Codecs not showing up in Sony Vegas and VirtualDub

I had issues using LAME in Virtualdub in both Vista 64 and W7 64. Nothing with an installer worked for me and codec packs are usually trouble down the road.

Here's the solution: You can replace LAME with any ACM codec I believe.

CMD PROMPT:
Change directories: CD c:\windows\syswow64
UNZIP your ACM codec to C: (or wherever you want)
TYPE: rundll32 setupapi.dll,InstallHinfSection DefaultInstall 0 c:\lameACM.inf

Won't show up in device mgr because they are 32 bit, but your apps should see them now.

Hahaiah said:

I had issues using LAME in Virtualdub in both Vista 64 and W7 64. Nothing with an installer worked for me and codec packs are usually trouble down the road.

Here's the solution: You can replace LAME with any ACM codec I believe.

CMD PROMPT:
Change directories: CD c:\windows\syswow64
UNZIP your ACM codec to C: (or wherever you want)
TYPE: rundll32 setupapi.dll,InstallHinfSection DefaultInstall 0 c:\lameACM.inf

Won't show up in device mgr because they are 32 bit, but your apps should see them now.

Hahaiah! You are the freakin man, I was having huge problems getting LAME to show up in VDM until I came across your post! It worked, hell yeah! Props to you!