Harry Potter SVCD -> DivX with Gordian Knot

[zanie420]

I used Doom9's SVCD -> DivX guide (http://doom9.org/svcd2divx.htm) to convert Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring from SVCD to DivX very successfully, with hardly any noticable quality loss. I am now trying to do the same for Harry Potter and have run into a problem. I rip the MPGs to my hard drive, rename them is seqential order, load them into DVD2AVI and save the project. I open the project in Gordian Knot and create an .avs file. When I open this in Nandub it shows all the frames and I can basically preview the movie, but when I encode it and then play it back, it will play a few seconds and then it goes black. Other movies play fine. It doesn't matter where I start it either, as I tried selecting a point in the middle to start and it did the same thing. As far as I know I am doing exactly the same thing as with LOTR.

any suggestions, or other SVCD -> Divx conversion methods I should try?

[philippas]

Which software did you use to extract the mpeg files from the image?
Maybe the mpg files are not extracted properly.

[creative_cracker]

I have a similar problem when ripping Harry Potter. The rip goes flawlessly and I use all the standard settings and calculations of GKnot.
The rip is for 2 CDs. When I play the video whether I do it from the finished .avi file on disk or from a CD, the frames freeze and the audio continues. This appears to be where bright flashes of light appear, i.e., at the first after the title screen appears, the screen goes light and then you see Harry in the cupboard.

When this happens, my player crashes and I have to restart. I can then position film at another place and it proceeds until another bright scene, like when the guy crashes into the light house to get Harry. Once again, the frame freezes and then the player crashes.

I have no idea what is happening. Any help would be appreciated. I have had no other problems with GKnot at all, which usually gives a flawless rip.

Thanks.