problems converting xvid movie to vcd

[legoman666]

I downloaded Solaris, its in XviD, and when i tried to convert it with tmpgenc, it gave me some stupid error, so i downloaded the newest version of XviD and then TMGEnc opend the video but not the audio, so i decompressed the audio with decompress and then TMGEnc open the files without a hitch. It converted it fine but when i watch the mpg file, the audio stops at 44:38 frame 64213, and the video stop at 1:17:57 frame 112146. I've tried using videomach to convert it, it wont even open the .avi file. I've tried using radtools to convert it, it says it converts it, but all it is is a blank avi file,i've tried using soundforge to look at the sound in the avi, it cant open it. I've tried just about everything i can think of and nothing works!!! help plz!!!

[greengate69]

suspect it is a corrupt ac3 soundtrack. The decompressor program stops at the corrut frame. If it is an ac3 soundtrack, set audio to direct stream copy and save wav in virtualdub. Rename the wav to *.ac3. Search for a little utility called ac3fix (freeware). You can then scan and fix the ac3 file, and convert the fixed file to wav with headac3e. You should then be able to encode all the way through.

[legoman666]

the thing is, when i watch the file outputted by decompress with windows media player, the audio and video work fine, it just that when i try to convert it i get problems, but i will try what u said. windows reports the audio as 135kbps mp3, not ac3....

[greengate69]

Oh OK, probably not the same problem I had if its an MP3. Good luck.

[legoman666]

well, i downloaded virtual dub and extracted the audio to a .wav file, so now my movie will have audio, but the video will still cut out....

[ZippyP.]

Did you scan for bad frames first?

[legoman666]

ya, it said it didnt find any, but that was when i scanned the file that wasnt outputted by decompress, now i scan the one that was...