURN YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM CLOCK BACK TO 1-1-2025, do the VRD activation process and then reset the computer clock back to the present date. This only applies to the non-pro version. This fix has been tested by multiple users and works. Of course, you need all the relevant activation keys.

[The Old Fart]

I have only just come across this website. I used Videoredo for many years until it went belly up.

I still have emails from Hyperreality which says I upgraded to VideoReDo TVSuite H264 v4 to VideoReDo TVSuite v5.

Is this website saying that I can download and use the program again? Or are only the newer/better versions available?

[Marayong]

VRD has never stopped working or gone belly up. After the developer died, naturally enough there were no further updates. However .. the developer employed a coder to do a lot of the coding and he is still around and, as far as is possible, continuing to keep VRD alive. He actually now owns the rights to the name (but not the code) and has set up a copy of the activation server. That means that as long as you have the relevant keys, you can install VRD on a new pc and activate it. The activation server works for both VRD v5 and v6. VRD4 uses a different activation method, so you would need to contact Dan to get it activated. He can be reached on the reddit VRD forum: https://www.reddit.com/r/videoredo/

[Bridgy]

If you do not have your original Registration/License or Activation keys that were given to you when you bought your VRD, then you are out of luck.

Nobody has been able to buy this software since the owner passed away.

[Stez]

Is anyone else having any issues with audio decoding in VideoReDo TVSuite v6 (I'm using VRDTVS-6-63-7-836d) post an MS update for Win11 earlier this month?

It looks like it may have updated the system-level DirectShow filters and trashed VRD's audio decoding. I haven't been able to recover whatever happened so I'm now editing without VRD giving me source file audio cues.

My VRD output files play normally on the other apps or devices so it's just VRD not decoding the audio on the source for ts, mp4 and mkv files. If anyone else has experienced this and found a solution, I'd be really grateful.

[Marayong]

I'm still running w10 on the pc I have VRD installed, so if it's a W11 update issue, I can't reproduce it.

But just to be clear, are you saying that when you edit a file in VRD there is no sound, however the resulting edited file plays video & sound fine in other software (eg a video player)?

If the W11 update did something like a system-wide DirectShow filter update, including those in VRD, then a possible fix would be to reinstall VRD on top of the existing install .. since this would be a a reinstall-aka-repair, fingers crossed it would not impact on the VRD licence. If it does, just follow the instructions for reactivating VRD (the instructions posted after July this year). Don't uninstall VRD before the reinstall - the whole point is to restore the DirectShow filters from the VRD installer. Or anything else that W11 has changed.

[Stez]

Hey, yes that's the issue, no sound from VRD when editing a known good file that plays ok in other players like VLC and MPC-HC.

System-level diagnostics using GraphStudioNext confirm that LAV Splitter and LAV Audio Decoder are functioning correctly, and the files play with audio in other apps. A forensic audit shows that 48 Microsoft DirectShow components were re-registered on 10 Sep—likely due to a Windows update—which may have disrupted VRD’s internal graph construction. No hijacking filters seem to be present and getting merit selection in favor of LAV. It appears VRD is failing to connect the audio pin or misparsing the stream, despite a healthy DirectShow environment.

I've tried an uninstall and re-install which hasn't had any effect and I've since found that the old KMPlayer v3.0.0.1439 is also affected but it only has a problem with audio in .ts files and plays other file types ok whereas VRD won't give me audio in any file type. Both VRD and KMPlayer worked fine with all file types before 10 Sep.

It's a mystery - I've been using VRD since v1 in 2005 and never had anything so weird happen!

[Marayong]

I'm on w10, so I'll leave it for others to comment if they have the same issue. Even tho' there's no sound when editing, do the resulting edited files have audio? So is it an issue with audio when playing a video in VRD or does the issue extend to the output? The former is an inconvenience, the later is fatal.

[Stez]

My VRD output files play normally on other apps and devices so it's just VRD not decoding the audio when playing the source files.

I've heard Dan (the former VRD coder) commenting elsewhere that the VRD codebase is largely legacy oriented with the additional features added over the years built on top. I suspect that it's doing something funky with its DirectShow handling that isn't playing well with whatever MS have changed recently. But perhaps not if other Win11 users of VRD aren't in a similar situation and I haven't come across anyone else complaining in my searches.

As you say, it's an inconvenience given the outputs are still valid but I do my ad removal manually and it's disconcerting not having the audio cues as I'm editing.

VRD not being actively maintained really has left a gap in the market for an intuitive, frame accurate editor/converter.

[cp2]

I had an issue with a .ts file where no sound was forthcoming in VRD and the graphics wasn’t showing the audio either. Yet an audio track was present.
I demuxed the file with MKVToolnix to create a separate audio file and then used the same tool to mux the audio track back into the original video file but untickung the original audio track. This apparently forced MKVToolnix into resynching the video and audio. I got a shedload of warnings (not errors) but it then settled down smoothly. I opened the revised file in VRD and all was well.
I am surmising that the header of the file was corrupted at the start point but corrected itself as it went along but VRD couldn’t handle it.
Of course your issue will probably be completely different but hey…

[Marayong]

Stez .. the only other thing I can suggest is post a comment to the VRD reddit forum. That forum has a somewhat different audience than here, so you may be able to get an idea if the issue is just your pc or all w11 pcs. Did you have a recent sound card/chip driver update?

Yes, VRD incorporates a lot of legacy stuff .. no surprise given it was last updated 6 years ago.

[Stez]

Thanks - will do. The issue started directly after the installation of KB5065426 for Win11 on 10 September. The doco for that update talks about playback issues in BluRay/DVD/Digital TV apps due to changes in Enhanced Video Renderer and DRM enforcement. While my issue doesn’t involve protected content, it sounds adjacent—suggesting that recent changes to DirectShow filter registration or fallback logic may be affecting older applications.

[Alwyn]

No problems with audio here, Win 11 24H2 up to date.

[Marayong]

So it's specific to Stez's machine, which comes back to a driver update. Check device manager and see what date is the most recent audio driver, maybe roll it back to the previous driver?

[Stez]

No problems with audio here, Win 11 24H2 up to date.

Hmm, looks like just something weird with how that update has interacted with my particular environment then. Like I said, I wish there was a modern replacement app but nothing I've seen does quite what VRD does.

[Stez]

Check device manager and see what date is the most recent audio driver, maybe roll it back to the previous driver?

None of the key device driver dates have changed - only a massive number of the codecs related to DirectShow. I tried re-installing the LAV filters package in the hope it would restore something but other than that I'm reluctant to fiddle too much as I don't know which of the heap that changed are relevant. There's a slim hope that future MS updates might remediate something if they they get enough feedback that other stuff broke besides my issue.

[Marayong]

Try the compatibility settings for VRD. Find the VRD executable, go to properties, then the compatibility tab, tick the compatibility radio button and select a previous version of windows. A long straw, but sometimes long straws work.

[Stez]

No luck, great suggestion though - one I hadn't thought of!