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Installing a codec in Virtual Dub
I have downloaded the free Panasonic codec (pdvcodec) that John Meyer recomends in A Guide to Using DeShaker. How exactly do you install this codec to be used with Virtual Dub? TIA, Jim
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When you unzip the codec there will be a file called PANADV.INF in the same folder as the pdvcodec.dll file (which is the actual codec). Just right-click the .INF file and select Install. That’s it!
~jr
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Thanks!!
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John, do you know if Deshaker works with HD? I have not had luck yet, and I noticed a “720 x 480 pass” in Deshaker. Thanks, Jim
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Yes, DeShaker does work with HD. I also have Mercalli and Magic Bullet Steady so I don’t use DeShaker much anymore but I have used it with HD.
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Between Mercalli and Magic Bullet, which do you like best? Does Magic Bullet work with Vegas? Thanks for all the info. Jim
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Magic Bullet Steady does not work with Vegas. It’s an After Effects plug-in so if you don’t have AE then it doesn’t matter which is better. Having said that, I find that Steady does a little better job than Mercalli on some footage which is why I bought it, but the difference is small and depending on the footage, Mercalli might work better. It’s also difficult to compare the two because they both have so many parameters to tweak that I’m sure you could get them to be very close with tweaking. What I like about Mercalli is that it has all of those presets to choose from. Mercalli does a great job on shaky footage.
One thing I did not like about Mercalli is proDAD’s copy protection. It took me two months of unanswered emails to proDAD and then fighting with the company that I bought Mercalli from and it wasn’t until I requested my money back did I finally get help from proDAD to get it registered properly. proDAD customer service is one of the worst and they are impossible to contact. Because of that, I will never buy a proDAD product again until they change their draconian copy protection. (which is another reason I bought Steady!)
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That’s scary to think of the difficulty contacting Mercalli for support. So, I’m trying to look at options. Does After Effects work with Vegas? I’m not sure why I can’t get Deshaker to work with my HDV clips. When it is dubbing the screen on the left is totally black. Thanks! Jim
Vegas Pro 8 DVDA 5 Excalibur
Dell Quad Core 2.67 GHz
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> That’s scary to think of the difficulty contacting Mercalli for support.
Yea, and I despise activation… it’s just holds paying customers hostage to use their purchases. (but I digress…)
> So, I’m trying to look at options. Does After Effects work with Vegas?
No. After Effects is a standalone application so you just render out of Vegas, edit in AE, then render out of AE to get back into Vegas. This is not such a bad workflow because I start my stabilization in AE before I even start my Vegas project. This way I start off with using stabilized footage.
> I’m not sure why I can’t get Deshaker to work with my HDV clips. When it is dubbing the screen on the left is totally black.
What codec do the clips use? I use CineForm AVI and I have no problems.
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Thanks for hanging in there with me. Can I download the CineForm codec and use it with Vegas Pro 8? Jim
Vegas Pro 8 DVDA 5 Excalibur
Dell Quad Core 2.67 GHz
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