One file of a pair won't play in Philips 642

[absinthecarolinas]

Ok, I can't figure this out. I have a high-quality Divx rip in 2 parts. The second part plays fine in the DVP-642, but the first will not play at all.

Here's what I know:
* The files are oversized (the first part about 1.19 Gb, the second 826 MB). I have already figured out that the player doesn't even see files over 2 GB, and I've played files before that were about 1.9 GB, so I know it isn't just the size.

* It's DivX 5.

* There is NO QPEL or GMC.

* There is nothing abnormal about the bitrate; it's around 1000 to 1100 (long movie).

* Audio is Ac3.

* I have tried saving it out through VirtualDubMod with direct stream copy, but to no avail.

* I have tried rebuilding the index with DivFix.

* I've actually tried the file on TWO DVP-642 players (my dad has one). Didn't work in either.

* The player's behavior is simply to skip the file. You see the "reading index" message, and then you see it again because it's moved on to the next file.

I am about to the point where I'm thinking of recoding the whole thing. Don't wanna.

Ideas??

-abs

[canadateck]

Show some screen shots of the 2 info ,Maybe we may see somthing.

[absinthecarolinas]

Here's the GSpot info:

First part (the one that won't play)
FILE_SIZE 1,285,822,464
CONT_BASETYPE AVI(.AVI)
CONT_SUBTYPE OpenDML (AVI v2.0),
CONT_INTERLEAVE_TIME
CONT_INTERLEAVE_PRELOAD
CONT_INTERLEAVE_ALIGN
CONT_TOTAL_BITRATE 0
CONT_BYTES_MISSING 0
CONT_AUDIO_STREAM_COUNT 1
VIDEO_CODEC_TYPE DX50/DIVX
VIDEO_CODEC_NAME DivX 5.0
VIDEO_CODEC_STATUS Codec(s) are Installed
VIDEO_DURATION 01:54:54
VIDEO_FRAME_COUNT 172359
VIDEO_QF 0.217
VIDEO_SIZE_X 704
VIDEO_SIZE_Y 288
VIDEO_DISPLAY_SIZE_X
VIDEO_DISPLAY_SIZE_Y
VIDEO_ASPECT_DECIMAL
VIDEO_ASPECT_FRAC
VIDEO_PICS_PER_SEC 25.000
VIDEO_FRAMES_PER_SEC 25.000
VIDEO_FIELDS_PER_SEC
VIDEO_BITRATE 1101
VIDEO_MPEG4 MPEG-4
VIDEO_MPEG4_BVOP B-VOP
VIDEO_MPEG4_NVOP N-VOP
VIDEO_MPEG4_QPEL
VIDEO_MPEG4_GMC
VIDEO_H264
VIDEO_SAR
VIDEO_DAR 2.444
VIDEO_MPEG2
VIDEO_MPEG2_I_L
VIDEO_MPEG2_PROG
VIDEO_MPEG2_TFF
VIDEO_MPEG2_BFF

and the second part
FILE_SIZE 866,826,240
CONT_BASETYPE AVI(.AVI)
CONT_SUBTYPE OpenDML (AVI v2.0),
CONT_INTERLEAVE_TIME 40
CONT_INTERLEAVE_PRELOAD 480
CONT_INTERLEAVE_ALIGN Split
CONT_TOTAL_BITRATE 0
CONT_BYTES_MISSING 0
CONT_AUDIO_STREAM_COUNT 1
VIDEO_CODEC_TYPE DX50/DIVX
VIDEO_CODEC_NAME DivX 5.0
VIDEO_CODEC_STATUS Codec(s) are Installed
VIDEO_DURATION 01:17:07
VIDEO_FRAME_COUNT 115676
VIDEO_QF 0.219
VIDEO_SIZE_X 704
VIDEO_SIZE_Y 288
VIDEO_DISPLAY_SIZE_X
VIDEO_DISPLAY_SIZE_Y
VIDEO_ASPECT_DECIMAL
VIDEO_ASPECT_FRAC
VIDEO_PICS_PER_SEC 25.000
VIDEO_FRAMES_PER_SEC 25.000
VIDEO_FIELDS_PER_SEC
VIDEO_BITRATE 1108
VIDEO_MPEG4 MPEG-4
VIDEO_MPEG4_BVOP B-VOP
VIDEO_MPEG4_NVOP N-VOP
VIDEO_MPEG4_QPEL
VIDEO_MPEG4_GMC
VIDEO_H264
VIDEO_SAR
VIDEO_DAR 2.444
VIDEO_MPEG2
VIDEO_MPEG2_I_L
VIDEO_MPEG2_PROG
VIDEO_MPEG2_TFF
VIDEO_MPEG2_BFF

[jaxxboss]

You said a Divx Rip, but did you mean a divx file ripped from a dvd ..ala dvd rip. ??

[absinthecarolinas]

You said a Divx Rip, but did you mean a divx file ripped from a dvd ..ala dvd rip. ??

Yup. -abs

[absinthecarolinas]

No one has any ideas on this one?

[absinthecarolinas]

Problem solved

This was a weird one. I noted that there was no sound behind the Warner Bros. logo at the beginning. Turns out the file had an audio delay of 12919 ms.

So I stripped out the audio, which wouldn't play. Apparently there was no AC3 header information (odd, since the computer *would* play it when it was contained in the AVI). I ran it through Ac3fixGUI, which fixed that problem, and then used AC3 Delay Corrector to add 12919 ms of silence at the beginning.

I muxed it back in with the video. Plays great now.

-abs