A Question About VirtualDubMod All-In-One "Installation"

[Phuket]

I've been reading up on VirtualDub, VirtualDubMod and VirtualDubAIO (All In One).

I've been using VirtualDub with an AviSynth script. I have a shortcut on my desktop which points to the VirtualDub.exe file that is in a folder. This folder is actually in my "Program Files" folder - I put it there as that seemed the best place for it.

As far as I can tell, the zip file containing VirtualDub.exe and all the other files doesn't install anything when it is opened - the files are simply extracted.

So when I looked at VirtualDubAIO.exe, I saw that an installer started up. I didn't let it run because I was curious as to why the description says that the .exe will "automatically install VirtualDub, input plugins, video filters and VFW/ACM codecs".

Does it really mean "install" in the "Windows" sense - i.e. add items to the registry, create a start menu shortcut, etc - or does it simply copy stuff to a folder.


Any help gratefully received.

[sneaker]

It will add things to the registry. I don't know about shortcuts. It's not "portable" in the sense that it doesn't leave any traces on the system it's used on. But even the vanilla VirtualDub uses the registry.

P.S.: Currently, shekh's VirtualDub FilterMod is all the rage. It has some encoders (e.g. x264 but not XviD) embed in a more portable fashion.
https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/378401-VirtualDub-fork-and-plugins
https://sourceforge.net/projects/vdfiltermod/

[Phuket]

It will add things to the registry. I don't know about shortcuts. It's not "portable" in the sense that it doesn't leave any traces on the system it's used on. But even the vanilla VirtualDub uses the registry.

P.S.: Currently, shekh's VirtualDub FilterMod is all the rage. It has some encoders (e.g. x264 but not XviD) embed in a more portable fashion.
https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/378401-VirtualDub-fork-and-plugins
https://sourceforge.net/projects/vdfiltermod/

Thanks for the info.

Regarding shortcuts, I have a shortcut on my Windows desktop that has VirtualDub.exe as its target. I drag the AviSynth ".avs" file onto it and VirtualDub opens up and performs the tasks in the AviSynth file.

I don't know any other way to run VirtualDub, so any help again would be gratefully received.

I also discovered that the file saved by VirtualDub is at a bit rate of 157 Mbps! This is huge! And the file size itself is huge - 3 1/2 Gigabytes. The original source files total about 50 Megabytes.

So I was wondering what other people do to get the bit rate down.

[sneaker]

That question was already answered in your other thread. Basically, you need to choose an encoder each for video and audio compression. E.g. x264 and LAME MP3.

https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/383367-VirtualDub-AviSynth-Script-and-Commands

[Phuket]

That question was already answered in your other thread. Basically, you need to choose an encoder each for video and audio compression. E.g. x264 and LAME MP3.

https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/383367-VirtualDub-AviSynth-Script-and-Commands

My apologies, sneaker. I completely missed your answer no. 4 in your reply in my other thread. And thanks for the link to the other thread about compressing - much appreciated.