fix a vbr error

[murderous]

im trying to fix a vbr error with virtualdub, but i have no idea what to do.
i have looked everywhere and no guides or anything seem to help.
i open the file with virtualdub, it says someting about bad vbr header i click ok, then what do i do.
its the latest veriosn.

[Grimey]

depending on what you're doing you can just ignore that. what exactly are you trying to do in virtualdub?

[murderous]

i was tring to convert a div x file to mpeg2 dvd, but it only did the 1st 15 mins, i was told to check for bad errors, well i have the time atlast to do this so thats it.
just trying to fix any errors.
like i said i open the file it says a vbr header error, i want to fix it but dont know how to.

[johns0]

When you open an avi with vbr mp3 with virtualdub it will give you that error message,to fix it just save the avi with video in direct stream copy and audio in full processing mode.

[murderous]

thanks but that made no sense

[gitreel]

What johns0, left out was save the audio as a wav file.

In virtualdub, on the videotab, select scan video for errors.
If there are errors, fix them.
If there are none, proceed.

Join the wav file with the video in a process called muxing.
You can do this with various programs, including TMPGenc.

Are you wanting to convert this to a videocd, supervideocd or dvd or leave it as an avi?

[murderous]

ok ive got it, but how do i make sure theres no errors on it.

[johns0]

What johns0, left out was save the audio as a wav file.

save the avi with video in direct stream copy and audio in full processing mode.

Didnt leave that out,read what i said,audio as wav will be saved with the avi.

[murderous]

i was going to convert it 2 dvd, but i think ill just buy a dix v compatible player, if they not 2 expensive

[gitreel]

When you open an avi with vbr mp3 with virtualdub it will give you that error message,to fix it just save the avi with video in direct stream copy and audio in full processing mode.

Nowehere in this do you say save as wav file. You also did not say how to do this.

In virtualdub, on the audio tab, select full processing mode.

Under audio, select the compression, then you will have a choice of compression methods.

Select no compression. Then go back to the audio tab, select conversion.

If the file sampling rate is already 44,100hz, do nothing.
If the sampling rate is not 44,100hz, then select 44,100hz

On channels, make sure it is set on stereo
On precision, select 16bit
Then go back to the file tab and select save as wav, and give it a name, and select where you want to save it, then save away.

You should be all set.

[gitreel]

ok ive got it, but how do i make sure theres no errors on it.

On the video tab, select scan for errors. If it finds errors, you can delete those frames.

[gitreel]

What johns0, left out was save the audio as a wav file.

save the avi with video in direct stream copy and audio in full processing mode.

Didnt leave that out,read what i said,audio as wav will be saved with the avi.

It takes more than just selecting audio full processing mode, you must select no compression, set the sampling rate and precision, and make sure the channels are set to stereo.

Just telling someone to select full processing mode, does nothing.

[johns0]

Audio full processing mode produces pcm wav,you dont need to do anything else.

[gitreel]

Not if you are saving just the audio, it doesn't.
Check out this guide.

https://www.videohelp.com/virtualdubaudio.htm

[johns0]

Have you actually tried it?Choosing audio full processing mode will save the audio with or without avi as pcm audio.

[gitreel]

Just selecting this mode does nothing. Yes I have tried it repeatedly. I have been converting movies using virtualdub and tmpgenc for over two years.

[thor300]

Gitrel, I am quite sure you didnt try that, it works every time for the rest of us for some "mysterious" reason.

[gitreel]

Gee, I hit full processing mode, and nothing happens.

That is awlful presumptious, given I might want to choose a different compression method for the audio file.

It is also funny that the guide tells you to set the compression, precision and channels.

[thor300]

Ok gitreel, THAT doesnt work, but then JohnsO never said it did, he said "just save the avi with video in direct stream copy and audio in full processing mode". He said save the avi, how hard can it be to find the save avi in virtualdub? No need to save as wav as you kept on repeating. The first poster wanted to repair a VBR error, then johnsO was correct to assume he wanted to repair the AVI file, he didnt say anything about converting it.

[gitreel]

i was tring to convert a div x file to mpeg2 dvd,

Sounds like trying to convert to me. The way to get rid of the error is to save to wav and then recompress.

but then JohnsO never said it did

Let me remind you

Choosing audio full processing mode will save the audio with or without avi as pcm audio.

What part of without the avi do you not understand. He said it.

No need to save as wav as you kept on repeating. The first poster wanted to repair a VBR error

That is how you fix the error. RTFG

[thor300]

No, he didnt say he was converting to DVD in the first post, and decompressing to wav with virtualdub is an obsolete method we used long ago. Still popular in guides, but wasted time. FFMpegGui or besweet with vobinput.dll, works every time with VBR MP3. And it really doesnt matter if the wav is in a separate file or within the avi file when using tmpgenc, so i still cant see your point except for "the guide said so".

[jimmalenko]

What a classic.


I suspect that the VBR header "error" message was in fact, the VBR MP3 audio message that so many of us are familiar with when dealing with AVIs.

Subject to the forum police's permission, I would:

Open VirtualDub. Go to File > Open, and open your AVI. I suspect the VBR audio warning would appear now, just click OK. Go to Audio > Full Processing mode, and as a check, go to Audio > Compression. By default, No Compression (PCM) should be selected on the left and 48Khz 16 bit stereo 172KB/s (from memory) should be selected on the right. Go to File > Save as WAV. Specify a filename and click OK.

Load your AVI into your MPEG encoding program as per normal. Instead of using the audio from the AVI, tell your program to use the WAV file instead.

This is the way I would do it.

[gitreel]

i was tring to convert a div x file to mpeg2 dvd, but it only did the 1st 15 mins, i was told to check for bad errors, well i have the time atlast to do this so thats it.
just trying to fix any errors.
like i said i open the file it says a vbr header error, i want to fix it but dont know how to.

Thor, what part of the first sentence do you not understand. He did say he was trying to convert to dvd.

Thank you jimmalenko, you said the exact same thing I did.

[murderous]

sheesh and i though our aussie whirlpool forums were bad.
for those of you new to my problem here it is.
when i open a divx avi file with virtual dub i get a bad header vbr error.
i WAS going to convert it to mpeg2 dvd, but NOW my dad is going to loan me the cash to get a new div x dvd player if its not to costly.
i have checked it with the video error scan, to which: 0 files masked,(0 bad frames, 0 frames good but undecodable.
with the error report it says to decompress to wav then recompress, i have no idea how to do that, so i would like to try another way if possible 1st.
P.S i understand mods, if you close is thread before it turns from flamefest, to napalm warefare.

[johns0]

murderous,you havent been to many threads or discussions,nobody here was flaming or calling names,just a point of difference on how to do file extractions,you on the other hand need to do more reading on this type of problem,i and others gave you plenty of instructions,all you need to do is research what you dont understand or do a search for vbr errors.

[jimmalenko]

My way is not the only way but it is a way that will work.

This does not make anyone else's way better or worse - it is simply the way I was taught to overcome this problem.

Make of that what you will.


I Save as WAV and leave the muxing for TMPGEnc DVD Author.

[murderous]

i didnt say i was beening flamed, im just saying this thread is getting a little agro.

[thor300]

Ok, i reply to murderous this time. Instead of saving as wav you can can do what JohnsO said first, saves the trouble of having two source files. Both methods are old and obsolete, when converting to DVD you can load the AVI file into FFMpegGui and convert the audio to DolbyDigital AC3 and then convert video only with for ex tmpgenc. Saves the extra step with virtualdub, FFMpegGUI doesnt have any problems with VBR MP3 plus it will give you a real AC3 file instead of MP2. Many oldtimers here do things the old way, thats what they are used to from the time when it was the only way. Just try it next time, saves time and diskspace.