MPG/VCD playback with PowerDVD is way too fast

[Limbic]

Ok, here's what I did:

Started with my source AVI file. It ran fine in WMP.

Stripped out the audio to WAV with DVD2AVI. WAV file ran fine in Winamp.

Using the original AVI file as my source, I encoded it to MPEG-1 (without encoding the sound) with TMPG. The m1v file ran fine in WMP. And more importantly, it also ran fine in PowerDVD, albeit without sound.

Ok, everything seemed O.K. so far. Had my WAV and my M1V and went to multiplex. I converted the WAV to an MP2 so I could use bbMPEG to multiplex the 2 files into an MPEG.

Then I multiplexed them. The resultant MPG ran perfectly in WMP. However, when I tried it out in PowerDVD (to check how it would be displayed via VCD), the video ran quickly, as if it was at 2X speed. I figured the software was just acting goofy. But I stopped it, started it, sped it up, slowed it down, and every time the "1X" speed always played way too fast.

I tried re-multiplexing it with 2 different programs - TMPGEnc and bbMPEG, both yielding the same result. I also tried encoding MPG as either a standard MPEG-1, or as a Video CD. Both had the same result.

Anyone have a clue what this is? It must be a problem with the multiplex step, but I can't see how to fix it.


P.S. Sorry for the cross-post...cant seem to figure out how to delete the newbie board post, as this question probably belongs here, anyway.

[Craig Tucker]

I have removed the other post

[Poplar]

I am convinced this is a bug in PowerDVD. Same thing happened to me several times, both MPEG-1 and MPEG-2, although other software players
(like HEROSDVD) play them perfectly and they play OK on DVD player.