============================================================================================================= SOME OF THESE FILES MAY BE OS SPECIFIC, I.E IT MAY ONLY RUN ON WINDOWS 95, 98 , NT, 2000, OR WIN7 32BIT I AM ALSO NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY LOSSES YOU MAY SUFFER FROM USING THESE CODECS, USE SANDBOXXIE TO BE SAFE ============================================================================================================= You can use VirtualDub/VirtualDubMod (Try to use 32bit as much as you can), or MEncoder/MPlayer to Encode and View the avi's encoded with these codecs. https://managedway.dl.sourceforge.net/project/virtualdubmod/VirtualDubMod/VirtualDubMod%201.5.10.2/VirtualDubMod_1_5_10_2_All_inclusive.zip If VDub doesn't fit your fancy for some reason (Sometimes when you install a codec driver, it wont show up in VDub) you can use MEncoders vfw options like so: mencoder input.mp4 -ovc vfw -xvfwopts codec="/Users/Username/Downloads/igcodec.dll" -nosound -o output.avi mencoder input.mp4 -ovc vfw -xvfwopts codec="/Users/Username/Downloads/OldAndObscureCodecs/Rududu.f i l e s/rududu.dll":compdata=dialog -o output.avi ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -c:v huffyuv -s 1920x1080 -f avi -t 5 -an - | mencoder32 - -ovc vfw -xvfwopts codec="/Users/Username/Desktop/OldAndObscureCodecs/Loss-Less Codec Library(AVImszh + AVIzlib)/LCL223/avizlib.dll" -o output.avi You MUST use forward slashes in your .dll path for some reason like I did above, this does not work: -xvfwopts codec="C:\Users\Username\CodecDirectory\igcodec100\igcodec.dll" If you have trouble loading a codec with an error message like "Can't open library:" or "ICOpen failed! unknown codec / wrong parameters?" try moving the .dll to your Desktop or something and try again. Sometimes whitespace or certain special characters appear to mess with MEncoder. I had trouble adding vfw codecs manually to the MEncoder/MPlayer codecs.conf.in file, but if you can figure it out heres some links: https://www.hellocatfood.com/tag/mencoder/ http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/HTML/en/menc-feat-video-for-windows.html http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/tech/win32-codec-howto.txt http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/tech/codecs.conf.txt ============================================================================================================= Extra Spicy Stuff: http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/all-20110131.tar.bz2 ; http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/all-20071007.tar.bz2 https://sourceforge.net/projects/mplayer-allin1/ <-- havent tested https://github.com/fishman/virtualdub https://astuteinternet.dl.sourceforge.net/project/virtualdub/virtualdub-win/1.10.4.35491/VirtualDub-1.10.4-AMD64.zip https://astuteinternet.dl.sourceforge.net/project/virtualdub/virtualdub-win/1.10.4.35491/VirtualDub-1.10.4.zip This version may be better for Datamoshing? (I know Rosa Menkman used it for Datamoshing at some point): https://sourceforge.net/projects/virtualdub/files/virtualdub-win/1.9.11.32842/ , https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/350898-datamosh-all-I-frames-in-video-how-to-get-p-frames , http://rosa-menkman.blogspot.com/2009/02/how-to-datamoshing-create-compression.html ============================================================================================================= If you're feeling lucky... Big List of files: https://web.archive.org/web/20090211042628/http://www.drakan.ru:80/FTProot/vid_work/codecs/ Some files were archived from here, so far they actually do install codecs but it looks like their own installer was used; so proceed with caution. https://web.archive.org/web/20040525025626/http://www.dshow.narod.ru/ ============================================================================================================= VirtualDub Error Code DeBugging: # "The source image format is not acceptable (error code -2)" # There are three main causes for this to happen: 1. You are trying to compress a video in a format that is not supported by the codec. This will usually mean that the frame height and width are incorrect or that the color depth is not valid. To see what restrictions there are for a codec go to video-->compression and select the codec. The codec restrictions will now appear in a box right of the middle in this window. 2. It happens when trying to play the file in VirtualDub. This is the result of a codec that is trying to decompress a video stream, which it actually cannot handle. This shouldn't be happening, but there are a few codecs (e.g. Panasonic DV) that will try to decompress anything they can get their hands on. Check the file info in VirtualDub and look up the codec used for decompression. Then uninstall/disable this codec and open the file again and see if it plays. It might be possible that with opening the file you will get another type of error message, which will be dealt with below. 3. This error is also common with DivX and can have two main possible causes for it. First of all, it is recommended that in the advanced setting of the DivX config, you disable "Do not prompt with errors and warnings". Why this setting is not disabled by default I don't know, complain to DivX about it. If you now start your encode again an error message will appear. Usually there are problems with the logfile or the dimensions of your video are not correct. With DivX hardware profiles enabled, there are maximum resolutions you can encode with (e.g. 720x576 is the maximum res for the Home Theatre profile). It could also be that you have issues as described at number 1. =============================================================================================================