Unable to create a 700 Mb File using XviD Codec

n2koolkat · Post by **n2koolkat** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 3:16 pm

I have created a Ulead Media Pro (version 7.3) project comprising about 20 video clips and totalling 1hr 20min and 40 sec. I've decompressed the audio and video files and need to create a 700mb avi video from the project. I have done so successfully in the past using the DivX codec. However i now prefer the clarity of the Xvid codec.

No matter how i alter the settings i can't seem to get the file to fill a 700mb CD. The inbuilt calculator always seems to come up with a file of less than 600mb file no matter how i alter the setting. I guess this is not really that important however i do feel that there is room to use a slightly higher bitrate and therefore a slightly better quality file. The bitrate it supposed to be using according to the calculator is 1056bps at the end of encoding the file averages 700 bps.

The settings i am currently using are:

PAL (25 fps)
Overlay track(s):3
Microsoft AVI files
24 Bits, 640 x 480, 25 fps
Frame-based
XviD MPEG-4 Codec
Interleave audio for every 1 frames
MPEG Layer-3, 128 kBit/s, 48,000 Hz, Stereo

The XviD Configuration is

Encoding Type: Two Pass
Profile @Level AS@L5
Target Size 716800
Motion Search Precision 6-Ultra High
VHQ mode: 1- Mode Decision (I have also tried 4 - Wide)
Frame Drop Ration: 0
Maximum I-frame interval 250 (I have also tried 300)

I have also tried manipulating the size by altering the size of the file and manually altering the bitrate, i have also tried other settings to no avail. I have also reinstalled the xvid code thinking it might be corrupt (i'm using version 1.3) and it has'nt helped.

Can anyone advise me on what to do to get the correct size. Thanks.

RodIshiCi · Post by **RodIshiCi** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 2:36 am

Actually, it seems that Xvid codec is the one to blame. Some people complain that they can never get the size right, using MSP or not.

n2koolkat · Post by **n2koolkat** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 6:24 am

It does appear to be the xvid codec. I've also tried uninstalling and using the version that comes with autogk but i'm still having the same problem. What i find unusual is that the file always comes up as approximately 589mb. It appears that they is some setting which the encoder is either fixing or not reading. oh well i guess i'll try with DivX 6.

Terry Stetler · Post by **Terry Stetler** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 5:55 pm

Better think of using DivX 5 and not DivX 6.

Last I checked DivX changed how their codec initializes and now it won't work in MSP and many other products. DivX 5 works perfectly.

Uryel · Post by **Uryel** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 6:58 pm

I concur: DivX-6 does not work. DivX-5 works OK. This applies to both MSP-8 and Premiere Pro.

Terry Stetler · Post by **Terry Stetler** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 7:08 pm

Followup:

DivX has just released 6.03, which so far seems to fix the problem. Just download the upgraded DivX Create package and install it.