Strange audio/video sync problem...please help

[napski]

Strange problem here with audio/video sync problem and I really need some help. I've searched the forum but nothing this bad was mentioned.

After the SVCD creation and burning a CD, my video seems to be totally black for the first 4:50 while the audio continues playing and its not even from the beginning. Both the audio and the video are not even close to being in sync with the original DVD. The DVD doesn't start off with a black screen at all! Maybe this is a ripping problem?

Its like this in both my DVD players (computer and TV)

So in essence, they are both TOTALLY off.

I've never had this type of problem before.

I have a P4 1.6 GHZ. with 256 RAM running WinXP.

I didn't change any settings on DVD2SVCD with the exception for the movie offset seconds below:

Movie offset seconds : 0
Checked: CD Overlap seconds: 2


Here is the LOG:

WNASPI32.DLL 4.6.0.1021
--------------------------------------------------------
- 2/8/2003 12:39:57 AM
- DVD to SVCD Conversion
- DVD2SVCD ver. 1.1.0 build 1c
--------------------------------------------------------
Initializing
Initializing finished.

--------------------------------------------------------
- 2/8/2003 12:40:00 AM
- DVD2AVI
--------------------------------------------------------
Creating DVD2AVI INI file:
- C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\DVD2AVI\DVD2AVI.INI

Variable settings:
iDCT_Algorithm: 32-bit SSE MMX

Executing DVD2AVI.
Executing DVD2AVI. Commandline:
"C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\DVD2AVI\DVD2AVI.exe" -CS=2 -YR=1 -EXIT -OF=[C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\DVD2AVI_Project_file] -IF=[C:\New Folder\Cadfael Virgin in the Ice\VTS_02_1.vob,C:\New Folder\Cadfael Virgin in the Ice\VTS_02_2.vob,C:\New Folder\Cadfael Virgin in the Ice\VTS_02_3.vob,C:\New Folder\Cadfael Virgin in the Ice\VTS_02_4.vob]
Analyzing DVD2AVI Project file
Force Film NOT activated!
Framerate: 29970
DVD2AVI processing done.

--------------------------------------------------------
- 2/8/2003 12:42:14 AM
- Free on drive C: 35663.95 mb
- AUDIO Extraction
--------------------------------------------------------
Found AC3 stream id: 0x80
Filename: C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\Extracted_audio_1.ac3
Audio1 delay: 342272 ms
Audio extraction finished.

--------------------------------------------------------
- 2/8/2003 12:45:49 AM
- Free on drive C: 35595.48 mb
- AUDIO conversion
--------------------------------------------------------

Encoding Audio. Filename: C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\Extracted_audio_1.ac3
Executing BeSweet. Commandline:
"C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\BeSweet\BeSweet.exe" -core( -input "C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\Extracted_audio_1.ac3" -output "C:\PROGRA~1\DVD2SVCD\Movie\Encoded_audio_1.mp2" -logfile "C:\PROGRA~1\DVD2SVCD\Movie\Encoded_audio_1.log" ) -azid( -L -3db -c normal -s surround -g max ) -ota( -d 342272 ) -shibatch( --rate 44100 ) -2lame( -e -b 192 -m s )
Audio conversion of C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\Extracted_audio_1.ac3 finished.

Audio conversion finished.

--------------------------------------------------------
- 2/8/2003 1:02:08 AM
- Free on drive C: 35491.88 mb
- Video Encoding using Cinema Craft
--------------------------------------------------------

Executing Cinema Craft Encoder.
StreamSectors: 1542373728
AudioSectors: 119267680
VideoPAPO: 22044672
ScanOffsetBytes: 176012
SeqAligningBytes: 11186566
DVDBytes: 0
VideoEndHeader: 8
SubtitleSectors: 0
EmptySectors: 238.00
PictureSectors: 1.00
PureMPEGStream: 1389698789.73
Seconds: 4903.13
CalcMPEGStream: 1389698789.73
Frames: 146677
CDSize: 740.00
Number of CDs: 2
Cut point 735.00
Variable Settings:
Frames: 146677
Anti Noise Filter: Off
Passes: 3
Image Quality: 17
VAF file creation: On
Video Encoding Mode: Multipass VBR
Min. bitrate: 300
Max. bitrate: 2530
Avg. Bitrate: 2230
Aspect Ratio: 4:3 (No borders, encoded as 4:3)

---AVS Begin---
LoadPlugin("C:\PROGRA~1\DVD2SVCD\MPEG2Dec\mpeg2dec.dll")
mpeg2source("C:\PROGRA~1\DVD2SVCD\Movie\DVD2AV~1.D2V")
Blendfields()
BicubicResize(480,480,0.0,0.6)
ResampleAudio(44100)
----AVS End----

Closing program
CCE Max Speed: 1.090
Video Encoding finished.

--------------------------------------------------------
- 2/8/2003 6:10:36 AM
- Free on drive C: 34154.93 mb
- Converting Pictures from ES to PS
--------------------------------------------------------
Saving bbMPEG settings: C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\bbMPEG\default.ini
--------------------------------------------------------
- 2/8/2003 6:10:39 AM
- Free on drive C: 34154.42 mb
- Converting Pictures from ES to PS
--------------------------------------------------------
Saving bbMPEG settings: C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\bbMPEG\default.ini
--------------------------------------------------------
- 2/8/2003 6:10:41 AM
- Free on drive C: 34155.42 mb
- Converting Pictures from ES to PS
--------------------------------------------------------
Saving bbMPEG settings: C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\bbMPEG\default.ini
--------------------------------------------------------
- 2/8/2003 6:10:44 AM
- Free on drive C: 34155.41 mb
- Multiplexing and cutting
--------------------------------------------------------
Saving bbMPEG settings: C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\bbMPEG\default.ini
Offset in Seconds: 0
Executing bbMPEG.
Variable Settings:
Movie offset: 0 seconds
Cut point: 735 mb

Executing RunbbMPEG. Commandline:
"C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\bbMPEG\RunbbMPEG.exe" "C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\bbMPEG_Muxed_File.mpg"
Length of C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\bbMPEG_Muxed_File00.mpg
2426 Seconds
Offset in Seconds: 2426
Executing bbMPEG.
Variable Settings:
Movie offset: 0 seconds
Cut point: 735 mb

Executing RunbbMPEG. Commandline:
"C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\bbMPEG\RunbbMPEG.exe" "C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\bbMPEG_Muxed_File.mpg"
Multiplexing and cutting finished.

--------------------------------------------------------
- 2/8/2003 6:28:05 AM
- Free on drive C: 32717.09 mb
- Determining length of audio
--------------------------------------------------------
Analyzing: C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\bbMPEG_Muxed_File00.mpg
2428.944 seconds C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\bbMPEG_Muxed_File00.mpg
Analyzing: C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\bbMPEG_Muxed_File01.mpg
2078.720 seconds C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\bbMPEG_Muxed_File01.mpg
Analyzing finished.

--------------------------------------------------------
- 2/8/2003 6:30:32 AM
- Free on drive C: 32716.59 mb
- Creating CD-Images using VCDXBuild
--------------------------------------------------------
- No. of chapters to create: 6

CD image #1: CD_Image_File_CD1.bin

Executing VCDXBuild. Commandline:
"C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\VCDImager\VCDXBuild.exe" --verbose --cue-file="C:\PROGRA~1\DVD2SVCD\Movie\CD_Image_File_CD1.cue" --bin-file="C:\PROGRA~1\DVD2SVCD\Movie\CD_Image_File_CD1.bin" "C:\PROGRA~1\DVD2SVCD\Movie\VCDXBU~1.XML"
--------------------------------------------------------
- 2/8/2003 6:34:49 AM
- Free on drive C: 31972.61 mb
- Creating CD-Images using VCDXBuild
--------------------------------------------------------
- No. of chapters to create: 4

CD image #2: CD_Image_File_CD2.bin

Executing VCDXBuild. Commandline:
"C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\VCDImager\VCDXBuild.exe" --verbose --cue-file="C:\PROGRA~1\DVD2SVCD\Movie\CD_Image_File_CD2.cue" --bin-file="C:\PROGRA~1\DVD2SVCD\Movie\CD_Image_File_CD2.bin" "C:\PROGRA~1\DVD2SVCD\Movie\VCDXBU~2.XML"
CD-Image creation finished.

--------------------------------------------------------
- 2/8/2003 6:37:21 AM
- Free on drive C: 31259.83 mb
- SVCD Creation finished!
--------------------------------------------------------

[hoozdapimp]

Originally posted by napski
Movie offset seconds : 0


if you would have read the guides, you would have known that using 0 seconds for the movie offset is very likely to cause these problems. more than likely this is the problem.

try again with it set back to the default of 2 and i bet ya it works.

[napski]

I just tried your suggestion and it didn't work at all.
The exact same results as before.

Any other suggestions? Please help! :(

[markrb]

What did you use to rip the DVD?

Mark

[napski]

I found the problem!

Strangely enough, I was just curious and checked the "Movie Length" tab...there was 2 more selections about 4 minutes off from what was originally there.

Very strange because this DVD is only an 1 hour American show, and that's it! Plus I only check that Movie Length tab when there are chapters on the DVD (you know...a DVD that has 4 shows that are 45 min. each.) So, I tried using the other time length and BINGO! It came out PERFECT!

Sorry to bother everyone about this.