Category Archives: Video Clipping & Encoding

The great “Countdown” re-encode

If you want to download the file, the links can be fetched from my personal blog here. Every year I re-encode Johnny’s Countdown 2008-2009 using HDTV footage to create a High Quality AVI. This entry will show you the process … Continue reading

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Fixing horizontal lines in video

If you keep getting annoying horizontal lines displaying in video, you may have an interlace problem. It can be fixed if you re-encode the video with virtualdub using a specific filter called Deinterlace. The filter comes with the program and … Continue reading

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How to append unequally cut files

This happens when people had the strange idea to cut a file into pieces but rewind a bit at the beginning for the next file so that when you append them, it’s not a smooth transition. Unfortunately, I have found … Continue reading

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Video Encoding setup tips

This article explains you what to have installed before attempting to encode videos yourself. First we need to define a few things: Video codecs: these handle the playback and creation of the video on video files by using certain compression … Continue reading

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How to fix audio-video synch problems

Fixing audio video synch problems can be done in various ways depending on the cause of the synch problem. 1. When the audio starts later than the video does OR the audio ends earlier than the video does, you can … Continue reading

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How to use virtualdub to encode video

Virtualdub is a popular tool to encode video from a variety of sources. It is originally made to handle AVI, but it can also import MPEG. This article will show you how to use virtualdub to compress or encode a … Continue reading

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