Divx To Vcd

[PAULAJ]

PLEASE HELP. I HAVE A DIVX FILE MPEG LAYER 3 WHICH WHEN I TRY TO ENCODE IT SAYS THE AUDIO STREAM IS INCOMPATIBLE. SO I TRIED VIRTUALDUB TO EITHER CONVERT THE AUDIO OR UNCOMPRESS IT, BUT WHAT DO I SET THE VIDEO TO SO THAT IT CAN BE CONVERTED TO MPEG 2 SVCD WITHOUT A HUGE FILE SIZED UNCOMPRESSED AVI. THE FRAME RATE IS 23.? FRAMES PER SEC. PLEASE HELP ME I AM NEW TO THIS. IF THERE IS A BETTER PIECE OF CONVERTING SW I WOULD BE OBLIGED. THANKS IN ADVANCE

[setarip]

Set "Video" to "Direct Stream Copy"


And please turn off your Caps Lock key ;>}

[PAULAJ]

to setarip

Thanks for the help, if i select direct stream copy for the video what would you sugest i try for the audio setting that will make it compatible with the mpeg encoders. Secondly which encoder should i use and do i have to keep all the sizes the same, i was going to use bbmpeg. Sorry for all the questions and thanks for the help.

[setarip]

1) Load the DivX-compressed .AVI into VirtualDub

2) From the "File" dropdown menu, select "Save as WAV" - and enter a NEW filename with a .WAV extender

3) Set "Video" to "Direct Stream Copying"

4) Set "Audio" to "No audio"

5) From the "File" dropdown menu, select "Save as AVI" - and save with a NEW filename with a .AVI extender

You've now created two new files - a silent .AVI video file and a .WAV audio file, both of which should be accepted by TMPGEnc for creating an MPEG2-SuperVideoCD as follows:

1) Load .AVI file into TMPGEnc
2) Set to "System Video and Audio" (lower right side)
3) Click on "Setting" radio button
4) Click on "System" tab, change mode to "MPEG2-SuperVideoCD (VBR)" (from default of "MPEG1")
5) Click on "Advanced" tab, change "Video arrange method" to "Center (Custom Size"), change dimensions to 480x480, 352x288 or 352x240.
6) Change "Source aspect ratio" to either "4:3 525 line (NTSC 704x480)", "4:3 525 line (NTSC)", or "16:9 525 line (NTSC)" - If you're in the PAL world choose either of the two similar PAL settings instead
7) Under the "Video" tab, change the dimensions to 480x480, 352x288 or 352x240(Note: "Video" tab mode of "MPEG2" is okay) - for highest quality set "Motion Search Precision" to "Highest Quality".
8) Change "Rate Control Mode" to "Automatic VBR (CQ_VBR)
9) Press "Start"

Note that if your video runs longer than approximately 35 minutes, you'll have to subsequently split your MPEG2-SuperVideo CD file into two or three (or more) parts. This too can be easily and precisely accomplished using TMPGEnc. Under the "Files" dropdown menu, click on "MPEG Tools" and select the "Merge & Cut" tab. Once again, make sure to change the mode to "MPEG2-Super VideoCD (VBR)". Load your file and enter a new (.MPG) name in the "Output file" box. Then doubleclick on the ORIGINAL file's name in the window, which will bring you to the cutting area. Select your desired start and end points for the first portion, click on "Okay" which will bring you back to the first window and generate (in a sequence of three automated steps) the first new file. To create the second (and third, if necessary) new file, repeat the steps starting with "Then doubleclick on the ORIGINAL..." (be extra patient with the second half, as the program has to do more seeking to establish the beginning of the new file).

Then use NERO only to burn the SVCD (not to create it, which you've already done).