Arggh, all this skipping in FlaskMPEG. Someone please help me.

[Two Dog Band]

This is my first attempt at encoding divx. Ok I am trying to encode "Evolution" in FlaskMPEG and have tried so many different settings and it keeps giving me a stutter every 10 seconds or so. Anyone that has no problems with this could you please post here what settings you choose for all the different settings? Here is what FlaskMPEG Control Panel tells me about the movie I ripped to the hard drive:


Total File Size: 4726 Mbytes
Video Size: 720 x 480 Pixels
Fps: NTSC 29.97 fps
Detected fps: FILM 23.976 fps
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Bitrate: 9800000 bps
Video Structure: Interlaced

Ok under FlaskMPEG Options what should I choose for:

Under Video tab:

Frame Size:
Width: ?
Height: ?

iDCT Options: ?

Time Base fps: ?

Video Structure:
Reconstruct progressive video ?
Deinterlace output (slow) ?
Blend instead of interpolate ?
Threshold ?

Under Audio tab:

Audio Mode ?
1. Direct stream copy
2. Decode audio
3. Don't process audio

Sampling Frequency ?
1. 48000 Hz
2. 44100 Hz
A. Same as input

Under Post Processing tab:

Resizing quality options:
1. Nearest Neighbourg
2. Bilinear Filtering
3. Bicubic filtering
4. HQ bicubic Filtering

Ok under AviPlugin 0.58 Config what should I choose for:

Video Codec
1. VDOnet VDOwave
2. Cinepak Codec by Radius
3. Intel Indeo(R)Video R3.2
4. Microsoft Video 1
5. Microsoft RLE
6. Microsoft H.263 Video Codec
7. Microsoft H.261 Video Codec
8. Indeo(R) video 5.04
9. DivX MPEG 4 Video Codec
A. Keyframe ever ? seconds
B. Compression Control (1-100)?
C. Data Rate (Kilobits per Second) (1-6000)?
10. Full Frames (uncompressed)


Select Output>>
1. AVI output
2. bbMPEG Encoder
3. Link to Avisynth 1.0Beta31
4. OpenDML AVI output

One encoding my Video Structure Output always says Progressive. Is this right? How do I change it?

Can anyone go through all these settings for me on what works for them. I have tried so many guids and none of them work. I always get a stutter every 10 seconds or so. I have defragged constantly and make sure absolutely nothing is running in the background while encoding. Here is my system:

AMD 800MHz T-Bird
Giga-Byte MB
256MB SDRAM
40GB Maxtor HD
MSI GeForce 2 GTS
Sound Blaster PCI 128

Please help me friends!

[chi]

this might not be very helpful but you may try a different encoding method.. i never used flask but all i hear about it is bad quality, slow speed and synch issues. use gordian knot or mpeg2avi(hey, i know it's old but works great and fast here..;-7 ). you also may give dvdx or dvd2avi a try..

[movmasty]

what you ask for is a personal guide...... ;)

hey, install divx 3.11 too!

[chipzoller]

Ah ha!!

I have dealt with this before, and I know exactly your problem (probably).

You see where you have the FILM FPS and the Detected fps? they are different. They shouldn't be. Let xmpeg autodetect the fps. DO NOT CHANGE IT UNLESS YOU YOU ARESBSOLUTELY POSITIVE THAT IT IS WRONG!!!

That is why you have a studder every 10 seconds.


I hope this helps.



chip

[fewtch]

That's probably it Chipzoller. Most (99%?) NTSC DVD's (the movie, not the extras) are FILM, 23.976fps. Using 29.97 will give those skips, I remember from my 'beginner' days ;).

[chipzoller]

Exactly,

I hope this helps. This solved the problem for me as well as lots of other folks whom I've helped out.




chip

[Dolly36]

We use Flask all the time and have no problem with it. Make sure you have the divx 3.11 installed and after the movie is done we run ours through vdub and it takes the hesitation out.

[chipzoller]

This shouldn't be necessary if you are using DivX 4.12 codec.
Always use the most up-to-date codec.

At least, thats what seems to work best for most people.







chip

[Dolly36]

We had run into a problem with flask not doing any movie over 6 vob's and are now going to use a different program and if it works flask will no longer be used by us. We also download some movies off the net and some of those ones have be choppy and once we run them through vdub they are perfect. We don't mind the extra 5 min it takes cause we are wanting quality not quantity. We use divx 3.11 and find it is just fine. Thansk for your reply.