VirtualDub

Download VirtualDub-1.9.11.zip (x86 / 32-bit)
Download VirtualDub-1.9.11-AMD64.zip (x64 / 64-bit)


VirtualDub filters
VirtualDub filters can be loaded manually by clicking on the Load button that appears in the Add Filters dialog box.  They can also be automatically loaded at startup if you copy the .vdf file into aplugins subdirectory under the VirtualDub program directory.  It is possible, although unusual, for filters to conflict with each other, so if you have problems with a particular filter chain you might want to try testing each filter individually to narrow the scope of the problem.
Download subtitler-2_4.zip
Description: Applies Sub Station Alpha v2.x/4.x scripts to video.
Pretty self-explanatory; handles most of the common features in SSA scripts.  It has text antialiasing, so your subtitles look good at small sizes.
Download warpsharp-1_2.zip
Description: Sharpens images by warping pixels toward edges.

Sharpens images through warping rather than convolution.  Most effective on cartoon-style animation.

Note: This filter won't work in Avisynth because it uses the BitBlt() function from VirtualDub -- Donald Graft has a version on his site which will work.

What is VirtualDub?

VirtualDub is a video capture/processing utility for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows platforms (98/ME/NT4/2000/XP/Vista/7), licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL).  It lacks the editing power of a general-purpose editor such as Adobe Premiere, but is streamlined for fast linear operations over video.  It has batch-processing capabilities for processing large numbers of files and can be extended with third-party video filters.  VirtualDub is mainly geared toward processing AVI files, although it can read (not write) MPEG-1 and also handle sets of BMP images.
I basically started VirtualDub in college to do some quick capture-and-encoding that I wanted done; from there it's basically grown into a more general utility that can trim and clean up video before exporting to tape or processing with another program.  I released it on the web and others found it useful, so I've been tinkering around with its code ever since.

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CamStudio

Download Camstudio2-0.exe
Download Camstudio2-0-w32.zip
Download CamStudioCodec-1.4-w32.zip
(To manually install the codec, download the zipfile version, extract the contents to a folder, right click the camcodec.inf file and select Install.)
Download CamStudio_Setup_v2.6b_r294.exe

What is it?

CamStudio is able to record all screen and audio activity on your computer and create industry-standard AVI video files and using its built-in SWF Producer can turn those AVIs into lean, mean, bandwidth-friendly Streaming Flash videos (SWFs)
Here are just a few ways you can use this software:

• You can use it to create demonstration videos for any software program
• Or how about creating a set of videos answering your most frequently asked questions?
• You can create video tutorials for school or college class
• You can use it to record a recurring problem with your computer so you can show technical support people
• You can use it to create video-based information products you can sell
• You can even use it to record new tricks and techniques you discover on your favourite software program, before you forget them

Don't like the sound of your voice? No problem.

CamStudio can also add high-quality, anti-aliased (no jagged edges) screen captions to your recordings in seconds and with the unique Video Annotation feature you can even personalise your videos by including a webcam movie of yourself "picture-in-picture" over your desktop.
And if all that wasn't enough, CamStudio also comes with its own Lossless Codec that produces crystal clear results with a much smaller filesize compared with other more popular codecs, like Microsoft Video 1.
You have total control over the output of your video: you can choose to use custom cursors, to record the whole screen or just a section of it and can reduce or increase the quality of the recording depending on if you want smaller videos (for emailing to people, for instance) or you can have "best quality" ones for burning onto CD/DVD.
But all of these features would be worthless if CamStudio wasn't easy to use ... fortunately that's not the case. CamStudio can be learned in a matter of minutes and comes with a comprehensive built-in helpfile, so if you do manage to get stuck, you can simply hit "Help" and get the answers you need.

So where can I get it and how much does it cost?

You can download and use it completely free - yep - completely 100% free for your personal and commercial projects as CamStudio and the Codec are released under the GPL.

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