filter w/vdub

[maxwell3]

I saw somewhere that v dub can be used to apply filters only . That is avi in, apply filters ,avi out then on to CCE or tmpg . Im trying to find a guide for this . I looked in the guide section for vdub and found everything but this . Can someone advise if theres a guide somewhere thanks

[rfmmars]

Yes, it's very easy, it's called frame serving. What it does is tricks the next program in thinking it is opening a .AVI file.

The trick is what to name the file. I use [video.vdr.avi]. I use Ligos 3.5 mpeg2 encoder, too bad they have taken off the market.

To learn more search keywords [frame serving virtualdub] on the web.

richard
photorecall.net

[yaz]

Originally posted by maxwell3
Can someone advise if theres a guide somewhere thanks try www.doom9.org -> guides -> virtualdub procedures :-))
there u can find other way of framserving too.
the bests
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[maxwell3]

Thanks but thats the first place I went What I want to do is input an avi file apply some filters then output an avi file ..untouched except for the filters . I dont see anything like that listed there unless ofcourse Im missing something, which is very possible . Could you advise me on this ?

[Nic]

There's no way to apply filters without re-encoding...(or saving the new AVI without compression)....

It sounds like your trying to apply filters to an AVI file, to get another AVI file, and then send that to CCE/TMPG. Why not just frame serve it...
i.e. VirtualDub will decode the AVI, add filters then send the raw frames to CCE/TMPG without having to create another AVI file...

You may also be better off using AviSynth...

-Nic