Problems converting VCD to Divx

[Namor]

Hi,
need a little help here...
I'm pretty new so forgive me if i break any rules... :)

Anyway, i was following the guide in converting VCD (dat) files to DivX 4 avi through the usual VCD gear and stuff to create a mpg file and everything worked fine..

The problem comes when i start encoding the file, it suddenly stops halfwa and gives the error message "MPEG-1 audio decode error : not enough data to decode frame". What do i do?? i tried encoding another file but the same error occured somewhere during encoding..

The third file i did, it just stops at the particular location everytime i encode, giving 0 fps

Umm anyone can tell me how to solve these 2 problems...
Thx.

[N_F]

I've had the same problem before. What I do is recompress the movie with TMPGEnc and then I'll convert it to DivX. Some may say you'll lose quality which may be true, but hey it's mpeg :) A little worse quality will hardly be noticed...

[Namor]

The for the help :)

I still hope there is a better way of solving this problem.....
I wish i can find out what the source it or what the error message is :D

[Zhnujm]

vcds have nearly no error correction so its possible that there a errors in the stream when you copy it back. vdub is very limited in correcting or ignoring these errors.

if your file is playable with mediaplayer you can try to frameserve the file to vdub with avisynth:
-install avisynth,create a text file with the ending .avs: DirectShowSource("myfile"),load the file with vdub
you will only get the video this way, you have to demux and convert the audio seperatly.

if the error is in the audio and you cannot convert it with the usual programs you can use graphedit to convert the audio file to wav. this should also work if the file is playable.

[Namor]

Cool :)
Learned something new today.....
Thx a lot for the info...

If i demux the audio seperately... means i'll have to use a wave file as the source for the audio when trying to encode the file to DIVX??

[Zhnujm]

that depends on what you do with your demuxed sound file.(you will get a mpa file)
lets say you convert the mpa file to wav, then you can use "WAV Audio" in vdub and use your compressing settings.
if you go directly from mpa to mp3 you have to use nandub for muxing the audio after compressing the video.
or you can add a wav header to the mpa file and mux it directly without reencoding with the video.(vdub "Wav Audio" + "Direct Stream Copy")

so much choices... :)