atlantis.divx.avi...need help!!

[zuzu]

hi all...
i need some help with atlantis dvd rip/divx/dominion/avi.......

the sound and picture quality are fabbo. i have installed the alpha 3.11 and the divx codecs (comes with the playa). when i use wmp (the lateset one) i get this lovely black strip down the middle and the picture is very slow, sound is perfect. when i use the playa, the picture is still slow, but no black stripe, sound is fine but very dark!! does the playa have a brightness control??? can anyone give me an idea on how to get the picture in time with the sound. is it me or is it the rip?? has anyone else had this problem??? i have also installed the nimo pack and that did absolutely nothing. i have also used bsplayer, zoomplayer and gdivx player, but nothing will play this movie right.

im really starting to get frustrated...i have read thru the forums top to bottom, have installed and uninstalled and my kids are about to get strangled cos they have no patience and are dying to see this film.

any ideas/help/advice or a link to a perfect rip of atlantis in english would be greatly appreciated!!

thankyou .....and goodnight!

ps...i was only joking about strangling the kids...really

just a little xtra info (to really frustrate me!!) when i go into properties of the .avi...in other info/software is says...nandub v1.orc2. is that of any importance? also when i preview the movie, the picture speed is perfect (no sound tho..is that normal?)
why on the preview is the picture not got this stripe and the speed is right??
excuse me as i slash my wrists!!

sorry for the long post..i really want to get this going

oh...and i just noticed that on the other side of this black strip is the mirror image of the movie.......it just gets better all the time!!!

[Enchanter]

nandub v1.orc2 is the software used to encode the video. It basically means that you need the 3.11a DivX codec to play it, so make sure you don't allow 4.x to play 3.11 contents (You have said no, haven't you?).

As for your real and serious problem, I must say I've never encountered it and hence can't offer much. What I can say is, try to keep things in your system simple. Assuming that the audio in the movie is just simple MP3 stereo, I say installing 3.11a and nothing else (I repeat, no other codecs) should get you going. Well, that's assuming the movie's properly encoded too.

Another thing is, I noticed there's the name of the group (or person) who encoded this movie. If you know of a way to reach them (ICQ, mIRC, or anything else?), you can ask them on how to successfully run the movie.

Good luck.

[zuzu]

thanks enchanter for taking the time......

so make sure you don't allow 4.x to play 3.11 contents (You have said no, haven't you?).

im pretty sure i did, but i will do it again just to make sure!!!

Another thing is, I noticed there's the name of the group (or person) who encoded this movie

the movie was a dominion rip......does that help???

i played around for ages yesterday...messing a round with the settings on wmp 6.4(i think its that one...the older one) and i did manage to get rid of the strip..something to do with hardware acceleration,,,,,not up on all the tech stuff!! but the movie was still running slowly...about 8-10 secs behind the audio...its such a shame i cant get this going....the quality is great....

thanks again..i'll let you know how i go

catch ya..from one aussie to another!!!

[zuzu]

ok..heres the latest!!

uninstalled all the codecs..and reinstalled 3.11...didnt give me he option of only playing one or the other???? dont know what happened there...

but....the picture is great....no black strip..didnt mess with any setting to get rid of it.,..thats good.

sound is great...as it always was, but it does seem to go slower than before...seems to get stuck, then moves on, but still not in line with the sound!!


i have dloaded movies before and they play really well...was thinking maybe the pooter is too slow??? i couldnt tell you the tech bits..sorry. but thought if it works for one it should work for all...or is it this divx stuff?

thanks for the help...

[zuzu]

maybe this has something to do with it???

just messing around with this file in the playa....

under "video codec" it says....

Divx MPEG- 4 low motion

would that make the movie play slow?? sorry if thats a silly question...clutching at straws i gues..lol.

can i change it??


thanks for helping

[Enchanter]

Divx MPEG- 4 low motion: It basically means the movie was indeed encoded using the 3.11a codec. You won't need 4.x codec for this one at all. You needn't worry about the low-motion name. It's basically meant for encoding low-motion movies, but the advent of Nandub has enabled excellent results using this codec.

As to why it is playing slowly, would it be possible for you to give me the speed of your system (in MHz) and anything else useful? No need to give me any Windows serial number or your credit card number.

Also, it would be useful to have the resolution of the movie, so I know that your system is capable of playing it comfortably.

[zuzu]

thanks for taking the time.....much appreciated

ok...here goes. i really have no idea about any of this so i could be giving you total rubbish, but im game if you are!!

compaq pc
processor - MII
max speed - 400mhz
processor speed - 249 mhz
256mb
win me
cpu id - 0600
numeric co-processor - 386


does that mean anything to you......squat to me!! lol

film info.....

size - 700mb
length - 1.35.45
vid size - 640x272

hows that??? does that help at all??gosh i hope so...if you get this going for me i'll give you my windows serial number...lol!!

thanks again...i wait patiently

[Enchanter]

The system specs are a tad confusing to me. I would guess it's a 249MHz(?) PII processor (Someone tell me if there are such processors called MII?) with 256MB of memory, on a motherboard that supports a maximum speed of 400MHz. Windows Millenium is the OS of use.

Anyway, I think the CPU is rather slow to play a movie of this resolution. You have done the right thing in setting up the system for watching the movie file, but the CPU may not be quite up to the task.

Here's a suggestion. Lower your DivX filter setting to 0. You can open the file in WMP6.4 and in File-->Properties--> advanced--> Double-click on the DivX codec name. It may pay to run your desktop screen at a lower resolution (800x600) and at 16-bit colour. It may help a bit, short of upgrading the CPU.

Good luck and happy watching.

[zuzu]

hey enchanter.....sorry to confuse you with all that info!!! i really had no idea what or where to find the info from so if i got any of it right it was just a jag!!!

i had already put the divx filter setting to zero... and i had messed around with the color settings and desktop resolution. it did run the file a little quicker, but the colors were up the creek that it really wasnt worth it....still not doin the quality any justice. i will just have to find films that arent so good...for now.

thanks for all your help...im a little bit of a ditz with the tech stuff, so considering my lack of knowledge...you did well. i thank you

i may just have to buy this one for the kids.......

stay cool...and thanks again

ps...maybe i should just stick with mpeg or pain old avi (not divx). i have two movies (both were mpeg...now vcd)and they play perfectly.

[Enchanter]

Running your desktop colour at 16-bit won't really be any noticably different from 32-bit for the average users (And DivX movie viewers ^_^), so don't be worried about it. It's most probably just your feelings of being downgraded.

As a note, DivX movies do require a great deal of processing power, compared to MPEG and VCDs, so you have to make sure that the computer is capable of it. Generally, sub-500MHz systems are struggling with these (excepting the real low-quality files).

[zuzu]

thanks enchanter.....

i had a brainstorm last night. i was thinking if i can play vcd/mpeg...why dont i convert this file to an mpeg and make it in to a vcd!!!! sounds like a good idea??

well im going to try. really have nothing to lose....any suggestions?? i swear i wont bother you again!!

thanks again for all the advice

[Enchanter]

Nero converts avi files automatically to VCD-compliant files, but you may have trouble with wide-screen movies. TMPGEnc provides a manual but powerful method of avi --> MPEG1 (VCD)-compliant files. You should be able to find plenty of articles regarding this. Just be informed that the process will take quite some time, depending on your system speed (which I think will take it quite slowly).

[zuzu]

just about over it!!!

hi ya

got myself a copy of virtual dub and split the file in two. got TEMPEnc and thought as its so slow (VERY slow)id do two smaller files to mpeg rather than one. idea was good but got some stream error.....after 6 hours!!!! gave up on that!!

im now giving it a go with nero with the two smaller files. if i have no luck im trashing it!! (thats how i feel!!!)

ive done so much reading and posting on this forum im going dizzy..not worth it anymore!!

ill let you know how it goes.....thanks again

[Batman]

Cutting in Virtualdub may have caused the "illegal stream error". Did you cut the movie at a keyframe. Check the guides at divx-digest.com for cutting/joining avi's.

[zuzu]

hey batman!!

i did get that error. when i gave up on virtualdub i gave nero a go...first it froze on me then i gave me the old "not responding", then i thought my luck have changed when it actually started to do something. after 1 hour and 45 mins i was at 1% !!!


im going shopping!!!!