Virtual Dub Versions

[Azure]

I used Virtual Dub 1.5.4 to encode a family guy episode with the settings from this site: http://www.waystation.mcmail.com/ but on the website it said that version past 1.4.7 create videos that are very big. So, I used 1.4.7 to encode the video, with the same settings and the file size was 30 megs less than the other video, but now it was a lot more pixelated. Is it supposed to be like this? I like the quality of videos that can be created from using VDUB 1.5.4, but it's nearly 50 megs per episode! What should I do?

 

[Snooty]

I really do not go for this 'old version of Virtualdub produces smaller files' thing.

If it produces smaller files, it's because the quality is worse. It's got to be a bug in the older version. I'd stick to the new one if you want good quality.

 

[Jim diGriz]

You shouldn't be seeing much in the way of pixelated results, during playback in MoviePark, when using 2-pass encoding at a bitrate of 200 or above and certainly not with something short like a single episode of a show.
Even with the smaller file size derived from version 1.4.7 of Vdub, the quality is excellent with 2-pass encodes.

With 1-pass encoding use a later version of Vdub for better quality, but it will cost you in the overall size of the file.