vdub segments

[hoola_loop]

can vdub be set up to capture in segments like...5 gig segments? thanks

[willy_annand]

yes, it has the ability to capture what the autrhor calls Segmented AVIs.

Here is the quote from the help file:

A number of video programs for Windows are now capable of skirting by the infamous two-gigabyte limit by splitting their output into a series of AVI segments. Each segment is a legal AVI file by itself, and video editors which cannot accept the OpenDML extensions for large AVI files can process the segmented video by concatenating the segments in the timeline.

As of version 1.2, VirtualDub can now generate and process such segmented files. This method is not as clean as OpenDML-extended files, but is the most compatible method of escaping the two-gigabyte limit.

Hope this helps.

[hoola_loop]

hiya. thanks for the reply.

i should have spoke more clearly.
lets say i am capturing a 80 minute movie and i will want to split the file into 2 40 minute segments. is there a way to do this DURING capture.

ok i use huffy for capture and with my audio set to full 16bit stereo. 1 minute of capture = aaround 92mb. so for my segment to be 40minutes long i woudl need the segment to be 3680. is there a way to set this up in vdub so when it gets to the 3680 or whatever file size it will cut it there and start a new segment? i mean its not a life or death situation but it would save time having to split later on if i could do it during capture. kinda like avi_io <- me fav, but it has segment limitations. thanks again for your reply.

[willy_annand]

not sure about VirtualDub, I think it is fixed...

I know that with AVI_IO you can, you tell it to limit files size to "X" and it captures to a series of "X" sized files. Then you can load the first file into VirtualDub and all files are loaded at once.

[hoola_loop]

yes aviio is great but is limited to 4096 segments. anyone know a registry tweak to enlarge this?

[willy_annand]

yes aviio is great but is limited to 4096 segments. anyone know a registry tweak to enlarge this?

4GB segments are about the max for AVI 1.0 files, above that the AVI loses audio/video synch.

If you are using Win2k or WinXp with NTFS file system look into AVI 2.0 this does not have the 4GB barrier, but not all software supports it.

[hoola_loop]

hi again. thanks for your replys. ill just stick with vdub for capping i guess ill stick with vdub. i can cap a whole movie in one segment and ill just cut in half when done. it would have been nice feature to set a segment size limit whiile capping though. that way would not have to go back and cut it anyway.

thanks again. !!!