MPEG2 Output in Virtualdubmod

[kieroncapehorn]

I am trying to follow a guide on using virtualdubmod to output in MPEG2 format. I get up to this point in the guide, and under Video/Compression he has ffdshow video codec listed (see this pic).


http://img37.exs.cx/img37/6226/MPEG.png

I've tried installing ffdshow filters and codecs and it either causes virtualdub to crash or ffdshow doesn't appear in this list. How can I make it appear?

Thanks and sorry for the newbieness

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Kieron

[BJ_M]

maybe i am wrong - but i dont think you can output mpeg2 with virtualdubmod

[BJ_M]

what guide anyway

[jimmalenko]

YMPEG can enable MPEG out output from virtualdub or its variants - looks like ffdshow can too.

[BJ_M]

oh - news to me, i dont even have it installed right now ..

[celtic_druid]

The lastest build of ffdshow listed on sourceforge has a problem with the installer. Basically it is supposed to use the short path variable for the VIDC entry, but it uses the full path instead.

To fix it you need to go into your registry and change the entry from program files to progra~1.

Could also try a newer build as they make use of a VFW wrapper that goes in your system dir, so no more path problems. I was thinking of doing a new compile maybe today as theora and a few other things have been updated.

[kieroncapehorn]

Thanks Celtic, I changed the path in the registry and that worked.

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Capehorn

[midnightsun]

ok it looks like this question pops up every other week

[Garibaldi]

You could try avidemux, its basically a vdub clone but supports mpeg2 output via the lavcodec. Its native for linux but has been ported to windows.

[BJ_M]

ok it looks like this question pops up every other week

what question?

first time i noted this .

[celtic_druid]

Actually there are quite a few posts on VDub, ffmpeg and MPEG2 encoding with VDub in general.

[BJ_M]

oh -- guess i was referring to ffdshow encoding --

[jimmalenko]

Actually there are quite a few posts on VDub, ffmpeg and MPEG2 encoding with VDub in general.

This is the 4th or 5th in the last month that I've seen

[BJ_M]

i dont spend enough time here

[burnman99]

kieron, you will have to install ffdshow in a directory that has no spaces/only 1 name for instance C:\FFDSHOW. it is a bug in the installer. If you install it to C:\Program Files\FFDSHOW it will NOT work. You STILL will have to mux your audio & Video if you are creating a .mpg though.

Happy Holidays!

Rog

[celtic_druid]

It will work if you go into your registry and manually change the path as I already covered.

[burnman99]

The lastest build of ffdshow listed on sourceforge has a problem with the installer. Basically it is supposed to use the short path variable for the VIDC entry, but it uses the full path instead.

To fix it you need to go into your registry and change the entry from program files to progra~1.

Could also try a newer build as they make use of a VFW wrapper that goes in your system dir, so no more path problems. I was thinking of doing a new compile maybe today as theora and a few other things have been updated.

Sorry Bout that Celtic, did not see your post. Where is the newer build?
I've got the 10-12-2004 version

Later & Happy Holidays!

Rog

[animatron]

YMPEG can enable MPEG out output from virtualdub or its variants -

And there's a special price for purchasing YMPEG, but only today!
http://www.ympeg.com/download.htm

[celtic_druid]

10-12-2004? You mean 2004-10-12? Which for me is 12-10-2004.

Anyway last build I did was 2004-12-23 and can be found here: http://celticdruid.no-ip.com/xvid/ffdshow/

[burnman99]

cannot download from your site, but was able to get it from doom. Bug is fixed! Rog

[celtic_druid]

There is a mirror: http://ebola.gamersrevolt.it/celticdruid/ffdshow/