Converting AVI(DivX) Movie to SVCD?

[Sakuya]

Hello, this isn't a how-to for converting an AVI movie to SVCD. I need help on that actually. I have an AVI file (DivX I think) which is 1:39:43 long. So far, I used VDub to save a separate WAV file. The movie file is 25.000fps but I want it to be NTSC. But please ignore that for now. I'm following this how-to guide, but I'm confused.

http://www.vcdhelp.com/tmpgencsvcd.htm

I don't know how to cut the movie into 2 parts! Currently, I made a starting point and an end point for the first half of the movie and followed the directions exactly and is currently converting the first half to SVCD(PAL).mcf. But, how will I convert the second half? Will I have to do the source range again? When I'm burning using Nero, there is a 5 second pause in between, how do I get rid of that so it can be one smooth movie on one SVCD? And is there any way to speed up the conversion process? It takes me 10 hours for the first part! Yes, I need a lot of help. If you have some answers, it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

[Sakuya]

Oh no, while it was at 41%, an error occurred, something about stream! Is there some way to continue?! There's still only 5 more hours to go and I do not want to start over! This is happened 2 times already. Is there another (free) program that's faster with good quality like TMPGEnc?

[bugster]

Oh no, while it was at 41%, an error occurred, something about stream! Is there some way to continue?! There's still only 5 more hours to go and I do not want to start over! This is happened 2 times already. Is there another (free) program that's faster with good quality like TMPGEnc?

You almost certainly will have top start over.

Use virtualdub to scan the avi for errors and save out a new copy of the avi with those bad frames removed, then start your encode again.

Converting from one encoding format to another is a slow, processor intensive process. If you don't have the patience then don't bother.

[Sakuya]

Thanks. I scanned the file for bad frames but after that, it didn't say if it found any bad frames or if they removed the bad frames or not. So I just saved it as an AVI without the audio and converted using TMPGEnc using the AVI as the video source and the already-extracted WAV as the audio source.

Also, after I finish converting, is it necessary to do a "Simple De-multiplex" using the "MPEG Tools" menu in TMPGEnc? The conversion tutorial at Doom9.org says to do the "Simple De-multiplex" after it finishs converting and then to go in bbMPEG to encode it or something like that. But is that really necessary? It doesn't really make any difference.