Virtualdub/DivX5: "Cannot start video compression: The source image format is not acceptable. (error code -2)"

got this error message while trying to compress first pass with DivX5.0 (job file came from Gordian Knot).

I read in another thread that resolution has to be a multiple of 16 but my avs source is 384x288 (=16* (24x18))

What's wrong?

Thanks, GeeVee

 

As far as I know, I didn't. After DivX5 didn't work, I tried DivX3 and got the said resolution. Even if the avs has a vob in background that has to be resized, this resizing is done prior to DivX coding.

 

Yes, i can preview and I managed to solve my problem.

But it is strange. I loaded the malfunctioning config file and on
DivX Pro 5.0 Codec configuration page, General Parameters tab I pressed
the button "Restore codec's default". This didn't change the
"Quick Config CLI" on DivX Codec tab:

-b1 780 -key 300 -dr 12,2,2000,10,20 -sc 50 -pq 5

Though both checkboxes for "Enable Crop" and "Enable Resize" were disabled,
the values changed from
0
480 0 0 640
0

to

0
0 0 640 480
0

but now the compression works! I saved both configs as .vcf file,
the only difference is the line

8<--cut--/begin
VirtualDub.video.SetCompData(372,"GAEAAODmCwDQBwAACgAAABQAAAAsAQAADAAAAAIAAAAFAAAAAAAAAJABAAAAAAAAAAAAAB4AAABkAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAgAAAyAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACgmZnJPwAAAKCZmck/QAAAAAAAAACAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIACAADgAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAOA/AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABAAAAAQAAAAEAAAABAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABAAAAAAAAAAEAAAD/////BAAAAEQ6XFRJVEFOX0FFXGR2ZDJhdmktcHJvalx0aXRhbi1hZV8yLmxvZwBjOlx0ZXN0LmRpdngARDpcVElUQU5fQUVcZHZkMmF2aS1wcm9qXHRpdGFuLWFlXzIubXYA");
8<--cut--/end

which fails and

8<--cut--/begin
VirtualDub.video.SetCompData(319,"GAEAAODmCwDQBwAACgAAABQAAAAsAQAADAAAAAIAAAAFAAAAAAAAACgAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABkAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAgAAAyAAAAAAAAAAAAAACamZmZmZnJP5qZmZmZmck/QAAAAAAAAACAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAgAIAAOABAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAOA/AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABAAAAAQAAAAEAAAABAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABAAAAAAAAAAEAAAD/////AQAAAGM6XGRpdngubG9nAGM6XHRlc3QuZGl2eABjOlxtdmluZm8uYmluAGk=");
8<--cut--/end

which works
for completeness, if you want to test:

8<--cut--/begin
VirtualDub.audio.SetSource(1);
VirtualDub.audio.SetMode(0);
VirtualDub.audio.SetInterleave(1,500,1,0,0);
VirtualDub.audio.SetClipMode(1,1);
VirtualDub.audio.SetConversion(0,0,0,0,0);
VirtualDub.audio.SetVolume();
VirtualDub.audio.SetCompression();
VirtualDub.video.SetDepth(24,24);
VirtualDub.video.SetMode(3);
VirtualDub.video.SetFrameRate(0,1);
VirtualDub.video.SetIVTC(0,0,-1,0);
VirtualDub.video.SetRange(0,0);
VirtualDub.video.SetCompression(0x78766964,0,10000,0);
VirtualDub.video.SetCompData(372,"GAEAAODmCwDQBwAACgAAABQAAAAsAQAADAAAAAIAAAAFAAAAAAAAAJABAAAAAAAAAAAAAB4AAABkAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAgAAAyAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACgmZnJPwAAAKCZmck/QAAAAAAAAACAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIACAADgAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAOA/AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABAAAAAQAAAAEAAAABAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABAAAAAAAAAAEAAAD/////BAAAAEQ6XFRJVEFOX0FFXGR2ZDJhdmktcHJvalx0aXRhbi1hZV8yLmxvZwBjOlx0ZXN0LmRpdngARDpcVElUQU5fQUVcZHZkMmF2aS1wcm9qXHRpdGFuLWFlXzIubXYA");
VirtualDub.video.filters.Clear();
VirtualDub.subset.Delete();
8<--cut--/end

My problem is solved, but the cause for the error is still unclear and interesting. Thanks for your Time.