Cutting a divx file..

[marty mcfly]

I tried using the how to's on cutting a divx/avi with virtual dub but when I go to save it, the filesize is HUGE. Original file is 127 megs and it saves it at over 2 gigs.. Help!

All I want to do is cut the end and begining off and change nothing else.

[Baldrick]

select video->direct stream copy and audio->direct stream copy to just copy. you are reencoding the video/audio.

if you get sync problems use virtualdubmod.

[marty mcfly]

audio direct stream copy is selected, you say change it to just copy? I dont see that as an option.

Plus I did do direct stream copy for audio and video per the how to and it still reencodes it.

Nevermind, seems if I make sure to select direct stream for video before I open the file it works. Thanks man!

[redwudz]

Direct Stream copy for the audio is the default. Full Processing mode to Uncompressed RGB is default for the video. This will give you a huge video file. If you selected Direct stream for audio and video, I don't know how the file would get larger. Have you put the edited file back into VD to check the audio/video sizes along with the formats?

Direct stream copy should also be very quick. I edited a 150MB Xvid and saved it with Direct stream and it took 12 seconds.