Can't get VIDEO out of DivX ;(

[cORp]

I have a DivX and I got the sound striped from it using virtual dub, i loaded the video and the wav, encoded theres only sound, but if I play the DivX there is VIDEO & SOUND, hmmm.... I tried saving as AVI in vdub, exepect there is an undefined error, and ideas please?? Thankx...

[cORp]

right so, any help? Please?

[Braindrain]

A DivX is in avi form. What exactly are you doing? Your explanation is pretty vague.

[cORp]

I have a *.avi (DivX file and I would like to use TMPGEnc to encode it into a SxVCD. I have used virtualdub to strip the sound into a *.wav file. I then load the *.avi (DivX file into TMPGEnc, then the *.wav file I stripped. After it is encoded the movie is now a *.mpg that just is a black screen with sound. Before I encoded it, the DivX , there was video and sound.

[Brad]

Is the preview screen in tMPGEnc black, too?

[Snoopy007]

why do that? couldn't u just use tmpgenc to do everything?

I usually use tmpgenc and an external resampler plugin.(scmpx)

cos there doesn't seem to be proper sound resampler in tmpgenc

[Braindrain]

Try changing the "priorities" in environmental settings. Sounds like a codec problem but you're able to play the avi. Weird.

[theseeker]

hey man you are making this WAY more difficult than it needs to be.. if you already have a working .avi then just click on the video source and load the avi you dont need to load the sound unless it is already seperate. it doesnt need to be seperate in other words. just load the avi and load the default vcd template and save. it should work fine.

[Braindrain]

His problem is not the video but the sound. Personally, I always use an external encoder so I need to have a separate .wav file.

corp - Perhaps you should try that? Try linking up Toolame as the external encoder.

<font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: Braindrain on 2001-07-16 11:21:08 ]</font>

[cORp]

The problem is the video or the codec, at least I think. Sometimes I don't have to strip the wav then again sometimes TMPEGEnc can't read the sound so I do strip it, its only certain DivX that do it. The sound on them is encoded strange. What encoder could I use to encode the DivX into something else, NOTHING LOWER QUALITY, (wanna that to get out). Then run it through TMPEGEnc. Oh yeah "thesneeker" i am not really making this difficult, stripping the sound takes about 30 seconds or less in virtualdub, 1.5ghz.

[Freddie100]

Ran into your problem a couple of times. Was able to run it through VirtualDub and then TMPegenc. Could be you have a bad frame if it won't run through VirtualDub. There is a program that fixes bad frames. I usually have to strip the audio to a wav file because the avi is not in a standard 29.970 or 23.976 frame rate that I use. I can't make SVCD that will play in my DVD unless I have these frame rates. Have to use Cool edit to increase or decrease the time so the sound will sync in TMPegenc.

[Utmung]

cORp,

I'm having the same bloody problem as you. Did you solve yours? If so please post solution because it driving me crazy. I use TMPGEnc beta 12g and tried to convert a divx into vcd (PAL) with a black screen as the result of it with the sound running perfectly fine. I did convert 2 files before without this problem. I noticed the problem started after I mess around with the VFAPI plugin (VFCodec.dll) I do not know how to fix it.

Frddie100, did you edit the file like cutting some keyframe off the avi in virtualdub?

Ciao,
Utmung.