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nnigam
5th June 2005, 14:45
I recently had to re-install XP on my pc due to a system crash, and I found that all my Microsoft MPEG4 codecs had disappeared. I use these with Vdubmod to create avi files. This leads me to the additional questions.

1. I want to make avi's that will be viewable on the largest number of pc's so that I can send them to my friends, and I want them to be able to view them without having to install any codecs. Which codec would be the best. I currently use ms mpeg4 v1 codec. I need to send family videos to my family many of whom are not computer savvy.

2. Is it possible to add the compression codec in an avisynth script so that I will not forget to add it. If I forget, massive files are created which quickly fill up my disk.

Another problem I had noticed was that when I was converting an HD broadcast using dgindex and vdubmod, vdubmod complained about a missing yv12 decompressor. I noticed a line in my avs script for loading decomb521.dll. When I removed this line, everything worked fine. Any idea what went wrong since I believe that vdubmod, dgindex and decomb521 all support yv12.

Thanks

zilog jones
5th June 2005, 14:50
MPEG-1 video's probably your safest bet, especially if some members of your family have older PCs. But don't expect it to look nice...