AVI movie to VCD help please....

[heinzmasterflex]

I recently downloaded an AVI movie from Kazaa ([tmd]the.transporter.(eso).subbed.ts.(1of2).avi and 2of2) and I would like to burn it to a VCD.

I went through the steps on the "Best Way To Convert a 320x240 Low Bitrate DivX to VCD" page of this site, downloaded all the programs, and followed the steps. Firstly, as I attempted to rebuild the index using Div Fix, I got the message "can not open the file". So I skipped this step. I successfully saved the audio file as a WAV with Virtual Dub. Lastly, as I attempted to browse to my souce video file with TMPGEnc ver. 2.58, it gives an error message that my AVI file can not open, or is unsupported.

I need some help here. I don't know if I need my source video to have the audio wiped off of it or something. Maybe the file is protected somehow?

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

[johneboy]

drop the AVI file in VirtualDub.
Go to to File.. Frameserve..Hit OK.. type in a file name, and save it to your desktop
drag that new file in TMPGenc
done

[heinzmasterflex]

Hmmm.... I don't know man. The file I obtain by doing this (File>>Start Frame Server) simply saves a "VirtualDub AVIFile signpost" with the extention "*.vdr". Then up comes a window that doesn't do anything and I can't get to the main window with out clicking "Stop serving". However, I found out that if I resave the AVI file uncompressed, TMPGEnc recognizes it, but the projected file size is 10 Gigs!!! I'm starting to think the reason it won't work is because is it some kind of a compressed form.

[johneboy]

simply saves a "VirtualDub AVIFile signpost" with the extention "*.vdr". .

Thats correct.. Drop that VDR file into TMPGenc

Then up comes a window that doesn't do anything and I can't get to the main window with out clicking "Stop serving".

Leave it there.. its the window to show you its "Frame Serving"

[johneboy]

Reporting this post,
http://www.vcdhelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=368574#368574 .

D/L movie from Kazaa, probably not legal?

Who is to say that he doesnt own the Movie?

[heinzmasterflex]

The VDR file does not drag in and when I browse to it as the source with TMPGEnc, it says "can not open, or is unsupported". I leave the frameserver window open on Virtual Dub like you said, but the numbers remain at zero and don't change. I can't see how that Virtual Dub file will be compatable in TMPGEnc, but you must know what you're talking about.

My video loads perfectly well into Virtual Dub and plays. I just said "File >> Save as AVI" without audio and compressed it with DivX 5.0.2. It loads into TMPGenc and is will only be 200 megs. If I select this as my source and the WAV file I created earlier, will the two have any sync problems? I think I'm getting somewhere on this!

[johneboy]

but you must know what you're talking about.

heh

If I select this as my source and the WAV file I created earlier, will the two have any sync problems?

shouldnt be a sync issue.. tho.. there is one way to find out..

[tgpo]

Reporting this post,
http://www.vcdhelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=368574#368574 .

D/L movie from Kazaa, probably not legal?

Who is to say that he doesnt own the Movie?

I would. Seeing how it just hit theaters

[johneboy]

Who is to say that he doesnt own the Movie?

I would. Seeing how it just hit theaters

oh...yea...