file to big and no sound with tmpgenc

[kouyate]

hello there, complete newbie here!! I just followed one of your tutorials on how to convert an avi file using tmpgenc, firstly it took 11 hours to convert (is this normal), i also got a warning telling me the file was too big for a normal dvdr, but when it had finished converting, i checked it there is no sound, and altho the original film is only 1 hr 30 mins long, the converted file runs for over 5 hours long, so after the film ends there is just a black screen that carries on running for another 3 hours or so!!!!
What did i do wrong, and if you can help please be gentle with me and explain it slowly cause i dont know what im doing !!!!!
Many thanks

[tazdevl]

Please don't double post.

[burninfool]

Is the AVI file a Divx(ie with MP3 audio)?If so you need to convert MP3 to WAV first then load the audio and video together.

[kouyate]

first off the reason i double posted is because i wasnt too sure what category to post under, and secondly how do i tell if the sound file is mp3 !!!

[burninfool]

If you downloaded the AVI it's most likely MP3 audio,use AVICodec to see what was used.