TMPGEnc AVI to MPEG1 useless encoding

[jabbo]

Hi,
TMPGEnc behaves strangely when converting DivX/AVI to MPEG1. It encodes the movie, but when reaching the last frame keeps on encoding this last frame for about the same length the whole movie has.
So I get an MPEG1 file with the video and an useless appendix showing the last frame.

Anyone got an idea why that is?

Thanks
Jabbo

[FlipNautix]

So you're saying that you have a frame from the whole length of your movie... couldn't you just cut the movie after encoding? (Like use the cutting tool in TMPGEnc to get rid of all that excess stuff?)

[setarip]

Your .AVI probably contains a Variable Bitrate ("VBR") audiostream, which is being misinterpreted by your version of TMPGEnc.

1) Load the .AVI file into VirtualDub (or any of its variants) or NanDub

2) From the "File" dropdown menu, select "File Information"

3) Post (here) EVERYTHING you see (both video and audio information), or post a screen capture .jpg of the information box




If it proves to be VBR:

Simply use VirtualDubMOD (Different than standard VirtualDub), to save the audio stream as an Uncompressed PCM (WAV) file as follows:
Using VirtualDubMOD to Convert "VBR" .MP3 to Uncompressed .WAV

1) Load the .AVI file into VirtualDubMOD (a different program than the standard VirtualDub)

2) From the "Video" dropdown menu, select "Direct Stream Copy"

3) From the "Streams" dropdown menu, select "Stream List" - and rightclick on the audio stream, then select "Full Processing Mode" - then click on "OK"

4) From the "File" dropdown menu, save with a new filename

[jabbo]

@setarip:
Audio was VBR indeed. Thanks, that did the trick.

@FlipNautix:
The problem was not the resulting file but the vast encoding time.

Thanks to setarip again.

Jabbo

[setarip]

"Audio was VBR indeed. Thanks, that did the trick"

My pleasure ;>}