how to remove unwanted codecs from virtualdub's compression list?

[nukesgoboom]

i have 2 xvid codec options in my virtual dub video compression list. the fourcc on the 2nd xvid is 'yv12' and it seems to be identical to the normal xvid codec whose fourcc is 'xvid'. how can i remove this codec? they seem to share the same .dll which is xvidvfw.dll

also, i have a 2 audio codecs id like to remove from virtual dub's audio compression list, IAC2 which i believe is indeo audio codec 2, and mpeg-layer 3 which is not needed since i use Lame MP3. how can i remove these 2 audio choices?


thank you for your time.

[christopherw]

I've used the RadLight Filter Manager to add/remove/adjust priorities of my installed codecs for a fair while, and it's pretty nifty.

Isn't the YV12 colourspace entry for the XviD codec for the purposes of conversion/transcoding inside VirtualDub (I thought it worked with all video data in the YV12 colourspace during internal conversion)? ACTUALLY SCRATCH THAT, I was thinking of YUY2! ... So I have no idea why XviD has YV12 and XVID FourCC entries, probably something historic I guess. :/

Of course, if you want to remove the XviD entries, uninstall the XviD codec and install (or compile yourself) the latest stable build of ffdshow, which can render xvid with its bundled libraries, or you could even get a flavour of FFDshow with (experimental!) x264 decoding builtin, as well as all the other codecs from www.x264.nl ... Can't hurt to be a little future-proof :)

[nukesgoboom]

christopherw - thanks for your reply! i was able to get rid of my unwanted audio choices by going to the control panel/sounds audio devices/properties and removing the codecs there. i can still play mp3 .avi's of course!

however, im having problems still with the double xvid entries. i uninstalled and reinstalled xvid, and when i uninstalled it, both entries were gone, but when i reinstalled it, they both appeared again.

i even went to the video codecs options in the control panel/sounds audio devices/properties and removed it from there, but it didnt help, in fact it just respawned again when i checked that list!

here is a picture of them:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v57/nukesgoboom/2xvid.jpg

[Boulder]

The double entry happens because you have XviD set as the YV12 decoder in registry. It's something you can't get rid of.

[gameplaya15143]

start, run, "regedit"
local machine, software, microsoft, windows nt, current version, drivers32

Delete the keys you want do.
Delete the corresponding files that you want to.

Have fun ;)
But don't complain if you break things.:devil:

[nukesgoboom]

Boulder - it seems it can!



gameplaya15143 - thank you very much for your reply!!!

this is what i did:

start, run, "regedit"
local machine, software, microsoft, windows nt, current version, drivers32

found a key called VIDC.YV12

i renamed it to VIDC.YV12disabled

success! the duplicate xvid entry no longer appears in the virtual dub compression list. i am able to play xvid files fine in MPC, i am also able to play uncompressed files and huffyuv files in MPC just great too.

just to make sure, i went back and changed the name of the key back to VIDC.YV12 and the duplicate choice reappeared in the virtualdub compression list. so now i know i can undo this modification if i want to.

take care!