AUSTRALIAN ????????? Now I gotta sore head

[Norfy]

Please can someone help me?

I have d/l a brilliant copy of Panic Room. When i tried to cut the film using VirtualDub it says that it has detected and improper VBR audio encoding in the AVI source file and to decompress the WAV file and re-compress it with a constant bit-rate encoder. Can u please tell me how to do this?. I tried ignoring it and split the film in two anyway....the audio/video sync was fine and the film was brilliant. But when I burned it to VCD using Nero (x4 speed), I played it back on my DVD player and the film (although perfect) was upside down? Can u tell me what I may have done wrong.

Many thanks !!!

[Baldrick]

Did you converted and burned the avi with Nero? If so you could instead try convert with tmpgenc and only burn with nero. Be sure to check the file->preview in tmpgenc before converting/encoding to see that movie is not upside down. www.vcdhelp.com/tmpgenc

[Norfy]

tks for your help baldrick

I played the AVi first in Divx Player and in WMP and they bothed worked fine. It was only after I burned and played in stand alone DVD player that it was upside down . I do have TMPGenc and will try converting with this, but why does Nero always try to encode the VCD again, do I need certain settings to stop Nero Encoding

thanks again

Norfy

[2man]

very easy
first never encode w/nero to mpeg (it seems to have a lot os blocks) i never try.
open the avi file w/vdub_mp3 and frameserve to tmpeg
don´t forget to type the extension of the file *.VDR
or
to do as you always do...NERO encode
in vdub save WAV (audio.wav)
save the video using direct stream copy (video.avi) w/NO AUDIO
and using submux join audio.wav w/video.avi to movie.avi
use the movie.avi w/nero as usuall.
2man

[Norfy]

many thanks for your reply 2man.

I will try encoding with TMPGenc, but when I go to burn with Nero (the only burning package on my HD at the moment) it ALWAYS wants to re-encode the file again...How do I stop this.. Do I have to burn it as a VCD or something different. It takes ages for TMPGenc to encode the AVI, then takes Nero another 1hr 30mins to encode it again !!! Do all burners encode the file again ?

Sorry to be a pain

Thanks

[2man]

sorry the delay but...
well i don´t use Nero but i think that you have to turn off VCD checks in Nero or make a non-standard VCD
you can also use VCDEasy is simple and it works
vcd creation in nero is for standard vcd.
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normaly in Tmpeg 90min of movie takes about 3-8 hours ( or +) to encode depending the settings (filter+motion search)
BBmpeg is the same
(P4-1.5/512rimm/hd7200)
good luck

[Craig Tucker]

If nero is reencoding the file, it means that it is not VCD compliant. When you encode with TMPGEnc make sure you load one of the VCD templates (PAL or NTSC depending on your source). Nero should then be able to burn to VCD with no problems.

VCD specifications are strict 1150kbps 352x240(ntsc) or 352x288(pal) and 44.1KHz audio.

If you deviate from these specs nero will give a compliany warning, which you can choose to ignore and burn anyway making XVCD, or reencode. This second option is not a good idea as nero does not do a good job of encoding.

Basically when you encode with TMPGEnc, make sure you use a VCD template.