Problem with converting MOV to MPEG2

[encAmateur]

Hi everyone,
I'm trying to convert PAL 50i mov files to mpeg2 using Main Concept Reference 2.2.
The problem I'm having is that 99% of the time in the output file the audio is out of sync. I managed to get around this a couple of times using the audio delay filter but as the delay is always different it's not really convenient to do this. Also, sometimes when I play around with codecs I can't even open these mov files in the Main Concept Reference. I'm using Win7 64bit with the latest release of Shark007 codecs. This is the stream setting I need to achieve:

Stream Settings:
Total Bit Rate: 8000

Video Encoding Settings:
Program Stream
MPEG2
PID: 481
Video Bit Rate: 7500
Frame Rate: 25
Horizontal Lines: 720
Vertical Lines: 576
Fields: Progressive
Pixel Aspect Ratio: 16x9
Full First GOP: No
I Frame Distance: 12
Profile ID: Main
Level ID: Main
VBV Buffer Size: 224
Audio Stream 1 Encoding Settings:
PCM or AC-3 or MPEG1-Layer2: MPEG1-Layer2
PID: 482
Bit Rate: 256
Sampling: 48000
Number of channels: Stereo

Does anyone think this could be a codec problem? If someone could help me out a bit I would be most grateful! I'm not a complete noob at this, however I just can't get this done no matter what I do.

Thank you in advance!

[Baldrick]

Source details? video and audio codec in the mov.

Have you tried any other converters to check if you get similar problems? Like the free hcenc with a gui or tmpgenc xpress, etc.

[encAmateur]

Hi Baldrick, this is the info I got from MediaInfo, I haven't used any other converters except Xmedia Recode and it won't even load this file... I guess it has to be the codecs, but I just can't find a way how to set them....

General
Complete name : /Volumes/Movies/kfb.mov
Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : QuickTime
Codec ID : qt
File size : 27.4 GiB
Duration : 2h 9mn
Overall bit rate : 30.3 Mbps
Encoded date : UTC 2011-03-03 19:45:22
Tagged date : UTC 2011-03-03 20:50:23
Writing library : Apple QuickTime
Media/UUID : 04DC77E0-4D20-4E91-BDA6-08C8870CD6FA

Video
ID : 1
Format : DV
Codec ID : dvcp
Duration : 2h 9mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 24.4 Mbps
Width : 703 pixels
Original width : 720 pixels
Height : 576 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 25.000 fps
Standard : PAL
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Interlaced
Compression mode : Lossy
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 2.414
Stream size : 26.0 GiB (95%)
Language : English
Encoded date : UTC 2011-03-03 19:45:22
Tagged date : UTC 2011-03-03 20:50:23

Audio
ID : 2
Format : PCM
Format settings, Endianness : Big
Format settings, Sign : Signed
Codec ID : twos
Duration : 2h 9mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 1 536 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Delay relative to video : 1h 0mn
Stream size : 1.39 GiB (5%)
Language : English
Encoded date : UTC 2011-03-03 19:45:22
Tagged date : UTC 2011-03-03 20:50:23

Menu
ID : 3
Language : English
Encoded date : UTC 2011-03-03 20:50:23
Tagged date : UTC 2011-03-03 20:50:23

[aedipuss]

looks like someone butchered a DVavi file. a width of 703 in not allowed and may not be accepted by any encoder. you need to get the original file.

[encAmateur]

@ aedipuss - thanks for this... I didn't even notice this, however, the file played normally when I tried to play it so I'm not sure if this is the problem which is causing the delay... I will ask for a new file in any case..
On another note, do you have any suggestions on how to set up the codecs for this? and which pack should I use? I tried both K-lite and Shark007 codecs and didn't notice much difference... thank you in advance for your help and patience

[encAmateur]

Ok, it turns out that the problem was with macdrive. The original files were on a HSF+ formatted external drive and were being currupted when copying to the NTFS formatted internal drive of a win7 machine. _Using Hsfexplorer to copy them over fixed the problem.

Thanks again guys for the help.