AVI to MPEG with TMPGENc Length Problem

[jubbely2]

Had to format hard drive and reinstall all software and now having some conversion issues I never had before. I am converting an .avi file to a MPEG using TMPGEnc Plus.

However, the output video seems to end up 3x longer than the original avi with the last frame frozen and repeated for a long period

e.g. 5 minute avi becomes 5 min + 10 mins of last frame = 15 min MPEG

Never had this problem before, but I have tested with a different avi and got the same result.

I have tried doing as an elementary video stream mpv , but the same thing happens (I can do the audio fine with Besweet though).

Has anyone experienced this before or have any ideas?

Many thanks in advance
Jub

[guns1inger]

A little searching would have a found quite a few references to this. Usually the cause is VBR MP3 audio. You can fix it by replacing it with a CBR or PCM version of the audio using virtualdub. The sticking in the Newbie Conversion forum regarding audio sync explains how to do this.

[mats.hogberg]

VBR MP3 in the source AVIs? That usually throws TMPGEnc off the track, resulting in symptoms like you describe.

/Mats

[SanderMan]

Alternatively you can use source range under settings -> advanced.