Using Dvd moviefactory5 plus Sound out of sync

[makaveli3004]

I took a straight divx movie converted it through the dvd movie factory into an iso then burned it from iso to a dvd but the audio and video are out of sync. what could be the problem

[Ron P.]

I took a straight divx movie converted it through the dvd movie factory into an iso then burned it from iso to a dvd but the audio and video are out of sync. what could be the problem

Your answer is highlighted in red above.. You took a highly compressed format, no a very highley compressed format, DivX and then used a program that is not specially made to handle those formats, and converted it to a lessor compressed format, created menus, burned to DVD. It can be done, however don't expect this sort of thing to be successful very often. I've taken DVD MPEG2, and converted it to DivX, and found the compression has to be extraordinary. The DVD MPEG2 was over 650 Meg, the resulting DivX was only 64 Meg. Bear in mind that the DVD MPEG2 was compressed from a DV. I don't think I could go the other way with any degree of success though.

If you want to create a DVD using the DivX codec, then stick with the DivX format, and burn a DivX DVD. However you need a player that is capable of playing DivX. I just purchased one a couple of days ago. It set me back a whole $30 (US). I haven't had a chance to burn a DivX disc but will try within the next day or two.

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[DVDDoug]

I agree. If you are going to mess-around with DivX or Xvid, use software especially made for it. If you search the Web, or check the DivX sites, you should be able to find something.

SVCD 2 DVD (~$40 USD) claims to convert almost anything to DVD. (I have not tried it myself.)

Also, whenever you convert from one "lossy" compression scheme to another, you will loose some quality. (This is similar to what happens when you make an analog copy, or when you make a Xerox of a Xerox.) Some quality/detail was already lost when the movie was converted to DivX, and there will be additional loss when you convert it back to DVD. (The quality loss might not be noticable if you use a high enough bitrate.)