MadVR washed out .AVI with AVC video, looks perfect with EVR

I've been using HandBrake, Avidemux and AVI ReComp for years. Some do certain things better than others.

VLC always for playback. The codecs it uses are built in to it so there's no need for external codec packs.

cheaterslick said:

I've been using HandBrake, Avidemux and AVI ReComp for years. Some do certain things better than others.

VLC always for playback. The codecs it uses are built in to it so there's no need for external codec packs.

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That's what I hate in VLC. You cannot use its codecs for editing. Ideal for newbies that don't want to mess with codecs, but undesirable for experts that want full control of their computer features.

spapakons said:

That's what I hate in VLC. You cannot use its codecs for editing. Ideal for newbies that don't want to mess with codecs, but undesirable for experts that want full control of their computer features.

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I've been getting the best playback from VLC. It will even play corrupted or broken files and anything else that's thrown at it. Including the kitchen-sink.

For editing, I use other things instead. Like what I mentioned up above. I dumped the codecs packs a couple of years back. I do have some individual codecs like AviSynth and Xvid installed, but not as a pack. I don't need to add more bloat than I have to.

cheaterslick said:

I've been getting the best playback from VLC. It will even play corrupted or broken files and anything else that's thrown at it. Including the kitchen-sink.

For editing, I use other things instead. Like what I mentioned up above. I dumped the codecs packs a couple of years back. I do have some individual codecs like AviSynth and Xvid installed, but not as a pack. I don't need to add more bloat than I have to.

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I get you, but I don't use all these codecs for editing. I use them just in case I encounter some weird video file. I hate the idea trying to play something and not know which codec you need. For example, when my DTV box (external decoder) that recorded in M2TS format died, I bought a new one that saves in a weird .TSV format. Media Player Classic, VLC and Windows own Movies and TV app could not play it by default. A little Google search revealed it is actually a specific MPEG-TS container for DVRs. So I simply associated it with MPC-HC and it could open it! The video is actually AVC and audio MPEG 2. Only drawback, if you try to edit it directly it goes out of sync for some reason. So I import it in Handbrake and convert the whole video to .mkv before editing. It is the only conversion application that can open it. I bet this is to discourage recording from TV, but I am not a newbie...

spapakons said:

I get you, but I don't use all these codecs for editing. I use them just in case I encounter some weird video file. I hate the idea trying to play something and not know which codec you need.

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I rarely ever get that. And if I do, I just re-encode the video to something that's playable. It's been awhile since I've had to do that.

spapakons said:

For example, when my DTV box (external decoder) that recorded in M2TS format died, I bought a new one that saves in a weird .TSV format. Media Player Classic, VLC and Windows own Movies and TV app could not play it by default. A little Google search revealed it is actually a specific MPEG-TS container for DVRs. So I simply associated it with MPC-HC and it could open it! The video is actually AVC and audio MPEG 2. Only drawback, if you try to edit it directly it goes out of sync for some reason. So I import it in Handbrake and convert the whole video to .mkv before editing. It is the only conversion application that can open it. I bet this is to discourage recording from TV, but I am not a newbie...

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lol, I don't do any of that stuff, but good luck to you. Again, for what I do, I don't need codec packs.