UtVideo - Codecs - video encoders

• UtVideo is a series of codecs (video encoders) designed and maintained by UMEZAWA Takeshi from Japan.
• Thanks to these codecs, the generated videos are 10 times smaller than raw AVI while retaining lossless quality.
• We use the free version and it’s ad-free.
• This software is open source, updated for over 18 years, mainly used for scientific devices such as microscopes and telescopes, in other words very reliable.

Easy installation

• Download and execute utvideo-23.2.0-win.exe.
• Installation is very easy, it’s the same type of installer as MmdStart.
• Restart MMD, the video encoder list will be populated with the UtVideo codecs.
• Official site of UtVideo : github.com/umezawatakeshi/utvideo/

I advise against using other codecs, as they are often nests of viruses and trojans.

Usage: when generating the video ‘Render to AVI file’, in the ‘Video compressor’ selection, choose the first ‘UtVideo YUV420 BT.709 DMO’.

Features

• Lossless - no quality loss.
• Compatible with ffmpeg and Blender Video Editing.
• It’s a video editing compatible format (no need for re-encoding like mp4), allows moving forward or backward without slowdown.
• Convertible to mp4 by MikuVideo.
• There are two RGBA versions to create video overlays with a transparent background (alpha channel)
• Compatible with DirectX 9 ( thus MikuMikuDance )

FAQ - Frequently asked questions