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yukichigai
23rd December 2006, 08:41
Allow me to sum up what I'm trying to go for as simply as possible:

File 1: Good XviD encode, great quality, but I borked the beginning and a little segment in the middle.

File 2: (Or Files 2) The missing beginning segment and glitched middle segment, except not glitched.

What I'd like to do is reencode File 2 so that I can replace the glitched/missing stuff in File 1 WITHOUT having to reencode File 1 as well. Basically, do a splice or direct stream copy of File 1 with some newly-recoded stuff from File 2.

The problem I'm running into is that I keep getting a "video formats do not match" or similar error in whatever program I attempt to do this in. I'm guessing this is because when I reencode File 2 I'm not picking the proper encoding settings. (Then again, I could be missing something else.) How, pray tell, can I find the proper encoding settings (or whatever else it is I'm missing) so that I can splice the new video into my existing XviD file?

setarip_old
24th December 2006, 23:29
Hi!How, pray tell, can I find the proper encoding settings (or whatever else it is I'm missing) so that I can splice the new video into my existing XviD file?Load the "File 1" into VirtualDub and, from the "File" dropdown menu, select "File Information"...

yukichigai
26th December 2006, 03:26
Hi!Load the "File 1" into VirtualDub and, from the "File" dropdown menu, select "File Information"... Did that. I matched the settings and it still won't splice in either VirtualDubMod or Nandub. Whenever I attempt to splice the video it gives me the error "the clips have different data formats".

setarip_old
26th December 2006, 04:11
Please post screengrabs of the "File Information" boxes from each of the two files...