VirtualDub audio sync problem

[Aztec_gizmo]

I am having a problem after applying the crop filter to an avi file. I captured a part of a VHS tape using VirtualVCR. The setting I used was 720x480 resolution and PCM audio at 44.1 KHZ. I then opened the file with VirtuaDub. It played fine when I played it. So, I applied the crop filter to the file and resaved it as an avi file. Once it was done I open it in VirtualDub and played it. The audio was coming in and out and the video was going in slow motion. I played the file in PowerDVD and it played fine. So, I thought that it might just be VirtualDub that is having a problem playing the file. So, I authored the DVD using NeoDVD. When I played it in my DVD player, I had no sound and the video had streaks in it. It looked pretty bad. Could someone please tell me what I am doing wrong?

Also when I try using VirtualDub to capture at 720x480, it tells me that it is an unsupported video format. Why does it tell me this? I am using an AverTV Studio capture card. Thanks.

[ImaWeTodd]

The playing thru VDub problem sounds like you tried to play it thru a filter, and your CPU could not keep up.

Can you play the authored image (the vob files) in powerDVD?

How about the Disk in powerDVD?

Virtual dub can not create MPEG2, so what did you use for this? NeoDVD does this?

I capture in VirtualVCR and use VirtualDub filters all of the time. I then encode to MPEG (You didn't explain this step), and then finally author (lately with dvdlab).

[Aztec_gizmo]

ImaWeTodd

Yes, I can play the files in PowerDVD after I apply the crop filter. I wanted to see the result of the crop file, so that is why I was playing it in virtualdub. When I did this I noticed the audio going in and out and the slow motion playback.

NeoDVD suppose to be able to take avi files and output the files with the proper DVD structure to play in a standalone DVD player. However, I have run more test with NeoDVD and the quality of the output is not good. When I play the file in the DVD player the picture shakes and looks bad. So I quess I have to use TMPGENC plus to encode the files. As far as getting the best out put of files that are coming from VHS, are the filters in Tmpgenc plus sufficient to abtain good results. Or do I have to use VirtualDub filters? I am trying to put some boxing fights I recorded on VHS onto DVD's. I never thought it would be this hard. I just to get the best results possible. Thanks for your help.

[ImaWeTodd]

I'm not clear..

If you play the DVDr on you pc, does it look bad?

You may have a media problem.

Shakes and looks bad can mean a lot. Here are some things:

- Macro blocks = Disk problems, bitrate
- Jumpy = Interlaced Field order problems
- Not Sharp = Bitrate Encoding, Source noise problems

[Aztec_gizmo]

I think the problem was NeoDVD. Because, when I used Sonic My DVD to create the DVD it was fine.