trouble with avi conversion (files too big)

[vamp1re]

frist of all Im tyring to open some files i have recorded off a digital camera.. they are in avi format. when i try open them with virtual dub i get the following message

Warning: type-1 DV file detected. Type-1 DV files have video and audio combined in the one stream, and virtual dub cannot currently extract the audio.

So i have been using MGI video wave 4 to edit the files etc but it never gets the file size as small as a divx encoding can..

Herein lies the question

A. Can you convert a type-1 dv file to a standard (whatever that is) Avi the virtualdub will open?

or B. Is there another program I could use that will aloow divx compression?


cheers in advance
Vamps

[lpn1160]

If the file you have can be played by win media player, then you should look into avisynth.Read the guides and avisynth might be your solution

[vamp1re]

mmm looks a little compliacted..anything else i can try?

[vamp1re]

tis kewl i figured out a way..extracted the audio in videowav and used virtual dub to save as old avi and it was fine (when i had the option sync audio selected it made the audio jumpy..but now all is fine)

[4k4e4n4]

Try using this Type 1DV to Type 2DV converter free from Ulead. Then Vdub will accept it.

http://rfm.ulead.com/pav/dv.htm
Ken