Diamantopoulos G., Salehi S., Buechler J. Learning VirtualDub. The complete guide to capturing, processing, and encoding digital video

Packt Publishing., 2005. — 198 p.VirtualDub is an open-source video capture and processing program. It might not have the editing power of software like Adobe Premiere, but as a quick way to process video it's hard to beat.
You can use VirtualDub to trim and clean up video before exporting to tape or processing with another program. With the right plug-ins, you can output your video in various encoded formats — ready to be distributed on CD, DVD, or over the Internet. VirtualDub is popular. At the time of writing, visitors to Sourceforge are downloading it over 16,000 times a day.
This book is your step-by-step guide to getting the most out of VirtualDub. As the title suggests, we'll cover how to capture video, process it with VirtualDub's editing and filtering features, and finally how to encode video in an appropriate format for distribution. Whether you've been using it for a while, or are just downloading it for the first time, you'll find plenty in this book to develop your VirtualDub skills, leaving you with higher quality, more effective videos.Introducing VirtualDub
What is VirtualDub?
The World of VirtualDub
Software
VDubMod
AviSynth
UsersAbout this BookInstallation Preview
About VirtualDub
What VirtualDub Can Do
Capturing Video with VirtualDub
VirtualDub's Early Development Years
Ongoing Development
About VDubMod
About AviSynth
Downloading and Installing VirtualDub
Additional Filters
VirtualDub Source Code
Downloading and Installing VDubMod
Downloading and Installing AviSynth
Filters
Desktop Icons and Your Default PlayerVideo Capture Equipment
Analog Video Resources
Digital Video ResourcesThe Nature of DV (Digital Video)
Streaming Video
Different Types of Capturing Devices
Internal versus External Equipment
What to Buy
Installing Capturing Equipment
Connecting Video Resources to the Capture Card
Final Tips and Optimizations for Better Video CaptureCapture Preprocessing
Defining an Input Source for VirtualDub
File Settings
Audio Settings
Video Settings
Compressing Input Signals while Capturing
Cropping Videos
Removing Unwanted Noises from Videos
Reducing File Size
Unusual Resolutions and Formats
Histogram
Capture Settings
The Buffer
Saving Current Configurations for Future Reference
The Synchronization Problem
Chunks
Capture Duration RestrictionsProcessing with VirtualDub
VirtualDub Processing Functions
Append, Cut, Copy, and Paste
Filtering
Extraction of Stills
Sound Processing
Frame Rate Conversion
Field Interlace
External Processing and Frameserving
Example ProcessingBasic Functionality
Appending
Extracting StillsVideo Filtering in VirtualDub
How Filters Work
Pipelines
Why is the Order Important
Built-In Filters
Smoothing and Blurring
Gaussian Blur
Smoothing
Motion Blur
Sharpen
Emboss
Flip
Rotate
Invert
Color Fill
Superimposing a Logo Image
Convolution
Grayscale and Black & White Video
Brightness/Contrast and Hue/Saturation/Value Adjustment
Cropping and Resizing
Black Bars Wrapping the Video
Cropping Black Bars from the Video
Resizing
Subtitles
Creating the Subtitles
Burning the Subtitles in your Video
Multiplexing Subtitles in AVI using AVIMux GUI
External Subtitles
Adding More Filters to Your CollectionProfessional Video Editing
Installing a New Plug-in
Logo Removal Filters
Logo Removal with DeLogo
Removing Solid Elements from an Image
Removing Alpha-Blended Parts of a Frame
An Easier Way of Removing Logos
The Fastest Way of Removing a Logo with Logo Away
Using Other Logo Away Controls
More Convenience in Removing Logos
Putting Desired Information on the Video
Image Processing Filters
Decreasing Color Noise with CNR
The Algorithm Behind This Plug-in
Removing Shadows from Video
Filters for Fun
Defining Simple Transitions for Video with FadeFX
Half Toning Video
Fading between Various Hues
Colorizing it More
Pixellate Effect
A 1920's Cinema Plug-inAdvanced Topics
Color Television
Frame Rates
Changing the Playback Speed of Video
Changing the Actual Frame Rate
Conversion between PAL and NTSC
Dealing with Interlaced Sources
De-Interlacing Methods
Field Bob
Field Swap
Hazardous Habits — How to Preserve Quality
Re-Compressing Video
VirtualDub Processing Modes
Recovering Damaged Files
Manually Controlling Input/Output ColorspacesFrameserving
What is AviSynth?
What Frameservers Can Do
Setting Up the VirtualDub Frameserver
Serving Frames with VirtualDub
Setting Up AviSynth
Introduction to AviSynth Scripts
Variables
Source Filter and Supported Formats
Loading Third-Party Plug-ins in AviSynth
Separating the Fields of an Interlaced VideoCompressing: A World of Codecs
Interoperability and Open Standards
Older Codecs
Adding Codecs
Compressing Video
Saving the Video
Job Control
Calculating the Video and Audio Bitrate
Variable, Average, and Constant Bitrate Modes
Multi-Pass Encoding
Encoding with DivX
Encoding with XviD
MPEG-4 in AVI Interoperability
Compressing the Audio
Multiplexing Audio and Video