Garbled video out of virtualdub

[jgandara]

I'm trying to convert some video files to Divx or Xvid, and all I get is junk.

This is what I do:
+ Open the file
+ Select video-> compression->Divx or Xvid. That's it, I don't change anything else.

When I try to convert, I get a black screen or a bunch of video, with green/blue colors as background. Do I need to compress the audio too?

I tried once with huffyuv and the ouput video was skew vertically. I have seen this with another programs, but I don't know what is the reason of it. Any ideas?

thanks

[Tommyknocker]

Where did the files come from? Did you check your codecs (G Spot) and check for bad frames (Virtual Dub)?

[jgandara]

They are straight from capture, and they look fine. I use no compresion for capturing. But I'm trying to remove some parts and compress them to Divx or Xvid, with no luck

[Gazorgan]

You captured in RAW video? I don't think your Disk subsystem can do that. Must be some native capture codec.

You can't convet to DivX/XviD without setting some properties. 1 pass, 2 pass, N pass, min/max/average bitrate, filelength, quality, there are lots of settings you can adjsut.

Adjsuting nothing guarantees poor results (10 second keyframe is the most obvious).

[jgandara]

When capturing I get the option to compress in YUV, and you have the option to recompress, but I don't choose anything. The captured video and audio is fine, my problem is to convert it to Divx or Xvid.

I use the defualt properties for the Divx or Xvid. I don't have internet at home right now, but I'll check the guides and see if I can get something. I thought the default options would get you some usable video.