1h30 AVI encoded in 4h43 m2v stream by tmpgenc :?:

[txl]

Hello

I have encoded an AVI file for DVD authoring using tmpgenc and the 2VBR hi quality settings from this site and I now have a problem because the "video only" m2v file is 4h43 long (or so says tmpg dvd author) and so I don't know what do to, I have extraced the audio as well in PCM uncompressed and the audio file is also 4h43 long.

Anybody has an idea of what went wrong ?

Thanks

[Baldrick]

encoding is NOT authoring. moving you.

DId you try change the directshow filter in tmpgenc? and you can use the source range to select start and end.
www.videohelp.com/tmpgenc#problems

[bugster]

Open the avi file in virtualdub. If it gives you a warning about VBR audio, that is the problem. TmpGenc does not like VBR audio.
In virtualdub, select Audio->compression, No compression (PCM). Then audio->full processing mode, then file, save wav and call it movie.wav. Use this file as the source audio when encoding.

[txl]

Hello

Virtualdub gives me the warning about VBR audio but since I used TMPGenc to extract the VIDEO file only should this be a problem ?

I now have this 4h43 video file and the correct 1h34 audio wav file but when i go to dvd author, chapter the video file by cutting the extra black space and specify the audio file it still won't author, when I start the authoring process tmpgenc dvd author just closes and nothiung happens...

Thanks for the help, I guess this topic might go back to authoring now ? I'm sorry but it seems that I'm in the middle of both worlds...

[bugster]

You need to re-encode, using the extracted wav file as the audio source. Then the .m2v file will be the correct length.

[txl]

Now that i have the m2v file can't I just "cut the end" and use this ?

Long shot I know but it's better to do this than to reencode and have another 14 hours...

Thanks