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[Anonymous84]

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[davexnet]

Have you tried Virtualdub2 ?
It opens and can save to many more formats

[Anonymous84]

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[davexnet]

There is an mp3 encoder, it's the FFmpeg Lame MP3.
Direct stream copy does work differently, it uncompresses the audio (PCM/wav) and writes that out when direct is chosen.
(That's why it's so big) I don't know a way around that but somebody may know definitively.

It can be worked around, For example, you can turn off the audio in vdub2 and then re-add it later using MKVtoolnix
to create an MKV file using the new video and the old audio

Using File/export/stream copy (in vdub2) will copy the selection as-is, both video and audio

[Anonymous84]

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[davexnet]

"ffmpeg Lame mp3" is one of the built-in items, doesn't need any external files,
it's in the list in the image you posted above - so not sure exactly what you encountered...