I may be answering my own question here, in that from what I have read, it is only possible to save an .avi clip, that has unwanted sections removed, in Full Proccessing Mode in VirtualDub. However, I would prefer the .avi file to be saved as original as I seem to remember, possibly incorrectly, that previously, I was able to do this in Direct Stream Copy. Currently, I have ensured that the cuts were on(k) frames but when attempting to Save As .avi, I am notified " Unable to open file for write ......:The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process ", whatever that is, as I have no other processes open. I am however, able to Save as Old Format .avi, which is not ideal.
Any thoughts, suggestions or recommendations would be much appreciated.
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I'm using the newer Virtualdub2.
Open the file specifically as 'avi' (not 'all types') and select 'Direct Stream Copy' and only cut on K frames before saving.
Alternatively, instead of Direct Stream Copy select 'Smart Rendering' and cut on any frames, then under Compression choose the same codec as the source (probably XviD MPEG-4).
Only the cut points are encoded - the rest of the frames are saved without re-rendering. -
It depends on what codec is used inside the AVI container. For DV AVI files, Direct Stream Copy lets you save "cuts only" edits without any re-encoding.
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> I am notified " Unable to open file for write ......:The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process "
Are you trying to overwrite the original file? This can't work. You should save to new file. -
Last edited by jagabo; 25th Oct 2018 at 06:45.
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Thanks very much everyone for the infomation and advice, which I have followed, and has resolved the issue.
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