tonyonlinux said:
I bought a program called winavi convertor that converts xvid vidoes to mpeg2 files. I download a lot of clips from bittorrent for tvshows. Anyway, when I convert the xvid to mpeg2 for some reason when it plays on the tivo it has lines all thru it i guess its audio lines not really sure. Anyone else experience this is there some kinda codec i need to download to resolve this?
thanks
Tonyonlinus, Did updating the codec resolve your problem?
I am having the exact same problem as you describe:
Background:
- Downloaded Prison Break (accidentally deleted before wife got to see last Monday's episode)
- Watched xvid file using Windows Media Player, looked good
- Converted file using WinAVI to mpeg2
- Watched mpg file using Windows Media Player, looked good
- Copied file to TiVo folder on local desktop
- Went to TiVo, copied file to Now Playing folder
- Started show, white horizontal lines penetrated most of the screen
Attempt to Resolve:
- Checked TiVoCommunity.com for resolution, found this forum
- Updated codec (
http://www.xvidmovies.com/codec/)
- Watched original xvid file using Windows Media Player, looked good
- Converted file using WinAVI to mpeg2
- Watched updated mpg file using Windows Media Player, looked good
- Copied file to TiVo folder on local desktop, uploaded to Now Playing folder
- Started show, white horizontal lines......
Do you have any other suggestions?
Problem:
- Converted xvid file to mpeg2
- When playing, white horizontal (1/8 inch high) cover bottom 3/4's of the screen
- If Fast Forward pressed once, screen clears up and looks normal but no sound on in FF mode
- The show is 16X9 and looks like the bottom 3/4's of the image is stretched down so there's no black bar under the image, and the gaps are filled with white horizontal lines.
- Sound is good