Converting from XVID to DVD

[agentweedon]

Hi all. I have been quite happily converting from XVID to DVD for some time and then authoring using TMPGEnc DVD Author and burning to DVD. It's all been going well until recently!

I have two movies (two files each) and join them using VirtualDub. I then use my template as normal in TMPGEnc and encode to DVD. However TMPGEnc crashes randomly and bombs out.

I have tried converting separately (i.e. each file on it's own) but still have the same problem. I have checked for bad frames and tried to remove them but the VirtualDub I have does not create a list of the bad frames - it only tells me it has some.

I have tried VirtualDub MP3 Freeze and this crashes randomly as well.

The video files play back fine so it is quite annoying!

Any ideas?

[theDruid]

Have you tried any of the video fixers in the tools section?

https://www.videohelp.com/tools#VideoRepair/Fix

I'm not sure if DivFix can repair xVid's - maybe, as they're similar codecs AFAIK.

cheers,
mcdruid.

P.S. they'll playback fine because players tend to be much more tolerant of errors than encoders can be.

[agentweedon]

Hi there. I have tried a couple but not all of them. Is there any particular one you recommend? The other thing is I am not 100% sure it is a file problem. Maybe a problem with the Environmental settings in TMPGEnc? Cheers!

[theDruid]

I would try DivFix - I've not tried any of the payware/trialware ones.

[jaxxboss]

I had a problem with with this as well. do a search for Enviormental settings mentioned above and change these settings. worked for me

[agentweedon]

Hi there. Could you do me a favour and post your environmental settings so that I know they are working ones please?

P.S. Apparently there is nothing wrong with the avi file itself!

Cheers all!

[jaxxboss]

Like i said, do a search, i posted them on here before.

[jaxxboss]

Jeez:
https://www.videohelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=182435&highlight=

[agentweedon]

Hi there. I have tried changing the environmental settings but it still crashes. Do you have any other ideas on what it could be? or what I could try to stop it doing this? I don't understand why these two films are causing me trouble when I have had no problems with any other XVIDS before! Apparently I have all the right codecs installed according to AVIcodec!

What else can I try?

Thnaks all!

[mats.hogberg]

Get good source material.

/Mats

[agentweedon]

Hi all I read a post about using FourCC to change the movie to a DIVX rather than XVID. I did this and it seems to have worked. It's 93% thro encoding so fingers crossed it should be ok! I only download DVD rips and usually have no problems with anything so it is a strange one! Thanks for all your help!