W3Exchange / Convert MKV to AVI fails, mutiple problems

erik · 2008-06-14 16:02:52

Hi. I'm new at this so please excuse my naivety. I have several mkv files ranging from 60,000 Kb to 710,000 Kb which I would like to convert to avi format so that I may watch them. However, when I do convert them they do not come out as intended. First, the file size is significantly smaller. Second, the track length of the video is reduced. A file with a length of over an hour is reduced down to only eight minutes. Third, the audio track is out of sync. I don't know about sound effects but speech is lagging behind the video at least five seconds. The selected output container is avi, output video codec is H.264/AVC, and the output audio codec is mp3.

Settings:

[Encoder]
Format=7
VidCodec=5
AudCodec=4
Encoder=1
VidBitr=24
AudBitr=11
VidScaleSize=9
MoreScaleSize=1
CustVWid=320
CustVHght=240
Cust1VWid=368
Cust1VHght=208
Cust2VWid=416
Cust2VHght=176
VidAspect=2
VidFPS=8
MoreFPS=0
Custfps=8
Cust1fps=16
Cust2fps=24
AudSample=7
AudChanl=1
VidDisable=0
AudDisable=0
VidCopy=0
AudCopy=0
Vidhq=1
Vidtq=0
Vidfasp=0
AudioSampleReference=1
AutoAudience=0
Target=0
TStarget=0
Theme=5
OutPutFolder=D:\Azureus Downloads\Videos\TV\Firefly\
SourceFolder=z:\
DSlogo=0
DSlogoMessg=*eRightSoft*
DSlogoFont=Vivaldi
DSlogoSize=28
DSlogoColor=10354879
DSlogoHlColor=16240383
DSlogoPos=4
DSJoinMux=1
DSMotion=-1
DSsmUD=12
DSfmUD=69
DSFH=0
DSFV=0
DSRevrs=0
DSTurning=-1
DSinvY=0
DSinvU=0
DSinvV=0
DSBW=0
DSFI=0
DSFO=0
DSFIsec=4
DSFOsec=03
DSInf=0
VidDeinterlace=0
BF=0
H264Stream=0
BFrames=2
EncodeDuration=0
ClosedGOP=0
GOPAuto=0
ManualGOP=15
AdjustVolume=1
EncodeVolume=6
SnapShotAt=4.3
VideoOffsetSec=3
EncDurationFor=10
CropTop=32
CropRight=0
CropButtom=32
CropLeft=0
PadColor=4670008
PadTop=32
PadRight=0
PadButtom=32
PadLeft=0
H264profile=0
H264level=1
FLVTag=
[RealProducer]
Path=C:\PROGRA~1\
Audience=0
EncodeProfile=1321
[GeneralOptions]
ShowHints=0
ShowWarnings=1
ShowCreditScreen=1
AlwaysOnTop=1
AnalyzeON=0
AviSynthON=0
PSPcnt=0
VOBcnt=10
SameSrcFolder=1
UnderScoreON=0
SameDateTimeON=0
LowerCaseON=0
[Player]
Brightness=0
Contrast=9
Hue=9
Saturation=9
FullScreen=1
Aspect43=0
Aspect169=0
Tiles=0
PlaySlow=0
PlayFast=0
Deinterlace=0
Flip=0
Mirror=0
TurnRight=0
TurnLeft=0
ShowLog=0

File Info:

General #0
Count : 186
Count of stream of this kind : 1
Kind of stream : General
StreamKindID : 0
Count of video streams : 1
Count of audio streams : 2
Count of text streams : 2
Count of chapter streams : 0
Codecs Video : AVC
Audio codecs : Vorbis / Vorbis
Audio_Language_List : English / English
Text codecs : VobSub / VobSub
Text_Language_List : English / Spanish
Complete name : D:\Azureus Downloads\Videos\TV\Firefly\Firefly 01e01 - Serenity.mkv
Folder name : D:\Azureus Downloads\Videos\TV\Firefly
File name : Firefly 01e01 - Serenity
File extension : mkv
Format : Matroska
Format : Matroska
Format/Url : http://packs.matroska.org/
Format/Extensions : mkv mka mks
Codec : Matroska
Codec : Matroska
Codec/Url : http://packs.matroska.org/
Codec/Extensions : mkv mka mks
File size : 726197301
File size : 693 MiB
File size : 693 MiB
File size : 693 MiB
File size : 693 MiB
File size : 692.6 MiB
PlayTime : 5202781.000
PlayTime : 1h 26mn
PlayTime : 1h 26mn 42s 781ms
PlayTime : 1h 26mn
PlayTime : 01:26:42.781
Bit rate : 1116629
Bit rate : 1117 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2008-04-16 00:21:11
Writing application : mkvmerge v2.1.0 ('Another Place To Fall') built on Aug 19 2007 13:40:07
Writing library : libebml v0.7.7 + libmatroska v0.8.1

Video #0
Count : 84
Count of stream of this kind : 1
Kind of stream : Video
StreamKindID : 0
ID : 1
UniqueID : 2990211753
Codec : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Codec : AVC
Codec/Family : AVC
Codec/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Codec/Url : http://ffdshow.sourceforge.net/tikiwiki … ng+ffdshow
Codec profile : High@L5.1
Codec settings : CABAC
Codec settings, CABAC : Yes
PlayTime : 5197541
PlayTime : 1h 26mn
PlayTime : 1h 26mn 37s 541ms
PlayTime : 1h 26mn
PlayTime : 01:26:37.541
Nominal bit rate : 905000
Nominal bit rate : 905 Kbps
Width : 720
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 480
Height : 480 pixels
Pixel Aspect Ratio : 1.000
Display Aspect ratio : 1.500
Display Aspect ratio : 1.500
Frame rate : 23.976
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Standard : NTSC
FrameCount : 124741
Chroma : 4:2:0
Interlacement : PPF
Interlacement : Progressive
Title : Video (H.264)
Writing library : x264 - core 58 svn-745
Writing library : x264 - core 58 svn-745
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=10 / deblock=1:-2:-1 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=umh / subme=6 / brdo=1 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=2 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / chroma_qp_offset=0 / threads=3 / nr=0 / decimate=0 / mbaff=0 / bframes=16 / b_pyramid=1 / b_adapt=1 / b_bias=0 / direct=3 / wpredb=1 / bime=1 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=25 / scenecut=40(pre) / rc=2pass / bitrate=905 / ratetol=1.0 / rceq='blurCplx^(1-qComp)' / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=10 / qpmax=51 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / ip_ratio=1.40 / pb_ratio=1.30

Audio #0
Count : 67
Count of stream of this kind : 2
Kind of stream : Audio
StreamKindID : 0
ID : 2
UniqueID : 1515863203
Codec : A_VORBIS
Codec : Vorbis
Codec/Family : Vorbis
Codec/Url : http://www.vorbis.com
Bit rate mode : VBR
Channel(s) : 2
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 48000
Sampling rate : 48 KHz
SamplingCount : 249733488
Title : English (Vorbis q4)
Language : en
Language : English

Audio #1
Count : 67
Count of stream of this kind : 2
Kind of stream : Audio
StreamKindID : 1
ID : 3
UniqueID : 1753881227
Codec : A_VORBIS
Codec : Vorbis
Codec/Family : Vorbis
Codec/Url : http://www.vorbis.com
Bit rate mode : VBR
Channel(s) : 2
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 48000
Sampling rate : 48 KHz
SamplingCount : 249733488
Title : Director's Comments (Vorbis q4)
Language : en
Language : English

Text #0
Count : 53
Count of stream of this kind : 2
Kind of stream : Text
StreamKindID : 0
ID : 4
UniqueID : 1731496879
Codec : S_VOBSUB
Codec : VobSub
Codec/Info : The same subtitle format used on DVDs
Language : en
Language : English

Text #1
Count : 53
Count of stream of this kind : 2
Kind of stream : Text
StreamKindID : 1
ID : 5
UniqueID : 415243441
Codec : S_VOBSUB
Codec : VobSub
Codec/Info : The same subtitle format used on DVDs
Language : es
Language : Spanish

Computer Specs:
CPU: 2.40 Ghz
RAM: 2 Gb
HDD Free Space: 70 Gb
OS: Windows Vista Ultimate 32bit

erik · 2008-06-15 15:46:42

Anyone out there?

erik · 2008-06-16 04:11:58

My, ain't this a helpful community.

96crypt_mod · 2008-06-16 11:48:44

erik wrote:
First, the file size is significantly smaller.

erik wrote:
Second, the track length of the video is reduced.
A file with a length of over an hour is reduced down to only eight minutes.

MEncoder that you have selected seems to abort encoding due to some broken frame,
therefore you are only getting 8 minutes of output with a relatively small size file

erik wrote:
Third, the audio track is out of sync.

do you notice the "out of sync" even when you play the rendered avi file with SUPER(C)

erik · 2008-06-16 16:08:17

No, but I have no interest in using Super as my media player.

96crypt_mod · 2008-06-16 16:31:48

erik wrote:
No, but I have no interest in using Super as my media player.

no one is asking you to use SUPER(C) as a media player.
the question was very clear:
do you notice the "out of sync" even when you play the rendered avi file with SUPER(C)

you are encoding in AVI[H.264, mp3]
H.264 is NOT a native codec in windows, therefore you are using a DirectShow decoder
to play this file on any other player.
If your DirectShow Decoder cannot cope with the heavy H.264 decoding process, you
will get an out-of-synch

SUPER(C) does NOT use any DirectShow Decoder when playing this file, therefore, you
will not have any out of synch when playing it with SUPER(C).

conclusion:
It is NOT the file who has the out-of-synch, it is your slow H.264 DirectShow Decoder installed on your PC

to solve and help your slow PC/DirectShow decoder, re-encode the file using a max
VideoScaleSize of 320:240

erik · 2008-06-16 22:57:38

Okay, I'll try that. To clarify, I was afraid you were going to tell me to just watch it in Super.

erik · 2008-06-24 20:09:06

Nope, didn't work.

RainDogx · 2008-08-11 17:14:12

HI:
Same problem.

96crypt_mod wrote:
do you notice the "out of sync" even when you play the rendered avi file with SUPER(C)

Yes still out of sync.

Try encodind in wmv, mov, mp4 etc... whit divx, mpeg4... etc and still out of synch.
When I check Directshow the audio is synchronized but the image looks very bad.
... and ffmpg selected.

I´m using version 2008 B.32 in vista 64. All the rest is working perfect.

chinaboat · 2008-08-18 23:22:29

Same thing is happening here - I was going along quite nicely converting mkv to avi/divx files with no problem. Now, no matter what settings I choose, Super can't to a complete conversion. I started out with a 183MB file the first time the conversion stopped at 110MB; I tried it again and it stopped at 106; now with the same original file it 87MB. I tired rebooting and running only Super; I tried DLing and converting a new/clean version of the file to a new output file, I tried changing to Xvid and mpg - same result. It starts out just fine then, wham, it hits 87MB the little progress bar that goes all green and it stops at 87MB.

When I play the mkv file with mplayer it plays just fine as an mkv

Any thoughts?

Thanks

#1 2008-06-14 16:02:52

Convert MKV to AVI fails, mutiple problems

#2 2008-06-15 15:46:42

Re: Convert MKV to AVI fails, mutiple problems

#3 2008-06-16 04:11:58

Re: Convert MKV to AVI fails, mutiple problems

#4 2008-06-16 11:48:44

Re: Convert MKV to AVI fails, mutiple problems

erik wrote:

erik wrote:

erik wrote:

#5 2008-06-16 16:08:17

Re: Convert MKV to AVI fails, mutiple problems

#6 2008-06-16 16:31:48

Re: Convert MKV to AVI fails, mutiple problems

erik wrote:

#7 2008-06-16 22:57:38

Re: Convert MKV to AVI fails, mutiple problems

#8 2008-06-24 20:09:06

Re: Convert MKV to AVI fails, mutiple problems

#9 2008-08-11 17:14:12

Re: Convert MKV to AVI fails, mutiple problems

96crypt_mod wrote:

#10 2008-08-18 23:22:29

Re: Convert MKV to AVI fails, mutiple problems

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