tips?: New Install SSD and What Codecs (xvid divx)

kraz wrote on 3/12/2011, 10:22 AM

OK - I have a machine that is working fine -so of course next step is to break it.

Have a big Project for next week so will hold on till after I deliver all the videos (Purim Shpiel to those who understand).

I was debating using a Ghost method to move it over - but in truth I have some silly quirks with the machine so I figured its a good time to clean up.

1. Any special tips in terms of Vegas with my boot drive on an SSD? I mean anything special/unique for Vegas.

I have seen various posts about what registry changes to make etc. I bought a 90 GB SSD and recently cleaned my WIndows7 Pro C: drive to what looks to be pretty minimal of like 50GB (With Vegas Photoshop etc installed)

[note to people doing same - moving all the various "My doc" type of directories is more complex in 7 than XP]

2. Codecs

One Quirk I have is that on some of my machines I am able to edit more formats than on others. Is there a definitive list of which codecs should be put in.

Specifically I want to be able to edit (I know it is a bad idea/highly compressed format etc) xVID and DIVx (is there a free codec for this - I don't want to install the whole Divx Suite)

As long as I am doing a clean install I figured I would try to do the install right from the start.

3. Order to install - Besides Vegas, other SW that I need that that may install various Codecs are -

PhotoDex Proshow Producer
AVS Video Converter
DVD Fab

What is the best order for install? Do vegas first so its clean .. or Vegas last so its Codecs will be the last written.

Thanks for any advice.

Allen

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kraz wrote on 3/14/2011, 4:11 AM

or maybe links to threads of each issue .....

SSDs

Codecs to install ..on Windows 7 for most compatibility with Vegas

Thanks

NickHope wrote on 3/14/2011, 4:49 AM

I don't know of any alternative encoders to Xvid and DivX themselves. ffdshow can decode both formats (but perhaps not on the Vegas timeline) but not encode.

Xvid seems pretty harmless and I've used it a lot to encode .avi in Vegas. MeGUI rolled back from using Xvid version 1.2.2 to 1.3.0 because of this. Not sure what that means but you might be limited to 2GB files with the latest version.

When you install DivX I think you can choose not to install various features and you can probably uninstall them anyway.

Vegas comes with a load of good codecs included, but lossless codecs .avi you might want to add to your tool kit are Huffyuv, Lagarith and/or UT Video.

Another codec that is popular around here for high quality intra-frame intermediate files is the free DNxHD codec from Avid. It's a mov codec, which might sound scary but mov support is pretty good in Vegas 10. Some people have found it a good replacement for Cineform.

Steer clear of codec packs such as K-Lite.

Searches on the forum will find recent info about a lot of this stuff.

kraz wrote on 3/14/2011, 11:53 AM

Thanks -

Is there a free Codec only for Divx - last time I installed I installed some trial version and it still bugs me to this day ..

what is the "most vanilla" Divx to get just to be able to recognize Divx Files