Editing VirtualDubMod

{{original research|date=March 2012}}
{{Infobox software
| name                   = VirtualDubMod
| logo                   = 
| screenshot             = VirtualDubMod in Wine.png
| caption                = 
| developer              = "Belgabor"<ref name="Doom9s Forum 2002 t078">{{cite web | title=VirtualDubMod | website=Doom9's Forum | date=2002-11-04 | url=https://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=37304 | access-date=2023-08-09}}</ref>
| programming language   = C, C++, Pascal
| latest_release_version = 1.5.10.2
| latest_release_date    = {{Start date and age|2005|08|29}}
| latest preview version = 
| latest preview date    = 
| operating_system       = [[Microsoft Windows]]
| genre                  = [[video capture]], [[video processing]]
| license                = [[GNU General Public License|GPL-2.0-or-later]]
| website                = {{URL|virtualdubmod.sourceforge.net}}
}}

'''VirtualDubMod''' is an [[open-source software|open-source]] [[video capture]] and [[video processing|processing]] tool for [[Microsoft Windows]], based on Avery Lee's [[VirtualDub]].

==History==
The final version, 1.5.10.2, was released on 29 August 2005.<ref name="sourceforge.net 2003 z099">{{cite web | title=SourceForge.net: Files | website=sourceforge.net | date=2003-02-17 | url=http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=65889 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060427200750/http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=65889 | archive-date=2006-04-27 | access-date=2023-08-09}}</ref> Version 1.5.10.2 (build 2542) was released on 21 February 2006. In February 2005, "fccHandler", an administrator on the VirtualDub forums, claimed that development had been discontinued.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://forums.virtualdub.org/index.php?act=ST&f=12&t=8931| archive-url=https://archive.today/20120711182453/http://forums.virtualdub.org/index.php?act=ST&f=12&t=8931|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-07-11|title=Status Of VirtualDubMod, and forum change| author=fccHandler|publisher=forums.virtualdub.org|date=2005-02-03|access-date=2009-06-16}}</ref> A version labeled "VirtualDubMod 1.6.0.0 SURROUND" was released by a company called Aud-X in April 2006.<ref name="aud-x.com 2006 q064">{{cite web | title=Download | website=aud-x.com | date=2006-02-11 | url=http://www.aud-x.com:80/content/view/12/26/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060413122110/http://www.aud-x.com:80/content/view/12/26/ | archive-date=2006-04-13 | url-status=dead | access-date=2023-08-09}}</ref><ref name="aud-x.com 2006 d117">{{cite web | title= | website=aud-x.com | date=2006-03-13 | url=http://www.aud-x.com/downloads/virtualdubmod_aud-x_enabled.zip | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060422230624/http://www.aud-x.com/downloads/virtualdubmod_aud-x_enabled.zip | archive-date=2006-04-22 | url-status=dead | access-date=2023-08-09}}</ref> A version 1.5.10.3 (build 2550) was released by www.virtualdub-fr.org (created by "Sparad0x") on 1 January 2008.<ref name="Trad-Fr v133">{{cite web | title=VirtualDubMod 1.5.10.3 b2550 disponible | website=Trad-Fr | url=https://www.forum.trad-fr.com/index.php?topic=6084 | language=fr | access-date=2023-08-09}}</ref><ref name="virtualdub-fr.org 2008 j243">{{cite web | title= | website=virtualdub-fr.org | date=2008-09-18 | url=http://www.virtualdub-fr.org/telechargement | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080918030633/http://www.virtualdub-fr.org/telechargement | archive-date=2008-09-18 | url-status=dead | access-date=2023-08-09}}</ref>

==Features==
VirtualDubMod merged several specialized [[Fork (software development)|forks]] of VirtualDub posted on the [[Doom9]] forums. Added features included [[Matroska]] (MKV) support, [[OGM]] support, and [[MPEG-2]] support.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=350319 | title=Matroska open source A/V container format officially released | publisher=sourceforge.net | author=Christian HJ Wiesner | date=2003-04-30 |access-date=2011-06-27}}</ref>

One notable feature that remains missing in VirtualDubMod is the ability to program timed video captures, which was present in one VirtualDub fork called VirtualDubVCR.<ref name="virtualdub.net 2001 m809">{{cite web | title=Download - www.virtualdub.net | website=virtualdub.net | date=2001-10-31 | url=http://www.virtualdub.net/download.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140529084609/http://www.virtualdub.net/download.htm | archive-date=2014-05-29 | url-status=usurped | access-date=2023-08-09}}</ref>

Despite the abandonment of development of VirtualDubMod, some of its features can be added to VirtualDub through input plugins and [[Windows legacy audio components#Audio Compression Manager|ACM]] [[codec]]s provided by users on VirtualDub forums.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://forums.virtualdub.org/index.php?act=SF&f=7 | title=VirtualDub Filters and Filter Development | publisher=Unofficial VirtualDub Support Forums | access-date=2012-02-01 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150502221053/http://forums.virtualdub.org/index.php?act=SF&f=7 | archive-date=2015-05-02 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Avidemux]] - a cross platform program similar to VirtualDub, available for Linux, Windows and Mac.
* [[Comparison of video editing software]]
* [[List of video editing software]]

==References==
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==External links==
*{{Official website|virtualdubmod.sourceforge.net}}
*{{sourceforge|virtualdubmod}}
*{{cite web| url=http://forums.virtualdub.org/?c=5| title=Forums| publisher=forums.virtualdub.org| access-date=2009-06-16}}
*{{cite web| url=http://www.videohelp.com/tools/VirtualdubMOD| title=Help page| publisher=videohelp.com | access-date=2009-06-16}}
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