DIV3 Codec Installed - Did I Do The Right Thing?

[allanc448]

I just installed the DIV3 codec because I received an error message in Virtual Dub Freeze.
Is this codec going to interfere or take precedence over a newer version and cause problems with other AVI's?
Should I (and how would I) revert back to a newer version and forego the convesion of this particular AVI?

TIA.

[reboot]

Nope, and Nope.

[allanc448]

Nope, and Nope.

That is good news.
Thank you.

[celtic_druid]

If I recall correctly though DivX 3's VfW decoder was buggy. It used to server up RGB24 whether you wanted it or not.

I would suggest ffdshow over DivX3 and that includes for encoding.

[allanc448]

If I recall correctly though DivX 3's VfW decoder was buggy. It used to server up RGB24 whether you wanted it or not.

I would suggest ffdshow over DivX3 and that includes for encoding.

I don't know what you mean by 'RGB24'. Can you please explain?

[celtic_druid]

24bit Red, Green, Blue. DivX3 is internally YV12, as such the decoder should be able to serve YV12, YUY2 or RGB.
I'm sure that there would be a FAQ about colourspaces somewhere around here?

[Sooner02]

If I recall correctly though DivX 3's VfW decoder was buggy. It used to server up RGB24 whether you wanted it or not.

I would suggest ffdshow over DivX3 and that includes for encoding.

I just installed ffdshow and it still gives me the div3 can't open error in Vdub. Here's the exact error I'm getting:

"Couldn't locate decompressor for format 'DIV3' (Microsoft High-Speed MPEG-4 V3 Hack: DivX Low-Motion])

VirtualDub requires a Video for Windows (VFW) compatible codec to decompress video. DirectShow codecs, such as those used by Windows Media Player, are not suitable."

[celtic_druid]

Make sure that DivX 3 is not set to disabled in the VFW decoder config.

Also if you installed the 2004.10.12 (think that is the one) version under win2k/XP then the VfW codec would not have installed correctly.