avs2avi problem with big file

[Hans Ohlo]

hi,
i encoded a 1080p 23.976fps movie with nero recode using avc (~7.6GB mp4 file). i then extracted the raw video stream from the mp4 file using yamb and mp4box (latest versions). then i muxed the raw stream into an avi using avc2avi (avc2avi -f 23.976 -i fc.264 -o fc.avi). resulting in a 7.6GB file which can't be opend by anything (neither mpc nor virtualdub). virtualdub tries to recreate the indexing but goes on forever.

i did the same with a short sample and it did work perfectly, what is the problem with avs2avi.

i even tried mencoder (mencoder fc.264 -ovc copy -mc 0 -noskip -of avi -o fc.avi) but it abort.

i muxed the same stream into a matroska file and it worked perfectly but why isn't avi working?

[bond]

because avi has problems with big files? dont use avi...

are you sure the thing you want to do isnt possible with mp4 or mkv?

[Hans Ohlo]

i recently did wmv encodes the same size into avis which worked perfectly. this is why i am so curious what this is...

[celtic_druid]

To have an avi greater than 2GB's it needs to be ODML. avc2avi probably doesn't do ODML.

[hellfred]

Moreover you should switch to linux for muxing that avi file with mencoder, as the mingw mencoder ports lack the support for large files (I thing 2 GB is all that you can get, even on NTFS-Partitions). I suggest using a linux live cd like knoppix or kanotix. You can get mplayer/mencoder binaries in the kanotix irc channel.
Maybe cygwin ports of mencoder are able to handle large files on win32 / ntfs partitions through cygwin1.dll. But neiter did I see any recent cygwin mplayer ports ( not for ages), nor have build one myself.

Hellfred

[Hans Ohlo]

Moreover you should switch to linux for muxing that avi file with mencoder, as the mingw mencoder ports lack the support for large filesavc2avi put out the correct file size, it also showed a correct summary, but the created avi (i also don't think it is ODML) wasn't usable. that is the problem.

another thing, why can't avimux gui convert mkv to avi (ODML)? i mean i can load an avi and save an mkv but not vice verca, that would solve the problem...

[celtic_druid]

This just for avi's? I have outputted a 7.48GB mpg with mencoder before.

[bond]

are you sure the thing you want to do isnt possible with mp4 or mkv??????

[Hans Ohlo]

This just for avi's? I have outputted a 7.48GB mpg with mencoder before.
i only tried to mux the h264 raw stream into an avi with mencoder. it sayed something like no beeing able to seek backwards in linear streams (which is ok for me) and exited without outputting an avi.

[Hans Ohlo]

?????
i have an ac-3 audio stream for the one and a dts stream for another movie. so mp4 is not available for this. this leaves mkv, which works but i want it in an opendml avi, so that my other tools can read it.

is it possible to modify avc2avi to write odml avis?