XviD to MPEG2

[Frozenpredator]

hi i get an audio decoding error when i try to convert an XviD movie to an mpeg2 SVCD movie with TMPGEnc 2.5
what should i do?

[mats.hogberg]

Read guides. TMPGEnc doesn't handle all kinds on audio compression types. You basically has to extract the audio from the AVI and convert to WAV. Simplest way is to load the AVI in Goldwave, and save WAV.

/Mats

[Frozenpredator]

thx

[Frozenpredator]

hmm i didnt work with goldwave.. it coukdnt open the avi..

[mats.hogberg]

Then do it the hard way:

• Using GSpot, take a look at what kind of audio is in the AVI. I'd bet it's AC3, and I'll continue with that asumption.
  Load the AVI in VirtualDub.
  Make sure audio is set to Direct Stream Copy.
  Save WAV.
  Rename whatever.wav to whatever.ac3
  Convert to wav with headac3he
  Use this wav as audio source when encoding.

/Mats

[Frozenpredator]

i got a new version now and it works

[Frozenpredator]

its not ac3 audio.. only 2 channel stereo

[Frozenpredator]

hmm now tmpgenc says : the error ocurred when ACM was initalized

[Frozenpredator]

ill try one more time..

[Frozenpredator]

okej now the sound works.. but not the picture ?! what should i do then?

[mats.hogberg]

Can you play the movie at all?
Tips & Tricks:

• Install ffdshow.
  Scan the AVI for bad frames using VirtualDub MP3 Freeze.
  Read all guides on AVI to ??? conversion.

/Mats

[Frozenpredator]

the movie works fine ..

[Frozenpredator]

it takes a while to scan the movie...

[mats.hogberg]

it takes a while to scan the movie...

You were under the impression that unknown AVI to SVCD was something done during the cofee break?

/Mats

[Frozenpredator]

hehe nope . .
well ive searched for bad frames now and there was some..
what should i do then?

[andyp1]

Follow This Guide

[Frozenpredator]

still no video.. dmn this XviD movie..

[mats.hogberg]

what should i do then?

If I were you, I'd drag the AVI over to the trash can, and get on with my life. Try the guide suggested above of you like the challenge, but I've done it a few times, always ending up with an mpg suffering from sync problems and whatnot, so If I lay my hands on an AVI that's not error free, I simply get a source that is. Even if I think this is a really interesting hobby, there are aspects of it that's best avoided.

/Mats

[Frozenpredator]

There must be someway..

[andyp1]

Right , It's time to slow down and get back to basics.

You have an AVI which is XVID with MP3 audio.

Run your original file as it is through Virtualdub MP3 Freeze.

Have a look at the log of badframes , how many are there?

[Frozenpredator]

aboute 750.. w8 a minute and ill send a full list

[Frozenpredator]

ehhhhh now it seems like the whole movie is corrupt :SSSS
but i can play it with winamp/WMP/VLC

[Frozenpredator]

Total of 126701/126702 bad frames found.
it was only 750 last time :S

[Frozenpredator]

its an XviD movie with the latest XviD codec so maybe TMPGEnc can´t handle it? then there must be another tool..

[mmasw]

its an XviD movie with the latest XviD codec so maybe TMPGEnc can´t handle it? then there must be another tool..

ok....you've worn out your fellow swede so I'll pick up the ball and see if we can finish the game.

1st....I'll assume you can play the XVid file on your computer wherein you can see the video and hear the audio....

IMO, the simplest way to convert Xvid>mpg2 is to frameserve the xvid through VirtualDub > then convert with TMPGEnc at the same time.

there is a guide Here:

https://www.videohelp.com/forum/userguides/87270.php

TMPGEnc just doesn't seem to like Xvid so I've found that using an intermediate codec is best. This method also doesn't have you treating the audio as a seperate conversion.....which for the purpose you want is unnecessary.

As far as the conversion time, using HuffYuv would most likely be quicker then uncompressed RGB, but the latter codec may yield the best quality result.

[wendi]

Hey !! I tried exactly what you said. I used Virt Dub and saved my xvid.avi file as a .vdr and then opened tmpenc plus 2.5 and when I went to load the .vdr file it said it was unsupported.????? Now what????

wendi

[mmasw]

Hey !! I tried exactly what you said. I used Virt Dub and saved my xvid.avi file as a .vdr and then opened tmpenc plus 2.5 and when I went to load the .vdr file it said it was unsupported.????? Now what????

wendi

if you saved it as a .vdr, that is the problem....as the guide said, you need to save it as a .vdr.avi. The .avi is the critical DOS extension and must be the last 4 components of the name. Once again, save as: xxxx.vdr.avi

actually, the .vdr isn't necessary except as a organizing designation.

[mats.hogberg]

Actually, properly configured TMPGEnc opens .vdr just fine. When you say "saved my xvid.avi file as a .vdr" - do you literally mean that, or do you mean that you start a VirtualDub frame server?

/Mats