riverpast rm to avi conversion sound out of sync

[princevegetam]

hi i've been having alot of trouble converting rm to avi
the sound is always out of sync for some reason (sound is slower than the video)
i'm thinking of converting it to avi then burn it onto a dvd

the original RM files i'm working with according to riverpast are:

VIDEO:
Compression: RV30
Decoder: Real Video Decoder
Width: 320
Height: 240
Frame Rate: 15.00
Aspect Ratio: 1.33

AUDIO:

Decoder: Real Audio Decoder
Sample Rate: 8000
Channel: 1
Bits/Sample: 16


i'm not sure what setting i should set riverpast video cleaner to convert the video into avi, i've tried a bunch (divx, xvid, setting the same frame rate, audio sampling rate and everything)

i would really appreciate it if someone could help me with this

[45tripp]

1. riverpast is the wrong tool.

2. why the extra step?
go straight to mpeg2 (dvd).

3. try super, encode to mpeg2

4. give convertX a try.
easiest way to go straight to authored dvd.
should work.

you could try more complex if these fail

[Midzuki]

Try to Avisynth your .rm into an MPEG encoder in this way:

<avs>
DirectShowSource("pathto-file.rm", fps=15, convertfps=true)
SeparateFields
SelectEvery(2, 0,1, 0,1)
Weave
AssumeFPS(30000, 1001, sync_audio=true)
ResampleAudio(48000)
</avs>

HTH.

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[princevegetam]

well first of all i just tried using SUPER and it's terrible, it freezes up and there's so few options compared to riverpast
i'm using riverpast because my friend said it provides the best quality and i've found it to be quite good for the most part except for the audio sync problem
and my friend told me convertx doesn't do RM files very well and has bad quality ( i just tried and it froze convertx)

and i haven't tried avi synth, it seems ...complicated...

[45tripp]

I tried convertx with a similar sample and it worked fine.
What are your expectations with that source?

It's not that difficult.

Download install avistynth.

Open a text document in the folder you have your file in.
Type out midzuki's suggestion

DirectShowSource("filename.rm", fps=15, convertfps=true)
SeparateFields
SelectEvery(2, 0,1, 0,1)
Weave
AssumeFPS(30000, 1001, sync_audio=true)
ResampleAudio(48000)

Save file with an avs extension, like movie.avs.
Treat the file movie.avs as your video, importing it into your encoder.

I don't believe riverpast can import avisynth scripts but
super can, convertx can, many apps can.

If you're happy with riverpast video,
I suppose you could try separate audio encoding, manual syncing.


gl

[princevegetam]

well i just tried the avs thing and i tried importing it into convertx
but when i press convert, it says there's syntax error
on line 1 column 1
it also says can't find stream info

[45tripp]

From the error I'd say you started your script with "<avs>"
delete those. I removed the lines for a reason.

preview your scripts by dragging them into vdubmod.

btw super has converted all samples i tried without problem, even a pig of
a realvideo 8 sample I couldn't get to work with directshowsource for some reason.
not that super is particularly reliable...

gl

[theewizard]

i gave up on RM files, last year, too troublesome to be worth the effort

too many Rm files ( rmvb ) are variable frame rate
and next to impossible to convert correctly.

I also try to avoid MKV files

good luck, your going to need lots of it if you keep converting RM files

[princevegetam]

ok now i removed the <avs> tags
it works
but convertx says there's alot of discontinuities

it keeps saying discontinuity at *time*
i get like over 70 and it says this is typical for tv source
maybe the input video is too crappy?

[45tripp]

maybe the input video is too crappy?

Quite possible.

You can try checking "don't fix discontinuities" in the convertX audio tab settings.

Try opening it in real producer's editor.
If it opens, there's nothing wrong with the file.

Like I said I have a realvideo 8 sample that Super converted fine, even though it's
buggered. Can't open it in real producer even after reindexing, can't use directshowsource
without getting garbled frames...
Weird.

if you like,
upload a sample somewhere and I'll try it out

gl