Why is my input file showing up as too long

[SilentBob]

Okay I am having a weird problem...I'm trying to use TMPGEnc to convert an AVI to VCD...nothing fancy.

When I play the AVI in WMP, it shows up as 27mins (as I would expect)

However, when I load it into TMPGEnc, it is showing up as 90+ minutes, and the resulting encode is estimating at close to 1GB...

What could be causing this?

I have tried it on 4 separate AVIs that are all in the same format, and they are all showing up the same way.

Any ideas as to what could be causing this strangeness?

Thanks.

[ultradna]

Why this happens - don't know.

But you can correct it when u go into the SETTINGS and then activate the "Source Range" in the Advanced folder.

What is after the 27mins to see ?

[SilentBob]

Thanks...

That is weird...when I go to source range, the very last frame is at 27 45 I CAN'T go past that, then when I continue it realizes the correct lenghth...if I don't do that , it thinks it is 90+mins..

That is too weird....

looks like yet another bug from TMPGEnc..

[ultradna]

Did you use the slider? Not the button "Move to end frame"!

I think somethime files are damaged (may be the fileheader which contained the file info), but still work - if you want to encode/decode the the damage is too high and you get errors (like yours in this case).

[scharfis_brain]

Does your AVI contain VBR-MP3. This makes TMPGenc behave strange.
Just decompress (Full Processing mode) your Audio with Virtualdub. Then it should work with TMPGenc.

[ultradna]

VBR Audio (mp3) mostly makes problems in coding audio, but okay, I never had this error in this case. With the range setting the problem should be gone. (using the slider!)