alternates to virtualdub/virtualdub2 that actually work right?

[armyofquad]

Virtualdub and virtualdub2 seem to have some glaring huge bug that has gone ignored and unfixed forever. Absolutely baffling for how much it makes it a nightmare to deal with.

I capture VHS tapes using virtualdub - most of my capture files have no index.

I use scripts to deinterlace and open them and export using virtualdub - more files with no index.

Makes it impossible to use the files, everything barks at me about the indexing issues.

I've brought this topic to this forum multiple times, no one has a damn clue about it.

No one can even come up with a workable method to fix the broken files. It's as if no one around here actually knows anything about dealing with video files.

I eventually find easeus fixo will repair the problematic files, and that's been working fine up until now, although it adds significant time to my workflow, and is absolutely ridiculous I've had to add so much wasted time to my workflow just because some ******* that doesn't know how to program or fix anything has continued to allow this hot mess of a dumpster fire that is virtualdub work it's magic on making completely broken files out of everything it does.

But now I'm capturing full size VHS tapes which are 2 hours, and now with bigger files easeus is running into problems. Creating undeletable files at times requiring me to reboot into safe mode to clean up it's mess. Creating failed saves of repairs, that end in a state where it continues growing the file with garbage data even after it failed to save the repair forcing me to force closed the process and delete the files, and regroup and try again.

It's so much wasted time.

So - is there any alternate to virtualdub that actually works?

[armyofquad]

virtualdub just made another undeletable corrupt file.

This app is just a hot mess of garbage! There's no excuse for this level of incompetence!



Does anyone around here know anything about video conversions with software that actually works? Doesn't seem like it from all my experience here.

[Sharc]

Go for a bike ride

[armyofquad]

I hardly see how that will fix the dumpster fire of an application that virtualdub is.

[armyofquad]

Now every time I try to deinterlace, virtualdub gives me this bullshit error.


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Getting sick and tired of my time being wasted by idiots that can't recommend working apps, and programmers that can't fix long standing problems with their apps.

[Barrythecrab]

I use VirtualDub 1.9.11 near every day, never an issue. Perhaps you have a corrupt OS, or something else, but lashing out at “idiots” and the like is not helpful.
Maybe a dxdiag may reveal an issue, or try another PC and see what happens.

[armyofquad]

On 3rd thought - thank you for your overdue response.

VirtualDub is still a very problematic software for me, across multiple versions, installations, machines, and OS's. It regularly produces vidoes with no time index that I've had to rely on EaseUS Fixo to repair. A behavior that has such a consistency that it appears to me as a glaring bug, but somehow no one else seems to have ever encountered. I do not understand how this can be, but here we are.

Thanks again for your response.

[videoAI]

Top VirtualDub Alternatives

| Software | Key Features | Platform Availability |
|----------|--------------|----------------------|
| Shotcut | Open-source, free, cross-platform, flexible editing | Windows, Mac, Linux |
| DaVinci Resolve | Powerful professional-grade editing, free version available | Windows, Mac, Linux |
| Kdenlive | Open-source, stable, multi-track editing | Windows, Mac, Linux |
| VSDC | Windows-specific, lightweight video processing | Windows |
| Filmora | AI-powered, user-friendly, modern interface | Windows, Mac |

Why Look for a VirtualDub Alternative?

VirtualDub has become outdated and lacks modern features such as:
- Drag-and-drop editing
- Support for 4K video
- Real-time previews
- Modern video format compatibility
- User-friendly interface

Recommendations

1. For Lightweight Processing: Try Shotcut or VSDC
2. For Professional Editing: DaVinci Resolve
3. For Beginner-Friendly: Filmora
4. For Open-Source Solution: Kdenlive

[Barrythecrab]

I had a suggestion but upon re-reading the thread, screw it.

[rgr]

On 3rd thought - thank you for your overdue response.

VirtualDub is still a very problematic software for me, across multiple versions, installations, machines, and OS's. It regularly produces vidoes with no time index that I've had to rely on EaseUS Fixo to repair. A behavior that has such a consistency that it appears to me as a glaring bug, but somehow no one else seems to have ever encountered. I do not understand how this can be, but here we are.

Thanks again for your response.

Reconsider your workflow, and it's definitely better not to use VirtualDub's deinterlacing. You haven't really written anything specific.

[The 14th Doctor]

Seems like the main issue the OP is having is about time indexes, but AVIs created in VirtualDub do not have time indexes to begin with from my understanding..

You mean like a digital time code basically? I think only DV AVI files ripped using something like WinDV have them.