How to remove Vodei 2.0 MP from video files

[toejam]

Just a brief info how to remove Vodei 2.0 (and 1.09) MP.
(These are almost the same instructions as http://www.vladd44.com/video/vodei.php has, so check that first)

Here's the list of programs you'll need:
Vodei 2.0 Multimedia Processor (you only need this for the time of the Vodei removal, you can uninstall it later).
GraphEdit
VirtualDubMod (VirtualDub will work also, I think)
DivFix (1.10)

Just use www.google.com to find these programs.

Once you have installed all these programs:
1. start GraphEdit, goto Graph->Insert filters...
2. in the list you see "DirectShow Filters" -> File Source (Async) double-click this filter, find the file which is infected with Vodei 2.0
3. Goto "DirectShow Filters", find "Vodei MP" and double-click it.
4. Goto "DirectShow Filters", find "Avi Mux" and double-click it.
5. Goto "DirectShow Filters", find "Dump" and double-click it. Type audio.mp3 for the name.
6. Goto "DirectShow Filters", find "File Writer" and double-click it. Type e.g. clean output.avi.

Now you should have a layout of filters in the Graph area.
You need to connect these by just using drag & drop like in the picture below:


then click the play button. this should take only about 1 - 4 minutes on a 700 MB file on a normal modern computer with Vodei 2.0 files.

When done, close GraphEdit and start VirtualDubMod.
1. Drag and drop "clean output.avi" to VirtualDubMod, then click on Video->Direct Stream Copy.
2. Goto Streams, click Stream list, then press "Add", find your audio.mp3 file. If the file is VBR mp3, VirtualDub may ask to rewrite the header, just click "No". Check if the audio stream is also "Direct Stream Copy" by right-clicking the stream, it should be on by default.
3. Click File->Save as, name the file e.g. "Clean output with audio.avi"

Now you have the video file without that Vodei crap.
BUT you may have noticed that the video file's B-frames are all messed up. You can fix this by using DivFix.
1. Open DivFix, click add files, find the "Clean output with audio.avi"
2. Uncheck "Keep original"
3. Click rebuild index.

Once it is ready you should have clean video file without the Vodei crap, with audio and with working B-frames.

You can check that B-frames work by drag & dropping the final video file into VirtualDubMod and scrolling the timeline, if the picture is all messy, the B-frames are (most likely) still messed up. Don't know how to fix this.. yet.

PS. I have only extracted stereo audio (not 5.1 or 7.1 surround) but I guess the same methods work on them also.
On one file even after rebuilding index with DivFix the B-frames were still bad and I couldn't fix 'em. If anyone has ideas how to do this, please let me know.
Although, my media player (Media Player Classic) played that file without getting the picture all messed up, seeking was a little slow though.
ALWAYS check that the audio and video are in sync after combining the the two with VirtualDubMod before deleting the original Vodei infected file.

[toejam]

Just an add to my previous post, when you click the play button in GraphEdit you may encounter Vodei's "please give me money for nothing"-registration message, just click "later". It comes twice, at start and when it starts to extract the video, if it is to come.

AND now I've noticed that every time I start Vodei infected video file with Media Player Classic (it prompts to register at start also of course) and try to shut down the player, Vodei crashes my explorer.exe, which freezes my PC. Only way out is to press CTRL+ALT+DEL, close explorer.exe and wait it to restart itself. Way to go Vodei...

[volks400]

togem, hope u are ok . i got a avi with vodei 2.0 on it. i got the programs needed for it etc and followed your instructions, i made up the map for the infected file and pressed Play. two files were created one audio and one video(i guess)which is 64kb. is that ok cause when i went into divfix and tried opening the files nuthing happens. any info plz

[toejam]

Did you install "Vodei 2.0 MP"?, and did you wait till the "Play"-button in GraphEdit becomes green so it surely has finished its task? It should take about 4 minutes before the both audio and video file are completed, the video file should be around 650 - 680 MB (if you're editing a 700 MB movie file).

I got a small video file like you when I had Vodei 1.09 MP installed and tried to extract a Vodei 2.0 video in GraphEdit. 1 MB if I remember right, it was the "Download Vodei 2.0" video message part... so the real video did not extract.

If you succeed to extract the video completely, I suggest you first join the audio and video in VirtualDubMod before using DivFix. This just because I managed to fix the B-frames only using this order.

[scooby6]

ToeJam ... It WORKS BRILLIANTLY!!!

Thanks Bro!!!

[[STD]Ein]

using the latest vodei "codec", 2.00 by version number, it refuses to allow me to play video at all (nor remux with graphedit), it just endlessly shows the register dialog, and the later button never becomes available! How bout that for usefull. Tested under a windows 98se virtual machine, I refuse to install this on my real box. If it's working for others (please let me know if it is), I may need to create a win2k virtual machine to do my vodei removal, thank god for vmware snapshots

[Psycho300x]

i cant seem to find that dump one can you help me>?
never mind i found it, sry it wasnt there before, I swear

[Psycho300x]

oh an I forgot to mention, when it sends me a message a "regester this shit" later cannot be clicked.. help

[toejam]

Do you guys have FFDSHOW installed?

[Psycho300x]

yeah and this isnt helping, the thing shit wont let me click on later and wont go away.

[[STD]Ein]

yes I have ffdshow installed, although ffdshow is a video decoder and has absolutely 0 to do with vodei's registration box. Either vodei has silently updated the demux filter to instantly lock on graphedit, or some other change is happening. I just finished a fresh win2k sp4 install, and will try vodei on it WITHOUT registering the graphedit filters. report back in a bit.

[[STD]Ein]

fresh win2k install with vodei played the video correctly, added graphedit (BUT DID NOT REGISTER THE FILTERS INCLUDED), and it demuxes fine.

Also, this is tested with wmp 6.4 installed (the default for win2k) and dx7, other variations or combinations might also lead to failure (or success)

What the hell?

So
1. Vodei is not compatible with windows 9x due to broken registration timing
2. Vodei's registration is very picky about other installed codecs, specifically the filters included with graphedit releases (dump.ax etc)
3. Computer will need to be restarted if after installing Vodei the video still only shows the please install vodei 2.0 dialog.

Thankfully, my 2k installation is again in vmware, so if it ever shows the dialog when cleaning files, I can just revert to snapshot and install vodei again.

[[STD]Ein]

Nice

On my second graphedit demux, vodei failed to decompress the video, then upon stopping graphedit, came up with the register dialog and never made the later button available again.

I suspect that people who seem to have no issues are using registered or cracked copies of Vodei.

[Ultravires]

i can't seem to do step five, i do not have a dump option, can someone please explain why i am missing it or how to fix it?

[Ultravires]

ok, i figured out how to add in the dump option after hours of searching, damn vodei that f**k making life a bitch. Ok well after following the diagarm and hitting play, i just get that stupid register screen and i am not able to hit leter, i can only close the window by hitting X or i can register or enter the code, any way to bypass this and get this shit working?

[toejam]

I don't have registered or cracked Vodei 2.0 installed just the normal shareware I downloaded from the official site. So I cannot help you with the "cannot click later button" problem but if anyone has ideas about this, please post them.
BTW, the same guy who owns www.vodei.com owns the www.moviesempire.com so he is just trying to rip off you people. All the movies in that site are infected with Vodei. I recommend you find the same movies from other sources where they don't have Vodei.
Just don't use Vodei or Vodei infected files.

[Ultravires]

omg!! if we can't figure out a way to get rid of this vodei 2 crap, that means vodei has won and will continue to scam suckers or the nooobs who fall into his hands!!. We can't let this be, there has to be a way to get this crap working.

[raymer]

hi. i read your advice when i was browsing through google. so i tried it. but i just could not find the dump under the "direct show" filter. Or is the graphedit i am using an older version? how do i also create the arrows for that flow chart like thing? I do appreciate what people like you do to help us techno klutzes.

[Redmen]

You have to install Dump.ax first http://nickyguides.digital-digest.com/audio-extract.htm

But i have a problem off my own, after the Virtualdubmod process the sound of the movie is gone, but the .mp3 extract from Graphedit works OK when played on its own. I get this warning massage after i add the .mp3 file and it is procesed by Virtualdubmod

[!] MPA: The '????' information isn't constant.

[!] MPA: The '???e????d' information isn't constant.

[!] MPA: The '?????d???e????d' information isn't constant.

[!] MPA: The '????' information isn't constant.

[!] MPA: The '????d' information isn't constant.

[!] MPA: This Mpeg-Audio file (not Layer-III) appears to be VBR. I don't like that :p

I had no problems with my other two vodei movies.

[raymer]

i finaly got a graphedit with dump. Though i only half understand what i am doing, following step by step the instructions, i finally got it. And when things get together for the desired result, SWEET! Thanks to you all. Vodei is now nerfed!

[raymer]

like from wmv to avi?

[msdossys]

Great info toejam, and it works great on a fresh copy of Vodei, but one small problem.....

Once the software times out and you can no longer watch the videos, graphedit will do just like any other directshow-...using program... it will show the dialog box and do nothing (well, output a 64KB file). Foiled!

Whos got that hex/dissasembly knowledge? Time to crack this new POS

[c2k6]

yes the problem is exactly what msdossys said once your passed that stage no more video no matter what you convert it with dunno why you guys use that graphedit i just used Windows movie maker and clered one of the videos (Until of course the codec went off)

[grmbl]

I got a problem with this fix posted by toejam.. It's not that I don't understand it or something.. but that vodei-crap has timed out. I can't click the 'later' button anymore which means I can't execute these steps.. It won't work..

So I tried to uninstall vodei and reinstall it.. but this doesn't matter.. I still can't press the 'later' button.. grrr

So does anyone know how to solve this? There has to be something I can do so I can reinstall vodei and have the 'later' button appear again.. Like someone who uses vodei for the first time.. I suppose I have to delete some tracker or so.. but I don't know where/what/how so if someone could help me out with this one.. I would appreciate it!

maybe then, I can finally remove it following the steps above.

[raymer]

DO you mean that when the software(vodei) times out, you can no longer use the graphedit to fix infected files ? Or does the "cured" file no longer works? The way i see it, graphedit uses vodei mp to read infected files. Then converts the file to its own avi file that is no longer infected. So once "translated" you can view the file using any other media player anytime. But when the vodei times out, graphedit looses its "translator" so it can no longer write its own file. Maybe the solution is to find a crack for vodei mp so that it wont time out. (I had an infected vodei mp avi file. burned it to a cd and tried playing it in my dvd player and got nothing. When i used toe jams advice, i got a clean avi output, burned it to another cd, and when i played it in my dvd player, it played. it works. consider that the dvd player does not have vodei mp installed in it)