Is there any way to use Vegas DV and Mpeg 2 codecs in VirtualDub?

Laurence wrote on 10/18/2004, 7:21 AM
Is there any way to use Vegas DV and Mpeg 2 codecs in VirtualDub? I know its a matter of copying the codecs into the Windows/System or Windows/System 32 directory and then referenceing them from the registry, but which files do I copy and how do I reference them from Windows so that VirtualDub will see them?

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taliesin wrote on 10/18/2004, 7:26 AM
There is a way to use VirtualDub(plugs) inside Vegas ... ;-)

Marco
Laurence wrote on 10/18/2004, 7:32 AM
How?
Spot|DSE wrote on 10/18/2004, 7:44 AM
WAX.
www.debugmode.com
johnmeyer wrote on 10/18/2004, 8:46 AM
Is there any way to use Vegas DV and Mpeg 2 codecs in VirtualDub? I

The answer to your question is no, you cannot access them. This one has been asked and answered many times, so I am pretty sure of the answer.

You have two other options:

1. Use another codec. You can use the free Panasonic DV encoder, or the Mainconcept DV encoder, or the free Huffyuv encoder.

2. Use the VirtualDub plug-ins inside of Vegas, and abandon VirtualDub altogether. If the plug-in does not require access to past and future frames (and most, but not all, do not), then you can use Satish's Wax Plug-in to load these into Vegas. I use the VirtualDub Delogo filter inside Vegas, via Wax, all the time.
Laurence wrote on 10/18/2004, 11:16 AM
I'm already using the Panasonic DV codec outside of Vegas.

I downloaded Wax and will install and experiment with it later when I don't have a four year old little boy bouncing off the walls around me!
BJ_M wrote on 10/18/2004, 5:28 PM
just a note -- the installation of the panasonic dv codec messes up some other programs like premiere pro 1.5 . We got several reports of this..
I never tried this myself though.

the main concept dv codec works fine (but costs money) , so does the canopus dv codec ..

you can open mpeg files in virtualdub but using virtualdubMOD or virtualdubMPEG

they are modified versions of virtualdub