AVI2SVCD wont open avi file

[onisama]

The file will play in media player, but d2s won't open it. Vdub also will not open the file.

Here is the info AVIcodec gave me:

File : 350 Mb (350 Mb), duration 0:45:35, type OGG, 1 audio stream(s), quality 52 %

Video : 321 Mb, 986 Kbps, 23.976 fps, res. 576*432 (4:3), DIVX = OpenDivx v4, Supported

Audio : 28 Mb, 88 Kbps, 44100 Hz, 2 chan., 0x674F = Ogg Vorbis (mode1), Supported.


This file won't even play on one of my machines (it gives me a file format not supported error) and as far as I can tell, I have all the codecs neccessary installed.

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TMPG wont open it either. DivFix says it isn't an avi file.

[onisama]

If anyone else has these problems:

It was the ogg audio. I extracted the vidoe using goldwave. I opened the avi in vdub mod and muxed the video and wav audio (from goldwave)together. I had to also do a framerate conversion on the video (from 23.977 to 23.976). The resulting avi works fine.

[DDogg]

onisama, could you check to see if VDubMod would have generated the wav for you? If so, maybe you could do a short but detailed "how to" as there are so many folks with these type of conversions.

I wrote up something a little more generic in the sticky thread up top. It is mainly about audio. If you are interested you could do something more slanted toward odd video video and post it up there.

This post assumes you have tried encoding with avi2svcd and failed due to audio conversion or audio sync issues. It also assumes you have tried the suggestion from Dvd2SVCD above re vdub. This is another alternative to try after those.

Anybody with a problem DIVX/XVID/or other strange weird format Avi please try this and report back. I think this will fix you all up, but not for sure until you folks test and report.

1> Open avi in VDub and verify plays in sync.
2> In Video select Direct Stream Copy
3> In Audio:
--a> Select Full Processing Mode
--b> Select Compression><No compression (PCM)>
--c> Select Conversion and make sure 48k/16bit, Check High Quality
--d> Boost volume if you need to
4> Save new Avi off to HD (PCM audio will make it much bigger so make sure you have the HD space).
5> Load saved avi back into VDub and play. Check if audio is in sync. If so goto next (6), if not stop and go to interleaving tab in audio and try to make adjustments in the delay section until in sync and then re-save as in (4)
6> Encode this new Avi as normal in Avi2SVCD.

Please let us know if it encodes with no problem and whether the final SVCD it is in sync when played on TV or a proper SVCD software player that you absolutely KNOW handles SVCD properly from past experience.

[onisama]

Goldwave is the only thing I can get to process the audio, nothing else will even recognize the file as an avi file. I will work on a "how to" though.

[onisama]

@DDogg:

OK, this was my first attempt at writing a conversion guide (at least for anything other than my actual job), so here it is. Feel free to use it in any way you see fit. It probably needs a different title.


.Ogg/Ogm/Vorbis -> .wav audio conversion

If you have an .avi file with ogg/vorbis audio and DVD2Svcd won't open it, here's what you do:

Software needed (freeware):
-- 1. VirtualDubMod - can be obtained at http://virtualdubmod.sourceforge.net/ or from the doom9 downloads section (I used version 1.5.1.1a for this guide).
-- 2. Goldwave Audio editor- can be obtianed at http://www.goldwave.com/gwave504.exe

1.) Open Goldwave:
-- a.) Select "File" -> "Batch Processing..."
-- b.) Select "Add Files..." and add your .avi file
-- c.) On the "Convert" tab:
---- 1. check "Convert files to this format:"
---- 2. Slect "Wave" and "PCM signed 16bit, stereo" for save type and attributes
-- d.) Click "Begin"

In a few minutes you will have a .wav file created in the same directory as your .avi file

2.) Open VirtualDubMod (1.5.1.1a was used here):
-- a.) Select "File" -> "Open video file..."
-- b.) Select your .avi file and click "Open"
-- c.) Select "Streams" -> "Stream list"
-- d.) In the "Available streams" window: Disable the source .ogm audio file by highlighting it and clicking "Disable"
-- e.) Select "Video" -> "Direct stream copy"
-- f.) Select "File" -> "Save As..." and save the .avi file as 'no_audio.avi' or something similar

3.) Open 'no_audio.avi' in VirtualDubMod
-- a.) Select "Streams" -> "Stream list"
-- b.) In the "Available streams" window: Select "Add" and add the wave file you created with Goldwave
-- c.) Select "Video" -> "Direct stream copy"
-- e.) Select "File" -> "Save As..." and save your new .avi file as 'audio_mux.avi' or something similar

4.) Check 'audio_mux.avi' for synch problems (there shouldn't be any) in whatever media player you use, I prefer Divx Player

5.) Load 'audio_mux.avi' into DVD2SVCD and let it go