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How to reconvert an AVI with AutoGK, remove QPEL, GMC etc
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Baldrick
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Post Posted: Jul 12, 2005 02:58 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
This guide will show you how to reencode an AVI/DivX/XviD to XviD or DivX that should work on most DivX DVD Players like the Philips 642. If you have problem playing the avi,divx,xvid on your standalone try this.


Tools required
Latest AutoGK beta.


Guide
Install AutoGK.
Install the AutoGK beta update.

Start AutoGK
1. Change to File
2. Open the avi
2a. Press CTRL-F9 and select Enable standalone support and ESS under .compatibility and Standalone chipset
3. Set the output size
4. Add job
5. Start


DonE! smile.gif


Problems and Tips
Click on Advanced settings to change to DivX, you must install the DivX codec first.

If you can't open AVI be sure to install the latest AutoGk beta.

Audio sync problems, usually if the audio is VBR(variabel bitrate)
Use Virtualdub to convert the audio to WAV, open the video and
select Video->Direct Stream Copy
select Audio->Full processing mode
select File->Save AVI and save as a new AVI
Only the audio will be reconverted to WAV, the video will be copied. Use this new video in AutoGK.

Last edited by Baldrick on Sep 14, 2005 03:29, edited 5 times in total
HillJack
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Post Posted: Jul 16, 2005 11:02 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
2a. Don't forget to actually enable ESS/MTK standalone support with Ctrl-F9...


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therock001
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Post Posted: Jul 24, 2005 08:36 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
this way you rencode the avi though and you have possible quality loss right?

terminator911
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Post Posted: Jul 27, 2005 19:38 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
This works like magic!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks biggrin.gif

Baldrick
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Post Posted: Aug 02, 2005 14:31 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
therock: yes.
hilljack: thanks. thought it was enough to select ess support when you installed the stable version.

CAPiTA
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Post Posted: Aug 03, 2005 15:09 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
What does ESS support do in this case? Can it affect the audio sync or overscan?

digitalevk
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Post Posted: Aug 05, 2005 11:39 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
The audio is out of sync after I convert them. Why?

I am using XviD and the latest AutoGK beta.

FulciLives
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Post Posted: Aug 13, 2005 03:21 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
digitalevk wrote:
The audio is out of sync after I convert them. Why?

I am using XviD and the latest AutoGK beta.

Try ripping in IFO mode and RIP just the video you want to encode. For the main movie just do the main movie files etc.

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manono
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Post Posted: Aug 13, 2005 03:41 Posts View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
What does ESS support do in this case? Can it affect the audio sync or overscan?

By default, AutoGK uses a couple of Custom Quant Matrices when doing XviD encodes. ESS chipset based players don't support much in the way of CQM, and if the ESS box is checked, it then switches to either the MPEG or H.263 matrix which all standalones support. Which it uses depends mostly on the results of the compress test. It's nothing to do with audio synch or overscan.

Last edited by manono on Aug 13, 2005 03:48, edited 1 time in total
manono
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Post Posted: Aug 13, 2005 03:46 Posts View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
The audio is out of sync after I convert them. Why?

Perhaps there was a delay when the audio was muxed in the original AVI. I don't think there's any way for AutoGK to know if there was a delay, or what it was. Fix it yourself using Nandub or VDubMod.

Googi
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Post Posted: Aug 18, 2005 11:18 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
help! my audio is out of sync everytime I encode with this program, I followed the guide exactly, and checked my avi in Virtualdub and in Gspot, and the avi looks ok. BUT when it come outta autogk the audio is off by 2-3 seconds even

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Post Posted: Aug 19, 2005 10:59 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Googi wrote:
help! my audio is out of sync everytime I encode with this program, I followed the guide exactly, and checked my avi in Virtualdub and in Gspot, and the avi looks ok. BUT when it come outta autogk the audio is off by 2-3 seconds even

I had this happen once using FILE MODE in DVD Decrypter because somehow a snippet of a menu got into the start of the file and threw the audio off by a couple of seconds.

I ripped it again using IFO mode and got just the video without that snippet of menu at the start and of course the audio was in sync.

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punk
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Post Posted: Aug 19, 2005 12:29 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
i have a norcent dp220 it play xvid fine but stop after a few sec. is there a way to fix it? i tried to burn on dvd and cd the result are the same. please help me...

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Post Posted: Aug 19, 2005 12:31 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
punk wrote:
i have a norcent dp220 it play xvid fine but stop after a few sec. is there a way to fix it? i tried to burn on dvd and cd the result are the same. please help me...

Follow the guide. Try the ESS option as well as the MTK/SIGMA option. One or the other is bound to work.

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punk
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Post Posted: Aug 19, 2005 15:47 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
i will try it once i get home from work. i try to convert it to avi yesterday but the quality come out not too good way worser than the xvid. why? and does it matter if i burn it on a dvd or cd?

torrent
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Post Posted: Aug 27, 2005 01:45 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Googi wrote:
help! my audio is out of sync everytime I encode with this program, I followed the guide exactly, and checked my avi in Virtualdub and in Gspot, and the avi looks ok. BUT when it come outta autogk the audio is off by 2-3 seconds even


i am 0 for 3 getting the audio and video in sync. any luck yet?

torrent
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Post Posted: Aug 27, 2005 01:49 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
HillJack wrote:
2a. Don't forget to actually enable ESS/MTK standalone support with Ctrl-F9...



could someone help explain the 4:3 features in the hidden menu? I would like to convert my 2.20+ ratio xvids to 4:3 xvids, to play on my standalone.

1 .aspect - check 'Overide'?
check 4:3?

2 .detect 43(Global Option) - check 'Detect and force...'?

manono
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Post Posted: Aug 27, 2005 04:32 Posts View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Hi-

It's definitely not 1. That's for when DGIndex says it's 16:9 and it's really 4:3, or vice versa. Those instances are very rare.

As for 2, I'm pretty sure it's for those times that AutoGK takes a 1.33:1 movie and hands you back something slightly different. So, you use it to force a true 1.33:1.

You can do what you want in AutoCrop->Force Cropping Of, and fill in the numbers. You'll have to know what you're doing to get it just right, though. And it's a damn stupid idea if you ask me, chopping off the sides of a movie. But you didn't ask that. smile.gif

What you want to do is much easier in the full Gordian Knot.

mr-scarface
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Post Posted: Sep 01, 2005 19:29 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Does this strategy work if your standalone does not support divx?

digitalevk
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Post Posted: Sep 11, 2005 22:47 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
I found out why my audio was out of sync every time I used AutoGK.

It's because the audio stream of the AVI was VBR so I had to extract the full WAV audio stream.

Ambimom
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Post Posted: Sep 13, 2005 19:09 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
When someone figures out the dub issue, please let me know. I'm new to all of this. I converted to DivX and the quality is excellent, but the audio is out of sync by one or two seconds. I am trying both ESS and MTK. It would be nice if it worked.

Baldrick
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Post Posted: Sep 14, 2005 03:27 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Ambimom:
Use Virtualdub
select Video->Direct Stream Copy
select Audio->Full processing mode
select File->Save AVI and save as a new AVI
Only the audio will be reconverted to WAV, the video will be copied. Use this new video in AutoGK.

mr-scarface: No.

SatStorm
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Post Posted: Sep 14, 2005 03:36 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
I capture a VHS tape (~4 Hours) with virtualdub.
I use picvideo mjpeg for video codec and PCM audio for Audio
I run the file through AutoGK (latest betas always) to convert the whole VHS tape (with no drop frames / problems etc) to XviD

The audio after 90 min turns out of synch

I use the same avi file to encode to mpeg 2. No problem

So, there is something wierd with AutoGK and long files. Tested on 15 tapes so far

Ambimom
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Post Posted: Sep 14, 2005 07:05 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
The virtual dub utility that activates with the Auto GK is 1.5.4.1 but I took your advice and downloaded the latest version 1.6.10.

I ran the file through Virtual Dub first; and then Auto GK.

Unfortunately, same result. The first 5 minutes are in sync, and then it just goes off by 1 or 2 seconds.

Thanks anyway.

pjclark1
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Post Posted: Sep 18, 2005 16:46 Posts View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
This is not the way to do this, sound sync is always a problem and AutoGK is far too slow.

Use this
http://www.download.com/VSO-DivXtoDVD

It's free, it has never failed to convert any problem .AVI file I have ever come across, and it's very fast. A one hour video takes approx 30 mins to convert. There are no options to choose. You can stream or burn the resulting .VOB files.

Ambimom
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Post Posted: Sep 18, 2005 17:50 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Thanks for the advice but I already have software that converts to DVD. I just wanted to watch on a standalone DivX player instead of on my computer without having to do the conversion to DVD.

It all got too frustrating...

so I returned the DivX player to the store... and I'm back watching on my DVD player or on my computer.

I appreciate everyone trying to help. I guess I'm not technical enough to figure all this out yet.

THANKS EVERYONE!