Can't get credits to encode separately with GK .28 and Xvid??

[Ronstang]

I can't get GK .28 using the Xvid codec to encode the credits separately. It always worked fine for me when I was encoding with Divx 5.02 so I am not sure what could be wrong.

I select the start of the credits like usual but when I choose the "save and encode" button the trim funciton in the lower left corner of the next screen is grayed out so I cannot choose "Both (enc credits separately)" as I always have in the past.

The only clue I can find is when I just bypass it and save the avs file and move on to the encoder screen and check the codec settings under credits I notice the frame number for the start of the credits is correct but the frame number for the end of the credits is actually BEFORE the frame number of the start of the credits. Sorry if that reads confusingly......

I really don't know enough to find the problem so any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance......BTW I have 2 movies ready to encode as soon as this issue is resolved.....I'm not rushing anyone, but you know:D

[Ronstang]

Well, I just installed GK .28.5 and it looks to me like Xvid doesn't even support encoding the credits separately and then appending them automatically like Divx 5.

What is the procedure for doing this then?

Thanks

[epere4]

That is because DivX does not include an option to set a different config for the credits. So GKnot has to make an extra .avs for the credits and encode them separately.
XviD has this incorporated to itself, so no extra .avs is needed.

Do as you were doing and don´t worry about it, GKnot automatically sends to XviD the frame number where the credits starts and the codec does the rest. When the enconding is finish, you will have your credits enconded as you wanted :D

[Ronstang]

Thank You...but I still had to correct the frame # where the credits end (end of file) because it incorrectly picked a frame # that was actually before the start position....very strange.

[epere4]

Strange indeed, but if I were you I would test if it works anyway and then come back with the conclusions. Don´t know, maybe it works Ok.

[Ronstang]

Thanks again, everything is fine now. The first movies had strange frame numbers but the second one was fine. I manually ajusted the first one and both movies encoded great with the credits being done correctly also.

[len0x]

Originally posted by Ronstang
Thanks again, everything is fine now. The first movies had strange frame numbers but the second one was fine. I manually ajusted the first one and both movies encoded great with the credits being done correctly also.

Be aware, that if you do IVTC then GK automatically ajust frame numbers for credits, so they are not the same as you see on preview window...