No .avi output

[Inspiration]

Ok, I've been using Gknot for more than a year and I'm not really a newbie although I don't use all the aspects I know Gknot provides. Anyway I ran into some trouble because one day all of a sudden I didn't get an avi and the encoding process was cut way to short of normal. It's as though it doesn't us Nandub or Virtualdub in the process at all. I don't understand because I've been doing this for so long and nothing was wrong. I have run into this problem before though and all I did was reinstall Gknot to fix it. It works for a while but then just give me the same problem by not outputing the avi.

This time is special though because I've reinstalled Gknot about 4 times and the first time it just gave me crappy quality all the way through as though I didn't hit the "set credits start" button at the end but trust me I've triple checked it and no improvement. Now it just doesn't give me an avi and if finishes real quick so tell me I'm being a moron forgot something so I can encode the 6 movies of vob files taking up most of my hd. Please help, I will post my log once it's done encoding which shouldn't be too long. Thanks for any help you can give.

[Mac Sidewinder]

I would say its in the codecs. Did it process the audio? If it is finishing real fast then it sounds like your divx codec the problem. Open vdub and select video-compression and see if the codec is listed. Maybe reinstall it. You could also post your gnot log.

Mac

[Hiro2k]

If you install Gknot you should install it before you install DivX5.02. The reason is because Gknot installs DivX4 and that will overwrite DivX5 so when it trys to encode with Vdub, it won't find the codec.

[Inspiration]

Yes I encode the audio and get the d2v and AC3 file. I have fixed it by changing to say movie one on the lower right hand corner from movie 3 which is what i normally use and just redo the settings. Then it works for a little while then just stops giving an avi whenever I encode. And it doesn't go past the command prompt like it doesn't open virtual dub or nan dub it just thinks its done. In the log it even says the output is an avi but there isn't one in the folder and encoding only took like 20 min. I reinstalled it like five times trying to fix it and yes I made sure I installed Gknot first before divx 5. I looked in virtual dub under video-compression and I see a long list of files. I'm not sure what codec you want me to look for but it looks like there's a lot there. Cinepak codec by radius, divx 5.0.2 codec, Intel lYUV, Microsft H.261 video codec and microsoft H.263 video codec. That's all of them. Anyway, thanks for the help, anything else you can think of I'd appreciate it. Here's my log for Alien Res where it didn't give me an avi...
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11/3/2002 2:34:40 PM: Job "Movie 2" started.

o Transcode AC3 -> MP3: C:\DVD\Alien Resurrection\Alien Resurrection AC3 T01 2_0ch 192Kbps DELAY 9ms.ac3
o DivX5-Single, Quality 20%: C:\DVD\Alien Resurrection\Alien Resurrection_Credits.avs
o DivX5-First Pass: C:\DVD\Alien Resurrection\Alien Resurrection.avs
o DivX5-Second Pass: C:\DVD\Alien Resurrection\Alien Resurrection.avs
o Append Credits.
o Delete Intermediate Files.
End of Job 1 (Movie 2).
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Gordian Knot 0.26.0.6
Encoding Job Data:

Type: EncD5_Both_CreditsSep
Number: 1
Name: Movie 2
Platform: WinXP (5.1.2600).2

Files:
VirtualDubExe: C:\PROGRA~1\GORDIA~1\virtualdub\Virtualdub.exe
NandubExe: C:\PROGRA~1\GORDIA~1\nandub\Nandub.exe
AviFinal: C:\DVD\Alien Resurrection\Alien Resurrection.avi
AviMovie: C:\DVD\Alien Resurrection\Alien Resurrection_Movie.avi
AviCredits: C:\DVD\Alien Resurrection\Alien Resurrection_Credits.avi
MovieFS: C:\DVD\Alien Resurrection\Alien Resurrection.avs
CreditsFS: C:\DVD\Alien Resurrection\Alien Resurrection_Credits.avs
Log : C:\DVD\Alien Resurrection\Alien Resurrection.log
Stats: C:\DVD\Alien Resurrection\Alien Resurrection.stats
Ecf : C:\DVD\Alien Resurrection\Alien Resurrection.ecf

Options:
Quality/DRF: 20
CreditsStart: 147435
UseEcf: 1
CreditsIVTC: 0
CreditsAppend: 1
DeleteInterm.: 1
EnforceBitrate:0
AntiShit: 0

Calculator:
VideoSize: 605007 kbyte.
Audio1Size: 101937 kbyte.
Audio2Size: 0 kbyte.
Overhead: 9855 kbyte.
AviSize: 716800 kbyte (700 mbyte).
FilesSize: 0 kbyte.
TotalSize: 716800 kbyte (700 mbyte).
Interleaving: vbrmp3
Bitrate: 760 k(=1000)Bits/s
Frames: 156417
FPS: 23.976
Duration: 1:48:44
Quality: 0.222 bits/(pixel*frame).
CompCheck3: 0.000 bits/(pixel*frame).
CompCheck5: 0.228 bits/(pixel*frame).
DivX5BiDirect: 0
DivX5GMC: 0
DivX5QuartPel: 0
DivX5PsyVis: 0
Resolution: 558 x 256

Audio 1:
mode: ac3 -> mp3
sourceFile: C:\DVD\Alien Resurrection\Alien Resurrection AC3 T01 2_0ch 192Kbps DELAY 9ms.ac3
wavFile: C:\DVD\Alien Resurrection\Alien Resurrection AC3 T01 2_0ch 192Kbps DELAY 9ms.wav
mp3File: C:\DVD\Alien Resurrection\Alien Resurrection AC3 T01 2_0ch 192Kbps DELAY 9ms.mp3
azid: "-L -3db -c normal"
lame: "--alt-preset 128"
delay: 9
interval: 2
preload: 500
mux: 1
recalc: 1
deleteWav: 1

Audio 2:
none.


2:34:40 PM: Started Transcoding Audio.

2:34:40 PM: Using BeSweet to transcode C:\DVD\Alien Resurrection\Alien Resurrection AC3 T01 2_0ch 192Kbps DELAY 9ms.ac3
Commandline: C:\PROGRA~1\GORDIA~1\besweet.exe -core( -input "C:\DVD\Alien Resurrection\Alien Resurrection AC3 T01 2_0ch
192Kbps DELAY 9ms.ac3" -output "C:\DVD\Alien Resurrection\Alien Resurrection AC3 T01 2_0ch 192Kbps DELAY 9ms.mp3" -logfile
"C:\DVD\Alien Resurrection\Alien Resurrection AC3 T01 2_0ch 192Kbps DELAY 9ms.log" ) -ota( -G max ) -azid( -L -3db -c normal )
-lame( --alt-preset 128 --scale 1 ) -profile( Gordian Knot 0.26 )
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I'm getting by just redoing my settings for now but it's annoying...please help.

[Hiro2k]

Is that your entire log file? If not then your encoding never even got to VirtualDub. It died right as it tried to convert the AC3 file into MP3. I don't know why that is. :confused:

You should try to see if you can rip another DVD. If that one won't get past the Audio then it could be a problem with Gknot amd BeSweet. I have never had this problem so hopefuly a mod will know what to do.

[Inspiration]

11/6/2002 1:07:09 AM: Job "Movie 1" started.

o Transcode AC3 -> MP3: C:\DVD\Instinct-4-3\Instinct AC3 T01 3_2ch 448Kbps DELAY -66ms.ac3
o DivX5-Single, Quality 20%: C:\DVD\Instinct-4-3\Instinct_Credits.avs
o DivX5-First Pass: C:\DVD\Instinct-4-3\Instinct.avs
o DivX5-Second Pass: C:\DVD\Instinct-4-3\Instinct.avs
o Append Credits.
o Delete Intermediate Files.
End of Job 1 (Movie 1).
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Gordian Knot 0.26.0.6
Encoding Job Data:

Type: EncD5_Both_CreditsSep
Number: 1
Name: Movie 1
Platform: WinXP (5.1.2600).2

Files:
VirtualDubExe: C:\PROGRA~1\GORDIA~1\virtualdub\Virtualdub.exe
NandubExe: C:\PROGRA~1\GORDIA~1\nandub\Nandub.exe
AviFinal: C:\DVD\Instinct-4-3\Instinct.avi
AviMovie: C:\DVD\Instinct-4-3\Instinct_Movie.avi
AviCredits: C:\DVD\Instinct-4-3\Instinct_Credits.avi
MovieFS: C:\DVD\Instinct-4-3\Instinct.avs
CreditsFS: C:\DVD\Instinct-4-3\Instinct_Credits.avs
Log : C:\DVD\Instinct-4-3\Instinct.log
Stats: C:\DVD\Instinct-4-3\Instinct.stats
Ecf : C:\DVD\Instinct-4-3\Instinct.ecf

Options:
Quality/DRF: 20
CreditsStart: 170495
UseEcf: 1
CreditsIVTC: 0
CreditsAppend: 1
DeleteInterm.: 1
EnforceBitrate:0
AntiShit: 0

Calculator:
VideoSize: 589807 kbyte.
Audio1Size: 115796 kbyte.
Audio2Size: 0 kbyte.
Overhead: 11195 kbyte.
AviSize: 716800 kbyte (700 mbyte).
FilesSize: 0 kbyte.
TotalSize: 716800 kbyte (700 mbyte).
Interleaving: vbrmp3
Bitrate: 652 k(=1000)Bits/s
Frames: 177689
FPS: 23.976
Duration: 2:3:31
Quality: 0.262 bits/(pixel*frame).
CompCheck3: 0.000 bits/(pixel*frame).
CompCheck5: 0.332 bits/(pixel*frame).
DivX5BiDirect: 0
DivX5GMC: 0
DivX5QuartPel: 0
DivX5PsyVis: 0
Resolution: 463 x 224

Audio 1:
mode: ac3 -> mp3
sourceFile: C:\DVD\Instinct-4-3\Instinct AC3 T01 3_2ch 448Kbps DELAY -66ms.ac3
wavFile: C:\DVD\Instinct-4-3\Instinct AC3 T01 3_2ch 448Kbps DELAY -66ms.wav
mp3File: C:\DVD\Instinct-4-3\Instinct AC3 T01 3_2ch 448Kbps DELAY -66ms.mp3
azid: "-L -3db -c normal"
lame: "--alt-preset 128"
delay: -66
interval: 2
preload: 500
mux: 1
recalc: 1
deleteWav: 1

Audio 2:
none.


1:07:09 AM: Started Transcoding Audio.

1:07:09 AM: Using BeSweet to transcode C:\DVD\Instinct-4-3\Instinct AC3 T01 3_2ch 448Kbps DELAY -66ms.ac3
Commandline: C:\PROGRA~1\GORDIA~1\besweet.exe -core( -input "C:\DVD\Instinct-4-3\Instinct AC3 T01 3_2ch 448Kbps DELAY -66ms.ac3" -output "C:\DVD\Instinct-4-3\Instinct AC3 T01 3_2ch 448Kbps DELAY -66ms.mp3" -logfile "C:\DVD\Instinct-4-3\Instinct AC3 T01 3_2ch 448Kbps DELAY -66ms.log" ) -ota( -G max ) -azid( -L -3db -c normal ) -lame( --alt-preset 128 --scale 1 ) -profile( Gordian Knot 0.26 )
1:11:29 AM: Finished. Duration: 4 minutes, 20 seconds.

1:11:29 AM: Audio Done.
1:11:29 AM: MP3-File-Size is 15282 kb.
1:11:29 AM: Audio 1, determined: 15282 kb
1:11:29 AM: Audio 1, calc: 115796 kb
1:11:29 AM: New Bitrate for Movie = 763 k(=1000)Bits/s

Adding this script to C:\PROGRA~1\GORDIA~1\virtualdub\VirtualDub.jobs:

// $job "DivX4 Single Pass"
// $input "C:\DVD\Instinct-4-3\Instinct_Credits.avs"
// $output "C:\DVD\Instinct-4-3\Instinct_Credits.avi"
// $state 0
// $start_time 0 0
// $end_time 0 0
// $script

VirtualDub.Open("C:\\DVD\\Instinct-4-3\\Instinct_Credits.avs",0,0);
VirtualDub.audio.SetSource(0);
VirtualDub.audio.SetMode(0);
VirtualDub.audio.SetInterleave(1,0,0,0,0);
VirtualDub.audio.SetClipMode(1,1);
VirtualDub.audio.SetConversion(0,0,0,0,0);
VirtualDub.audio.SetVolume();
VirtualDub.audio.SetCompression();
VirtualDub.video.SetDepth(24,24);
VirtualDub.video.SetMode(1);
VirtualDub.video.SetFrameRate(0,1);
VirtualDub.video.SetIVTC(0,0,-1,0);
VirtualDub.video.SetRange(0,0);
VirtualDub.video.SetCompression(0x78766964,0,10000,0);
VirtualDub.video.SetCompData(308,"GAEAAACgDwDQBwAACgAAABQAAAAsAQAADAAAAAIAAAAFAAAAAQAAAMgAAAAAAAAAAAAAAB4AAABkAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAgAAAyAAAAAAAAAAAQAACamZmZmZnJP5qZmZmZmck/QAAAAAAAAACAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIACAADgAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAOA/AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABAAAAAQAAAAEAAAABAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABAAAAAAAAAAEAAAD/////BAAAAGVtcHR5AGM6XHRlc3QuZGl2eABlbXB0eS5tdgBt");
VirtualDub.video.filters.Clear();
VirtualDub.subset.Delete();
VirtualDub.SaveAVI("C:\\DVD\\Instinct-4-3\\Instinct_Credits.avi");
VirtualDub.Close();

// $endjob
//
//--------------------------------------------------
// $done

1:11:29 AM: Started DivX5-Single, Quality 20%: C:\DVD\Instinct-4-3\Instinct_Credits.avs
1:11:30 AM: Finished DivX5-Single, Quality 20%. Duration: 0 seconds.
1:11:30 AM: Assumed: Main Movie has 170495 Frames.
1:11:30 AM: Assumed: Credits Part has 7194 Frames.
1:11:30 AM: Credits Size = 0Kb
1:11:30 AM: New Bitrate for Movie = 796 k(=1000)Bits/s

Adding this script to C:\PROGRA~1\GORDIA~1\virtualdub\VirtualDub.jobs:

// $job "DivX4 First Pass"
// $input "C:\DVD\Instinct-4-3\Instinct.avs"
// $output "C:\DVD\Instinct-4-3\Instinct_Movie.avi"
// $state 0
// $start_time 0 0
// $end_time 0 0
// $script

VirtualDub.Open("C:\\DVD\\Instinct-4-3\\Instinct.avs",0,0);
VirtualDub.audio.SetSource(0);
VirtualDub.audio.SetMode(0);
VirtualDub.audio.SetInterleave(1,0,0,0,0);
VirtualDub.audio.SetClipMode(1,1);
VirtualDub.audio.SetConversion(0,0,0,0,0);
VirtualDub.audio.SetVolume();
VirtualDub.audio.SetCompression();
VirtualDub.video.SetDepth(24,24);
VirtualDub.video.SetMode(1);
VirtualDub.video.SetFrameRate(0,1);
VirtualDub.video.SetIVTC(0,0,-1,0);
VirtualDub.video.SetRange(0,0);
VirtualDub.video.SetCompression(0x78766964,0,10000,0);
VirtualDub.video.SetCompData(358,"GAEAAGAlDADQBwAACgAAABQAAAAsAQAADAAAAAIAAAAFAAAAAgAAAJABAAAAAAAAAAAAAB4AAABkAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAgAAAyAAAAAAAAAAAQAACamZmZmZnJP5qZmZmZmck/QAAAAAAAAACAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIACAADgAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAOA/AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABAAAAAQAAAAEAAAABAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABAAAAAAAAAAEAAAD/////BAAAAEM6XERWRFxJbnN0aW5jdC00LTNcSW5zdGluY3QubG9nAGM6XHRlc3QuZGl2eABDOlxEVkRcSW5zdGluY3QtNC0zXEluc3RpbmN0Lm12AG0=");
VirtualDub.video.filters.Clear();
VirtualDub.subset.Delete();
VirtualDub.SaveAVI("C:\\DVD\\Instinct-4-3\\Instinct_Movie.avi");
VirtualDub.Close();

// $endjob
//
//--------------------------------------------------
// $done

1:11:30 AM: Started DivX5-First Pass: C:\DVD\Instinct-4-3\Instinct.avs
1:11:30 AM: Finished DivX5-First Pass. Duration: 0 seconds.
1:11:30 AM: Trying to open Log-file.
1:11:30 AM: Error: Could not open C:\DVD\Instinct-4-3\Instinct.log
1:11:30 AM: Error: Could not count encoded Frames.
1:11:30 AM: Speed: 0.000 Frames per Second.
1:11:30 AM: WARNING: Number of counted frames differs from settings!
1:11:30 AM: WARNING: Settings: 170495
1:11:30 AM: WARNING: Counted: 0
1:11:30 AM: WARNING: Difference: 170495
1:11:30 AM: Correcting Bitrate...
1:11:30 AM: Original Bitrate = 796 k(=1000)Bits/s
1:11:30 AM: ERROR: Correction impossible.
1:11:30 AM: Now encoding at 796 k(=1000)Bits/s

Adding this script to C:\PROGRA~1\GORDIA~1\virtualdub\VirtualDub.jobs:

// $job "DivX4 Second Pass"
// $input "C:\DVD\Instinct-4-3\Instinct.avs"
// $output "C:\DVD\Instinct-4-3\Instinct_Movie.avi"
// $state 0
// $start_time 0 0
// $end_time 0 0
// $script

VirtualDub.Open("C:\\DVD\\Instinct-4-3\\Instinct.avs",0,0);
VirtualDub.audio.SetSource(0);
VirtualDub.audio.SetMode(0);
VirtualDub.audio.SetInterleave(1,0,0,0,0);
VirtualDub.audio.SetClipMode(1,1);
VirtualDub.audio.SetConversion(0,0,0,0,0);
VirtualDub.audio.SetVolume();
VirtualDub.audio.SetCompression();
VirtualDub.video.SetDepth(24,24);
VirtualDub.video.SetMode(1);
VirtualDub.video.SetFrameRate(0,1);
VirtualDub.video.SetIVTC(0,0,-1,0);
VirtualDub.video.SetRange(0,0);
VirtualDub.video.SetCompression(0x78766964,0,10000,0);
VirtualDub.video.SetCompData(358,"GAEAAGAlDADQBwAACgAAABQAAAAsAQAADAAAAAIAAAAFAAAAAwAAAJABAAAAAAAAAAAAAB4AAABkAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAgAAAyAAAAAAAAAAAQAACamZmZmZnJP5qZmZmZmck/QAAAAAAAAACAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIACAADgAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAOA/AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABAAAAAQAAAAEAAAABAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABAAAAAAAAAAEAAAD/////BAAAAEM6XERWRFxJbnN0aW5jdC00LTNcSW5zdGluY3QubG9nAGM6XHRlc3QuZGl2eABDOlxEVkRcSW5zdGluY3QtNC0zXEluc3RpbmN0Lm12AG0=");
VirtualDub.video.filters.Clear();
VirtualDub.subset.Delete();
VirtualDub.SaveAVI("C:\\DVD\\Instinct-4-3\\Instinct_Movie.avi");
VirtualDub.Close();

// $endjob
//
//--------------------------------------------------
// $done

1:11:30 AM: Started DivX5-Second Pass: C:\DVD\Instinct-4-3\Instinct.avs
1:11:31 AM: Finished DivX5-Second Pass. Duration: 0 seconds.
1:11:31 AM: Speed: 0.000 Frames per Second.

Adding this script to C:\PROGRA~1\GORDIA~1\nandub\VirtualDub.jobs:

// $job "DivX3 Append"
// $input "C:\DVD\Instinct-4-3\Instinct_Movie.avi"
// $output "C:\DVD\Instinct-4-3\Instinct.avi"
// $state 0
// $start_time 0 0
// $end_time 0 0
// $script

VirtualDub.Open("C:\\DVD\\Instinct-4-3\\Instinct_Movie.avi",0,0);
VirtualDub.Append("C:\\DVD\\Instinct-4-3\\Instinct_Credits.avi");
VirtualDub.audio.SetSource("C:\\DVD\\Instinct-4-3\\Instinct AC3 T01 3_2ch 448Kbps DELAY -66ms.mp3");
VirtualDub.audio.SetMode(0);
VirtualDub.audio.SetInterleave(1,500,2,0,-66);
VirtualDub.audio.SetClipMode(1,1);
VirtualDub.audio.SetConversion(0,0,0,0,0);
VirtualDub.audio.SetVolume();
VirtualDub.audio.SetCompression();
VirtualDub.audio2.SetSource(0);
VirtualDub.audio2.SetMode(0);
VirtualDub.audio2.SetInterleave(1,0,0,0,0);
VirtualDub.audio2.SetClipMode(1,1);
VirtualDub.audio2.SetConversion(0,0,0,0,0);
VirtualDub.audio2.SetVolume();
VirtualDub.audio2.SetCompression();
VirtualDub.video.SetDepth(24,24);
VirtualDub.video.SetMode(0);
VirtualDub.video.SetFrameRate(0,1);
VirtualDub.video.SetIVTC(0,0,-1,0);
VirtualDub.video.SetRange(0,0);
VirtualDub.video.SetCompression();
VirtualDub.video.filters.Clear();
VirtualDub.subset.Delete();
VirtualDub.SaveAVI("C:\\DVD\\Instinct-4-3\\Instinct.avi");
VirtualDub.Close();

// $endjob
//
//--------------------------------------------------
// $done

1:11:31 AM: Started Appending Credits and Muxing Audio.: C:\DVD\Instinct-4-3\Instinct_Movie.avi
1:11:31 AM: Finished Appending Credits and Muxing Audio.. Duration: 0 seconds.
1:11:31 AM: Deleting Intermediate Files.
1:11:31 AM: Problem: Could not delete C:\DVD\Instinct-4-3\Instinct_Movie.avi
1:11:31 AM: Problem: Could not delete C:\DVD\Instinct-4-3\Instinct_Credits.avi

1:11:31 AM: Done.
1:11:31 AM: Movie = C:\DVD\Instinct-4-3\Instinct.avi
Total Encoding Time: 4 minutes, 22 seconds.
11/6/2002 1:11:31 AM: Job "Movie 1" finished.

[Inspiration]

I don't understand it. I just started instinct not 5 min ago and it's done as you can see from the log time. I don't change anything I'm doing at all, everything is the same and still it starts doing this and doesn't stop untill I reset the settings and put back in the bit rate settings then it works fine for the first few movies. What should I do? If anyone has any idea please tell me and I'll try it.

Thankfully,
Inspiration

[jggimi]

I found this problem in your latest log: Resolution: 463 x 224 This is different than your first, partial log: Resolution: 558 x 256 You've obviously changed not only the resolution, but the Modulo settings, since 463 is modolo 1, which is an "illegal" resolution for the DivX codec. The Gknot defaults are modulo 32 and 16.

I cannot explain your initial failure; if that was the complete log, then for some reason besweet hung. This second failure is due to your resolution settings. I recommend never going below Modulo 8; DivX cannot work with odd resolutions due to the color space, plus it creates macroblocks in 8x8 groups (though I may not recall that correctly, it might be 16x16 or 4x4), and some video cards will require modulo 16 for playback.

[Inspiration]

Thanks, I didn't realize that the modulo had to be the same. It makes sense since I would play the preveiw and it would tell me something was not even and I it only did it every now and then but that's why. Hopefully that will give me an avi. I would use the modulo to change the resolution since with the W-modul on 1 and the H-modul on 32 to get a nice wide resolution. It has worked for some movies that I have encoded though. I'm trying instinct right now. How can I change the movies vertical length since when I encode it the preveiw and the output are so thin veiwing it is terrible? The black layers on the top and bottom of the screen are bigger than the movie. I was using the pixels to the right of the auto button and changing the vertical hieght by changing the numbers and making them higher but is that the only way cause it screws up the movie if I use them too much. I think it cuts off some of the picture by using it but I know it changes the size vertically anyway. Well that was pretty confusing, sorry it's hard to explain. Anyway hope you understand if not don't worry about it. Thanks for the help
Inspiration

[jggimi]

Thanks, I didn't realize that the modulo had to be the same. They don't. The defaults aren't the same (32 and 16). They just need to be larger than you are using....it only did it every now and then ... As you know, you can get "lucky" and hit a number that just happens to be proper, even with low modulo settings....veiwing it is terrible... I don't quite understand the problem you're having. Do you mean they look bad, even when using a player in full-screen mode? Then you might consider making 1400MB encodings, and use higher bitrates, and/or larger resolutions. Do you mean they look "squished" as if, set to 16:9 aspect ratio though they should be 4:3, or, vice-versa? Then you merely need to set the proper display aspect ratio in Gknot.

You'll have to do a better job of explaining what that problem is, I think.

[Inspiration]

The movies looked squished when they are in 16:9 mode and some even looked squished in the 4:3 mode. I just try to follow the guides with the aspect ratio based on what dvd2avi tells me the movie is. Although sometimes the movie still is squished for some reason. Then I start messing with the values and I guess I messed something up along the line cause it still isn't giving me an avi when I encode. This is instinct which took me less than 5 min to complete as you can see except it never gave me an avi. I don't know if the resolution has something to do with it or I just hit something I shouldn't have. When I install everything should I install the update for Gknot or try leaving it off and see if it works then? I don't know what could be going wrong but I'll go back over the guides and try again without reinstalling for now.
---------------------------------------------------------------------
11/6/2002 10:10:02 AM: Job "Movie 4" started.

o Transcode AC3 -> MP3: C:\DVD\Instinct-4-3\Instinct AC3 T01 3_2ch 448Kbps DELAY -66ms.ac3
o DivX5-Single, Quality 20%: C:\DVD\Instinct-4-3\Instinct_Credits.avs
o DivX5-First Pass: C:\DVD\Instinct-4-3\Instinct.avs
o DivX5-Second Pass: C:\DVD\Instinct-4-3\Instinct.avs
o Append Credits.
o Delete Intermediate Files.
End of Job 1 (Movie 4).
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Gordian Knot 0.26.0.6
Encoding Job Data:

Type: EncD5_Both_CreditsSep
Number: 1
Name: Movie 4
Platform: WinXP (5.1.2600).2

Files:
VirtualDubExe: C:\PROGRA~1\GORDIA~1\virtualdub\Virtualdub.exe
NandubExe: C:\PROGRA~1\GORDIA~1\nandub\Nandub.exe
AviFinal: C:\DVD\Instinct-4-3\Instinct.avi
AviMovie: C:\DVD\Instinct-4-3\Instinct_Movie.avi
AviCredits: C:\DVD\Instinct-4-3\Instinct_Credits.avi
MovieFS: C:\DVD\Instinct-4-3\Instinct.avs
CreditsFS: C:\DVD\Instinct-4-3\Instinct_Credits.avs
Log : C:\DVD\Instinct-4-3\Instinct.log
Stats: C:\DVD\Instinct-4-3\Instinct.stats
Ecf : C:\DVD\Instinct-4-3\Instinct.ecf

Options:
Quality/DRF: 20
CreditsStart: 170543
UseEcf: 1
CreditsIVTC: 0
CreditsAppend: 1
DeleteInterm.: 1
EnforceBitrate:0
AntiShit: 0

Calculator:
VideoSize: 589807 kbyte.
Audio1Size: 115796 kbyte.
Audio2Size: 0 kbyte.
Overhead: 11195 kbyte.
AviSize: 716800 kbyte (700 mbyte).
FilesSize: 0 kbyte.
TotalSize: 716800 kbyte (700 mbyte).
Interleaving: vbrmp3
Bitrate: 652 k(=1000)Bits/s
Frames: 177689
FPS: 23.976
Duration: 2:3:31
Quality: 0.280 bits/(pixel*frame).
CompCheck3: 0.000 bits/(pixel*frame).
CompCheck5: 0.330 bits/(pixel*frame).
DivX5BiDirect: 0
DivX5GMC: 0
DivX5QuartPel: 0
DivX5PsyVis: 0
Resolution: 474 x 205

Audio 1:
mode: ac3 -> mp3
sourceFile: C:\DVD\Instinct-4-3\Instinct AC3 T01 3_2ch 448Kbps DELAY -66ms.ac3
wavFile: C:\DVD\Instinct-4-3\Instinct AC3 T01 3_2ch 448Kbps DELAY -66ms.wav
mp3File: C:\DVD\Instinct-4-3\Instinct AC3 T01 3_2ch 448Kbps DELAY -66ms.mp3
azid: "-L -3db -c normal"
lame: "--alt-preset 128"
delay: -66
interval: 2
preload: 500
mux: 1
recalc: 1
deleteWav: 1

Audio 2:
none.


10:10:02 AM: Started Transcoding Audio.

10:10:02 AM: Using BeSweet to transcode C:\DVD\Instinct-4-3\Instinct AC3 T01 3_2ch 448Kbps DELAY -66ms.ac3
Commandline: C:\PROGRA~1\GORDIA~1\besweet.exe -core( -input "C:\DVD\Instinct-4-3\Instinct AC3 T01 3_2ch 448Kbps DELAY -66ms.ac3" -output "C:\DVD\Instinct-4-3\Instinct AC3 T01 3_2ch 448Kbps DELAY -66ms.mp3" -logfile "C:\DVD\Instinct-4-3\Instinct AC3 T01 3_2ch 448Kbps DELAY -66ms.log" ) -ota( -G max ) -azid( -L -3db -c normal ) -lame( --alt-preset 128 --scale 1 ) -profile( Gordian Knot 0.26 )
10:13:18 AM: Finished. Duration: 3 minutes, 16 seconds.

10:13:18 AM: Audio Done.
10:13:18 AM: MP3-File-Size is 15282 kb.
10:13:18 AM: Audio 1, determined: 15282 kb
10:13:18 AM: Audio 1, calc: 115796 kb
10:13:18 AM: New Bitrate for Movie = 763 k(=1000)Bits/s

Adding this script to C:\PROGRA~1\GORDIA~1\virtualdub\VirtualDub.jobs:

// $job "DivX4 Single Pass"
// $input "C:\DVD\Instinct-4-3\Instinct_Credits.avs"
// $output "C:\DVD\Instinct-4-3\Instinct_Credits.avi"
// $state 0
// $start_time 0 0
// $end_time 0 0
// $script

VirtualDub.Open("C:\\DVD\\Instinct-4-3\\Instinct_Credits.avs",0,0);
VirtualDub.audio.SetSource(0);
VirtualDub.audio.SetMode(0);
VirtualDub.audio.SetInterleave(1,0,0,0,0);
VirtualDub.audio.SetClipMode(1,1);
VirtualDub.audio.SetConversion(0,0,0,0,0);
VirtualDub.audio.SetVolume();
VirtualDub.audio.SetCompression();
VirtualDub.video.SetDepth(24,24);
VirtualDub.video.SetMode(1);
VirtualDub.video.SetFrameRate(0,1);
VirtualDub.video.SetIVTC(0,0,-1,0);
VirtualDub.video.SetRange(0,0);
VirtualDub.video.SetCompression(0x78766964,0,10000,0);
VirtualDub.video.SetCompData(308,"GAEAAACgDwDQBwAACgAAABQAAAAsAQAADAAAAAIAAAAFAAAAAQAAAMgAAAAAAAAAAAAAAB4AAABkAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAgAAAyAAAAAAAAAAAQAACamZmZmZnJP5qZmZmZmck/QAAAAAAAAACAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIACAADgAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAOA/AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABAAAAAQAAAAEAAAABAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABAAAAAAAAAAEAAAD/////BAAAAGVtcHR5AGM6XHRlc3QuZGl2eABlbXB0eS5tdgBt");
VirtualDub.video.filters.Clear();
VirtualDub.subset.Delete();
VirtualDub.SaveAVI("C:\\DVD\\Instinct-4-3\\Instinct_Credits.avi");
VirtualDub.Close();

// $endjob
//
//--------------------------------------------------
// $done

10:13:18 AM: Started DivX5-Single, Quality 20%: C:\DVD\Instinct-4-3\Instinct_Credits.avs
10:13:24 AM: Finished DivX5-Single, Quality 20%. Duration: 5 seconds.
10:13:24 AM: Assumed: Main Movie has 170543 Frames.
10:13:24 AM: Assumed: Credits Part has 7146 Frames.
10:13:24 AM: Credits Size = 0Kb
10:13:24 AM: New Bitrate for Movie = 795 k(=1000)Bits/s

Adding this script to C:\PROGRA~1\GORDIA~1\virtualdub\VirtualDub.jobs:

// $job "DivX4 First Pass"
// $input "C:\DVD\Instinct-4-3\Instinct.avs"
// $output "C:\DVD\Instinct-4-3\Instinct_Movie.avi"
// $state 0
// $start_time 0 0
// $end_time 0 0
// $script

VirtualDub.Open("C:\\DVD\\Instinct-4-3\\Instinct.avs",0,0);
VirtualDub.audio.SetSource(0);
VirtualDub.audio.SetMode(0);
VirtualDub.audio.SetInterleave(1,0,0,0,0);
VirtualDub.audio.SetClipMode(1,1);
VirtualDub.audio.SetConversion(0,0,0,0,0);
VirtualDub.audio.SetVolume();
VirtualDub.audio.SetCompression();
VirtualDub.video.SetDepth(24,24);
VirtualDub.video.SetMode(1);
VirtualDub.video.SetFrameRate(0,1);
VirtualDub.video.SetIVTC(0,0,-1,0);
VirtualDub.video.SetRange(0,0);
VirtualDub.video.SetCompression(0x78766964,0,10000,0);
VirtualDub.video.SetCompData(358,"GAEAAHghDADQBwAACgAAABQAAAAsAQAADAAAAAIAAAAFAAAAAgAAAJABAAAAAAAAAAAAAB4AAABkAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAgAAAyAAAAAAAAAAAQAACamZmZmZnJP5qZmZmZmck/QAAAAAAAAACAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIACAADgAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAOA/AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABAAAAAQAAAAEAAAABAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABAAAAAAAAAAEAAAD/////BAAAAEM6XERWRFxJbnN0aW5jdC00LTNcSW5zdGluY3QubG9nAGM6XHRlc3QuZGl2eABDOlxEVkRcSW5zdGluY3QtNC0zXEluc3RpbmN0Lm12AG0=");
VirtualDub.video.filters.Clear();
VirtualDub.subset.Delete();
VirtualDub.SaveAVI("C:\\DVD\\Instinct-4-3\\Instinct_Movie.avi");
VirtualDub.Close();

// $endjob
//
//--------------------------------------------------
// $done

10:13:24 AM: Started DivX5-First Pass: C:\DVD\Instinct-4-3\Instinct.avs
10:13:24 AM: Finished DivX5-First Pass. Duration: 0 seconds.
10:13:24 AM: Trying to open Log-file.
10:13:24 AM: Error: Could not open C:\DVD\Instinct-4-3\Instinct.log
10:13:24 AM: Error: Could not count encoded Frames.
10:13:24 AM: Speed: 0.000 Frames per Second.
10:13:24 AM: WARNING: Number of counted frames differs from settings!
10:13:24 AM: WARNING: Settings: 170543
10:13:24 AM: WARNING: Counted: 0
10:13:24 AM: WARNING: Difference: 170543
10:13:24 AM: Correcting Bitrate...
10:13:24 AM: Original Bitrate = 795 k(=1000)Bits/s
10:13:24 AM: ERROR: Correction impossible.
10:13:24 AM: Now encoding at 795 k(=1000)Bits/s

Adding this script to C:\PROGRA~1\GORDIA~1\virtualdub\VirtualDub.jobs:

// $job "DivX4 Second Pass"
// $input "C:\DVD\Instinct-4-3\Instinct.avs"
// $output "C:\DVD\Instinct-4-3\Instinct_Movie.avi"
// $state 0
// $start_time 0 0
// $end_time 0 0
// $script

VirtualDub.Open("C:\\DVD\\Instinct-4-3\\Instinct.avs",0,0);
VirtualDub.audio.SetSource(0);
VirtualDub.audio.SetMode(0);
VirtualDub.audio.SetInterleave(1,0,0,0,0);
VirtualDub.audio.SetClipMode(1,1);
VirtualDub.audio.SetConversion(0,0,0,0,0);
VirtualDub.audio.SetVolume();
VirtualDub.audio.SetCompression();
VirtualDub.video.SetDepth(24,24);
VirtualDub.video.SetMode(1);
VirtualDub.video.SetFrameRate(0,1);
VirtualDub.video.SetIVTC(0,0,-1,0);
VirtualDub.video.SetRange(0,0);
VirtualDub.video.SetCompression(0x78766964,0,10000,0);
VirtualDub.video.SetCompData(358,"GAEAAHghDADQBwAACgAAABQAAAAsAQAADAAAAAIAAAAFAAAAAwAAAJABAAAAAAAAAAAAAB4AAABkAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAgAAAyAAAAAAAAAAAQAACamZmZmZnJP5qZmZmZmck/QAAAAAAAAACAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIACAADgAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAOA/AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABAAAAAQAAAAEAAAABAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABAAAAAAAAAAEAAAD/////BAAAAEM6XERWRFxJbnN0aW5jdC00LTNcSW5zdGluY3QubG9nAGM6XHRlc3QuZGl2eABDOlxEVkRcSW5zdGluY3QtNC0zXEluc3RpbmN0Lm12AG0=");
VirtualDub.video.filters.Clear();
VirtualDub.subset.Delete();
VirtualDub.SaveAVI("C:\\DVD\\Instinct-4-3\\Instinct_Movie.avi");
VirtualDub.Close();

// $endjob
//
//--------------------------------------------------
// $done

10:13:24 AM: Started DivX5-Second Pass: C:\DVD\Instinct-4-3\Instinct.avs
10:13:25 AM: Finished DivX5-Second Pass. Duration: 0 seconds.
10:13:25 AM: Speed: 0.000 Frames per Second.

Adding this script to C:\PROGRA~1\GORDIA~1\nandub\VirtualDub.jobs:

// $job "DivX3 Append"
// $input "C:\DVD\Instinct-4-3\Instinct_Movie.avi"
// $output "C:\DVD\Instinct-4-3\Instinct.avi"
// $state 0
// $start_time 0 0
// $end_time 0 0
// $script

VirtualDub.Open("C:\\DVD\\Instinct-4-3\\Instinct_Movie.avi",0,0);
VirtualDub.Append("C:\\DVD\\Instinct-4-3\\Instinct_Credits.avi");
VirtualDub.audio.SetSource("C:\\DVD\\Instinct-4-3\\Instinct AC3 T01 3_2ch 448Kbps DELAY -66ms.mp3");
VirtualDub.audio.SetMode(0);
VirtualDub.audio.SetInterleave(1,500,2,0,-66);
VirtualDub.audio.SetClipMode(1,1);
VirtualDub.audio.SetConversion(0,0,0,0,0);
VirtualDub.audio.SetVolume();
VirtualDub.audio.SetCompression();
VirtualDub.audio2.SetSource(0);
VirtualDub.audio2.SetMode(0);
VirtualDub.audio2.SetInterleave(1,0,0,0,0);
VirtualDub.audio2.SetClipMode(1,1);
VirtualDub.audio2.SetConversion(0,0,0,0,0);
VirtualDub.audio2.SetVolume();
VirtualDub.audio2.SetCompression();
VirtualDub.video.SetDepth(24,24);
VirtualDub.video.SetMode(0);
VirtualDub.video.SetFrameRate(0,1);
VirtualDub.video.SetIVTC(0,0,-1,0);
VirtualDub.video.SetRange(0,0);
VirtualDub.video.SetCompression();
VirtualDub.video.filters.Clear();
VirtualDub.subset.Delete();
VirtualDub.SaveAVI("C:\\DVD\\Instinct-4-3\\Instinct.avi");
VirtualDub.Close();

// $endjob
//
//--------------------------------------------------
// $done

10:13:25 AM: Started Appending Credits and Muxing Audio.: C:\DVD\Instinct-4-3\Instinct_Movie.avi
10:13:25 AM: Finished Appending Credits and Muxing Audio.. Duration: 0 seconds.
10:13:25 AM: Deleting Intermediate Files.
10:13:25 AM: Problem: Could not delete C:\DVD\Instinct-4-3\Instinct_Movie.avi
10:13:25 AM: Problem: Could not delete C:\DVD\Instinct-4-3\Instinct_Credits.avi

10:13:25 AM: Done.
10:13:25 AM: Movie = C:\DVD\Instinct-4-3\Instinct.avi
Total Encoding Time: 3 minutes, 23 seconds.
11/6/2002 10:13:25 AM: Job "Movie 4" finished.

[jggimi]

Resolution: 474 x 205 You are still using "illegal" resolutions -- mod 1, again.

Please use a valid modulo for your resolutions -- better yet, return Gordian Knot to default mod settings (32/16).