Can't get frameserver feature working

[satwar]

Help needed,

I can't get the frameserver function of Virtualdub to work, I get no video in the encoded MPG when I use the VDR file created by Virtualdub as the video source in MainConcept Encode. I obviously still don't understand how to use this frameserver aspect of Virtualdub, I must have missed a step somwhere.

(1) I ran Auxsetup.exe to install the file handler, my understanding being that you only have to install once.

(2) I then opened Virtualdub and opened the source AVI file

(3) I then selected "Start Frameserver..." and created a VDR file, and left the frameserver running.

(4) I then opened MainConcept Encode and selected the previously created VDR file name as video source and the previously created WAV file as audio source.

(5) Played MPG file in Windows Media Player and get sound but no video (green screen)

What did I miss here?

[rfmmars]

Help needed,

I can't get the frameserver function of Virtualdub to work, I get no video in the encoded MPG when I use the VDR file created by Virtualdub as the video source in MainConcept Encode. I obviously still don't understand how to use this frameserver aspect of Virtualdub, I must have missed a step somwhere.

(1) I ran Auxsetup.exe to install the file handler, my understanding being that you only have to install once.

(2) I then opened Virtualdub and opened the source AVI file

(3) I then selected "Start Frameserver..." and created a VDR file, and left the frameserver running.

(4) I then opened MainConcept Encode and selected the previously created VDR file name as video source and the previously created WAV file as audio source.

(5) Played MPG file in Windows Media Player and get sound but no video (green screen)

What did I miss here?

You may have not missed anything. Some applications will receive only video, no audio, easy work around, or only audio. Haven't used MainConcepts Mpeg encoder, but my Ligos 3.5 encoder works fine with both, but some NLEs don't open the *.VDR*.avi at all.

richard
photorecall.net

[satwar]

Someone on another forum suggested that the XVID codec may be the problem. I installed DIVX codec instead and the frameserver feature worked like a charm. Thanks for your time and thought about my problem.

:D

[johnmeyer]

I probably shouldn't revive an old thread, but just in case someone else runs across this, I want to reaffirm that the XVID codec also caused the same problem for me, and after uninstalling it as satwar suggested, I was once again able to frameserve video into my MainConcept encoder.