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Does the TMPGenc correctly recognize "Field order" setting from input material or does one have to set it manually?
I'm getting DivX AVIs (Ripped from DVD with DVDx) into TMPGenc 2.59 and in 99% TMPGe is setting itself to Top field. I'm allways reverting that to "bottom field" based on my experience. Should i leave this setting on default for creating VCDs?
Also, as I'm ripping widescreen DVDs, I'm using the following settings:
Video/aspect ratio - 16:9
Advanced/video source type - Non-interlace
Advanced/source aspect ratio - 16:9
Advanced/video arrange method - Full screen (keep aspect ratio)
Am I doing something wrong because my player doesn't switch to widescreen when I'm playing the VCD.
>I'm getting DivX AVIs (Ripped from DVD with DVDx) into TMPGenc 2.59 and in 99% TMPGe is setting itself to Top field.
If you are converting DVD with TMPG then you are wasting time and quality creating an intermediate AVI. You should be using DVD2AVI to create a d2v project file for TMPG (This basically allows you to encode with TMPG directly from the DVD files).
>Advanced/video source type - Non-interlace
If you are ripping DVD then the source should be set to 'Interlace' unless you have used the 'ForcedFilm' option in DVD2AVI.
>Advanced/source aspect ratio - 16:9
Secondly the input aspect ratio should be 16:9 display.
>Video/aspect ratio - 16:9
Lastly if your TV is a standard 4:3 TV then your output aspect ratio should also be 4:3 not 16:9]
>>I'm getting DivX AVIs (Ripped from DVD with DVDx) into TMPGenc 2.59 and in >>99% TMPGe is setting itself to Top field.
>If you are converting DVD with TMPG then you are wasting time and quality >creating an intermediate AVI. You should be using DVD2AVI to create a d2v >project file for TMPG (This basically allows you to encode with TMPG directly >from the DVD files).
I didn't find any way to use subtitles with DVD2AVI and I need subtitles.
>>Advanced/video source type - Non-interlace
>If you are ripping DVD then the source should be set to 'Interlace' unless you >have used the 'ForcedFilm' option in DVD2AVI.
And if I allready ripped the DVD into AVI and importing that AVI into TMPGe? Progressive then?
>>Advanced/source aspect ratio - 16:9
>Secondly the input aspect ratio should be 16:9 display.
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>>Video/aspect ratio - 16:9
>Lastly if your TV is a standard 4:3 TV then your output aspect ratio should >also be 4:3 not 16:9]
>Tmpgenc Only analizes the "Field Order" and adjusts it acordingly if you load >the File into Tmpgenc useing the "Wizard"....
Yep, I've created my VBR template, and loading files with the wizard. So, You think that i should leave this setting as TMPGe sets it? I'm changing it to Bottom and having no problems. Maybe it's irrelevant when input is non-interlaced AVI?
To use subtitles with DVD2AVI you need to frameserve from Virtualdub.
You are losing a lot of quality and time by creating this intermediate AVI.
The way to do it is as follows:
Load the d2v project file from DVD2AVI into the VFAPI converter (without audio), this creates a dummy AVI which can then be loaded into Virtualdub. Using the subs filter add your subs then frameserve the whole thing from Virtualdub to TMPG and encode.
It seems complicated but is really quite simple and it will save you bags of time messing about with AVI's.
Another alternative is to use DVD2SVCD which can do it all for you using some of the above programs.
Yes you're correct the field order will have no effect on a progressive AVI. If you are sure your AVI is indeed progressive.
>To use subtitles with DVD2AVI you need to frameserve from Virtualdub.
>You are losing a lot of quality and time by creating this intermediate AVI.
How much quality am I loosing if my intermediate AVI is DivX encoded with bitrates 5000-8000? And with DVDx, ripping into AVI with subtitles and dolby surround sound lasts as long as a movie.
>The way to do it is as follows:
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>DVD2AVI(d2v file) > VFAPI converter > Virtualdub > TMPG
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>Load the d2v project file from DVD2AVI into the VFAPI converter (without >audio), this creates a dummy AVI which can then be loaded into Virtualdub. >Using the subs filter add your subs then frameserve the whole thing from >Virtualdub to TMPG and encode.
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>It seems complicated but is really quite simple and it will save you bags of >time messing about with AVI's.
I tried it but cannot find subs filter. I searched vcdhelp tools page and virtualdub filters page with no luck.
>Another alternative is to use DVD2SVCD which can do it all for you using some >of the above programs.
I'm trying it right now. It got to TMPGenc part and i stopped it because avg bitrate was set to 1970, too much for one CD movie. Trying again...
>Yes you're correct the field order will have no effect on a progressive AVI. >If you are sure your AVI is indeed progressive.
>How much quality am I loosing if my intermediate AVI is DivX encoded with bitrates 5000-8000? And with DVDx, ripping into AVI with subtitles and dolby surround sound lasts as long as a movie.
You will always lose some quality no matter what the bitrate. This is an artifact of compression technology.
>I tried it but cannot find subs filter. I searched vcdhelp tools page and virtualdub filters page with no luck.
>I'm trying it right now. It got to TMPGenc part and i stopped it because avg bitrate was set to 1970, too much for one CD movie. Trying again...
That bitrate shouldn't be problem as long as your DVD player supports it and most do. If it's a regular size movie it should easily fit on 2 disks. I often use bitrates this high and higher for movies, this will increase the quality of the image.
There were several posts previously, about corrupt MPG files out of TMPGEnc. Files that would hang on import or load into Ulead DVD products as well as SpruceUp DVD authoring. I think I isolated (in my case) the source of the problem:
I was capturing in iuVCR to segments, and using Avisynth to frameserve segments to TMPGEnc. One of these applications were to blame for most of the corrupt MPG problems.
I stopped using iuVCR to capture and switched to VirtualDub. I stopped capturing to segments, and captured direct to single .AVI files. Then I did not frameserve using anything, simply opened the complete AVI in TMPGEnc. The corrupt MPG problem went away for the most part. I still get a bad MPG every 15 or so encodes, but nothing near the previous 95% corrupt rate I had before.
Avisynth/iuVCR one is to blame for corrupt MPG. I'm just not sure which (or could it even be both).
I haven't used any of above applications except tmpgenc, still experienced crashes with named DVD authoring software. Contrary, some files have been "repaired" by remuxing with tmpgenc.
But worst is DVDWS ver. 1.3 itself - it crashes with files what aren't a problem to version 1.2.
The Ulead has announced the problem with DVDWS 1.3. I have both version in different computers 1.2 and 1.3) and 1.3 fails with most of projects, while one reason is mpg size over 500 Mb. But sometimes smaller files crash 1.3 too.
Then the final solution is send all stuff to other PC to author it with version 1.2 ... while I tried to downgrade 1.3 to 1.2 but result was disaster, couldn't works with 1.3 to 1.2 version at all, even when I cleaned registry and whatever between insatllation ...
Failure or crashes are mostly due to the material what i push in there ... your material is different or some other reason ...
It Could be because I don"t Use tmpgenc to encode Very often Cuz I get much better results with CCE so Most of the Files I author with DVD workshop 1.3 are encoded with CCE But they are Muxed as Mpeg2 files with Tmpgenc..So it sounds Like it might be a Compatibility issue with the Structure of Tmpgenc files and DVD Workshop....
after i'm enconding a *.avi to *.mpg, i'd notiecd a problem with the sound.
the sound is a little beat delay. i mean that in the movie the sound dont match the characters lips.
how can i fix this? (if it's impossible)
Thank you
I'm trying to open SVCD (MPEG-2) movie file with TMPGEnc Plus 2.58.44.152, but get a "can not open, or unsupported" error. I have raised the priority for the DirectShow VFAPI plug-in to 2, but this has not helped.
When I try to open the file with the Merge & Cut MPEG tool in TMPGEnc, I also get an error - "Can not open this file with DirectShow (0x80040218), Detail:[] 03¼]" (The detail: part appears as square-Esquare on screen).
I also tried opening the file with VirtualDub and there too get an error - "MPEG Import Filter: pack synchronization error".
I can play the movie with PowerDVD but not with Windows Media Player 8. WMP is suggesting that the movie may have been encoded with a codec that it does not support.
Can anybody please help me with my problem? How do I find out what codec was used?
TMPG can encode to MPEG2, but cannot decode MPEG2 nor can Mediaplayer.
For this you will need a third party MPEG2 codec.
It is strange though that you have PowerDVD installed and are having problems as TMPG and mediaplayer should be using this codec to decode MPEG2 unless your are using an earlier version of TMPG than TMPG v2.58 to open these files.
Have a look in your VFAPI plugins for the Cyberlink codec and then raise it's priority.
for me the svcd that i got , is in pal(europe dvd). so im in north america (ntsc). could this make my ati media player just to play the sound but not the video. tmpgenc unsupported . virtualdub unsupported, wmp unsupported , elecard mpeg-2 player unsupported .....??????????
latest version of tmpgenc doesn't seems to work . do i got to make something more for this....??????
help help help help help please please please.....
Whether the SVCD is PAL or NTSC wont make any difference.
Do you have the Cyberlink codec listed in your VFAPI plugins in TMPG.
If you do there may be a problem with the SVCD file.
If this is the case you can use TMPG de-multiplexer to seperate the Video and audio streams in the SVCD.
This will seperate the video to a file called *.m2v and the audio to *.mp2
Try and load this into TMPG.
If you want to download DVD2AVI which is the Best way to encode Mpeg2 files with Tmpgenc it is easy to find ,You just didn"t try very hard..You just put DVD2AVI into a Search engine like "Google" ,I just did it and the very first thing that came up was this: http://arbor.ee.ntu.edu.tw/~jackei/dvd2avi/ which it were you can download it....
I found a good web site for help with TMPGEnc. It is [S]VCD Help http://www.vcdhelp.com/tmpgenc.htm. It also covers my very problem. It too was suggesting increasing the VFAPI priority for Cyberlink as well as using other MPEG2 codecs. The Cyberlink (PowerDVD) VFAPI somehow does not work. The pop-up info shown about this VFAPI plugin states that it is a TMPGEnc built-in plugin; ie. it is not linked to my PowerDVD installation. How do I change this? There is no *.vfp file in the PowerDVD directory.
From the web site I downloaded another MPEG2 codec (m2v.vfp), which is working a little better. I now can open a SVCD as video source, but still can't use the Merge&Cut MPEG tool in TMPGEnc.
I used the suggested DVD2AVI method to frameserve the SVCD to TMPGEnc. This worked okay and with the "Source Range" option I'm able to cut the SVCD as desired. The problem now is that the new MPEG file is 230mb bigger than the source. Has the audio been decompressed or why is this the case? How can I fix this?
BTW, when I look at the original MPEG with a hex viewer it shows that the file starts with a RIFF header "RIFFt1w.CDXAfmt ..." ahead of the TMPGEnc header. The new MPEG I created above only has the TMPGEnc header. What is this RIFF header?
I tried to convert a XviD.avi file but TMPGEnc always say that my file can not open, or is unsupported. I tried raising the piority of that DirectShow to 1, 2, 3,... I tried many digits but all of this caused my video to have green patches all over it... Can someone help out?
The link didn't come out correctly, so you might have to copy and past in browser.
After installing than you can take the DirectShow back up to highest priority.
Hope this helps.
I have been trying to convert an AVI file to an MPEG2 file through TMPG 5.9, and it keeps getting errors, or closes unexpectedly. I have tried this with both a 2 GB AVI file and a 400 MB file. Funny thing is, I did it once with another file and it went fine. Other times I try it, everything goes all right, but then it errors again. How can I get past this? I'm on Windows 2000, P4 2.4 GHZ.
Well I guess it would depend on that type of errors you are getting..But in Most cases if you get an error in the middle of an encodeing session it is Because of a problem with the File you are encodeing..Sometimes it is a Corrupted header or some Bad frames in the file.This is Very common with Downloaded movies...You can try Frameserveing the File to Tmpgenc with Virtual dub and you can get V-Dub to Scan the file for any errors and if there are some corrupted frames it Can mask them while frameserveing....
Is there a way to pause encoding...and resume it? I have only a PII 400...and encoding about 389 mg from mpg to vcd is going to take at least 5-7 hours....would be nice if I could do a few hours....pause it....do other stuff...then resume the encoding...is this possible?
Well Sort of..You can Press the "Stop" button ,and when the dialog box comes up and asks if you want to Quit encodeing just don"t answer and go do what ever you want to do on the computer accept turn it off, then when you want to resume encodeing just press the "No" tab in the Abort encodeing dialog Box...
been trying to mpeg 2 from AVI a pretty big file (avi is approx 8 gB) and seem to be running into a wall around the 2 gb mark...is this some real obvious limitation to windows nt 4.0 that tmpg 2.59.47 gets kinda squirrely with files over 2 gB?
Are you saying that when encodeing the Mpeg file and it get"s to about 2gb tmpgenc does something like give you an error of crash or something??? There is No Limit in tmpgenc that would make it stop encodeing at 2gb..The only limit I can think of is if the Partition you are encodeing to is Formated to a Fat16 file system, which has a 2gb limit...Explain what happens when you get to 2gb???
i had an AVI file of 8gb. I tried opening it in tmpg using Morgan Multimedia LSI TVMJPEG software codec, it comes up as grey or black. so i ran the file through Virtual dub and shortened it to approx 2.1 gb. when i went to preview the file in TMPG, i could only get to about 70-90 percent through it ie approx 2 gb worth of video.
sorry i forgot to mention the software codec, but i have used the software codec on other files larger than 2 gb in After Effects no prob.
i will check the drive to see if its fat, ill also look at the MM codec website for any otherpossible clues
Minion a while you told me you were having problems changing the framerate in IUVCR and could not raise it above 25 fps.
I have been in contact with the author about this problem and it can be solved by 'right' clicking on the 'capture format' button and adjusting the framerate through the native windows dialogue.
Is there a way to pause encoding...and resume it? I have only a PII 400...and encoding about 389 mg from mpg to vcd is going to take at least 5-7 hours....would be nice if I could do a few hours....pause it....do other stuff...then resume the encoding...is this possible?
No, but the logical thing is to do what I used to do and many others with slow systems, encode while you sleep and in the morning you'll have a nice MPEG waiting.