SP Movie Audio/Video Offset

I just finished downloading the SP movie from A.B.S, and i noticed that progressing through the movie, the audio became more and more offset from the video. While you hear Saddam asking Satan to rub his nipples, you see Satan torturing Kenny.

Now, I've found ways to minimize this, and it seems the effect is increased by seeking around the movie. By watching it straight through with no interruptions, the offset is usually about a half-second, which i can deal with. But if my computer crashed while i'm watching, and i want to go back to my spot in the movie, the offset is about 2 seconds or more.

Now, is everyone having this problem, is this a usual problem with rips, or is it just my computer?

Or does anyone give a damn?

Are these MPEGs? I have heard that there is an inherent problem with MPEGs doing this. It's been documented by professionals. Where did I hear this? In the Tivo newsgroup...Tivo uses MPEG.

"Tastycrat" wrote in message news:[email]...

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It was ASF. I'm not sure if that's a kind of MPEG or not...

Bao H. Lammy wrote in message news:4qM85.1674$[email]...

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I don't "do" web movies, so I'm not sure about ASF, either. Below is the relevant post from the Tivo newsgroup: (If you read it completely, you'll see that the problems they're experiencing sound almost identical to yours.)

---------- Audio Sync problems are a fact of life right now due to MPEG-2 encoding. This is a well know fact among video professionals who work with State of the Art equipment. but not to the extreme that it happens with the TIVO. just follow the others instructions or leave it alone the audio will catch up eventually.

K

OldTimer77 wrote:

Thanks Bao! Anyone else have the same prob or useful input?

Bao H. Lammy wrote in message news:lOM85.1678$[email]...

On my computer MPEGs play just fine, but the ASFs crackle and the video has little blue, green and pink barcodes across the screen. And the video tends to fall behind. There is a DIVX format you need new Windows Media drivers for (Mr Twig has these - he uses it to rip from DVDs) that produces a nice large picture. Unfortunately, you need a fast computer (> 300MHz) to play them decently.

--- Willie Westwood