VirtuaDub - No Audio Compression could be found !?

[buzzsaw]

I have an avi where I am trying to save the audio to a wav file. In Gspot, it tells me it is a wave_format_mpeglayer3 (mp3), and that ffsshow and MPEG layer-3 Decoder should be able to process this format.

When I run Virtualdub, and in full processing mode and try to save the wav, I get no audio decompressor could be found.

Please advise!

Thanks in advance.

[lpn1160]

1) 2 methods you can try, open in vdub & in direct stream copy see if you can save the file,(will most likely be compressed wav. Then open in your favourite audio editor and convert to format of your choice.
2) Your avi might have some corrupt frames, d\l "vdub-mp3" load your avi and scan for frozen frames, cut them out and resave in direct stream copy.
check the tools and guides section as this has happened to me and have had great success at fixing it

[buzzsaw]

I saw able to save the wav in direct stream copy as a wav. It is small, maybe 130 mb. What do I do with it now? Is there a good free program that I can use to uncompress (I am assuming it is compressed).

Thanks

[lpn1160]

try this

https://www.videohelp.com/tools?tool=Audacity

[buzzsaw]

Audacity starts to import the mp3 file (actually the avi) and then it crashes. with a C++ runtime library error, abnormal program termination. Any other ideas ?

Thanks

[dafreak]

i think i had this problem before. i installed lame to fix it.

[monzie]

VirtualDub does NOT use directshow filters (the dshow in ffdshow... if you like) it requires the FULL codecs and not just dshow filters.

There is NO problem to fix...... you just need to install the required codec .

Think of things like this, a CODEC is software that encodes and decodes (to a set standard within the codec), whilst a directshow 'filter' decodes (or plays a file) only (but NOT to a set standard....the filter used may well be based on another codecs filter, which enables a file to be played BUT NOT WORKED ON).