Help with splitting and encoding please!!

[alwaysblue]

Hi, I'm getting very frustrated..........I'm trying to split an .avi so I can encode it and burn it..............everything I've tried doesn't do the job..........it's that vbr problem!!!.......also..........I get out of sync audio problems!!..........Can someone please tell me how they split the more recent movie releases and encode with good quality and no out of sync problems???........HELP PLEASE!!!

[setarip]

"I'm trying to split an .avi so I can encode it and burn it"

Converting .AVIs with VBR-MP3 Audio for use with TMPGEnc

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) Save with a new filename

[alwaysblue]

Save with a new filename

how do I save it...........do I click file and choose something in particular?
Sorry if I sound stupid!!lol

[alwaysblue]

Hi again..........I managed to split the file in 2 using virtualdubmod.
I want to make a vcd using TMPGE, how do I load them up without getting out of sync problems in TMPGE?

[setarip]

Did you PLAY the two new .AVIs, to determine that each of them is in synch?

If they are, as a result of the conversion that you just performed, you should no longer have any out-of-synch problems after the split.

[alwaysblue]

I checked both files and both are in sync, what I would like to know is how to load them into TMPGE, usually to avoid out of sync problems I would extract the audio as a wav file and load that as the audio source in TMPGE, how should I load the video and audio sources in TMPGE????

[alwaysblue]

Time out!!lol...........I keep running into problems so I restarted from the beginning and did what you told me in VirtualdubMod, when I load the file there it tells me that it has to rewrite the header so I clicked yes and proceeded with your instructions and the file came out great..............in sync. Now, I would like to split the file since it's too large for a single cd-r, I would like to split it into 2 or 3 parts depending on my choice of vcd or svcd, how do I split it properly and what procedure should I use to load them after into TMPGE so that audio and video are in sync and what would be the best settings for me to watch the final product on my T.V, I'm in a NTSC zone and my T.V is of 4:3 display.
Please Help!!.........movie is Anger Management!!

[setarip]

To create a VCD:

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 "MPEG1-VideoCD" (from default of "MPEG1")
5) Click on "Advanced" tab, change "Video arrange method" to "Center (Custom Size"), change dimensions to 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 352x288 or 352x240 (Note: "Video" tab mode of "MPEG1" is okay) - set "Motion Search Precision" to "Normal Quality". Change the "Aspect Ratio" to match, as closely as possible, the "Source Aspect Ratio" you set under the "Advanced" tab.
8) Change "Rate Control Mode" to "Automatic VBR (CQ_VBR)" and "Bitrate" to "1,150"
9) Under the "Audio" tab, set to "MPEG-1 Layer II", 44,100 224Kbps
10) Press "Start"

(Or, instead of the steps 1)-10) above, you could attempt to use TMPGEnc's VCD "wizard"/template)

Note that if your video runs longer than 70-80 minutes, you'll have to subsequently split your VCD-MPG file in two. 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 "MPEG1-Video CD". 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 half, 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 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).

Use a burning program, such as NERO to burn your CD-R or R/W CD as a VCD (DON'T ask NERO to format the file as a VCD, since you've already accomplished this!)

Let us know of your success ;>}

[alwaysblue]

No luck for some reason.........I've followed each step carefully and still everytime I have everything setup in TMPGE and click start I get an error..........last time it was an error with ACM and with module 0000000..........have no idea what to do........it won't encode at all...........any ideas why?

[setarip]

"time it was an error with ACM and with module 0000000"

This is because you chose to use a different method ("when I load the file there it tells me that it has to rewrite the header so I clicked yes") to convert the audiostream(s)...

[alwaysblue]

should I click no? should I extract the audio and use that as my audio source in TMPGE? HELP!!lol

[setarip]

You ARE using VirtualDubMOD - and NOT standard VirtualDub, right?

Click on "No", then (again):

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 ,enu, select "Save as" and save with a new filename

[alwaysblue]

It's working.........everything looks fine so far..........I did a small portion of the movie to see if everything was in sync and it was........I'm now doing the whole movie and hopefully things continue to go well
Thank-you for your patience and help so far!!!

[setarip]

"Thank-you for your patience and help"

My pleasure ;>}

[alwaysblue]

Vcd turned out great, I split it in Tmpge and burned it with Nero. I must admit it's the best quality Vcd I've ever made, the picture is really good compared to other vcd's I've done in the past.
I know where to come now in the future with any problems!!
Thank-you for your expert help!!!