.mpg file problem (AVIcodec says it has 0.0 B)

[Quantic]

Hi, I'm trying to convert a .mpg file [size: 776 MB] to S/VCD with TMPGenc latest v. and it seems the file it's not readable by any of the tools I used: the above, AVIcodec, VirtualDub and also nero doesn't recognize it.

I already tried the gudes in here and also have searched the forums with no avail, so to show you a more precise info about it look at the pic:



any help will be greatly appreciated,
thanks!

[teegee420]

For starters the audio isn't compatible with the VCD spec. It needs to be 224kbps. It's really not that big of a deal. Try burning with Nero and select the VCD compilation. Make sure you uncheck "create standard compliant cd".

[Quantic]

thanks for the reply teegee420 but I followed your steps in nero and still doesn't do it, it continues to read 0.00.00 as for the playing time and 0 for the track.

if I try to play the file in the preview nero pops-up a MCI error message...
any other suggestion?

[teegee420]

See if running it through MPEG Repair fixes it, then try burning the new mpeg with Nero.

[teegee420]

Better yet, try a freeware program called MPEG Header Corrector. Get it in the downloads section of this page.

[Quantic]

well it seems that even MPEG Header Corrector doesn't fix it, nero still can't read it and now AVIcodec shows it as unsupported without audio description.

I will try the other tool you suggested and hope it works...

thanks again

[teegee420]

Another thing you can try is running it through Merge & Cut in TMPGEnc. Go to File>MPEG Tools. Select MPEG-1 Video CD as the type.