Microsoft DV to DIVX with VirtualDub how

[arvin]

Hello people, I am trying to compres DV to DIVX using Virtual Dub which is perfectly works with MPEG 2 but when I am trying to open DV captured with FireWire, it say: No dvs codec.....or somethig.

So I hope that I have to instal some codec in order to open DV in Virtual Dub, and thats all I need, form that point I know how to go.\\


Thanks for help

[Poplar]

I believe yours is Type1 DV. VDub can't open it because it's not VFW-compatible. Maybe you can open it through Directshow filter with AVISynth, but I have never dealt with DV. And audio is not supported yet with AVISynth. So you are probably better off using another editor. There are many out there....

[BJ_M]

install the panasonic or main concept dv codec , and then v-dub will work with dv files just fine ..

[Thorn]

As BJ_M said, installing a DV codec fixes the problem with MS's VFW codec. The problem with type-1 avi files (virtualdub won't read type-1 audio) is fixed using the type-1 to type-2 converter. I think it's still in the tools section, otherwise check ulead's site.

DV works just fine for me in virtualdub except that a botched codec install means I still have to manually tell VD to use cdvc for the fourcc code. Yea I could fix it in the registry but I'm lazy...