Hi, I am a newbie and I was trying to rip a DVD using Gordian Knot to DivX (XVid). I've followed everything that the guide says which is available at this site. However, half way during the encoding proces, Virtual Dub stops for no particular reason at its own!! Gordian Knot then gives the following message:
4:52:51: WARNING: Number of counted frames differs from settings!
4:52:51: WARNING: Settings: 182965
4:52:51: WARNING: Counted: 105677
4:52:51: WARNING: Difference: 77288
I am sure I didn't click on the abort button or anything during the encoding proces. I've retried for many times too, but Virtual Dub always stops half way through the proces (each time at a different point though). Other then this, I don't see any other error messages. What have I done wrong? Please help...
Yikes! I thought at first you were playing with NTSCIVTC (if so then the frames would reduce to approx 146372) but this seems something different. Do you have 105677 frames to encode or what? Your frameserver is reporting more frames.
Perhaps you have 182956 frames to encode, but GKnot is seeing only 105677 - either scenario is not good!
More info please. What are you ripping, NTSC or PAL, and how many frames does the source have? That is the important and correct number.
Something is wrong because GKnot always works like a charm...
(my thanks to those who developed it!)
Regards
I am a newbie so I hope I can understand enough things to give you the information you need.
I am ripping NTSC. I think I have 182965 frames to encode because in my retries, Gordian will say Counted: "something else", Settings: 182965. Am I doing something wrong during the proces? Maybe I didn't configured DVD2Avi well or something? Or maybe my XVid Codec is not working well?
I'm pretty sure that the AVS frameserver counts frames from the D2V file, which counts frames from the VOB file(s). When you run DVD2AVI (to generate the D2V file) you must choose NTSC 30fps, or Film 24fps.
Unless you have an interlaced or telecined DVD, which are the two types of 30fps, DVDs are mostly 24fps (progressive). For these you use 'force film'.
Most NTSC 30fps has been telecined (3:2 pulldown) and you must D2V @30fps. Later in GKnot you use IVTC and this will convert your product to 24fps Progressive. You must tick the box 'adjust bitrate to IVTC framerate' and GKnot will clue in to what you are doing beautifully.
The 3rd type NTSC 30fps interlaced is trickier, some say you should just encode @30fps with 'deinterlace all frames' but you may be disappointed with the results...
Anyway start over, run DVD2AVI carefully from the original VOB files. Then open this D2V file and GKnot will save AVS file. Encode from AVS file and there is no room for differing frame-counts (the one exception is with IVTC, above). Other than that, you're bunned!
I would suspect the ripped VOBs. Did you use SmartRipper? DVD2AVI is gonna count the frames and that's just how many you have.
GKnot is kinda tricky at first, and you might be unlucky and working with a weird or maybe true-interlaced (yuck) DVD.
182965 frames gives approx. 127 minute film @24fps, but only 102 min. @30fps. How long is your film?
Keep at it, you'll get it Aenema.
