Beginner Question - No Mp3 options in Audio compression?

[Jynks]

Hi there....

I have a new box running vista64 and I am having problems getting Vdub and Vdubmod to work. Basicaly when i go to the audio compression options and click on the section "MPEG Layer-3" I have no options in there I can select.

On my Xp box I had all these options for mono/stero and various bitrates...

How do i ge tthese options back?

Thanks in Advance.

[LoRd_MuldeR]

VirtualDub requires ACM-Codecs. Obviously the MP3 Codec is not installed on your system.

Try to install either the LAME ACM Codec (http://www.free-codecs.com/download/LAME_ACM_Codec.htm) -or- the Fraunhofer MP3 Codec (http://www.softpedia.com/get/Multimedia/Audio/Audio-CD-Rippers-Encoders/Fraunhofer-Radium-MP3-codec-Profesional.shtml) ...

(BTW: Are you running the 64-Bit or the x86 edition of VDub? You'd might have more success with the x86 edition)


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As an alternative you can give Avidemux a try and never worry about Codecs again:
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=126164

[Jynks]

The Link for "Fraunhofer MP3 Codec ..." dose nto work.. some licence issue means they can not host it... I'll look for another one.

I downloaded the LAME one and unrar'd it then right clicked on the ini and selected install.. everything seamed to work but the options still do not show up in the Vdub or VdubMod

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I found a post from a guy called Tagert on this board.....

http://forum.doom9.org/archive/index.php/t-127242.html
This info came along the lagarith codec which helped me install various 32bit codecs on windows xp x64, not sure if it's the same in Vista, but worth a try :)

"Installing the 32bit version on Windows 64
Extract all the files to a folder
Open up a command prompt (start->run: cmd)
Change directories to sysWOW64 ("cd C:\windows\syswow64")
Type the following (replace example_path with the actual path to the extracted files), then hit enter: rundll32.exe setupapi.dll,InstallHinfSection DefaultInstall 0 c:\example_path\lagarith.inf
This method can also be used for installing other 32bit codecs such as Huffyuv that install via a .inf file."

This installed teh lame codec fine and it is now working..

Thanks for the help guys.