avi to vcd encoding problems

[RoMeRz]

when i open my avi in TMPGEnc it says its not suported.

ok here is the avi i would like to encode.



ive clicked the web next to the unsuported sound and downloaded the sound codecs from microsoft - didnt do anything

im not sure what this (low-motion) on the divx codec means either - does this have something to do with it?

any ideas?

[ZippyP.]

Raise the directshow priority, second link below.

[theDruid]

I don't use aviCodec (I use gSpot) - so I'm not 100% sure what the screenshot means.

It looks like you've got the right DivX codec installed - but note that the latest codecs are not fully backwards compatible with the earliest versions like 3.11 - if you haven't already, try downloading that from the Tools section.

It looks like you don't have the right WMA codecs installed - I think you can get them at the M$ media site - but perhaps that what you say you've already tried.

I've had files encoded with DivX3, and the audio was reported as 'like WMA' or something like that in gSpot. Once the DivX3.11 codec was installed, the audio worked fine.

cheers,
mcdruid.

[RoMeRz]

ive found out its the audio, but i dont know what to do to go about installing them ?


any help ?

[theDruid]

Download the old DivX 3 codec - it's in the Tools section on this site.

I also put a link in to the Windows Media codecs at M$'s site above - if the old DivX codec doesn't work, then try downloading a newer version of the WMA codecs (8 or 9).

The WMA codecs should be very straightforward to install (i.e. download, and then double click).

The old DivX one comes in a zip file I think - so you'll need to unzip it (I use UltimateZip), then there's an installer inside.

Let us know how you get on.

cheers,
mcdruid.

[bugster]

Looks to me that you need the divx 3.11 codec if you havn't got it already. Use google to find it.

[Gazorgan]

It's an old audio codec with the same name as a vaild Microsoft codec. Welcome to the joys of DivX 3.11 . You either play DivX 3.11 audio or you play M$ audio, the 2 are mutually exclusive. Installing the DivX 3.11 codec will 'fix' this, but do you want to for such an old file?

[RoMeRz]

ive install all of the audio codecs from the ms site. Ive installed all sorts of different video codecs, aswell as divx 3.11 individually. Ive also installed nimo and nimo lite after they didnt work. still i get the same problems.

i can watch it fine btw.

[RoMeRz]

hmm, it may not be the audio after all, cos its doing the same thing with another one that has different audio

here is the original one that wasnt working:


and here is the new one:
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[theDruid]

ive install all of the audio codecs from the ms site. Ive installed all sorts of different video codecs, aswell as divx 3.11 individually. Ive also installed nimo and nimo lite after they didnt work.

That might well be your problem.

I've never seen such complex rendering paths in gSpot (at the bottom) either.

I never use codec packs - and there are a lot of people on here who steer clear of them too. I've found they just mess things up, by installing loads of stuff you don't want & don't need.

I'm pretty sure that original file you had would work on a system with just DivX3.11 (and DivX5) installed on it.

I think the 'codec overkill' is confusing things for your machine.

As a drastic measure, I would re-install windows, and start again only installing codecs as and when you need them (using gSpot to find out which ones you need, when you come across a file you can't play).

If that's too much like hard work, I would try and properly uninstall as many codecs (and codec packs) as you can.

cheers,
mcdruid.

[Ziffelpig]

Your audio needs to be decompressed for TMPGenc to handle it.
Use the decompressor from avi2vcd to create a new much larger decompressed file. Load into TMPGenc-process as usual. If you do not want to decompress your video, install v-dub, install the handler and try to frameserve the uncompressed video file to TMPGenc

[RoMeRz]

by above i meant that i normally only install the codecs i need, i installed the codec packs as a last measure.

ill try and avi2vcd however, ill let u know how it turns out.