j722pm
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Wed Apr 13, 2005 11:25 pm Post subject:
Vodei Codec problem and solution |
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Yes Vodei is spelled correctly in the subject line.
I'm posting this to help others, You know who you are! If you havent had
this problem read on or ignore it. I downloaded a movie and when I opened it
I got a still picture that said I had to install the Vodei MP from
www.vodei.com nothing else would play it. I installed it thinking it was
just a new codec. The quality on the movie when I played it back was great
(Better than some 2-CD rips) and GSpot said the codec used was
DivX\MRLE(_RL8) but the problem is I couldn't convert it to other formats
(VCD, SVCD, DVD) and when I opened it with virtualdub I got the same still
picture as when I first downloaded it. So it started to look like some kind
of copy protection for AVI files. I searched the net and found a lot of
other people having the same problem, But no solutions. The Vodei web site
says that they have no known way of converting Vodei files to other formats.
So now it starts looking like a new type of AVI wrapper, (like .mkv or .ogm)
so I started thinking the player I installed was a direct show filter. I
tried AVISynth, and it worked. So here's the solution to converting these
movies.
First you have to install their vodei player. Get it from www.vodei.com.
(there's no way around that if you want to keep the movie. You can uninstall
it later.)
Now install the newest version of AVISynth.
Create a simple text file with the extension .avs
open the .avs file and type: DirectShowSource("C:\Pathname\moviename.avi",
framerate)
substitute pathname, filename and framerate with the actual settings, then
save.
Now open the .avs file with virtualdub, virtualdubmod, nandub, wmnicenc,
quenc or tmpgenc with the avs/vdr plugin. from here you can re-encode the
movie to the format you want.
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