Pink Pulsing Glow in converted video

[DrinkOrDie]

Hey all, first off I'd like to mention you have a great forum here. Thus far, I have been able to find answers and learn much without posting but I really need to figure this one out. I'm guessing there is a simple answer that is just out of my current reach.

I'm having a problem with converting (imagine that) DivX AVI's to VCD or SVCD MPEG's. Doesn't seem to matter if I encoded the divx from DVD myself, or if I get it from "other sources".

The resulting VCD or SVCD file has strange pink "glow" especially on and around faces that sort of "pulses" then corrects itself over and over throughout the playback, and the picture is much darker than the original AVI. You can actually see the glow happening in the TMPGenc preview window AS it's being encoded. Same thing in Ulead Video Studio.

The burned VCD plays exactly the same, "glow" and all.

It's interesting to note that I get the same results when I simply split the AVI (without converting format) using Easy Video Splitter. The problem happens in any program. That's why I'm thinking it's simply a codec/filter problem.

Windows properties box on source file indicates "angelpotion" as the video codec but WMP says it's DivX decoder filter. When I split the file, the properties box on the pieces still say "angelpotion" but WMP properties doesn't say divx anymore, and there's that annoying pink glow again.

Don't know if it's related or not but I've noticed that AVI's where a bitrate is given by WMP, it won't give a codec, and visa-versa.

I can't afford a DVD burner just yet, but I have some great quality AVI's here that I'd love to watch on my home theater DVD/VCD player without an annoying pink glow. Any idea's? TKS.

[setarip]

The pink problem is well known to be caused by the "AngelPotion" bastardization of the original DivX v.3.11alpha codec...

[DrinkOrDie]

OK then. Thanks alot. I know what I gotta do. I'll uninstall angelpotion and then make sure I have the right codec installed. I believe I already do, but for some reason my video applications are using the angelpotion codec instead of the right one.

I had suspected angelpotion as the problem, just needed another opinion.

Again, thanks for the help.

[DrinkOrDie]

I uninstalled the angelpotion video codec and so far I don't miss it. Those pink glowing (when processed) files are playing and decoding perfectly now, and explorer and media player agree that it's a divx. On top of that, playback quality is much better, and adjustable through divx decoder settings.

I've produced over a dozen decent VCD's from divx - "pink glow free" thanks to setarip's answers. Still, maybe a 4CC changer would have done the trick instead?? dunno.

I split the divx and decompress VBR audio (if necessary) using virtualdub and encode the two halves to vcd mpeg using TMPegnc....

It really is simple to make VCD's from those dvd rip divx files!

Now if someone would just write a guide on how to fix those divx files with errors in them, I'd be set. Making VCD's from a divx only goes smoothly if there's no errors. The most common problem I have is a "glitch" in the video. Plays fine right on through, but try to re-encode to VCD and watch the audio go out of sync.

The problem is I can mask bad frames or cut out frames in Virtualdub, but it leaves the audio(wav source) alone when you do that, throwing it out of sync.

Anyone know how to fix that kind of thing? maybe a link to a guide?