Corrupt Frames in Avi

Pure newbie how can I remove corrupt frames from an avi file it screws up burning it ot VCD. I have located the corrupt frame is it Ok just to delete? I am using VirtualDub

 

Hi Jasper

As far I know, you cannot burn a VCD using an AVI, you have to re-encode it to MPEG1 for a VCD, or to MPEG2 for a SVCD. You use the excellent TMPGEnc software to do this. This will give you a disc that you (should) be able to play with your DVD player, check the spec of your player to see if it can play them. There are many articles on this site about this sort of conversion technique.

If you really mean that all you want to do is store the AVI on a CD, so that you can watch it on your PC with windows media player for example, then you just burn the file to disc just like any other file.

As for the corrupt frame, I don't imagine 1 frame being deleted will make a difference (I wait to be corrected by someone - lol), but multiple frames may cause audio sync problems, I am not sure. I don't know enough about AVI file structues!. I would just try it, delete the frame and save the the AVI under a different name (or in a different folder). Play the resulting file and see if you are happy with it.

Cheers
Graham UK

 

Sorry, I just realised that the latest Nero will do the encoding to MPEG for you. I don't know how long it will take to do it, as I have not tried it yet.

I have read elsewhere on this site some time ago, that the encoding done by Nero is poor and should be avoided. That is why I had forgotten about it! I have always used TMPGEnc since reading these comments.

Cheers Graham UK

 

Thanks for the tips I tried enconding with Nero after splitting the avi file and it took 1.5 hours not bad I thought but the image is upside down so I tried TMPGEnc but this took 3.5 hours and whne I went to burn it with Nero it told me it was an unrecognised file format and would reencode for me, what do you use to burn to VCD with?

 

I use Nero to burn all my VCD's and SVCD's. It seems to me that you have either converted the video to the wrong format for the VCD you want to burn, or you have selected the wrong type of disc to burn in Nero.

Whether you use PAL or NTSC (USA), the way you do it is still the same. I either use the wizard in TMPGEnc or load the template for the the format I want use. In the bottom right hand side of TMPGEnc there is a load button, select it, ensure that you browse into the template folder, and you should then see the various templates for the format you want Load the one you want, then use the settings button configure what you want to do. I would read the many article on this site about making VCDs and what settings to use.

A VCD is simple to do, but an SVCD can take quite a time to do. If I make a VCD, I load the (in my case) VideoCD (PAL) template, go to the settings screen, on the video tab I select'Motion Search' Highest quality. On the advanced tab I select 'Video arrange method' Full screen (keep aspect ratio)

That's about all I do.

When I use the resulting file in Nero, from the wizard I select VideoCD (not Super Video). Add menus etc if you want, then burn.

This is all easier than it sounds, just harder to put into words! I hope it helps.

Graham UK