VideoPad 2.41 and Xvid codec and Mpeg layer 3 sync problem

[Elsie]

I use VideoPad 2.41 (I know, they have a newer version) to fix movies I play on other devices. I use AVI container because all my devices will play AVIs. I usually use MPeg4(native) with MP3(native) and these mostly do what I want. But I have run into a couple of movies where the movies would stop and start - not at the same time as the audio. The movie would play alright on the computer, but not on the devices.

So, I experimented with the other codecs available and all execpt xvid would not play on my devices. So, xvid would eliminate the start-stop problem
and IMA Adpcm for audio would play fine on my computer, but not on my devices. Xvid and mp3(native) don't work together on VideoPad. Then next option was xvid and Mpeg Layer 3, but then the audio would drift more as time went by. By ten minutes into the movie, you'd hear the voice, then their lips would move.

Is there an easy fix? It usually takes an hour with VideoPad on an hour long movie.

Any thoughts?

[Elsie]

As a last resort, I re-ran the video through VideoPad with my original setting - MPEG4(native) and MP3(native) and the second pass cured the stop-start problems. I guess I should have tried that first instead of spending 2 days trying all those different codecs that wouldn't work at all...

But thanks everyone!

[Baldrick]

Have you tried any other converters? Or are you doing any editing with videopad so you prefer to use it?


You can for example try fix/reconvert your movies with Xmedia Recode. Use the DVD Player(standalone) Profile for good compability. Under the video tab can you then change to Xvid or MPEG4.

[Elsie]

No, I usually shorten the videos, cut some out in places, and add some overlays in the beginnings and ends, and fix the volume. On my devices, I have to eliminate most of the bass and get the volume to 70%. That usually takes care of movies so that they can been viewed on all my devices. I rarely watch them on the computers.

[jagabo]

Make sure you didn't enable GMC or QPel (quarter pixel). No standalone media player can handle Xvid's 3 warp point GMC and only some can handle QPel.