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**ChickenMan** · 03-12-2002

DivX to VCD Possible Encounted Problems
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Q1. I'm trying to convert a DivX and all I get is a black picture. Audio is okay.

A1a. Install DivX Codec 3.11a also. DivX 3.11 is still used and prefered by a few DivX makers today and DivX 5.x in some systems does not seam to work for these.

A1b. Can also be due to having Xvid codec in the avi file. Install the latest Xvid Codec from the address as above.

Q2. When trying to convert a DivX, I get an error in TMPGEnc saying the Audio is not supported or recognised.

A2. TMPGEnc is not able to convert a DivX with either a VBR MP3 or AC3 soundtrack. We must first extract the Audio track out of the AVI and convert to WAV.

a. Run VirtualDUB and load in the AVI file. Both VBR MP3 or AC3 errors can be reported, cancel these.
b. Click Audio tab and make sure "Direct Stream Copy" is selected.
c. Click on File and then Save WAV. Give a name and OK.
d. All this has done is extracted the VBR MP3 or AC3 audio out as a separate file and named it as a WAV. No conversion to a WAV has actually occured. Rename the save file to audio.mp3 if a VBR MP3 or to audio.ac3 if AC3.
e. Now we need to convert these files to a WAV, so choose the VBR MP3 or AC3 method depending on your file.

For VBR MP3
1. Install and run WinAmp 2.x ( d/l from www.winamp.com), for version 3 or above you need to get a pluggin from their homesite I believe. Right click its front and select Options / Preferences / Plug-ins Output. Select Nulsoft Disk Writer Plugin. Click Configure and make sure it converts to PCM, 16bit, 44.1khz Stereo. Select an output folder also. OK back to main screen.
2. Now PLAY the VBR MP3. Nothing will be heard as it converts to a WAV. This takes just a few minutes to convert.
3. Change settings back to WaveOUT plugin when done. You will now have a large WAV file on your HD.
4. Other programs can be used but I find WinAmp very quick, accurate and doesn't produce A/V sync problems.

For AC3
1. Copy Azid.exe ( d/l from www.doom9.net download section ) to the folder that has your audio.ac3 file.
2. From a DOS or Command prompt move to the folder that has your audio.ac3 file and type in the following:
azid --maximize audio.ac3 audio.wav
3. In a few minutes, you will have a large WAV file on your HD.

f. Now continue with the DivX to VCD tutorial using the original DivX AVI as Video source and the new WAV as the Audio source in TMPGenc.

ChickenMan (c)2003 - Updated Dec 2003

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ChickenMan Senior Moderator Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Oz Posts: 2,645	Possible DivX to VCD problems DivX to VCD Possible Encounted Problems ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Q1. I'm trying to convert a DivX and all I get is a black picture. Audio is okay. A1a. Install DivX Codec 3.11a also. DivX 3.11 is still used and prefered by a few DivX makers today and DivX 5.x in some systems does not seam to work for these. A1b. Can also be due to having Xvid codec in the avi file. Install the latest Xvid Codec from the address as above. Q2. When trying to convert a DivX, I get an error in TMPGEnc saying the Audio is not supported or recognised. A2. TMPGEnc is not able to convert a DivX with either a VBR MP3 or AC3 soundtrack. We must first extract the Audio track out of the AVI and convert to WAV. a. Run VirtualDUB and load in the AVI file. Both VBR MP3 or AC3 errors can be reported, cancel these. b. Click Audio tab and make sure "Direct Stream Copy" is selected. c. Click on File and then Save WAV. Give a name and OK. d. All this has done is extracted the VBR MP3 or AC3 audio out as a separate file and named it as a WAV. No conversion to a WAV has actually occured. Rename the save file to audio.mp3 if a VBR MP3 or to audio.ac3 if AC3. e. Now we need to convert these files to a WAV, so choose the VBR MP3 or AC3 method depending on your file. For VBR MP3 1. Install and run WinAmp 2.x ( d/l from www.winamp.com), for version 3 or above you need to get a pluggin from their homesite I believe. Right click its front and select Options / Preferences / Plug-ins Output. Select Nulsoft Disk Writer Plugin. Click Configure and make sure it converts to PCM, 16bit, 44.1khz Stereo. Select an output folder also. OK back to main screen. 2. Now PLAY the VBR MP3. Nothing will be heard as it converts to a WAV. This takes just a few minutes to convert. 3. Change settings back to WaveOUT plugin when done. You will now have a large WAV file on your HD. 4. Other programs can be used but I find WinAmp very quick, accurate and doesn't produce A/V sync problems. For AC3 1. Copy Azid.exe ( d/l from www.doom9.net download section ) to the folder that has your audio.ac3 file. 2. From a DOS or Command prompt move to the folder that has your audio.ac3 file and type in the following: azid --maximize audio.ac3 audio.wav 3. In a few minutes, you will have a large WAV file on your HD. f. Now continue with the DivX to VCD tutorial using the original DivX AVI as Video source and the new WAV as the Audio source in TMPGenc. ChickenMan (c)2003 - Updated Dec 2003 Last edited by ChickenMan; 08-12-2003 at 12:37.