help - xvid to dvd woes

[brassguy]

I have a couple tv shows on my comp in .AVI format, xvids encoded with DIVX.

I want to be able to watch these on my TV via my dvd player (does not play divx).

I tried TMPGEnc to do this, and after about 6 hours, it turned a nice 700 MB tv episode into nearly a 4 GB file.

Video, and NO AUDIO. Why was there no audio? There was audio on the original file.

Also, the file was in "widescreen" - black lines top and bottom of screen when playing original file. Also, on tv these shows are presented in widescreen - that is with the black lines in place.

The video file without the audio had no black lines - why wasnt the file transfered to dvd exactly? Where did the black lines go?


I also tried DIKO for a diff TV show episode - it transfered the episode with the black lines intact - but NO AUDIO!


Why is there no audio? Why are the black lines gone with TMPGEnc?

The day before this, I used TMPGEnc to convert a much much smaller .AVI file that was NOT in widescreen and it worked fine, with audio.

So why is there a problem?

Please help me.

[Forum Troll]

What format is the audio in?

[jimmalenko]

https://www.videohelp.com/play.htm#identify

Then post a screenshot of what either GSpot or AVICodec tells you.

The guides section might be worth a look too

[celtic_druid]

XviD's encoded with DivX? So encoded with DivX and then the fourCC changed?

Audio is probably VBR mp3. TMPGEnc will accept it as a source, but the result is no audio once encoded. Could also be say AC3, which won't convert if you don't have an ACM AC3 decoder installed, but then TMPGEnc won't even accept it as an audio source.

[brassguy]

Ok I'll look in to that program, but i already know that they are all .AVI files and it is a DIVX file. They all say DIVX for a several seconds on the video.

[DVDJET]

Strip the audio from the avi file in in uncompressed wav format with virtual dub as its because the audio is compressed that tmpg cant handle it and then you also need to save the avi without audio.Then load tmpg with the new avi as video source and the new wav file as ur audio source,in advanced settings make sure it is set to full screen (keep aspect ratio).

steps 3 + 4 here> http://www.donstevenson.net/myguides/myguides.html

[divingbuddy]

If you want to try a quick solution, I use WinAVI 6.2 to convert AVI to DVD, then DVD2ONE to join multiepisodes to one DVD. There are settings in WinAVI 6.2 to add or subtract the letterbox attribute if you want. Audio is in sync and compression is good, not great, but it works for a quick turnaround on episodal DVD burns.

[brassguy]

thanks all and esp DVDJET. will doing all that keep the black bars in?

[celtic_druid]

it is a DIVX file. They all say DIVX for a several seconds on the video.

Most likely just means that the DivX decoder is being used without the don't show logo or whatever option enabled.

[DVDJET]

brassguy by going into advance settings and choosing full screen (keep aspect ratio) will keep the video lookin the same,ie you will still have the black bars in it.