Clip with odd resolution - cannot open

[Tommy P]

Hi everybody,

I have an AVI clip (Xvid-encoded) that has some odd resolution; something like 642x422. It plays no problem in Win MediaPlayer, but my hardware player refuses to play it, so I wanted to re-encode it into DivX.

When I open it in Nandub or VDubMod directly, the video is all garbage. (Is it related to the odd resolution, or is it something else?)

When I try to open it through AviSource or DirectShowSource commands, the warning is that the size is not mod-4, so need to use crop. But how can I use crop on a clip that I cannot even open???

What do I do? :(

Thanks a lot!
Tom

[Pookie]

Run it through the beta version of GSPOT and verify the file's settings. Be certain what you're dealing with :)

[Tommy P]

Run it through the beta version of GSPOT and verify the file's settings. Be certain what you're dealing with :)

Pookie,

Thanks for the suggestion; that was the first thing I did: XviD with BVOP and NVOP. Looks kosher to me. :)

My hunch is the resolution is the culprit. Frankly, this is the first clip I'm seeing with height and width not being multiples of 4.

Thanks!
Tom

[foxyshadis]

If it opens in DirectShow, use DSS. Make sure ffdshow's doing the decoding, and force it to resize to a mod-4 or whatever resolution. Make sure "resize always" is selected when you turn resizing on. Then you should be able to load and process it normally.

[Wilbert]

Try to force it as RGB:

AviSource(blabla, pixel_type="RGB24")

[Tommy P]

foxyshadis, Wilbert,

Both your ideas are excellent; thank you very much!! I'll try them out tonight.

:thanks:

Tom

[Tommy P]

Just wanted to thank everybody one more time for your ideas. Opening the clip with AviSource and setting pixel_type worked... but:
pixel_type="RGB24" => garbage video
pixel_type="RGB32" => normal video
pixel_type="YV12" => garbage video
pixel_type="YUY2" => normal video

Not sure what it tells me though... :confused:

:thanks:

Tom