BMP / Wav multiplex to DivX

[rernst]

I understand this could have gone to another forum, so please move if appropriate:

I am using DivXMediaBuilder to create a DivX menus and chapters into my DivX files. I am faced with the problem that I often have a still (BMP etc.) and some background music (WAV/AC3). I need to convert this to a DivX file to serve as menu.

I have tried to use all sorts of approaches but the challenge is that the file needs to be of the length of the WAV file and have some sort of reasonable frame rate (23.98 or so).

Nothing out there properly handles what Adobe Premiere spits out when 'Optimize stills' is turned on. Trying to create a DivX or Xvid from Premiere never yields anything meaningful. Creating an uncompressed intermediate file (turning 'optimize stills' off) creates huge uncompressed files. Plus, I don't want to bring out the big guns to do something as trivial.

I know there is a BMP loader plug in for Avisynth but that keeps giving me 'invalid argument' (from the latest DVD2SVCD). I provide directory/file as arguments. Maybe my BMPs have the incorrect color depth.

I am pretty much at my wits end trying to accomplish something as trivial as this.

Is there a straightforward solution?

[CWR03]

You can use VirtualDub(Mod) to create a video from a still - you just load the image and tell it how long to make the movie in order to match the length of the audio file.

[rernst]

I must be a bit dim but where do you set the length after loading a BMP?

[setarip_old]

Hi!

I must be a bit dim but where do you set the length after loading a BMP?From the "Video" dropdown menu, select "Frame rate"...

[rernst]

Yes, that theoretically works. However, if I select some obscure rate like .03 frames/sec, neither GKnot, AutoGK, DrDivx nor the DivX converter can create a usable output file.

[setarip_old]

Is there some reason you won't/can't create this little .AVI film snippet DIRECTLY in either VirtualDub or VirtualDubMOD (Using a DivX codec)? Both Horizontal and Vertical must be multiples of 8

[Mtz]

Make about 10 copies of your bmp and give names like:
1.bmp
2.bmp
...
10.bmp
Than load 1.bmp and all 10 bmps will be loaded. Select your desired fps and save as avi uncompressed.
Then load the avi and append it how many times you want, to match your audio lenght. Append your audio and save as with your favorite codec.

enjoy,
Mtz