Since times i'd been using Avidemux (on Windows 10 x64) especially for cutting videos, mostly in "copy" mode to MP4, sometimes converting (then audio codec AAC (lav), video codec MPEG4 AVC x264).
In most cases without any problems. So my big thanks and big respect for this wonderful software at this place!
'Historically' i'd been using the "win64" nighlys. I noticed this had not been updated since ages, the last one is from Dec. 2024: avidemux_r241212_win64Qt5_9.zip.
Meanwhile i doubt there will be an update next time, but i'd be interested in, because i don't like
the manner to avoid the leftover index files, actually via environment variables, eg. ADM_NOINDEX_MP4, ADM_NOINDEX_WEBM etc.
I'd like to see finally the setting/option for this which had been announced once.
So now for the first time i tried the VC version (vsWin64\Avidemux_2.8.2 VC++ 64bits 250526.exe).
Why the first time? Because i'd been using my own .vbs scripts to unzip, copy and integrate my settings into a fresh distribution, rename the avidemux.exe to avidemux_portable.exe etc. - with one click.
So i had ignored the install exe based VC version, which anyhow appears to require an installation process.
I tried some measures to extract the install exe (via 7zip, winrar, universal extractor), but no chance.
Why i don't like an installation? Because a) it leaves entries within the start menu and registry, which i don't want to have (portable instead), and b) it hinders to use a script for to integrate existing settings into any new distribution 'automated'. Having a chance to extract the VC install exe, then one could do such.
So my first question: is there really no chance to extract the installation executable from the VC distrib via any tool??
By that occasion i'd noticed a few minor things i wasn't really aware of since ages, so i'd like to ask (very noob quests i belieave):
I don't really needed the internal player for working when doing cuts (stepping forwards or backwards when location the cut markers is sufficient), and once i'd set Audio: "Local playback downmixing" to "Stereo headphones" and "Andio device" to "Dummy".
So, for to go really sure, the noob question: this really applies to the ADM's builtin player only and has absolutely nothing to do with the resulting file, right?
(It would be nice to see a short sentence within the preferences's audio page explaining the scope for what it applies).
Similar "historical" i'd be still using the MP4v2 container codec for the copy operations (needed MP4 instead mostly only when the input file had "AV1" format).
I'd read now in some threads here that "MP4v2" is old and obsolete and shouldn't be used any longer.
Q: is the anywhere some more information known that explains a bit more why MP4v2 is obsolete, and in how far it might have drawbacks to use?