I am having problems with the final dvd product from a compressed mpeg (audio and video) from a vhs capture. I finally though I had all the settings right...the filesize was perfect for a dvd burn and the playback was fine on my computer...then I used Sonic My DVD to make the dvd...the end product finished out without errors. But when playback was done on my home dvd players slight jerkiness was showing then about half way through the movie the sound went out. I am setting my bitrates exactly as the original for this 91 minute film capture...I am clueless and frustrated at this point since I already killed 2 dvds....its frustrating to see that the end product seems to come out fine on the computer then after the dvd is developed it shows nothing but problems. I have not tried using tmpgs dvd template...how good are all the default preset settings and which ones should I be concerned about that are not greyed out or the ones that are for changes. Any help would be great...I just wish someone with great knowledge could be here JUST once during a project which would probably cut this head banging to a mere century! HELP! Please! Thankyou!

If The mpeg Played Fine On Your Computer Before You Authored It with Sonic The The problem is with Sonic My DVD Not Tmpgenc...I bet You Got It with your DVD Burner??Sonic Usually Makes Good Products But My DVD Is not a very good Program..That Is Why It Comes with DVD Burners, cuz They know That you Will Buy Something Better And Spend More money....

The most likely cause of your problem is probably due to the quality of the blank DVD-R used and is a common issue. Keep in mind that DVD-R technology is evolving on a weekly basis, and that different batches of the same brand are not necessarily the same quality.

A browse through the threads on http://www.mediaforums.net will provide information that will enlighten you.

Actually...let me correct that...it plays fine on the computer until I burn it to dvd with Sonic My DVD...if either of you guys are 100% positive that it is Sonic My DVD then what is a reasonably priced program that works well?

If you want to author and burn with the same program try the Trial version of UleadÃÔ MovieFactory. Simplicity itself at a reasonable price.

Personally, I would try a different DVD-R first. You would be surprised at the number of people who have experienced the same problem as you have. Myself included.

Well...that's 4 dvds Ive wasted...its not the dvds it sonic...what would sonic be doing to it to screw it up...all it has to do is take the original frickin image that PLAYS FINE and burn it on a dvd...its that simple...Ive used their program before with dvd originals to backups and used rempeg2 to compress it and it worked great...now the audio and video are done individually without compressing the audio..Im thinking that has something to do with it...I cant understand why WINDVR doesnt have a setting that can capture the video and simply separate the video and audio into 2 folders...why is it SO damn hard for these programmers to make DECENT software with better settings instead of generic crapo settings...This is kindof nerve wracking ...especially when NEVER having dvd backup problems with Sonic...WINDVR has a setting for 100 and 120 minute dvd capture but it splits it into 2 folders...now what on earth makes the idiots think people want to put an hour and a half movie on 2 dvds????!!! Especially when there will only be 10 minutes on the second dvd (the end of the movie)...what if I just want to burn it to dvd without authoring or menus...nero sucks for dvd burning it wants to see a video_ts folder at least...how the heck do you just burn a mpeg2 image onto a dvd!!!??? I really would like to try that program you are talking about ...where is the link for it?

Ulead's MovieFactory can be found at:

http://www.ulead.com/dmf/runme.htm

With WinDVR 2.0 you can set the file size so you can split it at say 4GB or at 40GB that is if you have NTFS, But WinDVR has a Big problem with Sync issues Cuz It doesn"t report Dropped frames and it doesn"t seem to compensate for dropped frames or the time difference between the Capture card and the sound card...You would probably get much better results if you captured to AVI with something like Virtual Dub which is exelent at prezerving Audio sync and then encodeing the AVI to mpeg..You will get Better Quality that way also But you will need a Big Hard drive and a Very fast Hard drive...I use a 120GB ata/133 which works great...A good authoring Program is "Ulead DVD workshop 1.3" you can download a Fully working 30 day Trial from there web site, and If you get creative you can probably get it for free...

I am trying to download the program from ulead and it wont let me..there seems to be a problem on there end...it wont even start...my connection is excellent but it still wont let me.....Now as far as WINDVR ...I know about the setting of the filesize...I was just venting on the fact that they would have such a senseless setting. I have done captures MANY times...and they all turned out great using Sonic My DVD...but they were no more than 1 hour long so I didnt have to worry about compressing them...like I said THEY TURNED OUT GREAT!! But now with a 1 and a half hour video I have to compress it...it looks great before and after it is compressed..the audio and video are in perfect sync ...then when I burn it to a dvd using Sonic My DVD it creates crap....Im not understanding what Sonic is doing to it during the processing and burning...but I do hope that ulead movie factory doesnt do this to me. As far as the "creatively getting it for free" I already can take care of that...I just need to download it...let me know if you guys have a problem downloading the trial version...if not maybe you could send it to me somehow...Ive never had problems being able to access a download before...Im assuming it is them

Go to Products. Select MovieFactory. Enter your e-mail address. Submit and download. Just worked ok for me.

great..then what the heck is goin on my side...its not working for me

Ive tried a million times and it keeps rejecting me...would it be possible for you to send it to me via email or msn messanger or something?

Your e-mail address would help.

http://downloads-zdnet.com.com/3002-2194-7995604.html?tag=dir

Ignore above.
http://www.tucows.com/mmedia/preview/232391.html

ASHY

When i encode some avi files into mpeg files there is no audio, but the video comes out fine. Am i missing a codec or something? I have done three or four avi files that have converted right, but for the most part the audio is left out of the movies. If i look in source position before i encode i can see if it recognizes the audio or not. How do i know which format the avi audio is in? I just started messing with vcds in the past week so i am not completely sure what i am doing yet. Is there a simple answer to my problem?

Generally speaking DivX files either have MP3,VBR Mp3, or AC3 audio...You should be able to decode the regular Mp3 audio But Not the Others..You need to use something like "Virtual Dub" or "Sound forge" to extract the audio to a WAV file and use that as the Audio source..."Sound Forge" is probably better at this particular Job Cuz of it"s Audio filters and allways produces audio files that will be in sync with the video...to find out the Movies properties,Right click the file go to "Properties" and Look.....

I also have the same problem. However it might be different from the original person's. Mine gives this error during the encoding from avi/divx to dvd format : -538676289 0. If I click ok and let it continue, the end mpg has no audio. This error continues to appear during the encoding every several frames.

Also I notice that during Source Range, the audio wave is flat. I tried to open it with Sound Forge and it gave me an error while opening it.

This happened to 2 of the 26 avis I've tried encoding and the only commonality I see is that their audio bit rate is 127kbps. All the other avis have some other number. How can I fix this?

Thanks.

This Happens because sometimes Tmpgenc doesn"t like to encode compretted audio formats and if Sound Forge gave you an error then the audio is probably Dolby digital AC3..It Is A Bit Tough Properly Decodeing AC3 Audio...Try This..Download "Virtul-dub AC3" from http://www.apachez.net/ and load the file into and save as a wav file and use that as the audio source...

I have both vdub and tmpg, I am trying to load the .avi to the video source on the tmpg program, but I keep getting the error, "can't open file, unsupported." The file has been scanned in vdub and has no errors. I am new to making vcds, can someone please help?

Dis you go to "Options" to "Enviromental Settings" to "Vfapi Plugins"a dn Raise the "Direct show" to "2"??? if not then do it cuz it should fix the problem...

Hello. I am a paying customer of TMPGEnc who gave out the $50 for this EXCELLENT piece of software. I love TMPGEnc, and I use it every single day. I recommened all of my friends and people on the internet to buy this fine software.

BUT.. Even so, there is just 1 thing missing in this software that makes me unhappy:

Loading AVI Segments!

It's such a simple feature and it's in so many free software out there already, including the likes of VirtualDub. I just can't understand why TMPGEnc doesn't do it? If I have a movie that is broken down into 10 Avi segments of 2 GB, why can't TMPGEnc just load the first one, then load all additional segments, and encode it all together as a single encoded mpg file? I know there is batch mode, that's not what I want.. I don't want to have to 'merge & cut' pieces of encoded mpg. I just want TMPGEnc to encode each AVI segment, one at a time, in a single mpg movie all together.

PLEASE guys. I beg for this one feature, you would simplify my life so completely. Right now I have to frameserve & waste so much time with other applications. If you add this, I can delete them all and leave only TMPGEnc installed on my box for the ultimate AVI to MPG tool. After having read these boards for several months, I know I'm not the only one who would benefit from this feature. If you add it, you will greatly simplify the video process for a lot of people and probably sell even more copies of TMPGEnc as a result. Thanks!

This implementation has been talked about and planned for Quite a while But I don"t think it will be implemented untill the Version 3.0 comes out which will have to be purchased cuz it won"t be available as a free upgrade...If you are encodeing mpeg2 files CCE has a feature to Load sequential AVI files...

:(

OK I will pay a little bit more for this feature, and upgrade. But can we get it at the upgrade cost and not buy another full version?

Also if this is ever implimented authors PLEASE do me a favor: Accept AVI segments as part of a single movie if their frame rate is only a tiny fraction of a decimal off. Virtual dub won't load this and it's silly.

If I have segment 1 at 29.9704 FPS and segment 2 at 29.9706 FPS there is no reason the software (Virtual Dub in this case) should refuse to load them. I can see a difference of 1 or even .1 FPS but not .0002.

The last couple of movies I downloaded off of imesh are not able to be fast forwarded manually..say when I am trying to convert them using TMPGEnc....any reasons for this?

Are they AVI's? If so it is probably because they are highly compressed and have no keyframes.

You can try and insert keyframes manually with Virtualdub, but why bother? When you have encoded to MPEG you will be able to seek the file no problem.

ASHY

But if you want to be able to seek the Mpeg file properly you should inset Chapters with your authoring program cuz if for some reason when watching the VCD you have to stop it(get popcorn)you will have to start watching from the beginning of the VCD and fast forward to were you left off and this can be quite anoying...

Thanks, but unfortunately this error has happened again "46601 s packets cause buffer underflow" when I opened TMPGEnc from the original folder. I am trying to convert my test MPEG1 video/audio clip into Video CD format so I can burn it to CD-R and play it on my DVD player.
Please help!!! I am new to all this technology.
Thanks a lot!

When I convert to MPEG1 a divx5pro file, it produces a video file that make smalls skips in the mpeg/image (it seems tmpgenc "eat" some frames in the result mpeg1 video)

any idea?

I can send a small example of mpeg file on request.

Let me guess. You have encoded the MPEG to a different framerate to that of the original?

ASHY

no....
both were at 24/25 fps (PAL standard):

source: divx5pro

640x272 , audio extracted woth virtual dub to a wav, then mixed. 24 fames/second

Target: PAL vcd standard

any idea?

WAIT!!!!

seems you are true, the exact frame rate works fine if you preserve the decimals 23.97 source (not 24) and the frame target at 23.97 (NTSF).


Thanks a lot.
Greetings from Spain

Just as I thought. TMPG doesn't do correct framerate conversion. Even that small amount of difference will cause the jerky playback.

ASHY

Yor right Ashy, you cant encode a 23.9fps file to 24fps, like you can"t encode a 29.9fps to 30fps....

PS: you Can Not use 24FPS as a Pal Movie...Only 25fps....

Have installed/uninstalled version 2.58 three times because error message "Can't load P3Package.dll" occurs right after specifying output file name. Any ideas .

Is the file actually in your TMPG folder?

My advice is to completely remove TMPG from your system and download a fresh copy then try again.


ASHY

Hi..I hads the exact same problem. All you need to do is open the TMPGEnc program from the actual folder as opposed to say, opening it from a shortcut on your desktop. Let me know if this helps.

Hi..I hads the exact same problem. All you need to do is open the TMPGEnc program from the actual folder as opposed to say, opening it from a shortcut on your desktop. Let me know if this helps.

Hi
I'm a newbie to this ripping and thought i was doing ok, but-

I'm using latest plus version and from m'peg tools "merge & cut" I've cut first cd portion to hdd but when I try to cut 2'nd portion from time line using open bracket at 72min & close bracket at last frame, which gives frame number to box the program runs fine till end of audio track then freezes up on completion of audio track immediately before starting the merge.

I've tried many times, used end of timeline and last frame, just in from end, but allways a freeze at this same point regardless of last (close) bracket position. Allways need XP Pro task manager to close TMPGEnc. Then on restart same, time after time.

Please help

Ps rip was from DVD not Download off net.

Regards Ken

You have to be patient. That is not the end of the process. TMPG has to write the headers to the file. Just go and have a coffee or something and it should eventually complete.

ASHY

Hi again

Thanks for comment, in reply to ASHY: No, it's not a time problem, what I mean is that the TASK MANAGER says "TMPGEnc Not Responding" the program really locks up. Ive loaded the TMPGEnc trial version and installed the Vafpi plugin which I don't think I had before, I havn't tried it yet, could it be this 'Vafpi'?

Thanks to all who offer help.

Regards Ken

I have this problem EVERY time with Tmpgenc ..It will alow you to Cut the First Half of the movie But the second half allways freezes after scanning the audio stream...There isn"t really anything you can do about it accept use a different mpeg editor......

I must be the luckiest person on this BBS.
I can honestly say I hardly ever, if ever have even a small percentage of the problems experienced by others using this BBS.
One thing I do know is I run a clean system with only the software and codecs I need only, any unecessary software or things which could cause conflicts, such as having installed more than one DVD player, are uninstalled.

This leads me to believe it's down to a badly configured system or one which is so full of unecessary crap that it's causing problems.

If that is case it seems the best option is to do a re-install of windows.

ASHY

Hi to all

Good news this time! The free TMPGEnc ex their website installed with their vafpi worked first time. I think the problem may have been my failure to install vafpi with my plus version.

I would rather be using my plus version and with vafpi installed on system that should work now, I think?

What I did notice is that the free version TMPGEnc Application file is 2621kb, whereas the Plus version I have is 2342kb. So the free application file is 279kb larger than the plus version which seems pretty odd to me. Also the free vafpi install file is 835kb as against my plus versions 785, so again plus version is smaller by 50kb??????????

All the other files in the two 'plus' and 'free' files are identical in size. This is all rather disconcerting to me when the version no's: V.2.58.44.152 and Core Version 1.90.140 are the same. Does anyone know why this is?

This maybe going a bit too far, but like ASHY I try to keep my computer tidy and I get a bit peed off when things don't go! I was up all night with this hicup and being new to ripping problems it's a hard way to learn.

Though I do run 3 DVD software players as I find my old 8x Hitachi DVD Rom works with DVD Genie changing region codes on Win DVD sometimes better than Power DVD or NV DVD.

I'm about to buy a new Asus 52x24x52 CDRW and I've never had a cdrw, can someone advise me on writers? There are heaps of hardware sites but people on this forum must do alot of burning so it seems a fair query?

Thanks for your comments and my regards and admiration to all rippers!

Ken

I Still Have Problems With Just An Encoder And My OS Onstalled With SP1...For Some Reason My Version Of Windows XP is Really Buggy ..I have To Do A Full Install of XP about 2 times A month..I even Went as Far as Haveing NO Software Installed On my System Accept for Anti-Virus And Just Installing programs When I needed To use Them And Delete Them When Done...I Even Had A Major Crash once After Just Installing My OS and Restarting it..Which Made Me Re-install it Again..I have so many MS Dos Startup Disks I don"t know which is witch..I wonder if Microsoft will Send me a New one if I send mine Back???...Ohh well..

Try updating your motherboard driver and check your system for resource conflicts in system info.

ASHY

OK a few days ago I burned a DVD but the movie I burned was from kazaa and it was a pal so my dvd does not play it... so I opened my dvd back on my compter and sent the whole Video TS file containg about 8 files named like video ts and vts files with different endings so I went through and found the longest one and ran it through tmpgenc however now the once 56 min movie is only 13 mins can anyone help??? Thanks

All those files make up the complete movie not just the longest one, this is why it's only 13mins long.

You do NOT load VOB files into TMPEG as this is the wrong way to do it. You need to load the files into DVD2AVI and create a d2v project file which you then load into TMPG.

Why don't you just use the original file in TMPG instead of the VOBS?

ASHY

What you are trying to do can be a bit tricky cuz you are trying to convert Pal to NTSC which tmpgenc will not do properly..So you should Extract the files as a VOB file with Smartripper and use DVD2AVI to make a WAV and a D2V file(I have problems sometimes with Smartripper D2V"s) then you can use something like "AVISynth" to do the Pal to NTSC conversion to Tmpgenc...But if you have to original file you downloaded then it might be easier to work with it...

Today I downloaded version 2.58.44.152 of TMPGenc, started the .exe and got
"MPEG-2 trial period has expired"
What is wrong on my system?

You must have had a previous version on your system at some time or other. The trial is NOT renewed in each new version.
I'm afraid it's time for you to open your wallet and spend some cash.

ASHY

I have had the same thing happen. So I bought the product through the Web site, got the serial#, but there seems to be NO PLACE to enter the serial number to unlock the MPEG2 encoding again. Any suggestions? I like this product, but I'm out almost $50 and can't get the program to encode MPEG2.
Thanks!

I am trying to use TMPGENC to convert avi files that I've downloaded off the net. When ever I go to browse and select the program to convert to VCD it gives me the error of can not open or unsupported. What am I doing wrong?

Go to "Options" to "enviromental Settings" to "Vfapi Plugins" and raise the "Direct Show" to "2"...

How do you raise the Direct show to 2 Ican't do it.

right click

I just installed TMPGE2.5 and when I run it I get an error after about 10 seconds and it shuts down. I am using Win 2000 with 768 meg of ram and 90 gig hard drive and DirectX8.1. Does anyone have any idea what might be causing this error? I am running an Athlon 1.3 ghz.

Thanks

Pat Thomas
Tucson

What error is it????

The error which comes up in Win2k says the following:

"Program Error

TMPGEnc.exe has generated errors and will be closed by Windows. You will need to restart the program.

An error log is being created."

And the Error log Says?