I have a great quality AVI that plays perfect on my PC but when i try and convert it using VSO DivxToDVD it finds about 20 bad frames and removes them. The finished VOB movie audio is out of sync with the picture. Is there another piece of software that will create a DVD I can burn from an AVI movie but not removed bad frames as I am sure this is what is causing the audio sync problems? If not is there a program to purchase if neccesary that will sort out my sync problem and match audio to movie for me I don;t mind paying as long as it does the job, I really want to be able to burn this AVI movie to DVD. Thanks for any help!
Load it into virtualdub. Click File, Save AVI. This will produce a HUGE file (make sure you have the hard drive space), that should be error free. Load the finished avi into VSO.
Usually when the bad frames are detected the program will convert the file without the selected bad frames, use a better encoder - i would you Tmpg encoder plus 2.5, also! make sure the settings are correct, if you convert a video file thats in PAL format to DVD when format used to make the avi was NTSC you will create sync errors and the audio will come out incorrect. To find out whether its PAL or NTSC Right click on your AVI/DivX file, select "properties" and go to the "detailed" section. In the "Video Format" section, it should say something like 576 x 304, 24 Bits, 3460 Frames, 23.976 Frames/Sec, 127 KB/Sec, DIVXMPG4 V3 (video codec) the "23.976 Frames/Sec" is the frames per second property of your AVI/DivX file. 23.976 == NTSC Film ; 25 == PAL ; 29.97 == NTSC. There are many variations. Dan
Try correct errors with e.g. Avifixed, then use VSO again: http://www.free-codecs.com/download/AVIFixed.htm But be sure to back up the avis first. Good luck!
Thanks guys will give things a try. Just a quick question, because of problems with .AVI's I have been downloading .MPG's as they convert without problem. Now is it me or are .MPG's not as good quality generally as AVI's? Thanks again
If im right, mpegs are generally copied straight from video/super video cd's and converted to standard mpeg. The quality with Avi is a lot cleaner cut, crisp. To be honest, yes its a lot better! I would suggest just downloading .avi files they're usually easier to grab from various places on the net.
Thanks for the advice about AVI's. As for the above suggestions, I would need 59GIG of space to save using VirtualDub and so haven't enough, big job but could move some stuff around if you think this would really work? As for Avifixed, it found loads of frame errors and at the end said fixed, but when I ran it though VSO again it still found errors and deleted them leaving me like before with a movie where audio is out. I did try running the 'Avifixed' file through Avifixed a second time and it found the same errors again? Looked at Tmpg but found it a bit complex any ideas what I should do in this program to sort my errors? Thanks again for any help.
Is there a program that will convert AVI to DVD for me and sort out any errors like I have and will also make sure audio is in sync? I don't mind paying as long as it works! Thanks.
The sync problem is a rather complicated one, so you may need to try different programs or methods to tackle it case by case. VSO is actually quite a reliable program. But if it doesn't work, you may try e.g. winavi, dvdsanta etc.. Good luck!
Use TMPGEnc Plus 2.5/TMPGEnc 3.0 XPress their great, they correct or detect frame/audio errors. Can convert in fast speeds, also if you select the correct profile format when importing the video file into the program it will not make any lip-sync errors etc. Take a look - http://www.pegasys-inc.com/en/product/index.html Dan
