xvid ripping under VISTA ultimate

[EuropeanMan]

i just installed vista ultimate retail edition.

prior to this i had vista RC2 where i ripped my dvd9s into xVids without any problems.

i attempted 3 rips, 2 of same movie, one different this evening. all had the same problems.

video-only .avi file comes out choppy, bottom row of 50 or so pixels are blurry...i have NO idea why.

i have tried different versions of MeGui...and still the same.

HERE IS AN EXAMPLE:
OUTPUT .avi from megui: http://maxupload.com/CC13C9E3

AC3 5CH untouched: http://maxupload.com/50A4E89B

AFTER MUXING: (blocky): http://maxupload.com/B9521255

PLEASE PLEASE someone help me...thanks.

I also posted a help thread in the VDM section, but I have concluded that it is NOT a VDM issue...instead of ripping is my next guess...

[CWR03]

It's probably not an Xvid issue, which you could either confirm or exclude by doing a test with DivX instead of cross-posting. In fact, after text-muxing your files, it appears to be a problem introduced by your .AC3 audio. Since you're muxing a "raw, untouched" AC3 and your video is fine before that point, it's pretty obvious that your issue is with decrypting.

[squid_80]

In fact, after text-muxing your files, it appears to be a problem introduced by your .AC3 audio.

No, the video-only file is bad. Open it in virtualdub and you'll see what I mean.
This is caused by a bug in vista (More info here: http://www.virtualdub.org/blog/pivot/entry.php?id=145#body). MeGUI uses xvid_encraw to encode to xvid, which in turn uses the AVIFile API to output avi files. The AVIFile API writes bad AVI files in vista, so you end up with a broken file.
I asked the MeGUI people to update their version of xvid_encraw back in February (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=959141#post959141) so this problem could be avoided.

[CWR03]

No, the video-only file is bad.
I hadn't tried that since the video alone seemed to play perfectly. The audio chirps and skips on my end.

[EuropeanMan]

audio only became broken when muxed in with video...
squid is right, i didn't check my avi file in VDM...

so now i have a problem with the avifile...yeah :) lol...if you guys know of any solution, please post here...ill also go searching.

thanks.

[EuropeanMan]

ok, i've replaced my vista avifil32.dll with one from XP that i downloaded by googling...now running another encode to see if this fixed the problem...

wish i knew something about these headers & movi hex codes lol

EDIT: STILL THE SAME PROBLEM :(

[squid_80]

Just replace the build of xvid_encraw.exe that MeGUI uses with one from my website and re-encode.

[EuropeanMan]

will do ^ squid, and thanks, will try right now...

but your website? hmmm will see if it's on ur profile

[EuropeanMan]

EDIT: problem solved! thanks so so so much! i love you squid.

i went back to check on the avifil32.dll...in system...and JUST in case, checked also the system32 folder, the old one was there as well, got that replaced, put YOUR files in my tools for megui.

PROBLEM SOLVED...

[fight2win]

EDIT: problem solved! thanks so so so much! i love you squid.

i went back to check on the avifil32.dll...in system...and JUST in case, checked also the system32 folder, the old one was there as well, got that replaced, put YOUR files in my tools for megui.

PROBLEM SOLVED...

i'm getting ok avi's with vdub/megui in vista home premium retail, but they mess up after muxing with audio, any fix?

[EuropeanMan]

^ USE the above fix. it works. your .avi file is corrupt anyway...check it back in VDM...you'll see. :)

[fight2win]

^ USE the above fix. it works. your .avi file is corrupt anyway...check it back in VDM...you'll see. :)
just i tried, avi was frm megui, muxed it with ac3 using vdm, output was ok, get latest vista updates using windows updates...