converting xvids to anything (mpg1 mpg2)

[friar55]

ok so i have 2 files (both about 20 mins in length) that are xvid's. i updated my codecs ripped the audio seperate in virtual dub(wav.) then besweet (mp2) and no matter what i do i a getting out of sync audio (video lagging) when i try to convert them in tmpgnc (im really looking to get mpg2 for dvd) anyone have any suggestions or advice...i have tried everything i know

thanks

[teegee420]

What frame rate does your Xvid have? 23.976 perhaps? When you encoded to mpeg the frame rate was changed to either 25fps for PAL or 29.97 for NTSC. Try using the frame rate conversion presets in Besweet to match the output from TMPGEnc. Check the frame rate of your avi in Virtualdub by going to File>File Information. Make sure you have "full processing mode" selected in the audio menu when extracting to wav too. Otherwise your are merely extracting the original compressed audio.

[Hardcoreruss]

Checked for bad frames ?

[Gazorgan]

When you saved the WAV, did you really do it? The default setting is to save the MP3. The WAV should be 200 MB+. If it's under 30 MB it's wrong.

[friar55]

wow...thanks for the replys everyone....ok lets see,
1. the framerates match
2. i ran the files through divxfix and got no errors
3. i dont believe i am saving as true wav. files though cause the files are quite small...ive been encoding for about a year now and have always used vdub for saving wav.s and all this time they werent even .wavs...go figure ) ok so how do i go about setting the prog to save true wav's?

thanks again

[friar55]

ok guys i was reading through the other xvid post (wendi's 6 page epic )
and now i am determined as hell!!!
i converted the audio to wav. with goldwave and then to mp2 with besweet and then tried reencoding.....still out of sync!!!!!!!!!

lol...anyone from wendi's post up for another epic???

[teegee420]

Ok, the mpeg you created that is out of sync, what are the lengths of the audio and video? You can find out by opening the mpeg with Virtualdub MPEG2 and going to File>File Information. I'm guessing the lengths don't match. Also, what is the length of the wav file as reported in whatever player you use for wav's? Does it match the mpeg video lenght? You might want to consider letting TMPGEnc encode the audio as well as the video. Just use the wav file as the audio source.