Virtualdub encoding help

[christene]

I am a Newbie in encoding

I am using window 7 64 bit.I am trying to encode dvd movie to Xvid in Virtualdub and want to compress them uptill 800 to 900 Mb following errors are occuring

In Virtualdub the lame mp3 acm codec is not showing though I have installed the codec.
Am I doing something wrong? Guide pls.

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Someone told me to change to 32 bit virtualdub i did and same thing
I have changed to 32 bit following errors are occuping when Audio compression mode selecting the MPEG Layer 3


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Kindly help me out as I said I am trying to convert a DVD to Xvid and compress the movie uptill 800 to 900 mb.Pls provide me a Full Tuturial of the same thanks.

[manono]

Pls provide me a Full Tuturial of the same thanks.
Not a chance.

If you want to make XviD AVIs from DVD sources, try AutoGK:

http://www.videohelp.com/tools/AutoGK

[nhakobian]

In your first screenshot, you claim that the MP3 codec is not installed. Actually it is. MPEG Layer-3 is MP3.

In the other screenshots, well, its obvious what the issue is from the error message. You don't have the required codecs installed to decompress your source audio (on the DVD itself).

You might want to do some googling for your answers before posting things up. These are answers you could have figured out yourself.

Why are you trying to encode into Xvid/MP3 and avi? Is it so you can play it on an older device? Both these formats are pretty out of date and have a lot of drawbacks to encoding quality. There is tons of information in this forum and in many other places on how to encode to a more modern format.

If you give more specific details about your source, what you are trying to do with it, and what you want to end up with, people might be able to help you out a bit more.

[christene]

In your first screenshot, you claim that the MP3 codec is not installed. Actually it is. MPEG Layer-3 is MP3.

In the other screenshots, well, its obvious what the issue is from the error message. You don't have the required codecs installed to decompress your source audio (on the DVD itself).

You might want to do some googling for your answers before posting things up. These are answers you could have figured out yourself.

Why are you trying to encode into Xvid/MP3 and avi? Is it so you can play it on an older device? Both these formats are pretty out of date and have a lot of drawbacks to encoding quality. There is tons of information in this forum and in many other places on how to encode to a more modern format.

If you give more specific details about your source, what you are trying to do with it, and what you want to end up with, people might be able to help you out a bit more.

Ok can you suggest me pls any modern new technique or which software should I use because I am little bit confused with sofwares can't get through which to use?

[Ghitulescu]

What do you intend to do with the movie?

[christene]

What do you intend to do with the movie?

I am trying to encode some movie to Xvid and Mkv formats.

[Ghitulescu]

xVid and MKV are not goals they are just means to goal.
Unless you have time to waste and reencode your collection last year to xVid, this year to MKV and probably the next year to MP4, you had a motivation to do this. This goal determines what is the best to use.

[LoRd_MuldeR]

In your first screenshot, you claim that the MP3 codec is not installed. Actually it is. MPEG Layer-3 is MP3.

What you say is correct. But some versions of Windows ship with an "MPEG Layer-3" ACM Codec that is restricted to decompression only.

If installed properly, the LAME ACM Codec should appear separately in that list. And it probably is superior in terms of quality to the Windows/FHG Codec anyway.

The LAME ACM Codec can be found here:
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/lame_acm_codec.htm

Especially note the included instructions in "HOWTO Install LAME-ACM on x64", if you are running an up-to-date (not necessarily 64-Bit) Windows ;)


As for the second problem, the missing audio decoder for the input file, I would say:

Tag "0x2000" means AC-3 aka Dolby Digital. Indeed, there is an ACM Codec for that too and it can be found here:
http://www.free-codecs.com/ac-3_acm_decompressor_download.htm

Install instructions are pretty much the same!

[nhakobian]

What you say is correct. But some versions of Windows ship with an "MPEG Layer-3" ACM Codec that is restricted to decompression only.


D'oh! Thanks for catching that. Its been probably close to a decade since I've felt the desire to encode audio for an encoded movie to MP3 that I totally forgot about that.

There are just so many better options for audio formats in video containers that I think you need a really good reason to fall back on MP3 for this use.

[christene]

What you say is correct. But some versions of Windows ship with an "MPEG Layer-3" ACM Codec that is restricted to decompression only.

If installed properly, the LAME ACM Codec should appear separately in that list. And it probably is superior in terms of quality to the Windows/FHG Codec anyway.

The LAME ACM Codec can be found here:
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/lame_acm_codec.htm

Especially note the included instructions in "HOWTO Install LAME-ACM on x64", if you are running an up-to-date (not necessarily 64-Bit) Windows ;)


As for the second problem, the missing audio decoder for the input file, I would say:

Tag "0x2000" means AC-3 aka Dolby Digital. Indeed, there is an ACM Codec for that too and it can be found here:
http://www.free-codecs.com/ac-3_acm_decompressor_download.htm

Install instructions are pretty much the same!

same errors are happening?

[christene]

xVid and MKV are not goals they are just means to goal.
Unless you have time to waste and reencode your collection last year to xVid, this year to MKV and probably the next year to MP4, you had a motivation to do this. This goal determines what is the best to use.

which software is good for mkv and mp4?

[Ghitulescu]

To do what with them? These are containers ... like a bottle that can be filled with water (for thirsty people) or petrol (for cars), neither can benefit from the content of the other one :)

[LoRd_MuldeR]

which software is good for mkv and mp4?

If, indeed, you only want to remux the audio and video streams from the MKV container to an MP4 (ISO Media) container, and without actually converting the audio/video formats, then you can extract (demultiplex) the streams from the MKV file using MKVExtract from the MKVToolnix (http://www.videohelp.com/tools/MKVtoolnix) package, maybe using a GUI like MKVExtarctGUI-2 (http://www.videohelp.com/tools/MKVExtractGUI-2). Once this is done, you can multiplex the streams into an MP4 container with MP4Box (http://www.videohelp.com/tools/mp4box), maybe using a GUI like YAMB (http://www.videohelp.com/tools/YAMB). Note that remuxing the streams is much faster than actually re-encoding those streams. And it's 100% lossless, quality wise, while re-encoding always is lossy.

same errors are happening?

1. You installed the Codecs as described in the "HOWTO" and everything did actually succeed?

2. If so, did you install the 32-Bit or 64-Bit version of the Codecs? Also, are you trying to use the 32-Bit or 64-Bit version of VirtualDub?

3. For sake of simplicity and for better compatibility, I suggest you stick with 32-Bit for both, even if you are on a 64-Bit system.

[christene]

If, indeed, you only want to remux the audio and video streams from the MKV container to an MP4 (ISO Media) container, and without actually converting the audio/video formats, then you can extract (demultiplex) the streams from the MKV file using MKVExtract from the MKVToolnix (http://www.videohelp.com/tools/MKVtoolnix) package, maybe using a GUI like MKVExtarctGUI-2 (http://www.videohelp.com/tools/MKVExtractGUI-2). Once this is done, you can multiplex the streams into an MP4 container with MP4Box (http://www.videohelp.com/tools/mp4box), maybe using a GUI like YAMB (http://www.videohelp.com/tools/YAMB). Note that remuxing the streams is much faster than actually re-encoding those streams. And it's 100% lossless, quality wise, while re-encoding always is lossy.



1. You installed the Codecs as described in the "HOWTO" and everything did actually succeed?

2. If so, did you install the 32-Bit or 64-Bit version of the Codecs? Also, are you trying to use the 32-Bit or 64-Bit version of VirtualDub?

3. For sake of simplicity and for better compatibility, I suggest you stick with 32-Bit for both, even if you are on a 64-Bit system.

you mean 32 bit virtualdub will work on my system?

[StainlessS]

Not only does LoRd_MuldeR mean it will work on your system, he suggests it as the better choice (also for codecs).

A friend of mine that knows nothing of video encoding suggested to me that HandBrake is simple for the
novice, I tried it once or twice and have to agree. There are also at least two alternative GUI's that
are intended to make it even easier.

[LoRd_MuldeR]

you mean 32 bit virtualdub will work on my system?

Sure it will. 32-Bit programs run just fine on 64-Bit Windows. Only the other way around it is not possible.

Also you need to be aware that you can not combine 32-Bit and 64-Bit code in the same process. So 32-Bit Codecs work only with 32-Bit programs, and 64-Bit Codecs work only with 64-Bit programs.

As most software (programs, Codecs, plugins, etc) still is 32-Bit - or at least the 32-Bit versions are more common and thus more easy to find - I suggested to stay 32-Bit all the way.

(64-Bit programs can be slightly faster, but not necessarily. It depends! Also 64-Bit programs can address more memory, which only is helpful in specific cases. Thus, most of the time, 32-Bit is just fine)