help please!

[controlpluszed]

i'm trying to play an AVI file that has been encoded with a vdom codec, i've been searching everywhere to try and find it and have drawn a blank, if anyone can help it would be really appreciated

[setarip]

Welcome to the Digital Video Forums of Digital Digest!


1) Load the original video file into VirtualDub (or one of its many variants) or NanDub

2) From the "File" dropdown menu, select "File Information"

3) Post (here) EVERYTHING you see (BOTH video and audio information), or post a screen capture .jpg of the information box


If you have more questions, always feel free to ask them...

[controlpluszed]

thanks so much for replying so quickly

right, i'm not the most technically savvy person in the world, but i triedthe two programs you suggested and couldn't get the file to load in them as i don't have the correct codec, i've run it through g-spot though if that helps...
again, you help is really appreciated....

[setarip]

You should be able to get it for downloading at:

http://www.codec-download.com/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=1

If you have more questions, always feel free to ask them...

[controlpluszed]

i'm sorry if it's just me being dense (it may well be!) but i can't find it on there... is it bundled in one of the codec packs?

[LT. Columbo]

i found this info...

http://www.maxfeel.com/avioverview/avicodecs.html

VDOWave or VDOLive from VDONet


VDONet http://www.vdo.net/
4009 Miranda Ave., Suite 250
Palo Alto, CA 94304
Voice: (415) 846-7730
FAX: (415) 846-7900

markets a wavelet based video codec which includes a Video for Windows
(32 bit) implementation. Microsoft has licensed VDOWave as
part of the NetShow product. There are two versions of the
VDOWave codec. VDOWave 2.0 is a fixed rate video codec which uses
the Microsoft Four Character Code VDOM. This codec adds the line

[drivers32]
vidc.vdom=vdowave.drv

to the SYSTEM.INI file in Windows 95.

VDOWave 3.0 is a "scalable" video codec. This codec uses the Microsoft Four
Character Code (FOURCC) VDOW and adds the line

[drivers32]
VIDC.VDOW=vdowave.drv

to the Windows 95 SYSTEM.INI files.

In NetShow 2.0, the standalone Client Setup installs a VDOWave
decode-only codec. The NetShow 2.0 Tools Setup installs a
VDONet VDOWave encoder.

In some of my tests, VDOWave appears significantly superior to MPEG-1
and the other block Discrete Cosine Transform based codecs at low
bitrates.

VDONet uses the trademark VDOWave for its wavelet based video codec.
VDONet uses the trademark VDOLive for its VDOLive On-Demand Product
Line. This includes the VDOLive On-Demand Server, the VDOLive tools
including VDOCapture and VDOClip, and the VDOLive Player. Sometimes
VDOLive and VDOWave are used interchangably by users and in some company
literature.

VDONet also has a VDOPhone product for real-time videoconferencing.

Based on the company documentation, published reports, and viewing the
technology, VDOWave appears to be a combination of wavelet based image
compression and motion compensation or frame differencing.