Weird issue using virtualdub & DV

[magnus]

I have a bit of a weird problem I was hoping someone could help me out with. I normally use diko to do most of my avi to dvd conversions so I thought I would use it to convert some of my home videos. The problem is this. If I plug my original dv file into diko everything goes fine. However if I do any editing or cutting with vdub before I plug it into diko I run into issues. Diko will no longer read the correct length of each new edited file and it cuts the audio of each file off at 9 minutes and 22 seconds every time no matter how long it is. I know the issue has to be coming from vdub but what could the problem be. I use vdub with all my avi's with not one problem. Is it possibly a codec problem. I currently have the sony dv codec installed that came with my cam. Thanks in advance for any help.

[daamon]

Hi magnus,

When you're saving the AVI that's been edited in Vdub, are you setting it to use a DV codec?

If so, which one? The Panasonic DV Codec (free) is good and is recommended with VirtualDub.

If not, you're probably getting uncompressed AVI - and Diko might be spitting its dummy out over that. Just a guess...

[gadgetguy]

I have the same problem when taking a VDub edited DV-AVI into Ulead Visual Studio 6. I use the Panasonic DV codec. I was never able to figure out the cause and the only work around I found was to save the AVI into small segments (9 minutes each) and then add them all into the timeline in UVS6. If I remember correctly, UVS6 works best with Type1 DV-AVI and that VDub outputs Type2 so there may be something in the Type2 that UVS6 (and Diko) has trouble with. That was part of the reason I started learning AviSynth.

[guns1inger]

If it is just a type issue, then you can use the canopus converter to switch types

[gadgetguy]

I thinks it's more than just a type issue, (at least for me). If I capsfer directly to Type2, then UVS6 sees it all no problem. It's only after editing in VDub that the problem appears.
Edit: I just always assumed that it was because my UVS is old.

[daamon]

If it is just a type issue, then you can use the canopus converter to switch types

Here: DV Type 1 to DV Type 2 Converter