ANY COMPREHENSIVE XVID/DIVX to DVDR GUIDES

[tony2k]

Hi all,

Ive been tring to succesfully convert an xvid/divx file onto dvd for a while now. Firstly the main problem i have is the video freeze. when i try to encode to mpeg 2 TMPG freezes. ive run it through mp3 freeze and removed bad frames. but then once i put it back through TMPG there is a horrible sync problem. what must i do to the sound to get it proper????
Also i have a problem with framerate, most divx/xvid appear to have a framerate of 23.976 but when i convert it through TMPG the play back is really jerky, what can i do to sought this out.

Finally is there any all in one guide that tells you how to do all this and succesfully convert and xvid/divx file to DVDR????

Thanx in advance for any help

[Gazorgan]

There are numerous guides that work every time.

Well, almost every time. You see, it works like this; Garbage IN Garbage Out. So, when you download a crappy encode, you can expect troubles converting it. Most AVI's off of P2P networks are corrupted (Kazaa/Bittorrent) from d/l it off of 20 epople at once. All it takes is one idiot to corrupt the file for everyone.

23.97 fps is just fine, and should play perfectly well on a DVDR. Did you set the pulldown flag?

I really suggest you read the guides, they do work. If the video freezes, then of course TMPG will freeze. Why are you using mp3 freeze to remove bad frames? Try VDUB, check for bad frames. Personally, I think you need better source material or jsut backup your own DVD's.

[tony2k]

cheers m8

u fancy listing some of these guides.

it is vdub mp3 im using to remove bad frames

tried pull down dont work

do u know of any complete guides that cover all these issues????

thanx

[chrisbhoy]

I have the same problem ,And have no bad frames, But i still get out of sync sound , with the same 23,976 fps divx file after conversion with video by tmpge and wav file by virtualdub, my resolution for this file is 640x270 ,
what i want to know is what is the best template for conversion to m2v file
that will sort out the snyc problem,

[drewson99]

i know this is kind of a sick, roundabout solution, but I had so much trouble going from XVID to DVD that I did this:

Since the "file" played fine from the HD, it was the discs that always came out out of synch:

1) Play the file with file player, full screen, highest color settings.

2) S-Video out using multiple monitor support to my Digital8 VCR (or camcorder) take the sound too of course, 24 bit PCM (i believe)

3) Cap that bitch.

4) Bring it home via Firewire in an uncompressed AVI.

5) String 'em together with Virtualdub.

6) Type 2 AVI to MPEG-2 via TMPGEnc.

7) Ulead DVD Moviefactory.

It may sound like it sucks, but I guarantee I spent WAY less time doing that then I did trying to fix/amend/convert/etc that stupid XVID file.

And it looks dynamite, BTW.

[spiderman2k1]

I did a XVID file and use TMPG and it came out fine but that was the first one I ever did with TMPG. If you have two PC capture is not a bad idea. I have a AIW I can use that as out put and the other PC as the capture card with my Dazzle 2. IF you only have one PC I would buy a JVC super VHS VCR for around 100 buck's or less you have to record in SVHS and then run the tape and capture and ever thing should be fine. But I would downlaod the newest version of TMPG before trying capuring

[rodonoghue]

this might be a long shot but are you splitting the audio? with xvid's i have had better results after checking and deleting bad frames (by actually deleting them not just resaving the file as some guides suggest) and not splitting the audio - worth a try