DivX & XMPEG problems

[imported_Phil]

Hi all,

I've got some problems with DivX5 Pro & XMPEG. I've been encoding DVDs for the last couple of years, and have found that upgrading to the latest versions of these programs causes major grief, i.e.:
With XMPEG 4.5, opening the first .vob of a set of, say six, causes it to only open that one file. Trying to get it to treat all the files as one (as the previous versions did) is seemingly impossible. Any ideas folks?

Secondly, DivX5 Pro causes major audio synchronisation problems. For instance, if I skip to the middle of a movie done in 5.0Pro, the picture takes between 5 and 15 seconds to catch up with the audio. This is highly irritating and never used to happen in any other versions. Even running it through VirtualDub doesn't fix it.
I'm using the radium codec, before you ask.

Can anyone solve this? Had similar problems and have fixed them? Would like to know...

Cheers,
Dopefiend

 

[imported_Phil]

*bump*
C'mon guys, need some help here, got a huge backlog to clear overnight...

Dopefiend

 

[Haden]

To open all vobs you need plugin called dvd.mism

As for synchronisation, it restores to normal after 5-15 sec. yes?
If so it's normal then, your cpu must decode all frames from nearest
key frame to current position, less keyframes you have more time it will take
You can increase keyframe number in codec configuration.
(when working with Vdub I like to keep holding Shift key so it always stics to keyframes)

BTW don't use DivX5.01, it's known to have lots of bugs, stay with 5.0 or upgrade to 5.02

Hope that helps.

 

[imported_Phil]

> To open all vobs you need plugin called dvd.mism

I've got that, version 4.5 still refuses to open all the files unless I've got a .ifo file which I don't have for two of the DVDs.

> As for synchronisation, it restores to normal after 5-15 sec. yes?
> If so it's normal then, your cpu must decode all frames from nearest
> key frame to current position, less keyframes you have more time it will take
> You can increase keyframe number in codec configuration.
> (when working with Vdub I like to keep holding Shift key so it always stics to keyframes)

Kinda. The trouble is that yes, it "catches up" after a few seconds and the audio's fine. However, in the last third or so of the movie, the audio synching goes to pot, with about a half second delay right at the end, as if the synching is getting worse as the movie goes on.

> BTW don't use DivX5.01, it's known to have lots of bugs, stay with 5.0 or upgrade to 5.02

I'm using 5.02ProGain (haha see ya Gaintrickler, ZoneAlarm's on the case). The only thing I've noticed is that I have to use the DivX3.11 Audio codec because even though I'm using the radium codec on both my machines, the 1.2Ghz Athlon box doesn't like using the radium codec and reports "error opening output codec: check that the file isn't in use" (or similar). The only way to get it going is to install the 3.11a codec and use it's audio codec in XMPEG.

Can anyone help? This is driving me bonkers...

Dopefiend