being trying to convert avi to another avi codec

[ang3lus]

good day

over the last few days i have been trying to change avi videos into a different codec

i have 3 that work on the device that i have and i have used gspot to look into the videos so i can see what codec they use, so i downloaded virtualdub and selected xvid and followed a guide about how to do it but still the video wont play on the device

i'm not sure if it is only the video and audio codec that is important or is it also the resolution of the video as i noticed that the videos that work are *x352 so i made the res also *x352 but still they wont play.

until i found another guide that was pointing out that frame rate is also important.

please can someone help me

maybe later i can post the gspot info's

[transporterfan]

I am sure someone can. Please use MediaInfo (post a text only version of it's summary).
Post a MediaInfo report of a video you are happy with WHICH WORKS! To identify a working codec.
Name the device you're trying to play them on.

[ang3lus]

ok thanks

here is info on the one video that does work.

General
Complete name : H:\test.avi
Format : AVI
Format/Info : Audio Video Interleave
File size : 704 MiB
Duration : 1h 28mn
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 1 111 Kbps
Writing application : VirtualDubMod 1.5.4.1 (build 2178/release)
Writing library : VirtualDubMod build 2178/release

Video
ID : 0
Format : MPEG-4 Visual
Format profile : Advanced Simple@L5
Format settings, BVOP : 1
Format settings, QPel : No
Format settings, GMC : No warppoints
Format settings, Matrix : Custom
Codec ID : XVID
Codec ID/Hint : XviD
Duration : 1h 28mn
Bit rate : 970 Kbps
Width : 608 pixels
Height : 352 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 1.727
Frame rate : 25.000 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Compression mode : Lossy
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.181
Stream size : 614 MiB (87%)
Writing library : XviD 1.1.0 Beta2 (UTC 2005-04-04)

Audio
ID : 1
Format : MPEG Audio
Format version : Version 1
Format profile : Layer 3
Mode : Joint stereo
Codec ID : 55
Codec ID/Hint : MP3
Duration : 1h 28mn
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 128 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 81.1 MiB (12%)
Alignment : Aligned on interleaves
Interleave, duration : 24 ms (0.60 video frame)
Interleave, preload duration : 241 ms
Writing library : LAME3.96r
Encoding settings : -m j -V 4 -q 2 -lowpass 17.5 --abr 128
Language : English

here is one that does not want to work

General
Complete name : H:\holiday.avi
Format : AVI
Format/Info : Audio Video Interleave
File size : 1.23 GiB
Duration : 1h 14mn
Overall bit rate : 2 358 Kbps
Movie name : holiday
Writing application : Lavf52.17.0
Original source form/Name : holiday

Video
ID : 0
Format : MPEG-4 Visual
Format profile : Simple@L3
Format settings, BVOP : No
Format settings, QPel : No
Format settings, GMC : No warppoints
Format settings, Matrix : Default (H.263)
Codec ID : XVID
Codec ID/Hint : XviD
Duration : 1h 14mn
Bit rate : 2 217 Kbps
Width : 1 024 pixels
Height : 574 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 25.000 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Compression mode : Lossy
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.151
Stream size : 1.15 GiB (94%)
Writing library : XviD 1.1.2 (UTC 2006-11-01)

Audio
ID : 1
Format : MPEG Audio
Format version : Version 1
Format profile : Layer 3
Mode : Joint stereo
Mode extension : MS Stereo
Codec ID : 55
Codec ID/Hint : MP3
Duration : 1h 14mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 128 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 68.2 MiB (5%)
Alignment : Aligned on interleaves
Interleave, duration : 24 ms (0.60 video frame)

the device is called a mp5 i think it is a fake psp

[Wolfen]

OK, How about what device you're trying to convert for ? and a mediainfo of the file that won't play. Edit your post and add the second mediainfo, info.

[KBeee]

Many devices that play "avi" files, like some DVD players, are restricted to SD, so will be limited to 720*576.
Your second unplayable file is 1024*574.
See this sticky -
https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/290800-My-DivX-DVD-Player-can-t-play-my-avi-DivX-xvid-video

[Wolfen]

I can't see any reason why it (the video file)wouldn't play. it must be the device that doesn't support the file or it's corrupt. Does it play alright on your computer with say potplayer or some other media player ?

[ang3lus]

yes they play on the computer with klitemedia codec pack

[transporterfan]

I've heard it prefers MP4 video. Use Video to Video converter, load in a video and when the window pops up to choose a profile, click on 'Sony' and then select 'Sony PSP MPEG-4 Video'. Edit the profile settings in the boxes on the right if you want to. If that works...great...if not try one of the other settings.

This converter also has a lot of generic AVI profiles to experiment with.

Tip: use a clip or VERY short movie as a test file, else you could be waiting a while.

[jagabo]

Many devices that play "avi" files, like some DVD players, are restricted to SD, so will be limited to 720*576.
Your second unplayable file is 1024*574.

This is the most likely problem.