Facing audio Lag..confused with VBR CBR thing...????

[sam9s]

I have a movie named Memento in Divx format which playes just fine on my computer but when I try to play it on my DVD player Philips DVP 5500S I face a problem of audio sync, now with a small reasearch in the forums I came to know that audio compressed in MP3 VBR format does not play in sync in some DVD players and so you have to convert them to CBR. I tried all possible ways explained in the forums including extracting the audio in wave and then reinserting it in to the video file or just converting the audio into MP3 CBR and then reinserting, but all in vain, doesnt work, infact it deteriorates the situation and audio lag is more. I even tried the Audio skew correction with different values (positive and negetive) but didnt work. I am tired of experimenting. Now incidently I got two more movies both also having audio in VBR but they just played fine on my player, the difference was both were in Xvid format while movie Memento was in Divx, does that make any difference, would converting the movie from Divx to Xvid solve the problem, I am in a fix help me out please. Thank you all in advance.

[GhostRider_71]

Try using ConvertX to DVD. It can handle most files you throw at it.
Good Luck....

[daamon]

Re-encode from the original Memento files to Divx again - this time choosing CBR MP3 audio.

Or you could re-do it, but choose the Xvid codec.

While it's frustrating to start again, it often turns out to be the quickest way.

[GhostRider_71]

Hi again, I had the same problem, someone recommeded ConvertX to DVD, and it solved the problem. It can Handle Divx, Xvid, and Mpeg files.

[sam9s]

Re-encode from the original Memento files to Divx again - this time choosing CBR MP3 audio.

Or you could re-do it, but choose the Xvid codec.

While it's frustrating to start again, it often turns out to be the quickest way.

Well I dont have the original DVD I got the file in Divx only. I can try converting the Divx file in Xvid, lets see if that works out. Any other suggestions I can try out.

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[daamon]

Well I dont have the original DVD I got the file in Divx only ... Any other suggestions I can try out.

Yeah - Don't be a cheapskate and buy the original. What's the cost of a DVD versus the value of your time screwing around trying to get an illegal file to play properly?

[jimmalenko]

Now now ... it might not be this version of Memento or any of these. It may be any of these

Any of these variants may or may not be available on DVD and may or may not be public domain

[sam9s]

Hi again, I had the same problem, someone recommeded ConvertX to DVD, and it solved the problem. It can Handle Divx, Xvid, and Mpeg files.

Well I dont have the original DVD for any of the movies. What do you want me to use convertx for, to convert from Divx to Xvid or from DVD to Xvid, I cannt do the latter because as I mentioned I do not have the original DVD with me.

[jimmalenko]

Hi again, I had the same problem, someone recommeded ConvertX to DVD, and it solved the problem. It can Handle Divx, Xvid, and Mpeg files.

Dude, convertxtodvd outputs DVD format; we are talking about a DVD player that plays XVID and DivX as AVI files here, and as such, that software isn't going to help much

[GhostRider_71]

ConvertX to DVD would solve the problem by you being able to watch the file on your TV Via a dvd player. Instead of having to watch it on your computer screen.

[jimmalenko]

ConvertX to DVD would solve the problem by you being able to watch the file on your TV Via a dvd player. Instead of having to watch it on your computer screen.

What about watching it on a TV using a divx-capable DVD player (which is what he is doing) ?

[sam9s]

Well I dont have the original DVD I got the file in Divx only ... Any other suggestions I can try out.

Yeah - Don't be a cheapskate and buy the original. What's the cost of a DVD versus the value of your time screwing around trying to get an illegal file to play properly?

What make you think its an illegal file, my friend has a collection of DVDs and he converted the movie to Divx for me when he came to visit me. He lives far down south so I cannt reach him now. More over Movies like Memento, and the other two I was talking about in Xvid are Apocalypse Now and American History X, there movies are very rare to find here in India, My friend down south also got it from abroad, and lastly the question was more so to gain knowldge which you obviously dont have otherwise you would have given a sensible response.

[GhostRider_71]

Sam9s said he/she was having audio sync problems converting the divx file to play on his divx capable machine. So why not convert it to DVD and then watch the file on his divx capable machine with no problems. The end goal is to watch the file on his TV!!!!!

[sam9s]

ConvertX to DVD would solve the problem by you being able to watch the file on your TV Via a dvd player. Instead of having to watch it on your computer screen.

What are you talking about I dont understand, I am using my DVD player to watch the movie on the TV screen its just that the file is in Divx n Xvid format and not the usual DVD media. The problem is something else here.

[jimmalenko]

Sam9s said he/she was having audio sync problems converting the divx file to play on his divx capable machine. So why not convert it to DVD and then watch the file on his divx capable machine with no problems. The end goal is to watch the file on his TV!!!!!

yeah OK

Given that typically you can store a full movie on 1 CD, and 4-6 movies on one DVD, it's much more beneficial to keep the AVI format instead of converting to DVD. And if you were going to convert to DVD, then there'd be no point getting a divx-capable DVD player in the first place


Oh .... and for the OP:

I'd install the lame MP3 ACM (you might need to google it), then use virtualdub to open the Divx file, go to Video > Direct Stream Copy, Audio > Full Processing, Audio > Compression and choose Lame Mp3 and 44,100Hz 128kbps. Then go to File > Save AVI and it will save you a new file with video untouched and CBR MP3 audio. If you want to convert to XVID I'd use AutoGK and select CBr MP3 128kbps in the Advanced Options.

[sam9s]

Sam9s said he/she was having audio sync problems converting the divx file to play on his divx capable machine. So why not convert it to DVD and then watch the file on his divx capable machine with no problems. The end goal is to watch the file on his TV!!!!!

Yea the end goal is to watch the movie in the TV screen but my other goal also is to learn the true concept behing encoading and VBR n CBR thing and what went wrong and how we can solve it after all thats what we open a question and discuess it in a forum........to get the solution and gain knowldge right

[jimmalenko]

See above, dude ..... I edited.

[sam9s]

See above, dude ..... I edited.

I am trying that buddy right now.......

[sam9s]

Sam9s said he/she was having audio sync problems converting the divx file to play on his divx capable machine. So why not convert it to DVD and then watch the file on his divx capable machine with no problems. The end goal is to watch the file on his TV!!!!!

yeah OK

Given that typically you can store a full movie on 1 CD, and 4-6 movies on one DVD, it's much more beneficial to keep the AVI format instead of converting to DVD. And if you were going to convert to DVD, then there'd be no point getting a divx-capable DVD player in the first place


Oh .... and for the OP:

I'd install the lame MP3 ACM (you might need to google it), then use virtualdub to open the Divx file, go to Video > Direct Stream Copy, Audio > Full Processing, Audio > Compression and choose Lame Mp3 and 44,100Hz 128kbps. Then go to File > Save AVI and it will save you a new file with video untouched and CBR MP3 audio. If you want to convert to XVID I'd use AutoGK and select CBr MP3 128kbps in the Advanced Options.

Nope it didnt work, though the audio was successfully converted to 128 Kbps CBR, I checked using Gspot but still audio lag was there, infact after re saving the file even my PC showed the lag. Guess I have to convert it to usual DVD of I will try Xvid, I am so tired any of it works I will be happy. Thanks for the guidence bro.....

[jimmalenko]

Go back to virtualdub, and go to audio > interleaving. Here you can set a delay or gain on the audio to attempt to bring the audio back into sync.

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