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Installing a codec in Virtual Dub
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John, I have it working, but since I cannot find the codec in the list (I must be using 64 bit), I am using it uncompressed. It does do a good job. I just wish it were a little more user friendly. But…the price is right 🙂 If you have other info on how I can use/find the 32 bit version and use a codec, that would be great. If not I can probably get away with using uncompressed. I typically need to steady very small clips. Thanks for all your help. Jim
Vegas Pro 8 DVDA 5 Excalibur
Dell Quad Core 2.67 GHz
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Murphy’s law is taking over. I thought I had it, but the AVI I produced had a smaller video size. My clips in Vegas are 1440 x 1080. So in pass 2 of Deshaker what should I set Destination Pixel Aspect to and what should I set the Destination Video Size to? I have tried a bunch of experiments, but not getting the results I need. Thanks, Jim
Vegas Pro 8 DVDA 5 Excalibur
Dell Quad Core 2.67 GHz
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The Pixel Aspect Ratio of HDV 1440×1080 is 1.3333. In DeShaker you should be able to use the option Save destination properties as source. Otherwise, select HDV 1440×1080 (1.333) as the destination pixel aspect in DeShaker and adjust the destination video size to 1440×1080.
What I would do is download the Lagarith codec. This has both a 32-bit and 64-bit version. Install them both. In Vegas, make a Windows AVI template that uses Lagarith at 1920×1080. In VirtualDub output to 1920×1080. This eliminates all of the headaches with the pixel aspect ratio of 1440×1080 PAR 1.3333. If you do the math, 1440 * 1.3333 = ~1920 so there is minimal loss in information doing it this way. I do all of my external compositing at 1920×1080 to avoid these kinds of problems with programs that don’t interpret PAR correctly.
~jr
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I realized from your last email that I did not have the latest version of Deshaker, so I have installed the latest version. I installed the Lagarith codec. In Vegas I made an AVI template using the Lagarith codec at 1920 x 1080. So far, so good. However, when I import the AVI into Virtual Dub it takes up the entire screen and I no longer see the right side output screen. Also, when I try to run Pass 2 I get the error message “Unable to open file….for write because it is being used by another process.” I don’t understand this because Virtual Dub is the only program I have open at that time. Still wondering what I am doing wrong. Thanks, Jim
Vegas Pro 8 DVDA 5 Excalibur
Dell Quad Core 2.67 GHz
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> However, when I import the AVI into Virtual Dub it takes up the entire screen and I no longer see the right side output screen.
Right-click on the frame and select a zoom that’s less than 100% for both sides. (maybe 50%)
> Also, when I try to run Pass 2 I get the error message “Unable to open file….for write because it is being used by another process.”
Make sure that you are not saving over the same file that you are reading from. (i.e., you must render to a different filename)
~jr
http://www.johnrofrano.com
http://www.vasst.com
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