Please help! What am I doing wrong converting avi to svcd?

[capitola]

Please let me know what step I am missing as I am having trouble using TMPEnc to create a Svcd mpeg file. Here is my work flow:

1) Sony camcorder send video via firewire to computer. It is running XP with 3dfx 5500 video card, 900 mhz, 512mb memory.
2) Using VideoStudio 6, an avi file is editted with the following attribute:
Video: Compression: DV type 1
File format: Microsoft AVI file
Frame rate: 29.97
Attribute: 24 bits 230x480
Audio: Compression: PCM
Attribute: 48,000 khz 16bit, stereo
3) Using TMPEnc Plus to convert the avi file to svcd mpeg file. The conversion process usually last from 30 mins to 3 hrs then my computer gets the blue screen and restarts.


I read about getting DivX and Virtual Dub. Am I missing some steps in which these two programs do play a role in my conversion? Do I have to split the editted AVI file to a video file and audio file before using TMPEnc?

Thanks in advance!

[kitty]

Have videostudio render the movie as MPEG and skip the TMPGenc step or have it save it as a lossless type of AVI (try Indeo codec, highest quality 480x480 44.1KHz 224 kb/s audio) then go to TMPGenc

Many programs don't handle DV type 1 video well

[capitola]

Before sending the AVI file to TMPGenc, do you suggest to compress it with "Indeo video 5.10" instead of my current "DV Video type 1" compression?

[kitty]

Yes, best quality, specs above

[troyvcd1]

Sounds a lot like your computer is overheating. Try to convert just a small avi clip. Tmpgenc should take type 1 avi. I have been encoding type 1 avi from videostudio 6 to tmpgenc with no problem

[capitola]

Kitty, I just created the same 55 min avi file using Indeo 5.10 compression. Is there advantage of Indeo over the common Type 1?

Troyvcd1, you have a point regarding overheading as once it reaches threshold, the computer shuts down (actually restarts) automatically. I am running 3 hard drives on a Raid card in additional to another one independently. Maybe running Tmpgenc do take alot of resources. Instead of splitting the video, I should find a way to cool my computer (already 2 fans running) or add more voltages to run it.....Thanks both of your feedbacks.

[snowmoon]

encoding video is really going to heat up any system. To test that theory you should get a system monitor and track your CPU/case temp. Encoding usually has all involved drive spinning the whole time ( at max rate ) and the whole CPU curning away on it's most expensive and hot instructions.

[capitola]

Problem solved! It is the overheating of the CPU that is causing the system to restart during the avi to mpeg encoding. To avoid overheating, I opened my computer case. There are already 3 large fans on the case, 1 small fan on the cpu, and 2 on the Voodoo 5500 video card, but because of the overclocking of my 800mhz PIII to 900mhz, the fans were just not enough for the video processing. I added a Bionaire air purifier blowing the interior at high speed. The result is: Temperature on the CPU before encoding: 40C/104F....during encoding 55C/131F.....with case open and exterior fan blowing at high speed: 48C/118F. After 16 hours of encoding, the 55 min video is finally done (too bad the estimated 786mb file size is really 814mb when I try to copy it disc. I will have to start the whole process with a lower bitrate since I do not want to cut a big part of the video to fit a 700mb disc). Thanks for the people in this board for the help, and I hope my result will enlighten readers with similar problem.