Codec woes??

[dizi]

I do quite a lot of converting downloaded videos(usually avi) to PAL VCD.

I have always used TMPGEnc and it works fine.

However, on some files, when i encode them (or even just play them in windows media player) i get greenish 'smudges' that come and go at the bottom of the screen (kinda like as if the picture is streaking??).

Im sure its a codec issue but i cant seem to solve it.

I have the latest Xvid codec installed which seems to do the business for the majority of teh avi's i convert.

I did try ffdshow which seemed to work but then i lost audio on some files.

Can anyone give me some solid advice on which codecs i ought to have installed to cover my needs (and if i need to, how to clean up my system of codecs etc).

Thanks in advance.

[Krispy Kritter]

Check the files with gSpot to see which codecs are required. It will also tell you which codecs are installed on your computer that can be used to that file.

[dizi]

Well, It looks like my problems were with Xvid not reading the avi's correctly.

I used the FourCC changer to make them DivX and they now decode fine.

Im continuing to experiment.