Hi there, i've been trying to join 2 715mb xvid avi files together using virtualdub. They both have the same audio and video, so there were no problems trying to get it going. Th problem was about 10% in when it said the file was too large. What the deuce? When i checked the 10% file that had gone through the virtualdub programme it was 4GB large!!! Holy Jez! How did that happen? Is there anyway of just joining the two together as one avi about 1.5GB large? Thanks for your help.
fat32 harddrives/windows 98 only have a maximum file limit of 4gb, if you have xp hardrive your in luck as they dont have file restrictions so only if ur prepared to get xp, ur file is going to work this is the limitation of fat32 hardrives(the only i think) no files larger than 4gb cheers m8 _X_X_X_X_X_[small]Young man......Young man......You Just Got Knocked the Fucked Out[/small]
the file is still gonna be over 4gb no matter what time 4 an upgrade i think, so at least u can save to an ntfs hard drive which has no limitations
Ou, then maybe my math sucks but since the last time I checked 2*715=1430. So it should be about 1.5GB. ) And by using direct stream copy and source audio (by default) the combined file should be about that size.
cheers guys, i'm gonna go to sleep and leave it over night. I'll tell you tomorrow what happens. Cheers again.
god im blind i didnt even see the 2x715mb, tunnel vision =/ takes mental note, i wont be answering anymore questions when ive been drinking all night with no sleep lol cheers m8
well guys, the two files have now been married as one 1.5 gb file. Cheers. One last thing, does this mean now that when i encode it into mpeg-1 with TMPGenc i'm going to have to place the file over three discs? Not really bothered but would have liked it on two. Also, no one seems to be able to answer my crackkling sound query when encoding avi movie files that have audio "5 channels", not just "2 channels" like most, so if anyone has ideas there please let me know. thanks.
you can squeeze 70-80mins on a 700mb cdr so 2hrs40mins is the most you can fit onto 2cds, so if your file is over 2hrs40mins then yes 3cds it is(dont worry about overburning, its only a couple of minutes more on both cds) as for the crackling sound are you converting the audio to wav before you encode, its a must, or if you source has ac-3 audio you can install ac3-acm decompressor which will let tmpge encode without converting to wav first other than that, it could be a codec conflict, but im not too sure, i cant say ive ever experienced crackling sound after a conversion of any sort hope this helps cheers EDIT:. oh yeah im sober now so i think i saw the whole of your question =D _X_X_X_X_X_[small]Young man......Young man......You Just Got Knocked the Fucked Out[/small]
The crackling sound has gone!? Downloaded a more up to date TMPGenc and it was fine. However....(sorry) when i'm encoding this particular file it crashes 20% in. I've run it through AVIfixed and it has no corrupt frames or bad data so i don't know why it does it. Any suggestions, cheers Mick
yeah always update when a new version comes out, lotta bug fixes in updates how do you mean it just crashes??? does an error come up?, or does it just die in the ass??? if it just chokes up with no error message, it could be many things?? but you could try raising the priority of the direct show file reader in enviromental settings under the vfapi plug-in tab which may help, it may be the xvid codec your using(try another 1), it may be a codec conflict(uninstall any codec packs you have, just install the 1's you need) or it could be that it is the file itself causing tmpge to crash (you could try a little prog like 'dixfix' instead of avifix) http://divfix.maxeline.com/ ive found this prog the best for rooting out any problems with an avi i know ive suggested alot(try them all), but its hard to know what the problem is when you say it just crashes(as the list is endless in possiblitys that could be causing the crashing), it could even be your cpu overheating during the encoding process, as encoding is a very cpu intensive task i can say that in my experience on my p2 350(yes piece of shit) its only ever crashed when i used a corrupted file(which i was always able to mend with divfix) or when ive had a gay codec conflicting pack install, other than that tmpge has always shown an error message if there was any other problems, im thinking its a corrupted file as it stops at 20%, but that doesnt mean its not a codec conflict or raising the directshow prority wont help either anywayz hope 1 of my suggestions helps you out cheers m8
Mick, you rock! I sorta liked TMPGEnc, but that was about a month ago... How can you activate your copy after it dies? There's not even a place to enter a serial# or whatever. Yeah, any little thing (in either 715MB XviD file) could stop you dead, when there is dloading and much dubbing and joining (especially if you didn't make the XviDs yourself) You need big CPU/memory because TMPGEnc has to both decode the XviD and encode the MPEG on-the-fly. A nice hot CPU will keep a Canadian warm in the winter! But maybe you're running hot. Good luck bro. Maybe, do a cooling-tuneup: coupla new fans, some Arctic Silver, clean the airways, round cables, eh?
