Epson p-2000: sync'ing audio, what video size?

[chasg]

Hi All,

I'm having the toughest time getting audio to sync on re-encoded movies for an Epson p-2000, and I'm not sure what settings to choose in "Autosize" when it comes to setting the size of video files. I am quite new to ffmpegx, I'm afraid.

I understand that I need to ensure that the video retains its framerate when being re-encoded, but how do I tell what the original frame rate is so that I can ensure that I retain it?

And is that the only thing with which I need to be concerned when trying to get audio to remain in sync with the video?

I am still experimenting to figure out how to ensure that my video dimensions don't get altered for playing on the 640x480 screen of the p-2000 (can I trust what "autosize" parameter comes up when I am working with a video file?)

fyi: for any other Epson p-2000 users out there trying to choose the right _video_ settings (it took a bit of trial and error on my part, and I'd like to save you that annoyance), my video codec is "MPEG4 [.AVI] (mencoder)".

Thanks in advance for any assistance,

Chas

[major]

Normally the original framerate is written in the source "LCD" display which is on the left side of the "Summary" tab. In the case of a DVD, it is almost always NTSC FILM for USA and PAL for Europe. You just have to set 640x480 and not care about autosize. Also try "ffmpeg mpeg-4" just in case.

[chasg]

Thanks for your tips major, sorry to not reply earlier (I wanted to test them out before replying).

fyi: the source movies are of many different types (different codecs, dimensions, data rates, etc), but rarely DVDs.

Unfortunately the sound sync problem is persisting (looks to be the identical misc-sync when encoding with both ffmpeg and mencoder for mpeg-4). I've ensured that I'm using the correct frame rate (thanks for that pointer to the Summary section).

The funny thing is that the sound stays in sync when I view the movies on my desktop systems (all Macs), but goes out of sync when viewed on the Epson p-2000.

Could it be a data rate problem?

Thanks in advance for any further help,

Chas

ps. 640x480 works for movies that are already in a 4:3 format, but any others get pretty wonky. A little algebra is helping (to figure out what the height is once I resize the width to 640 :-)

[major]

Unfortunately I don't know about the Epson device, indeed you could try to lower the datarate to see if it makes any difference, or use XviD.

[chasg]

Well, your advice and time has been most appreciated, I'll continue to experiment :-)

Best,

Chas