Framerate Frustrations

[Sakuya]

I'm trying to convert some AVIs to put on a DVD. The AVIs have a framerate of 23.976. Here's what I did:

I selected the AVI as the video and audio source in TMPGEnc Plus. Then I set the Framerate as 23.976 fps (internally 29.97 fps) and the Encode Mode as 3:2 Pulldown When Playback.

The problem is that there are some ads in the middle of the AVI that I don't want. So I used TMPGEnc Plus's Source Range to convert the first part, and then after that select and convert the second part. Then I merged them together as an MPEG-2 Program Stream using the Merge & Cut feature. However, on my TV, the audio and video gets out of sync. Why is this? How can I cut out the ad and not have everything out of sync?

[SatStorm]

one way to this is here https://www.videohelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=209166

[jimmalenko]

one way to this is here https://www.videohelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=209166

Was it just me or did I not see anywhere that this poster mentioned they needed to do a PAL/NTSC conversion ?????

If I were you I would use virtualdub to do my editing, make sure that both video and audio are set to Direct Stream Copy and save the final product as an AVI. Run this AVI through TMPGEnc.

[SatStorm]

yeah, my mistake, sorry...

Crusify me, it is your chance...

[jimmalenko]

yeah, my mistake, sorry...

Crusify me, it is your chance...

Nah, too easy

[Sakuya]

Sorry! The source and my DVD is both NTSC so no worries there. I have tried with VdubMOD since Vdub had some problems with cutting near the end and then crashing for some reason. I forgot to select "Direct Stream Copy" and it still plays fine on the TV. What does it do?