I tried to encode an AVI to MPG1 (VCD-format), but already during the preview it shows nothing more then a black screen. I can normally view the AVI-file in the Windows Media Player. I installed the VFP-plugin and got the 5.0.2. DIVX codecs installed as well.

The final MPG does work, but has still the black screen + the audio.

I encoded several other AVI's without any problem.

Does anyone know what can be wrong.

Thanx for your info.

Greetz,
Tom

This is the most common problem reported with tmpgenc..You need to raise the "direct show file reader" in the "vfapi plugins" go to "options" to "enviromental settings" to "vfapi plugins" and raise the "direct show" to "2"......

When wanting to make a chapter point at a certain frame number or any I frame TMPGEnc will not either close the GOP or open a new GOP. This seems to only happen when the I frame falls on a dark section of video. Lighter ones seem to work fine. This error even happens if I use [Force picture type setting] and set the chapter point at the desired frame by using set I frame and New GOP.

I have never had this problem ,Maybe the problem is with your authoring program, just a thought.....

Authoring programes I used were Philips VCD2.0 Toolkit and VCDImager. As a test I ran the same video through Panasonic MPEG1 Encoder v2.51 Standalone and bbMPEG's AVI2MPG2 v1.24 which both make valid access point in the mpeg video stream at every I frame.

That is strange ,i don"t use the VCD Tool kit cuz it is quite a bit out dated but the programs that i use don"t have problems with it, like "ulead dvd workshop, or the "Ulead dvd plugin" for "video studio 6" or VCDEasy, or "Video Wav 5", or "Dazzle DVD".....

My source is StarWars EP1 DVD (PAL & I own it) Frameserved with DVD2AVI v1.77.3.
Changing GOP makes no difference, setting max gop length makes no difference, either does setting closed GOPs.

I have just purchased a Panasonic CD R/RW. I would like to copy some avi files and convert them into VCD format. How do i do the conversion. Can i convert them into Mpeg format and then cut a VCD using the CD-R/RW software provided. Please help.

Thanks.

You need to encode your avi file to a VCD compatible Mpeg1 file then you need to burn it to CD-R with software specificly dezigned for burning VCD"S, "Nero" is good for this but i think "vcdeasy" is better because it is freeware and it supports chapters..You will have to put the vcd files on at least 2 cd-r"s if you want it to be of fairly good quality.....Go to "www.vcdhelp.com" and there you can find out how to do it ,it isn"t as easy as it looks, if something can go wrong it will go wrong......

I've tried using the TMPGEnc Wizard to make a SVCD. However, it plays really jerky (both video and audio) in my DVD/VCD player. I am burning on a Yamaha CRW8824SX writer on a CD-RW playing on a Panasonic DVD-RV31. The MPEG2 file plays on my computer. Why is it choppy on my DVD player and how can I fix it?

Try burning the image at a slower speed. I had the same problem on my picky Sony, and now I have to burn everything at 4x.

The problem could be from a whole bunch of things, make sure you encode to the same frame rate as your source file , make sure you set the "Field order" correctly or you might need to use the "de-interlace filter" and make sure that you don"t encode to a bitrate higher than your dvd player can handle, and burning at too high of speed can cause jumpy playback, usually half the top speed of your burner is good..But I think it is either the incorrect frame rate of the "field order" or "de-interlace"....

Another thing is that you need to make sure your DVD player can play SVCD from CD-RW, I heard of some players that can play CD-RW only at X1 speed, thus limited to VCD (Though they can play SVCD from CD-R just fine).

ABS

whenever i finished encoding a movie and when it reaches 100% a "stream error...." message appears...However, the movie plays fine and it only does this when it is done encoding and when it's at 100%....Does anybody know why this happen and why does it happen in the end...thanks

I think this happens because Tmpgenc is haveing a problem writeing the "Sequence End Code" on the header, this shouldn"t cause a problem but if it does for some reason you can run the file through the "merge & cut" in the "mpeg tools" to rewrite the header on the file......

Hi, I have exactly the same problem like pablo has described it. So I tried Minion's tip. But now I got another error message: "Stream reading error"! This always happens when Tmpegenc try to rewrite the SVCD header. The error message comes after a completion rate of about 11%. The destination disk has enough free disk.
pablo could you solve your problem with the "merge and cut" tool?
Does anyone have an idea what the problem is? Does it have any negative influence on some DVD Player if I use the mpeg file with this corrupt header? At the moment I evaluate a DVD Player. So I burned a CD with such an mpeg2 file. So I vent to different sellers to test some DVD Players. In some player the cd works perfect! In some other players the movie had "flickers". It has looked like the player would lose some frames. Could it be that the corrupt header is the reason for this reaction of the players? ThankÃÔ!

The Mpeg tools in the "2.57" version have a major but in them that won"t allow it to write the svcd header on the file, but I know that it does work in the versions before this one..These should be a bug fix for this in the next version .......

hi, the movie is usually 100% done so i have no complaints. It plays perfectly and i got what i wanted. It's just that whenever that "stream error" message appears it is somewhat annoying...

Cannot open or unsupported, any file i try ( Divx.avi ) always brings up this feckin message, it didn't used to!!! whats happenin!!??

You need to raise the "direct Show file Reader" in the "vfapi plugins" you do this by going to "options" to "enviromental settings" to "vfapi plugins" and raise the "direct show" to "2"......

i try to convert some movies and errors keep coming up and then when i click "ok" it keeps converting, is that ok? will it still play in a dvd player?if i convert an avi that freezes at one point or more will it still convert?

I have read quite a few views about mpeg1 or mpeg2 in the encoding process. My question is....do I have to be doing a svcd to use mpeg2 or is it ok to use when making a vcd?

That all depends on your dvd player...I have had some success useing mpeg2 with VCD resolution then useing the "Mpeg tools" to attach a VCD header on the file so that your DVD Player thinks that it is a Mpeg1/vcd, and if your player plays svcd then you can probably encode with VCD resolution and burn it as a NON-standard SVCD,So it all totally depends on your DVD Player...I have had success doing VCD"s with svcd resolution, and doing SVCD with DVD resolution(704 by 480) and doing vcd with DVD Resolution(704 by 480)...

I used to do the splitting with virtualdub,the converting with tmpgenc, and burning with adaptec with no problem. Got away from it for a while, had to reformat my computer, and when I began to do the process again, EVERYTHING had changed. I use to have beautiful quality vcds come out, and I could do the process in my sleep. Now I have to save wav files and make adjustments I never had to do before, and the quality of the vcds that I am making is poor. What Happened while I was away, and is there anything to be done to make it like it was.?????

I think things have gotten better in the last 2 or 3 versions accept that when poeple make divx files and put them on Kazaa they use differant audio formats than they used to like AC3 and VBR MP3 which Tmpgenc does not support, as for encodeing quality I think it has gottem much better in the last few versions, maybe your system is configured differantly then it used to???But if you like the Old versions then use them, I"m sure you can find one if you looked for it.......

I have files that are not divx. Will I have the sames problems?

Only if the audio is in a compressed format it will encode Compressed formats sometimes I guess it depends on your computer configuration and if Tmpgenc is in a Good mood, but if the audio is Wav you shouldn"t have a problem..A quick way to find out if the audio will encode is to go to the "audio settings" and there you can play the audio track and if you can hear it tmpgenc will probably encode it with no problem....

I've tried using TMPGEnc and the SVCD template for NTSC, but when I click on start, no encoding takes place for VBR. If I change VBR to CQ, then it works and begins to encode. Why??? Do I have a defective template? I'm using TMPGEnc Plus version 2.53.35.130.I've tried and changed the source aspect ratio in the advance tab, but I still have a black preview window after trying all the options.The source is 16:9 525 line NTSC according to DVD2AVI. The movie is Lord of the Rings.

Anyone have any ideas as to why I can't use VBR?

Do you mean the "2-pass VBR"??? that would explain it..In the 2-pass VBR it doesn"t encode the file at first,it does the "passes" first then after that is done then it encodes ..this method takes twice as long as normal and the results aren"t any better than the "CQ" method, and the "CQ" method is a VBR encodeing Method and it is just as good or better than the 2-pass VBR...

Thanks Minion for your answer. You are correct. I'm using 2-pass VBR. I did not see a standard template for encoding with CQ. Is there one avaialble that I can use to modify the settings? Thanks.

Thanks Minion for your answer. You are correct. I'm using 2-pass VBR. I did not see a standard template for encoding with CQ. Is there one avaialble that I can use to modify the settings? Thanks.

You don"t need a template to encode..I don"t think I have ever use a premade template, I just adjust the settings to what ever I need my file to be, to change the settings you might need to load the "unlock.mcf" template from the "extra folder".....

hello,

I was wondering if anyone could tell me how to get seperate video and audio files after converting to mpeg2. I do not want both channels to be muxxed together. I am trying to get an .m2v video file and mpg layer 2 audio file so that i could use the files in dvd studio pro. Please help!

thien
phairway@hotmail.com

If you allreadt have the file encoded to a "mpeg" file then you just go to "file" to "mpeg tools" to "simple de-multiplex" load in your file and then click "run" and it will seperate the audio and video streams......

how do i use this program to capture just the audio? when i go to change the stream type i get a very scarey message ...

"You are about to unlock the limitation. If you unlock this file it would be out of standard. User must agree to this by his/her own risk. noone would help for any results ariing from an unlocked setting."

can anyone provide me with a way to use TMPG to acquire just the audio? also what's the difference between "system (audio only)" and "audio only"?

david

I have never heard of that message before, you should be able to just get the audio from a file in 2 different ways, you can load the video file into Tmpgenc then choose the "audio only" or the "system audio only" then encode and you will get an "mp2" file with the "audio only" setting and you will get a "mpg" file with just audio no video if you choose the "system audio" setting .The other way is to load your file into Tmpgenc then go to "file" to "output to Wav" then tmpgenc will extract the audio to a Wav file..Tmpgenc will have problems in most cases encodeing compressed audio sources to "mp2" audio so it is allways good to use wav as your audio format.......