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Virtual Dub

Posted on 19. Sep, 2008 by Eric in Video

Virtual Dub is a very powerful, open source, video editor. Virtual Dub has many features which include the ability to omit sections of video or fuse separate video clips together. While Virtual Dub has a wide range of features, I have found two to be particularly useful. The first, is its ability to capture DV camcorder footage quickly and easily. The second is that it can be used to convert video from one format to another. There are many instances that conversion is necessary. For example, lets say that you just got done capturing a two hour long video off your DV camcorder, you can use Virtual Dub to convert that same video to WMV or DIVX. Doing so will conpress the 20BG video so that it only takes up a 500 MB or so. Capturing raw video is the only way to get good quality, yet it must be converted to a manageable file size before you can place it on DVD. I have only described a couple simple tasks which Virtual Dub can perform. It is capable of much more. If you have never manipulated video before, do not be afraid to give Virtual Dub a try. It has an easy to use interface that is quite intuitive.

Virtual Dub

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