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  <li><p>After you select LAME codec you also have to select the format. Did you? Note it can only support limited set of sample rates and mono/stereo.</p></li>
  <li><p>There is something weird about compression ratio. Looks like it shows incoming compression (when audio is already compressed by capture source).</p></li>
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Body: <p>I would like to capture my old VHS tapes to my HDD. I already was successful installing the xvid codec which gives me an acceptable video compression.</p>
  
  <p>But somehow I am not able to set audio compression. In the VirtualDub <code>Audio</code> menu I can choose compression. It then shows me a list of available codecs, among them I can select <code>MPEG Layer-3</code>. But when I go back to check the settings it is not selected anymore and it definitely is not set as compression, since I can see in the stats while capturing: <code>Compression ration 1.0:1</code>.</p>
  
  <p>I also tried to download <code>LAME 3.99.5 ACM codec</code> for Windows 64 Bit and I was able to install it (though it was a bit tricky).</p>
  
  <p>I am on Windows 10 64 Bit. Any suggestions?</p>
  
Tags: <codec><compression><video-capture><virtualdub><avi>
Title: AVI Capture in VirtualDub: MP3 Compression
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ThreadText: # AVI Capture in VirtualDub: MP3 Compression
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2017-09-13)
  
  I would like to capture my old VHS tapes to my HDD. I already was successful installing the xvid codec which gives me an acceptable video compression.
  
  But somehow I am not able to set audio compression. In the VirtualDub `Audio` menu I can choose compression. It then shows me a list of available codecs, among them I can select `MPEG Layer-3`. But when I go back to check the settings it is not selected anymore and it definitely is not set as compression, since I can see in the stats while capturing: `Compression ration 1.0:1`.
  
  I also tried to download `LAME 3.99.5 ACM codec` for Windows 64 Bit and I was able to install it (though it was a bit tricky).
  
  I am on Windows 10 64 Bit. Any suggestions?
  
  **Tags:** codec, compression, video-capture, virtualdub, avi
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2017-09-14. Score: 0
  
  1. After you select LAME codec you also have to select the format. Did you? Note it can only support limited set of sample rates and mono/stereo.
  2. There is something weird about compression ratio. Looks like it shows incoming compression (when audio is already compressed by capture source).
  
  
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