Conversion seems to not work?

[joshweisler]

I am using videora for the first time. The first few conversions that I have done do not seem to work. They import into iTunes after converted, but they don't play properly. I get sound but no picture at all - just fuzzy lines.

Here is the conversion info. Thanks in advance
:
EXEC: C:\Program Files\Red Kawa\Video Converter 3\Tools\VideoInfo\VideoInfo.exe "D:\Josh\My Videos\Sleeper Cell S01 EP02.avi"

VideoInfo Tool 3.0
(C) 2007 Red Kawa Inc.
http://www.redkawa.com

MediaInfoLib - v0.7.5.2

Container=AVI
FileSize=350 MiB
VideoCodec=XVID
VideoPlayTime=00:52:40.327
VideoBitrate=780 Kbps
VideoWidth=624
VideoHeight=352
VideoAspectRatio=1.773
VideoFrameRate=23.976
VideoFrameCount=75772
AudioCodec=MPA1L3
AudioBitrate=129 Kbps
AudioMode=VBR
AudioChannels=2
AudioSamplingRate=48000

AVIdwRate=2997
AVIdwScale=125

DONE
MSG - VideoInfo - Length: 3160s
MSG - VideoInfo - Width: 624 pixels
MSG - VideoInfo - Height: 352 pixels
MSG - VideoInfo - Aspect Ratio: 1.773
MSG - VideoInfo - Framerate: 23.976 fps
MSG - VideoInfo - Container: AVI
MSG - VideoInfo - Video Codec: XVID
MSG - VideoInfo - Audio Codec: MPA1L3
EXEC: C:\Program Files\Red Kawa\Video Converter 3\Tools\VideoInfo\VideoInfo.exe "D:\Josh\My Videos\Sleeper Cell S01 EP02.avi"

VideoInfo Tool 3.0
(C) 2007 Red Kawa Inc.
http://www.redkawa.com

MediaInfoLib - v0.7.5.2

Container=AVI
FileSize=350 MiB
VideoCodec=XVID
VideoPlayTime=00:52:40.327
VideoBitrate=780 Kbps
VideoWidth=624
VideoHeight=352
VideoAspectRatio=1.773
VideoFrameRate=23.976
VideoFrameCount=75772
AudioCodec=MPA1L3
AudioBitrate=129 Kbps
AudioMode=VBR
AudioChannels=2
AudioSamplingRate=48000

AVIdwRate=2997
AVIdwScale=125

DONE
MSG - OS - Version: Microsoft Windows NT 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2
MSG - Converter - Version: 3.01
MSG - Converter - Device: iPodClassic_6G
MSG - Converter - Profile: VideoWizard
MSG - VideoInfo - Length: 3160s
MSG - VideoInfo - Width: 624 pixels
MSG - VideoInfo - Height: 352 pixels
MSG - VideoInfo - Aspect Ratio: 1.773
MSG - VideoInfo - Framerate: 23.976 fps
MSG - VideoInfo - Frame Count: 75772
MSG - Converter - Automatically Generating Framerate
EXEC: C:\Program Files\Red Kawa\Video Converter 3\Tools\FFmpeg\ffmpeg.exe -y -i "D:\Josh\My Videos\Sleeper Cell S01 EP02.avi" -f mp4 -title "Sleeper Cell S01 EP02" -timestamp "2007-09-09 10:57:00" -vcodec xvid -r 24000/1001 -b 1536k -bufsize 2500k -maxrate 2500k -g 250 -acodec aac -ac 2 -ab 128k "D:\Josh\iPod Videos\Sleeper Cell S01 EP02.mp4"

FFmpeg version SVN-r9133, Copyright (c) 2000-2007 Fabrice Bellard, et al.
configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-pp --enable-swscaler --enable-pthreads --enable-liba52 --enable-avisynth --enable-libamr-nb --enable-libamr-wb --enable-libfaac --enable-libfaad --enable-libgsm --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libnut --enable-libogg --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis --enable-x264 --enable-xvid --cpu=i686 --enable-memalign-hack --extra-ldflags=-static --enable-dirac
libavutil version: 49.4.0
libavcodec version: 51.40.4
libavformat version: 51.12.1
built on May 27 2007 19:45:44, gcc: 4.2.0

Seems stream 0 codec frame rate differs from container frame rate: 23.98 (65535/2733) -> 23.98 (2997/125)
Input #0, avi, from 'D:\Josh\My Videos\Sleeper Cell S01 EP02.avi':
Duration: 00:52:40.3, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 929 kb/s
Stream #0.0: Video: mpeg4, yuv420p, 624x352, 23.98 fps(r)
Stream #0.1: Audio: mp3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 128 kb/s
Output #0, mp4, to 'D:\Josh\iPod Videos\Sleeper Cell S01 EP02.mp4':
Stream #0.0: Video: xvid, yuv420p, 624x352, q=2-31, 1536 kb/s, 23.98 fps(c)
Stream #0.1: Audio: aac, 48000 Hz, stereo, 128 kb/s
Stream mapping:
Stream #0.0 -> #0.0
Stream #0.1 -> #0.1
Press [q] to stop encoding

[Midiman]

..........

okay...

Output #0, mp4, to 'D:\Josh\iPod Videos\Sleeper Cell S01 EP02.mp4':
Stream #0.0: Video: xvid, yuv420p, 624x352, q=2-31, 1536 kb/s, 23.98 fps(c)

previous answer rethought... get your resolution up to a 640 width... if you really want it twice (okay... 4 times) as big as it needs to be... and you might, very well, want to do that for one particular reason... I leave it to you to decide what that reason might be. I, myself, have owned an external video cable for two years... but have never seen fit to use it.

Thta's likely because I own a larger DVD library than most libraries. If I want to play something externally... I use another medium.

Oh, gosh... I've been sarcastic again. I keep working on it.

[joshweisler]

OK -- so prior to converting, iTunes would not even pull import it. After conversion, it imports, but as previously mentioned, does not play it properly.

However, if I import the converted file into a different program that I use to play media (J River Media Center), it plays the converted file with no problem at all.

What am I missing? Is it simply the width that's problem? (I have to admit that I really did not understand your response -- I don't know much about video.)

[Red Kawa]

iTunes and Quicktime are very picky when it comes to video.
All your settings look ok so it is odd that you are having problems.
You should try converting your video using the "New" video format setting in the VideoWizard. That might help.

[joshweisler]

Forgive me, but where is this "new" setting?

[Red Kawa]

If you look at this screen shot:
http://www.videora.com/en-us/Converter/iPod/guide/video-to-ipod/screenshots/normal4.gif

You will see the Video Format setting has "Old" or "New" settings.
According to your log you are using the "Old" setting, try the "New" setting.

[joshweisler]

I made the change to "new" but still doing the same thing. I thought this was easy as loading and selecting the file. Why can't I seem to get this to work for me?

Any other suggestions? Uninstall reinstall? Any particular test file to run?

[joshweisler]

I just wanted to give everybody an update.

It seems after I convert using Videora, the video files do not play in iTunes, HOWEVER when I sync them to the ipod, they play on the ipod.

Remember, I couldn't play the converted files in iTunes, but I could play them (converted and pre-converted) in other media players. I don't know why they would play on the Ipod but not within iTunes.

Weird?......