[Laszlo Kovacs]

I had similar problems with variable bitrate divx files.
The solution was to split the video and audio to separate
files. I used virtualdub to do this.

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[Laszlo Kovacs]

I need some time to investigate, to be in help for you, but:

[Nomar25] “I have rendered this same file out in WMV9 format and it looks good on the monitor. I heard this Xvid codec would give me better results.”

I really doubt this.

I have rendered 352*288 25fps 256 kbps video using XviD-1.0.3-20122004.
2 pass rendering.

Vegas 5 built in 256kbps wmv resized to the same dimensions (352*288)
gave MUCH better image quality.

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[Laszlo Kovacs]

I had successes with xvid.

Could you give more info?
Error message?
Settings?

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[Laszlo Kovacs]

Well done!

Great!

😉

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[Laszlo Kovacs]

Hi,

[Ted Snow] “if a person has an NTSC VCR tape and wanted to send it to Germany to be viewed on a PAL system,”

Absolutely no need to do anything,
any 4 head (and some of the 2 head) VCR’s have
NTSC playback on PAL TV option.

So, if you send that ntsc tape over, playing it will not be
a problem.

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[Laszlo Kovacs]

I’d do so:
Link the menu button to that small video,
and that small video end action link to
the main movie.

Once I did similar way transitions between
menu pages.

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[Laszlo Kovacs] “YCenter: 281 <--(!!!!)"

Ooops.
I copied these values from a set which also removes those
distorted lines from the bottom of VHS records.

If you need convert only, YCenter should be 287.

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[Laszlo Kovacs]

Yes, field order.

Right click on media on the timeline.
Prpoerties; media tab.
There you can see field order.
DV files are usually lower field first.

Other sources (analog capture devices) may give you
upper field first video, that depends on the capture
hardware.

No problem with either, BUT

When you render, the source media
field order must be consistent with the
target.
So, when you render from lower field first DV AVI
into mpeg2 for dvd, the field order should be set
to “bottom field first” (render as… / custom /
video tab / field order)

If the field order settings are not consistent
moving gets jerky, eye-hurting.
This was the first lesson I learned when I started
with video digitizing and editing. 😉

You can also convert upper field first to
lower field first (or vice versa) using pan-crop.
Assuming PAL video
With :720
Height: 576
XCenter: 360
YCenter: 281 <--(!!!!) Don't maintain aspect, and don't stretch. (!!!) By(t)e Laca

[Laszlo Kovacs]

Or if you want a slowing audio effect,
try “pitch bend” of soundforge.

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[Laszlo Kovacs]

I bet, you messed up field order.

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