VirtualDub error message

[El Serch]

I want to cut few AVI files created by Sony Movie Shaker program, but every time I try to use VirtualDub 1.4.8 I get this error
"Couldn't locate decompressor for format "dvsd" (unknow)
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."
what I am doing wrong!
I need help! to solve this issue I am using WinXp pro

Thank you
El Serch

[gdi-shooter]

hehe I asked that 3 days ago.. No reply yet.... (p.s) I even provided a screenshot and took the time to upload it!

[nemethmik]

And possibly all of us have Windows XP.
Possibly this is because
Microsoft has decided to stop support of VfW drivers with Windows XP onwards
(see http://www.puremotion.com/videoediting/reference/technical/driversexplained/)

[torisdad]

I had the same problem. Luckily I had a Win2k machine with StudioDV on it. Since I don't use that machine for DV any more I figure it's ok to use some of StudioDV on the XP machine (its version 1.02 which isn't supported on XP)

I searched the registry for dvsd - found it under
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\drivers32\vidc.dvsd
description is at
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\drivers.desc

Copied these two entries to a .reg file.
Used depends (http://www.dependencywalker.com) to work out which dlls I had to take with the one named in vidc.dvsd
Moved the dlls to windows\system32 on the XP machine and added the registry entries and voila - VirtualDub works agains DV avi files.

Presumably this is what other people have done by installing the panasonic codec - I just wanted to make sure I could undo the install if it didn't work.

[gurl]

I had a same problem too . I'm also using winxp