Problem with TMPGEnc

borogovio · Jan 21, 2003

I'm trying to make an VCD from an AVI file, following Chickenman's tutorial (as always) with TMPEnc.
Strangely I get only about 7 minutes of film - the rest is a black image, with the audio OK !!
Of course, the avi plays perfectly.
Any suggestion will be appreciated

ChickenMan · Jan 22, 2003

Probably not quite the right codec is decoding the AVI. Do you have DivX 5.02. & 3.11 codec installed together with Xvid codec? Remove Nimo pack if you have it installed. Defrag your HD also can help.

borogovio · Jan 22, 2003

Thanks, will give it a try

Laz · Jan 22, 2003

Also, forgive me if you have mentioned it before CM

, I've just been put onto a great little FREE proggie called.....wait for it...."G-Spot" which will tell you which codecs you need, what exact type of Avi etc, etc. I've only just downloaded it myself so cannot comment on how good or bad it is yet, I'm led to believe it is a must have soft though.

http://www.headbands.com/gspot/

ChickenMan · Jan 22, 2003

GSpot is fantastic mate, I cant live without. A must for everyone playing with AVI's as it tells you exactly what codec was used to make the AVI in the first place and if you have then installed on your system.

Your right I should have mentioned to use it, its just getting late here

The-poacher · Jan 22, 2003

g.spot is aptly named puts the finger right where it wants to be

Laz · Jan 22, 2003

The-poacher said:
g.spot is aptly named puts the finger right where it wants to be

Oooh er misus........I'll have to take your word for that John.

borogovio · Jan 22, 2003

No luck so far

I uninstalled the codecs as CM suggested, found (with g.spot) that the avi is encoded with xvid, downloaded last release and tried again, with the same result: 7 minutes video + audio, rest audio + black image. Only this time TMPGEnc had an error "Invalid pointer"

ChickenMan · Jan 23, 2003

You need to get the Xvid codec from http://roeder.goe.net/~koepi/xvid.shtml , the one at the top

Latest binary:
XviD-04102002-1.exe (411kb)

Just install it to same place as the other and it will just over write it.

Try ripping out the audio with VirtualDUB (see the AVI to VCD tutorial, second post). Failing all that the AVI may just be faulty (from a currupted download), DivFix can find many faults (but not all) so get it to check the file out.