Error when trying to encode with DivX 4.11 in Vdub...

[EnDarkEnd]

Whenever I try to recompress an AVI to DivX 4.11, I always get this error message: "Could not open log file for reading". So I click "Ok" and this error message comes up: "Cannot start video compression: The source image format is not acceptable (error code -2)". It happens no matter what avi I use for the video source, even one that's DivX 4.11 to begin with. Is there anything that can be done to resolve this?

Thanks in advance,

EnDarkEnd

[hakko504]

Could not open log file for reading
You are probably trying to do the second pass of a two-pass encode without doing the first pass first. The second error is a consequence of the first.

[iamsparticuz]

im getting this error and i dont know why and im not doing a 2nd pass.

[Acaila]

Well, the fact that the error comes up saying stuff about a missing logfile suggests you're doing a 2-pass encode and the codec can't find the logfile in the path you specified.

If you're not doing 2-pass, then what mode are you using?

[iamsparticuz]

whether i use divxenc or just virtual dub, i get the same error. Its obviously 2nd pass : 1st pass, and then 2nd pass : 2nd pass, it has nothign to do with a missing logfile.

[Acaila]

You probably forgot to add the extension for the logfile/hintfile.

Or maybe you're trying to save the 1st pass logfile in a place the program can't write to?

[iamsparticuz]

Please refer to this post for more information on the topic.
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=15481