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Old 04-18-2010, 01:31 AM   #1
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Default video, no re-encoding

i use virtualdub for basic editing, and one very useful feature it has is 'save old format avi'. this lets me open a video, do some basic editing, and save the result in the original format - no re-encoding. saving is nearly instantaneous. this works well for videos encoded with the camstudio lossless codec (lossless screen captures). to see how this works in virtualdub, check 'direct stream copy' under the 'video' and 'audio' tabs. i've also found that unchecking 'sync to audio' under the 'options' tab is usually a good idea. after those things are set, open a video, make your edits, 'save old format avi'.

why doesn't every video editor have this feature?
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Old 04-18-2010, 11:40 AM   #2
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i use virtualdub for basic editing, and one very useful feature it has is 'save old format avi'. this lets me open a video, do some basic editing, and save the result in the original format - no re-encoding.
The "Save old format AVI" function has nothing to do with that. It's the "Direct Stream Copy" modes that disable re-encoding. You still can use these with the "Save as AVI" function.
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Old 04-18-2010, 11:56 AM   #3
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The Quicktime player can also dump the original soundtrack and attach a new one to it without reencoding the video.

Just render the audio across the length of your original video.
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Old 04-18-2010, 12:29 PM   #4
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The "Save old format AVI" function has nothing to do with that. It's the "Direct Stream Copy" modes that disable re-encoding. You still can use these with the "Save as AVI" function.
whoops. i learned that from an online article, guess i just kind of blindly followed the steps.
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Old 01-07-2011, 12:45 PM   #5
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Default FFMPEG Video - enable the "copy" codec

When I use FFMPEG in CLI mode I often use the "copy" codec which passes a stream from input to output. This is especially useful in REAPER because it would allow me to tweak the audio without impacting the video quality.

Hopefully it's a fairly simple matter to make the copy codec one of the options in the render dialog.

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Old 01-07-2011, 01:08 PM   #6
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Agreed. Would be really good to have.
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Old 01-07-2011, 02:33 PM   #7
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Would be a great feature to have!
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Old 01-07-2011, 06:48 PM   #8
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Absolutely yes.
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Bump, because this would be freaking awesome.
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