A very popular video capture/editing utility which has been created mainly for the 32-bit Windows platform is VirtualDub. Although this GNU General Public Licensed product might not have the complete power and capability of other general purpose video editing softwares such as Adobe Premiere, it still is capable of providing for fast linear video operations. VirtualDub can also be used with other third party filters and due to its batch processing capabilities, can process multiple large files at the same time. Having been created mainly to handle the processing of AVI files, VirtualDub can also read MPEG-1 and BMP image files.
Features:
* Fractional frame rates. Don't settle for 29 or 30 when you want 29.97.
* Optimized disk access for more consistent hard disk usage.
* Create AVI2 (OpenDML) files to break the AVI 2GB barrier and multiple files to break the FAT32 4GB limit.
* Integrated volume meter and histogram for input level monitoring.
* Real-time downsizing, noise reduction, and field swapping.
* Verbose monitoring, including compression levels, CPU usage, and free disk space.
* Access hidden video formats your capture card may support but not have a setting for, such as 352x480.
* Keyboard and mouse shortcuts for faster operation. To capture, just hit F6.
* Clean interface layout: caption, menu bar, info panel, status bar.
* Reads and writes AVI2 (OpenDML) and multi-segment AVI clips.
* Integrated MPEG-1 and Motion-JPEG decoders.
* Remove and replace audio tracks without touching the video.
* Extensive video filter set, including blur, sharpen, emboss, smooth, 3x3 convolution, flip, resize rotate,brightness/contrast, levels, deinterlace, and threshold.
* Bilinear and bicubic resampling -- no blocky resizes or rotates here.
* Decompress and recompress both audio and video.
* Remove segments of a video clip and save the rest, without recompressing.
* Adjust frame rate, decimate frames, and 3:2 pulldown removal.
* Preview the results, with live audio.
