Reviews of VirtualDub

1. 
   SineWave

   Reviewing 1.10.1 Test 14 (Jan 10, 2012)

   Since there is no review for this program in last 2 years, I thought I should write a thing or two about it.
   
   1st: This is all you need for transcribing and encoding your videos.
   
   2nd: you can put it and run it from wherever you want. No installation needed. No registry entries. It's simple to learn and work with it.
   
   I use it for about a decade now, and all I can say is - that thing is one of the first things I install, or rather "install" on my computer. Fast as hell. GUI is native to windows, no artificial hardware bull, and that contributes to its speed, too. One of the most useful programs in Windows ever, beside CCleaner, Defraggler, XNView and Firefox.
   
   This man deserves a medal! :) [and FCChandler too, for making all the wonderful plugins for it]
   
   Cheers! Thank you so much for making such a great program for linear editing and encoding!
2. 
   anomoly

   Reviewing 1.9.8 (Dec 29, 2009)

   @plasticpig72
   AviDemux will open vbr audio avi's and then can save them to a cbr audio vdub-compliant avi in minutes (~30 min. for 700 MB depending on how fast your pc is). It will also append 2 vbr audio avi's to one almost as fast as you can copy the files.
3. 
   turkiston

   Reviewing 1.9.6 Build 32618 (Oct 3, 2009)

   thank you
4. 
   rhinohide

   Reviewing 1.9.4 (Jul 28, 2009)

   Recently needed to rotate a video 90 degrees that was captured with the camera on it's side. Common problem with cameras that can record video. I used an older rev of this and rotated the video in a very short time. In fact, it ran so fast on an older CPU that I really didn't think it worked, but it worked great. I was impressed with the speed and ease of use. Couldn't have been simpler. I'm glad to read the post before me because I've been thinking about doing some Xvid transcoding to get higher compression ratios, and wanted a simple app. I think the VirtualDub author is very conservative in his description. There are a lot of plugins for this, some of which will handle MPEG2.
5. 
   DudeBoyz

   Reviewing 1.9.1 Experimental (Mar 30, 2009)

   I really like this little program. I don't use all the functions but it is pretty great at what it does.
   
   I run it right out of the folder from the UNZIP - don't have to install it formally. I create a shortcut for it via the right-mouse click menu and put that shortcut on my Dock Bar program.
   
   I can download the latest XviD CODEC if I wish (I like it better than DivX) and install that and it becomes available from the VIDEO > COMPRESSION dialog.
   
   So, when I make FRAPS captures of my video game sessions and then save those, I can open up VirtualDub, load that game video (AVI) and go to the VIDEO > FILTERS dialog and then ADD the RESIZE filter, set it at 640x480, SAVE it then click the OK button.
   
   Then all I have to do is go to the FILE menu and choose SAVE AS AVI, type in a name and I get a compressed but great looking video of my game recording but in 640x480 instead of 1600x1200 or 1280x960, and then I can upload that video to YouTube or a file download hosting site and people can view the video.
   
   It's great when you are playing different games and your buds all want to check out what the games play like. I can play PainKiller Black Edition and Unreal Tournament 2004, they can play C & C 3 Tiberium Wars, UT 3, L4Dead and Gears of War and I can watch the videos of how those games play. It's just awesome that it's so easy to do and it doesn't cost ANYTHING at all! 100% Free!
   
   So even if I just use one or two main features and make the video, that's still just fine. I'm getting my monies worth totally!

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