ProCoder 2 - Fade out begins too early

[Metallo]

Hi,

I have ProCoder 2 V. 02.04.02.00 and my OS is XP PRO SP3.

I have been trying several times to convert a .vob file to .vob, or elementary streams (re-encoding is needed in order to solve a display problem), but the issue is always the same.
I set a fade in/out filter of 5 secs. (both video and audio).
Fade in works fine, fade out starts 1min. 35" before the end of the movie, the outstanding part is black.
I tried to set the filter both in source and target, no change.

I don't know what else to do, I cannot see a logical explanation.

Thank you for your help.

Alex

[blutach]

Make sure your timecodes are OK in the m2v. Sometimes things can get confused, especially at a VID change.

Regards

[Metallo]

Make sure your timecodes are OK in the m2v. Sometimes things can get confused, especially at a VID change.

Regards

Hi,

how do I see if this is correct or not?
If it's not, how can I make it correct?

Thank you!
Alex

[blutach]

I actually use a function in Womble MPEG2 Wizard to do that. Not sure if Procoder has this.

I must admit to not having done these filters with Procoder before. Does it happen with every source? Just test it on a small single celled DVD (construct that, for example, by using the re-authoring feature of DVD Shrink and just selecting a chapter).

Regards

[Metallo]

I actually use a function in Womble MPEG2 Wizard to do that. Not sure if Procoder has this.

I must admit to not having done these filters with Procoder before. Does it happen with every source? Just test it on a small single celled DVD (construct that, for example, by using the re-authoring feature of DVD Shrink and just selecting a chapter).

Regards

Well, the original source file has something wrong in my opinion.
If I load it in Procoder, the time (taking any point in the video stream) when moving the slide shows:

20':00" .... 20':01"... till ...20':24" and then ....21':00"

So, every minute changes after 24", which I don't see why.

I tried restream to reset the timestamps and zero broken-link flags, believe it or not, no change at all, it still shows the same strange way to count the time.
I guess this is the reason why the fade out messes up.

In fact, when I watch the video in VLC the time counter shows only 0.00.00 any part of the video.

Maybe I can now try womble.

Alex

[blutach]

Are you sure the seconds are not changing after 25 (PAL) frames? This would be entirely correct.

Anyway, I tried what I suggested in post 4 and got no video or audio fadeout :( Might be a bug in Procoder's filters.

Regards