converting xvid to mpeg problems

[LikeButtah]

I'm trying to convert an Xvid (with .avi extension) to whatever is the best MPEG format in order to burn a VCD. (I tried the conversion tutorial on this site, but it dodn't work) I got the Xvid codec, but I'm not sure what to do with it. I then tried using TMPGEnc-(version 2.513.53.162-Free), but it gives me an error and shuts down when it tries to convert to MPEG format. I basically just kept the default settings for the conversion on TMPGE. Do I need to extract the audio separately using VirtualDUB? Hopefully, I can do it in one shot, since I am new to this! Here are the properties of the video I'm trying to encode:
(ultimately, I want to use Nero to burn a standard VCD on an 80 min CDR)

audio:
MPEG3
16 kb/s
44.1 khz
stereo

video:
624X464
29.97 frames/sec
data 199.824 kb/sec
24 bit samping
xvid compression

thanks for any help you can give me!

[Tommyknocker]

Have you tried to frameserve to TMPGEnc?

[LikeButtah]

I haven't tried to frameserve, since I don't know what it is, but I'll read the tutorial. Do you have to separate the aud/vid, or can you do it in one step? Does this whole subject seem overly complicated to anyone else? Probably not on this site

[Vejita-sama]

The problem is most likely the mp3 audio. TMPGenc doesn't handle VBR (variable bitrate) audio (mp3 or ac3). So yes, you should extract a wav file from the xvid, and use that as your audio source. That should fix it.

[ZippyP.]

..you should extract a wav file from the xvid, and use that as your audio source.

I prefer Goldwave for wav extraction, it handles most audio formats. Check it out in the guides section.
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[LikeButtah]

OK, now I'm getting somewhere!
So I extract the wav audio with Goldwave. Then, how do I convert the video with TMPGenc? how do I set it to only do the video part?

[ZippyP.]

Within TMPGEnc you select your Xvid as your video source and your wav file as the audio source. For more information try one of the guides.

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[LikeButtah]

thanks for all your help, I'm almost there!

i'm still getting an error in TMPGenc.
I selected the avi for the video file, and the wav for the audio file, then it tries to start encoding and immediately says : error in TMPGenc: error in KERNEL32.DLL : and it closes the program
any ideas what may be causing this???

also, is there anything I need to do to ensure that the audio and video are in sync when they are recombined in TMPGenc?

[videocheez]

I don't think it's a requierment but I have elimanated audio video sync. problems by using a video source with no audio. In virtual dub under video select direct stream and under audio select no audio. As far as that kernel error, I have no advice and will wait to see what the smart guys suggest.

[Laddydaddy]

Do as videocheez says. Extract the video from your original avi file and use that coupled with your wav file in TMPG. KERNEL32.DLL handles memory managment, interrupts, and input/output operations.