Help Me Im Sinking

[poggo]

Hi All
As A newbie to downloading vcd/ svcd etc i need to ask you a question

Ive downloaded two full length films unziped the rars and got the cue and bin files converted the film to mpeg with vcd gear but no matter what i do the films play with sound about 5 secs out of sync then after watching the film for about 5 mins or so the film starts to jump and jitter can anybody help me im tearing my hair out

[curryman]

there are people on this forum alot more experienced than me on this topic,
and it's possible you just have some settings wrong
but in my experience nearly every movie i have ever downloaded has been corrupt
it just isn't worth the time or effort

[Gazorgan]

Don't convert. Using Nero, do a file/burn image and open the CUE file. Or use Fireburner.

VCDGear doesn't like complex CUE files sometimes. Try Daemon tools and mount the image and see if that plays.

[banjazzer]

Is it VCD or SVCD? What are you trying to play them with? If you are using a quality program such as PowerDVD or WinDVD and you get problems, then there is probably something wrong. Remember also that playing SVCD makes demands on your PC, so you need a reasonably specified machine for best results. However, it may be something you are doing wrong when extracting from the .bin files. Here's what I do when I download a .bin and .cue.

1. Extract from the .bin using Isobuster. For a VCD I am looking for AVSEQ01.DAT and for SVCD I am looking for AVSEQ01.MPG. In the case of the former, I change the extension to .mpg. Use TMPGEnc's mpeg tools Simple Multiplex, and output to a file with a new name. For VCD choose MPEG-1 Video-CD and for SVCD choose MPEG-2 Super Video-CD. These can be burned for playback in a standalone machine using Nero, or played on a PC player. I do not recommend Windows Media Player - particularly for SVCD, where with certain versions you will almost certainly get sync problems.

If you do as I suggest and you still have problems, then you have likely downloaded duff material.

How to use TMPGEnc can be found in the guides on this site.