VirtualDub or equivalent for OSX

[shakespeare]

Okay...

I just made a huge shift in my life...

Ive moved to a nice new apple G5, but now I think i need to do a bunch of new reading to relearn alot of things...

But, does anyone know if there is a version of VirtualDub out there for OSX, or some sort of equivalent program I can use to quickly re-encode video with a new codec??

:thanks:

[Episode]

Hmm, well there is iMovie and Final Cut Pro.. and you can always encode files with mplayer's mencoder. But no, there isn't anything like Virtualdub for Mac. But I think the new iMovie is able to encode files in Mpeg 4 AVC format (in .mp4 container of course).

[Joe Fenton]

Try FFMPEGX.

http://homepage.mac.com/major4/

[mean]

Avidemux works on MacOsX, not as well as on x86 but ok nonethless

[shakespeare]

Final Cut eh Episode??

Sounds kosher to me, but ive yet to get it. (my copy of final cut studio 2 will be here on monday) But, just off the top of my head, I kinda figured Final Cut is gonna have the same drawback as Adobe Premiere and not be able to recognize clips that are encoded with Xvid.

This is ofcourse just an assumption on my part, so if im out to lunch, please let me know.

Ill hafta try FFMPEGX... I guess what im looking for (and what i used VDub for) is somthin that can open a xvid file, disable the audio output, define a small clip (ie [ ]) and then quickly re-encode it with a lossless codec.

Anyway, if anyone else has any thoughts, please let me know.

:)

[Zep]

Final Cut eh Episode??

Sounds kosher to me, but ive yet to get it. (my copy of final cut studio 2 will be here on monday) But, just off the top of my head, I kinda figured Final Cut is gonna have the same drawback as Adobe Premiere and not be able to recognize clips that are encoded with Xvid.

This is ofcourse just an assumption on my part, so if im out to lunch, please let me know.


Final cut pro is the way to go :) And yes Xvid can be read easy
in all apps via an xvid (any MPEG 4 ISO) QT codec or an apps own lib
like the one that comes with toast 7.


Ill hafta try FFMPEGX...

ffmpegX is very good but not really an editor.
(well last time i messed with it anyway)



I guess what im looking for (and what i used VDub for) is somthin that can open a xvid file, disable the audio output, define a small clip (ie [ ]) and then quickly re-encode it with a lossless codec.

Anyway, if anyone else has any thoughts, please let me know.

:)

well heck quicktime all by itself can do that. Just use the QT Player.
No need for other apps.

You really need to read the docs and basic FAQ's for this stuff
cause it appears you do not even realize the power that comes
with OSX and the pre installed apps (like QT and iMovie etc...)

IMHO there is only one thing mac side needs and that is avisynth
but version 3 is being ported to OSX so even that will soon be moot.
(and the switch to intel will speed up ports of a lot of x86 asm/SSE#
heavy projects)

Now there is a ton of linux/unix stuff that can be compiled straight
up to work on OSX as well. You should look into that area as well.

enjoy :)

[shakespeare]

1000 thanx Zep!

Im the 1st to admit im not yet awakened to the power of OSX. I just made the switch to it after many (apparently) wasted yrs as a pc user.

Your answer sheds exactly the light Ive been looking for.

I feel like a jackass for not realizing the only thing I was looking for was staring me in the face. But hey, for me thats normal.

I appriciate all the nfo from the other posts as well and can't say thanx enough for all the help.

:) :) :)

[Zep]

1000 thanx Zep!

Im the 1st to admit im not yet awakened to the power of OSX. I just made the switch to it after many (apparently) wasted yrs as a pc user.

Your answer sheds exactly the light Ive been looking for.

I feel like a jackass for not realizing the only thing I was looking for was staring me in the face. But hey, for me thats normal.

I appriciate all the nfo from the other posts as well and can't say thanx enough for all the help.

:) :) :)

np. i try to help the OSX users as much as i can but i do admit
because of avisynth I do most of my encodes on my AMD 64 box.
Once avisynth 3.0 is done though I'll be mac only. (I'm 80% MAC NOW)

There is SOOOO much open source stuff that compiles on OSX that
I'm like a kid in a candy store these days lol

good luck :)

[oldcpu]

Final cut pro is the way to go I've never used any of these packages, but I did read that MainActor is not too bad:
http://www.mainconcept.com/mainactor_v5_linux.shtml

But I concede I have no idea if MainActor will run under OS X, and even it does, running a Linux app under OSX may be as "heretical" as running under a Windows app under Linux Wine.

Reference: Linux thread on Main Actor having some of the Final Cut Pro capabilities:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/history/344402

[XStylus]

Sorry to necropost, but I have yet to find an adequate equivallent to VirtualDub for OSX. ffmpegx is very buggy and generates garbage, and the only other program that appears to come close is MediaPipe which has been abandoned ever since OSX 10.2.

I'm hoping that since the last time this question was asked that perhaps a new program may have made itself known. Any suggestions?

[Teegedeck]

Another vote for Avidemux (http://avidemux.berlios.de/index.html).

[hiso]

Avidemux too, but X11 package must be installed i think.

[AeroQ]

I think that SimpleMovieX is quite close to VirtualDub feature set, while keeping a Mac-like interface.

You can edit and save natively MOV, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, AVI and MPEG-4 formats.

http://www.aeroquartet.com/SimpleMovieX/

Regards, BJ
(Note that I'm the developer of this app.)