Looking for a prog that support XviD & DivX

Devilman1 · 20th November 2005, 22:15

I have to mount a film for a friend, but everything is Xvid compressed. Does exist a program for editing that support encoded video footage? Because decoding and reencodig will lose quality and he doesn't have an uncompressed source anymore.

TIA

charleski · 20th November 2005, 23:21

VirtualDub
You'll have to edit by splitting the file into a number of cuts and saving each out using direct stream copy. Then load the first and append each of the others. You won't have frame-accurate cuts, as each cut-in point has to be on a keyframe.

Devilman1 · 21st November 2005, 00:11

Ok, but if I want to add photo and music virtualdub is not the best program, I guess.

zambelli · 21st November 2005, 09:14

Just make sure both VfW and DirectShow versions of the DivX/xvid decoder are installed and any program that reads AVI such as Premiere, Ulead or Vegas will have no trouble reading it.

charleski · 21st November 2005, 19:31

Premiere will want to re-encode when you output the video.
I've read that people have successfully managed to get Premiere working with xvid, though I never managed to do so.
If you want to mix in extra audio tracks you'll have to do the cutting and splicing first with VDub, then take the file over to something like Audition (which works nicely with xvid) and import it into a multitrack session. Place the video in the first track as a guide, then arrange your additional audio tracks accordingly. Finally mix all the audio down to a file and save it. Then open the avi file in VirtualDub again, go to the Streams menu and throw away the original audio track that you had from cutting and add the new mix.
I'm not sure what to do about inserting stills for titles, etc. You could use Donald Graft's logo filter: http://neuron2.net/. That will import a bmp and place it in the frame, though obviously you'll have to re-encode that section.

Devilman1 · 21st November 2005, 20:07

Thanks for information

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20th November 2005, 23:21	#2 \| Link
charleski Registered User Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 383	VirtualDub You'll have to edit by splitting the file into a number of cuts and saving each out using direct stream copy. Then load the first and append each of the others. You won't have frame-accurate cuts, as each cut-in point has to be on a keyframe.

21st November 2005, 00:11	#3 \| Link
Devilman1 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 84	Ok, but if I want to add photo and music virtualdub is not the best program, I guess.

21st November 2005, 09:14	#4 \| Link
zambelli Doom9ing since 2001 Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Bellevue, WA, USA Posts: 1,910	Just make sure both VfW and DirectShow versions of the DivX/xvid decoder are installed and any program that reads AVI such as Premiere, Ulead or Vegas will have no trouble reading it.

21st November 2005, 19:31	#5 \| Link
charleski Registered User Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 383	Premiere will want to re-encode when you output the video. I've read that people have successfully managed to get Premiere working with xvid, though I never managed to do so. If you want to mix in extra audio tracks you'll have to do the cutting and splicing first with VDub, then take the file over to something like Audition (which works nicely with xvid) and import it into a multitrack session. Place the video in the first track as a guide, then arrange your additional audio tracks accordingly. Finally mix all the audio down to a file and save it. Then open the avi file in VirtualDub again, go to the Streams menu and throw away the original audio track that you had from cutting and add the new mix. I'm not sure what to do about inserting stills for titles, etc. You could use Donald Graft's logo filter: http://neuron2.net/. That will import a bmp and place it in the frame, though obviously you'll have to re-encode that section.

21st November 2005, 20:07	#6 \| Link
Devilman1 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 84	Thanks for information