It's driving me Fu..ing Nuts...

[ransjooman]

when i am trying to convert a downloaded dvdrip with tmpg using the wizard,i get a to big filesize.
for example:Swordfish dvdrip.divx-dominion turns out at 298,27 minutes.
settings are :svcd,pal,non interlaced,4:3 display,no filters.
can anyone tell me what is the problem here.
pc:pentium3 1000mhz,256 mb,win xp prof.

[Kdiddy]

U are gonna need to post WAAAAAAY more information than that, about your complete process in order to receive any real hlp.

[BTIP]

Sounds to me that the sound and video files are being combined in some weird way! Forget using the Wizard, check out one of the guides off here, get better results. And also, DON'T use PAL coz I bet you that file is going to be in NTSC Film or NTSC, doing it in PAL will give you jerky playback unless you select 3:2 Pulldown.
I'm a right nOOB, only been doing this stuff a week but have enuff sense to not use any wizards!

[ransjooman]

ok,some more details.
i have codec divx 5.0 bundle and divx_3.11alpha installed.
the videocompression of the downloaded dvdrips are divx mpg4 v3.
latest tmpg enc versionswitching to ntsc doesn't help and trying to convert to vcd isn't good either.
still get those big filesizes.
jeepers creepers:374,15 minutes
legally blond:258,39 minutes
but me,myself and irene is 108,35 minutes,the right sizes!!!
and that is also a dvdrip with the same videocompression.
hope this will give you some more info

[bugster]

Try splitting the audio from the video of your original AVI using virtualdub. This is also a good time to convert the audio sample rate if necessary. Save it from virtualdub as PCM (uncompressed). Then open the resulting .wav file in TmpGenc as the audio stream with your avi as the video stream and encode. If this doesnt fix the problem try creating a video only .avi from virtualdub. On the video menu select direct stream copy and on the audio menu select no audio. The select file->sav avi file. Use this as the video source in Tmpgenc and the previously created .wav as the audio source. Encode.

Good luck

[ransjooman]

Hey Bugster,it worked!!!The audio was vbr and saving it as a wav. using virtual dub solved the problem.Thanx a lot!!
Greetz Matt