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AVIs are 'interleaved'
(It is an Audio Video Interleave, right?)
Gets technical but, some people do not interleave properly whan making AVI.
Should interleave at least every 10 frames (AC3 or CBR MP3 audio) or every 1 frame (VBR MP3).
The shorter the interleave interval, the larger the AVI will be, because less efficient storage.
Some people extend interleave interval too far, to keep file very small.
It plays back OK, so they figure WTF - why not?
The answer is, the interval is more important for playing back file burned to CD (or DVD).
A long interval will have optical drive seeking around like crazy, something the HD can get away with because of its larger caches and greater speed.
Should always interleave as above.
The file won't be really much bigger (coupla megs) but it will playback much easier :)
You should try re-muxing the AVI using the original file for video (direct stream copy) and the AVI audio (direct stream copy also).
Try using every 1 frame for interleave, which is the default.
Make sure you direct the output to a different HD (or at least different partition/folder) so you do not overwrite ;)
If burning this re-interleaved file solves playback problem, chuck the old one out, cursing softly under your breath at the corksucker who screwed up by greedily trying to save a coupla lousy megabytes...
I recommend NanDub, it's the best one o' the bunch, for this operation.
It is not really difficult, once you learn how to do it, and it goes fast.
Compare file sizes very carefully, and if your 'new' file is 2-3MB larger, you will know for sure it needed doing and was probably your problem.
Let us know what happens :)
L8R
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This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 8. November 2004 @ 08:05
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