TMPGEnc color problems

[onerag9]

I've been having a problem lately with .avi files encoded with the SMR Codec. I usually download the SMR movies, convert to VCD, and then burn them without much incident. But recently, i've had trouble with several of the files i've downloaded.
When i play back the encoded MPEG, the flesh tones will gradually change to a bright pink, and then flash back to their regular colors. Sometimes this happens over the course of 20-30 seconds, and sometimes it happens rapidly, every 2-3 seconds. I've tried playing with the color correction options, but it doesn't help - if i lower the Red on the RGB settings, the change isn't quite as noticeable, but it's definitely still happening.
Any suggestions? This is driving me nuts.

[Baldrick]

Have you tried change the directshow reader prioority in tmpgenc?
www.vcdhelp.com/tmpgenc.htm#problems

and do a search for pink in this forum and you will get 30434090 hits.