then do you know what i seem to be doing wrong?

Are you sure that sample is 100 seconds long. It doesn't make sense. It HAS to be 145 seconds long. Force the sample line to 24 as suggested and run another sample. It has to be 145 seconds. There's no other way, unless your total frames is not what you are entering.

-kwag

the file is one minute and forty seconds.

Something is screwed in your .d2v or somewhere else. If you open your .d2v with FitCD, does it show the same number of frames you are entering in the formula

-kwag

i used virtualdub to frame serve to tmpgenc.

Make sure you're using the latest version of Sampler. Previous versions default to 100 samples. If in doubt, state it explicitly like this:

Sampler(samples=minutes in movie, length=24)

Where "length" is currently fixed at 24 regardless of your frame rate.

Unless you need VirtualDub for something, this just adds another layer where something can go wrong . Load the Avisynth script directly into TMPGEnc for best results.

@ Kwag and Sansgrip:

this thread could be turn in a "manual".

why don't you 2 don't make a newby pass to pass manual?
thanks.

it is a divx and it is 139 minutes

thanks for the help. i'll try that Sampler(samples=minutes in movie, length=24) script.
the reason i have to use virtualdub is because tmpgenc won't load the script. i tried changing the environment settings and installig the new avisynth 3 times and it still doesn't work. virtualdub has no problem with them.

Sampler(samples=minutes in movie, length=24) did the job. now the formula works perfect. thanks for the help.

Finally