Installing a codec in Virtual Dub

[John Rofrano]

> Can I download the CineForm codec and use it with Vegas Pro 8?

Actually, Vegas Pro 8.0 comes with it’s own CineForm codec but it can only be used in Vegas Pro 8.0. If you want to use it to render in other applications like VirtualDub, you have to buy it. The Neo Scene product is the cheapest way for $99 at VideoGuys. Well worth the price.

Otherwise you can use the Lagarith or HuffYUV codec but they produce huge files (but are free).

~jr

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[Jim Murphy]

John, how can I get to the CineForm AVI codec in Vegas 8 Pro? The only AVI option I see in the dropdown list is “Video for Windows AVI.” Thanks, Jim

Vegas Pro 8 DVDA 5 Excalibur

Dell Quad Core 2.67 GHz

[John Rofrano]

Select Video for Windows and press the Custom… button. Then on the Video tab look in the Video format list for CineForm HD. Finally save the template with a new name (like CineForm HD) for future use.

~jr

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[Jim Murphy]

Thanks so much. I appreciate all the help. I’ll report back on how Deshaker goes. Jim

Vegas Pro 8 DVDA 5 Excalibur

Dell Quad Core 2.67 GHz

[Jim Murphy]

John, I am back to trying to get Virtual Dub and Deshaker to work on my computer. Have not had luck yet. I am wondering if the fact that my computer is 64 bit is the trouble. Any thoughts? Thanks, Jim

Vegas Pro 8 DVDA 5 Excalibur

Dell Quad Core 2.67 GHz

[John Rofrano]

64-bit should not be the problem. I can run VirtualDub and DeShaker on my Vista 64 PC without any problems (in 32-bit mode). What is or isn’t it doing?

~jr

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[Jim Murphy]

John, my apologies for the delay in getting back to you. Things have been a little crazy around here. When I go to Open Video File in Virtual Dub, and try to open an AVI file that I rendered in Vegas Pro 8, I get the message: “Cannot locate decompressor for format ‘CFHD’ (unknown) Virtual Dub requires a Video for Windows compatible codec to decompress video.” I have already downloaded and “extracted all” the pdvcodec. Then I clicked on panadv and clicked install. Still not working. Any help you can provide is appreciated. Thanks, Jim

Vegas Pro 8 DVDA 5 Excalibur

Dell Quad Core 2.67 GHz

[John Rofrano]

The pdvcodec is the Panasonic DV codec. It sounds like you encoded the file with CineForm (CFHD) so you either need to buy the CineForm codec to use in VirtualDub, or encode the file in Vegas as DV.

~jr

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[Jim Murphy]

John, I am getting there. I encoded in DV (NTSC DV Widescreen). When I open the AVI file, I can now see it in Virtual Dub. Yeah! Now…when I click on File>Preview output from start, I get the error message “Cannot initialize smart rendering: No codec is selected for compression.” I went to Video>Compression and clicked on the Microsoft codec, but still got the same message when I tried again. What am I doing wrong? Many thanks, Jim

Vegas Pro 8 DVDA 5 Excalibur

Dell Quad Core 2.67 GHz

[John Rofrano]

> I went to Video>Compression and clicked on the Microsoft codec, but still got the same message when I tried again.

You want to select the Panasonic DV codec, not the Microsoft one. Make sure you are using the 32-bit version of VirtualDub so that the 32-bit VFW codecs are listed.

~jr

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