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Use the MPEG Tools in TMPG, File>Mpeg Tools>Merge and cut.
Simply add your MPEG1 file, edit it select first half, pick a name and hit run.
Select the second half, change the name and hit run. Done
would like to know if it worked?
as i tried this,i thought it worked fine but the new halfs began with audio then the audio disappeared!!
so i suggest you check the audio to the end!!
I have read a couple of relevant posts that a search of this forum turned up, but I am still unclear exactly what I need to do, in order to encode a widescreen avi into a (S)VCD to view on an older, non-wide screen NTSC (American) TV. The widescreen avi's look great on my computer monitor, but after conversion, the picture is squashed vertically, and the actors all look anorexic.
Also, I read a few posts that suggest that the wrong settings could wipe out part of the picture that is on the widescreen version. I certainly don't mind the "letterbox" if that is the price of seeing all that the director meant for us to see.
I have done little more than use the project wizard to encode with TMPGEnc, so please tell me what settings I need to change, and where in the wizard I need to change them.
I have version 2.53. I can open a .avi file as 'Audio source' but when I try to open the same file as 'Video source' I just get the meassage "can not open, or unsupported" What can I do?
Go to "Options" to "Enviromental settings" to "Vfapi Plugins" and Raise the "Direct Show File Reader" to "2"...and Make sure you have the correct codecs installed...
I have version 2.53. I can open a .avi file as 'Audio source' but when I try to open the same file as 'Video source' I just get the meassage "can not open, or unsupported" What can I do?
I can play VOB files in PowerDVD XP (with it's codecs) and correctly in WMP 8.0 only with Fraunhofer DVDaudio decoder and ELECARD mpg2video decoder but when I try to open the same file il TMPG it is unsupported.
I changed ELECARD mpg2video decoder with Fraunhofer DVDVideo decoder but also WMP and TMPG show in the time counter only half of the time last of the source VOB video file.
So when I try to encode the VOB at half time the enconding stops.
When I try to play the VOB in WMP at half time the time counter stops.
How can I use PowerDVD codecs with TMPG. The VFAPI box does not say anyting about PowerDVD or CyberLink...
You aren"t supposed to encode VOB files with Tmpgenc Or pretty Much any encoder, The Correct way to encode VOB file with Tmpgenc is to Use "DVD2AVI" to Frame serve the Vob files to Tmpgenc in a D2V file...Vob Files ripped from a Retail DVD"s have information in them Than Encoders Don"t know what to do with, and The Audio format in Most DVD"s is Not supported in Tmpgenc, which is Usually "AC3 Dolby Digital" and Tmpgenc in Most cases Can"t decode the AC3 and They usually Have Subtitles in them which Tmpgenc wouldn"t know what to do with them and They have Many Different Audio tracks and Video tracks which Tmpgenc Wouldn"t know what to do with...So the Established way of Makeing a VCD/SVCD/DVD from Vob files is to Use DVD2AVI to Make a D2V file and extract the audio track that you want, then Load the D2V file into Tmpgenc and encode it to the format of your Choice...It is Much faster doing it this way Cuz the Decoder that tmpgenc uses for Mpeg2 files(Usually Ligos or Cyberlink)is Not as Fast as haveing DVD2AVI decode it for you.....
Until you need only video and audio, tnpgenc handles vob's easy.
I use tmpgenc to split vob's 95% cases successfully. I split only video and audio from it. Splitted AC3 audio stream is suitable to convert with headac3he to any more common format and then to multiplex stream back to system stream.
5 % are somehow erratic vob's. Rippers have also produced somehow corrupted vobs or Chopper which I used earlier to split some vobs corrupted half of these.
Well once you "demux" the Video from the Vob file It isn"t a VOB file any more it is a Mpeg video file or a M2V file...So doing it this way isn"t encodeing VOB files it is encodeing Mpeg2 video files...
I have a file of 2,4 GB that I want to split in 3 to put on three discs. When I use mpegtools the error "stream writing error" comes up, always when the process of rewriting the svcd header is in progress. The files are ok to play in my computer, will the be ok even if I put them on disc, what is the purpose of the SVCD header? Why do I get these "stream writing error" problems?
I ripped the harry potter DVD and try to open the video stream in TMPGEnc to no avail; i've tried demuxing the DVD to m2v files as well as using DVD2AVI to create a .d2v file, both gives me "Cannot open, or unsupported." I have WinDVD 4 and Media Player 7 on my system. I've tried playing with the VFAPI plug-in settings to no avail.
Create a d2v file with DVD2AVI again then copy from the DVD2AVI directory a file called 'DVD2AVI.VFP'
Place this file into your TMPG directory then run TMPG. Your d2v file should then load.
Thanks for the reply. however, it still does not work. by the way, I have also tried demuxing the stream I got into a m2v file, but that file will not get read by TMPG either. Weird.
Well you Don"t have DVD2AVI installed Properly..Make sure that you have "DVD2AVI.vfp" Listed in the "VFAPI Plugins" in Tmpgenc...and if you don"t have it listed then this is your Problem...To get it listed you do as ASHY explained Earlier By copying and Pasteing the "DVD2AVI.vfp" File from the "DVD2AVI" Folder into the "Tmpgenc" Folder..Then restart Tmpgenc and go to the "VFAPI Plugins" and see if it is Listed ,It should be, and you can try raiseing the Priority of the DVD2AVI Plugin...And in DVD2AVI under "Help" make sure "VFAPI" has a Check Mark next to it...and you have to remember that you can"t move or rename any of the VOB files or D2V file from were they are till you have finnshed your encodeing...You can also download a Program called "VAPI Converter" that will turn the D2V file into an Psudo avi file that you can use in Tmpgenc..the avi file will only take about 2 seconds to make..and if the VFAPI Converter" gives you an error then you probably just need to make a New D2V file.Or you can try AVISYNTH to frame serve the D2V file to Tmpgenc..Well these are Pretty much all the Fixes I know for Problems with D2V files..I hope one of them will work....
Strange that you cannaot open the d2v file after putting the 'DVD2AVI.VFP' in the TMPG directory. Are you sure you put it in the right place? It must be located in the same place as the TMPGenc.exe
Check your VFAPI plugins to see if it's listed.
Also as minion says you cannot move,delete or rename either the VOBs or the d2v file or any of the folders associated with them until you have finished encoding.
Also what program did you use to rip the VOBs to your hard drive?
Yes, the plug-in is found under the VFAPI plugins list. No, I did not remove any VOB files after I ripped the CD. Ripper used was DVD Decrypter; I did "select main movie file" and ripped it with file mode, since that didn't work, I tried stream processing and just ripped the movie stream, and it didn't work either. Finally I tried to demux the movie portion to m2v file, and it didn't work either.
When i try to load the d2v file, tmpgenc pauses for quite some time (about 30 seconds) before coming back to tell me the file is unsupported. I think it's actually having truoble with the actual movie stream and not the d2v file.
Oh, I forgot to mention, the same settings work fine for a different d2v file that was created for another movie that I ripped. Only the harry potter movie gave me trouble.
This happens From Tite to time Whith no real reason for it..You can try to Cut it at a different Part, But if that doesn"t work then you should maybe consider getting a Real Mpeg editor or encodeing your movies in Parts instead of a Whole movie so you don"t have to edit it Cuz Mpeg files aren"t really meant to be edited...
Accept it does not work with Mpeg2 files which makes it useless you you are makeing SVCD"s or DVD"s...Try "Womble Mpeg2VCR" it will Cut Mpeg1 and Mpeg2 files...
If the sound disappears during the cut, more than likely, there is a corruption at some point in the file. Usually this corruption is at that particular place where there is no sound anymore.
Check the original. This kind of corruption can be easily recognized by slight 1-2 second sound crackle and video noise.
The only way to fix it is to convert the entire file and then cut it.
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