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Why is it impossible to select VCD or SVCD source aspect ratio's in
the "Select Source File" menu. Loads of AVI files have 353x288 or
480x576 sizes. These are not selectable.
The source aspect ratio is not determined by You, but by your File, so changeing the source aspect ratio would be a Useless procedure because you would be changeing the what the real aspect ratio is...If you want to keep the same aspect ration as the source file choose the 1:1 aspect ratio as the out put ratio...and to change the settings you need to load the "Unlock.mfc" template....
I agree with B_Racer.
What's the problem both ratios are 4:3.
352x288 is a 4:3 PAL resolution and 480x576 is an SVCD MPEG2 resolution and any encoding program should recognize the SVCD flag and the aspect ratio as 4:3.
How can I easily calculate the size of the svcd I will convert?
I want to make to 700mb svcd movie files. How can I set up Tmpgenc, so it wont make bigger files?
By default, an SVCD is 2520 Mbps and yields about 42 min on 700MB disc.
If you drop the quality of the video, however, to 1750 Mbps, you should be able to get about an hour, and so on.
>"VBV buffer size optimization"
Where the hell does this setting exist?
I haven't noticed a setting for this.
It is possible adjust the VBV buffer size under the 'advanced' tab, but I'm not sure about the 'optimization' setting you are referring to.
If you simply mean 'What does the VBV buffer setting do' and are not referring to an actual 'optimization' setting then to put it *VERY* simply this setting tells your decoder which buffer setting to use.
MPEG files with different bitrates need different buffer settings.
The wrong buffer setting can affect the playback of your file.
In most cases if you are using a TMPG template you should have no problem with the set VBV buffer settings.
In genearal higher bitrates need higher buffer settings.
If you choose you can let TMPG decide the setting by changing it to '0'(automatic)'
I'm not going to go into detail about this (as I have before) it's a far to complicated subject and takes ages to explain the fundamentals of it.
If you search on google you should get some info. You may also find some info if you use the search button above.
TMPGEnc 0.11 had this Feature, but it produced Double MPEG-Headers (non compliant Streams).
If he really want to change die VBV-Buffer, he should try MPlex, the Multiplexer included in TSCV.
Afterripping a movie to SVCD (MPG2) previewing it on the computer is fine, but after burning with nero burning rom 5.5 and playing the SVCD in a DVD player the SVCD has around a 1 sec pause every 18 - 20 secs! this problem reoccurs at virtually the same time every time.....any idea??
MINE DID THIS BUT IS EASY TO SOLVE GO INTO MPEG TOOLS -SIMPLE MULTIPLEX- BROWSE THE VIDEO INPUT AND PUT IN YOUR SVCD MPG THEN CHANGE THE `TYPE` FROM MPEG2 TO MPEG-1 VCD SAVE THE OUTPUT TO ANOTHER FOLDER AND THEN CLICK ON RUN TAKES ABOUT 5 -10MINS THEN USE NERO TO BURN AS VCD NOT SVCD -BURNT DISK WILL NOT PLAY ON COMPUTER BUT WILL PLAY ON DVD PLAYER AS AN SVCD (this fools the player into thinking it is a vcd but resolution is svcd)
for more info go to www.geocities.com/newestmoviesencode/dvd/vcd
Is there a way to get an idea of the filesize by using
the VBR or CQ options in TMPGenc. When you are using
DVD2SVCD for example and using TMPGenc as encoder, the
program can calculate the target filesize. Is there a
way to fit VBR encodings to the size of CD's?
You can only make a rough guess with CQ VBR as it's imposssible to be precise.
You can find a typical scene in the movie and encode it for 1 minute.
Look at the file size then multiply that by the amount of minutes in the film and that will give you an idea as to how large the file will be.
To be more exact encode about 5 mins of a typical part of the movie then do the math.
Bitrate viewer is reporting the VBV buffer at half of what I enter in TMPGEnc (224 in TMPGEnc, but only 112 in Bitrate viewer!). Is that correct? Anyone else experience the same thing?
How do I select more the one file, so I can output all to one file? Want to take several mpg's and combine into one. Will only let me select one file at a time.
Thats right Tmpgenc does not support encodeing sequential files(in most cases)so you have to either encode a bunch of little files then use the Merge & Cut to merge them together, or which is better is to use Virtual-Dub to frame serve the file to tmpgenc as one big file...
If the files are already MPEG then all you have to do is use the Merge/Cut feature in the MPEGtools to combine them together.
There is no need to re-encode or if you intend to play the files in your DVD player then just load each file in sequence in your burning prog, making sure you set the software so there are no pauses between the files.
The files will then play smoothly in the sequence you put them without any interuption between the files.
Sorry used to be crap, but as for as I'm aware this program does not do correct GOP to GOP joining which can cause video and audio artifacts at the join.
I think you have gotten something Mixed Up somewere...A hardware encoder board is so you can plug a device like a DV Camera or some other video transfer device into it then let the encoder board encode from the video source..so I guess the answer is NO..if you had an encoder board you wouldn"t need Tmpgenc but the quality you would get wouldn"t be as good as tmpgenc unless you had a few thousand dollars to spend..and it being a piece of hardware would not have any effect on how tmpgenc encodes to Mpeg..either get a faster computer or a faster encoder if you need to encode faster..
In Germany, you can Buy the Vidac VMagic-Board. (http://www.vidac.de/)
It's a TV-Card with Hardware-MPEG2 which is able to act as an Offline-Encoder. On my P4, i can Encode with up to 64 Frames per Second using this Card (reads AVI, MPEG and much more), but the Quality is not the same, TMPGenc offers.
A hardware mpeg2 encoder like Dazzle DVD.master (Video Creator II) takes for the recording the same time like the movie is running. But you have two things to aware: you must use high data rates for high quality and the movie is not easy to cut. With a software encoder you will need more time, but you have a better control about the quality.
Thx for your email. I reaaly appreciate your help.
Load the first ripped VOB of Count of Monte Cristo. This VOB is a mix mode (Film and NTSC format), somehow the TMPG shows the number of pictre is much lower than Rempeg or Ifoedit reports, about 800 to 1000 frames ( don't remember exacty the number, but is very big.
This really cause A/V out of sync
But for other VOB, which is 99.9% Film (base on DVD2AVI 1.76) there is only couples frame missing, which is no bis deal, because the end result, after remux A/V is sync perfect.
Is there a bug in TMPG in seeing correct number of frame/picture in mix Film and NTSC type video clip?
Just want to make it clear, there is no problem for me to encode these video clip...
Thx for your email. I reaaly appreciate your help.
Load the first ripped VOB of Count of Monte Cristo. This VOB is a mix mode (Film and NTSC format), somehow the TMPG shows the number of pictre is much lower than Rempeg or Ifoedit reports, about 800 to 1000 frames ( don't remember exacty the number, but is very big.
This really cause A/V out of sync
But for other VOB, which is 99.9% Film (base on DVD2AVI 1.76) there is only couples frame missing, which is no bis deal, because the end result, after remux A/V is sync perfect.
Is there a bug in TMPG in seeing correct number of frame/picture in mix Film and NTSC type video clip?
Just want to make it clear, there is no problem for me to encode these video clip...