1. have a MPEG file that i want to convert to DivX. the video part is no problem. the problem is i can't compress the audio part into LAME MP3 with more than 56kbps in VirtualDub. according to the guide, it says i need "l3codecp.acm" for more than 56kbps mp3 encoding. when i search through my pc, i found out that the file is there, together with ''l3codeca.acm" that supports up to 56kbps. but when i check the codec under System Properties, i only see ''l3codeca.acm". is it the limiting factor?

why i can't encode more than 56kbps although i have "l3codecp.acm" but it's not listed in System Properties?

so, i try to import the MPEG file to DVDx for encoding, but and error occur saying "fail to parse file.no header found". what is that? why VirtualDub can do the parsing thingy?

2. why DivX encoding doesn't make my mpeg file size smaller? i found out sometimes it's bigger. it only becomes small if i compress the audio part into MP3.

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n00b in video encoding

u can use windows media encoder from microsoft to encode it.

how to convert APE file to MP3?

any good program for m4a and aac audio convert to mp3?
i have goldwave but it doesn't do that.