VirtualDub with Filters Pre-loaded + HuffYUV [DOWNLOADS]

[admin]

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VirtualDub - Video Editor / Encoder / Video Filter Software

About This Version of VirtualDub

This is the most current version of my installed VirtualDub 1.9.x setup, on my primary system, and it includes a good number of filters for importing various formats, as well as filters to clean up the video quality. (It's sometimes also referred to as "LordSmurf's VirtualDub" as it is the setup used by LS.)

There are more than 140 filters (including the pre-installed default ones) in this download! Understand that this is NOT just a random "I grabbed all the filters I could find and crammed them into the program" type of download you typically find online (stupid "codec packs", for example), but a carefully selected grouping of filters that are used regularly for cleaning up video for projects. Some of them are used near-daily, others are used just a few times per year on the ugliest of projects. Usually these all have to be downloaded one by one from various sites. (In some cases, the filters can no longer be easily found, as several sites have gone missing on past years.)

Installing VirtualDub

Because VirtualDub does not need to be "installed" on a computer, rather merely zipped or RAR'd up, you can extract it to your computer

• Windows 32-bit 9x/NT/2000/XP/Vista goes under C:\Program Files\
• Windows 64-bit XP/Vista/7 goes under C:\Program Files (x86)\

If you're not sure what to do with the attached ZIP or RAR files, then read this help post.

Need Help Using the Filters?

Ask your questions here in the Restore, Filter, Improve Quality forum at The Digital FAQ. We'll be glad to go over troubleshooting your specific video, and provide settings. For more detailed and faster response, consider becoming a Premium Member, too! (Note: We've noticed an odd situation lately where people download the files here, than go to some other site to ask for help -- sometimes even requesting the assistance of our own lordsmurf. Know that this site will be the best place to get help using this package to restore your videos.)

To Upgrade/Update VirtualDub + Maintain Multiple Versions

This download is not necessarily meant to be a replacement for the current official version of VirtualDub, but rather a useful starting place for those who need to do lossless intermediary encodes and/or restore (filter) video. The developers of VirtualDub are always working to make their free software better, so feel free to update the core VirtualDub files with newer ones. Or better yet, install another version, as many VirtualDub versions can be installed side-by-side, in different folders. To get the filters installed on each version, simply copy the plugins folders to each of those separate VDub locations. Note that not all filters will work (or work well) in all of the older versions.


HuffYUV - Lossless Video Codec

Why HuffYUV ? What is HuffYUV ?

Aside from VirtualDub, the only thing you may need/want to actually install is the HuffYUV codec (for most systems) or HuffYUV-Multithreaded (for dual-core and quad-core computers). These are "lossless" (not compressed) video codecs for retaining high quality on your newly-filtered or intermediary video. HuffYUV64 is available too, although it's generally not needed, as HuffYUV and HuffYUV-MT still work fine on both Windows Vista 64 and Windows 7 64-bit.

Installing HuffYUV

To install HuffYUV, simply unRAR the correct file, and then right-click and install the INF file. If you can't tell the difference between the DLL and the INF file, you have Windows setup to hide file extensions -- something that I suggest against.

Trouble Installing?

Windows Vista 64 and Windows 7 64-bit are sometimes known to give you problems when trying to install any HuffYUV package version.
I have created instructions for installing HuffYUV in Windows 64-bit in another post (linked).
If you still have any trouble installing VirtualDub or HuffYUV, feel free to join the forum as a Free Member (it's free!) and then ask in a reply to this post. Or better yet, after signing up, upgrade to a Premium Member, for the best in one-on-one support for your entire video project.
If you're not sure what to do with the attached ZIP or RAR files, then read this help post.

[rckowal]

This installs VDub 1.8.8. I like the fact that it already has filters loaded. Latest version however is 1.9.8. Can 1.9.8 be installed directly over 1.8.8?

Or must I first uninstall 1.8.8? How would I then reinstall all of those filters?

[admin]

You can install the newer versions directly on top of the existing version. The word "install" is used loosely anyway -- you don't have to actually install anything, just unzip the VirtualDub files somewhere ono the computer, and then copy the files/folders over the older ones.

Another options is to keep "side by side" installs. For example, I have both a C:\Program Files\VirtualDub18 folder and a C:\Program Files\VirtualDub19 folder. Simply copy the plugins and plugins32 folders from the old 1.8 folder into the new 1.9 folders. Don't "drag" and move, but right-click and "copy" and then paste a new copy in the 1.9 folder. Because 1.9 will have empty folders, you'll be asked to "overwrite" (yes!)

NOTE: On a 64-bit version of Windows, you'll be in the C:\Program Files (x86)\ hierarchy. Don't install this in the non-x86 folder, as it's not a 64-bit application.

VirtualDub does not have (or need) an "installer" of any kind. --- Reminds me of the old days, the DOS era.

Aside from the yadif deinterlacer, there's no real advantage of having version 1.9 over version 1.8. I will, however, be updating the above file here soon with a new one that has more filters and the latest 1.9 version. If you're not in a rush, I can see about getting that done here in the next day or so.

[admin]

The thread has now been updated, and includes the latest version 1.9.8 of VirtualDub, with the latest filters used as of January 2010.

These specific filters are excellent at a number of tasks, including:

• cleaning up, filtering, and restoring VHS before putting it onto DVD or uploading it to a website like Youtube
• converting to (or from) streaming video formats (H.264, Divx, Xvid, Flash FLV, etc), for sites like Youtube, iTunes or your own web hosted videos

Includes:

• color correction
• contrast, brightness, IRE correction and adjustment
• removing lines and pulsing type noise from video
• proper deinterlacers, good deinterlace methods
• removing grain
• fixing video shaking, camera shake
• fixing film conversions, removing shutter noise
• ... and probably a lot more things that I'm forgetting as I make this quick post update

Enjoy!

[GWEBB47]

I have been trying to capture video using the Pinnacle Dazzle -- and this is the only program that works! But I just reinstalled version 1.9.8 and no longer see video in preview. It worked well with the older version (but I couldn't get the huffy codec to work. Now that shows up, but no video. Any hints??
GORDON

[GWEBB47]

When I download the 64-bit version (VirtualDub19.rar) my capture device (Pinnacle Dazzle) doesn't work -- no video. If I use the other one from soundforge (V1.9.9 ADM 64-BIT) I get very "jerky" video... it plays for a second... stops... plays... stops, etc. What's up?
GORDON

[admin]

These two older posts seem to have slipped by the alert system, hence the lack of answers until now. Sorry about that -- you weren't being ignored!

If an older version of VirtualDub works better, then I would stick to it. However, this would be new to me -- I've NEVER seen an older version of VDub work better than a new/current version. Why not use the 32-bit version provided here, anyway? And then stay with the "plain" HuffYUV codec?

I'll be making a new update to the first post later this month, to reflect changes in VirtualDub 1.9.x, as well as the inclusion/removal of certain filters that have been changed since the last version.

I'll also look to creating a number of VCF files starting in 2001, to not only give a pre-installed with-filters version of VirtualDub, but to provide user-ready "presets" for capturing, restoring and simply encoding video.

Good things coming in 2011 -- stay tuned!

[thenannymoh]

Hello

I have never installed HuffyUV until today. I used both the cmd prompt method you outlined and the winrar extract-rightclick-install to the C:\Windows\SysWOW64 folder method, several times (with uninstalls between each), confirmed that I was in admin mode all the way, and no error messages. And yet, so far, I cannot get Adobe AE, Sony Vegas, or Vdub to recognize the existence of the HuffyUV codec.

Any further ideas of suggestions?

Thanks in advance!

Nanny

(running win7 64-bit, Vdub 1.9.8, huffyUV64 version downloaded from this site)

[admin]

Try the regular version of HuffYUV and see how that works for you.

[thenannymoh]

thanks very much, that worked!