What are the best options to set in TMPEGenc Plus to get the highest quality MPEG1 640X480 video? File size and encoding time is unlimited.
I get confused with VBR, CBR, etc. I think the answer is VBR 2 pass. However, then I am confused as to what to set as minimum, average, and maximum bit rate. My footage is coming from a 3CCD Mini DV camera (AVI), so I think a minimum bit rate of 3000, average of 4000, and max of 5000 would be sufficient. However I still see artifacts in my results when played back in Media Player. Can anyone offer some tips for creating higher quality MPEG1's?

Thanks all!

I forgot to say that each file I am encoding is around 30 Seconds to 2 minutes long. Every file has constant motion in at least 2/3's of the screen.

Let me also clarify that file size is an issue, but I do not want to sacrifice quality for file size.

Thanks again.

Well...no answers from anyone, but some searching in the archives showed that people using the CQ setting seemed to be getting better results than VBR two pass. I tried it, and WOW. It is much better, artifacts and blockiness are almost completely gone. Good file size too.

Thank you TMPGEnc!

Only 47% of the movie encoded ..then it stopped.
I tried several times with no luck.

Hi,
I have problems converting xvid videos in TMPGEnc. I want to burn these movies into a DVD-R. I have the newest Xvid codec, but it keeps saying that the file is unsupported. Does anyone else have this problem? I tried searching on the forum, but none of the answers in the searchresults could help me fix the problem. Can anyone help me with this?

Thanks

TMPGEnc CAN read XViD. All you have to do is to raise the priority of the DirectShow-VFAPI-PlugIn as descriped many often here.
An other Way is to use AVISynth or VirtualDub as Frameserver.

I'm trying to turn my xvid file into an mpg/dvd file. I followed the tutorial but when it gets to the last screen, bitrate settings, at the top it says the movie is 241 minutes when it is less than 2 hours... it won't let me drop the disk capacity % below 141.63%. Any idea why it is doing this? It's an NTSC 16x9 file and that is what i selected at the beginning of the wizard. I can't convert it to DVD because i can't get past this part. Thanks in advance!

VBR-Audio, that's the Problem. Use Advanced -> Source Range to set the Correct Ending-Ponit of the Video.
The better Way is to use VirtualDub to demux and convert the Audio-Part to WAV first.
Search the Board here, it's a often asked question.

Sadly, it is often asked, and usually answered in a very surly fashion. If its that common, they need to put it in the FAQ. The search engine output is godawful when you try to do a search. It shoots text salad out.

I was wondeing if its possible to rotate the video 90 degrees to the right that way when i convet my music vidoes and whatnot i can take full advatnge of the side of my screen on my cell phone

What does it relat with TMPGEnc DVD Author?

If turn it 90 degree, how can you watch your DVD by TV???

have downloaded file and unable to install on computer. tmpgenc file

what do I need to do now.

>have downloaded file and unable to install on computer.

i cant see how you would have trouble extracting all the contents of the zip file into a new folder

so whats the problem???

When i got into settings/audio in the drop down menu for channel mode there is no option for Mono , just stereo, dual channel and join stereo . How do i get Mono set ????
Thanks

Load the Unlock.MCF in the Extra folder in the Template folder then it will appear.

Thanks ashey !!

any type of video I try to convert: mpg,wma,avi (several types), etc.. it will not work. I get a error message: "Read error occurred at address 00402F40 of module 'TMPGENC.EXE with 20656850". It worked fine before when I had the older version then one day it crashed then I tried the newer version (over lap and fresh install)and it still does it. I have a funny feeling it might be a dll or something (out of date or something) or reg entry currupted. but I don't know were to start. any help to help me trace it down would be greatly appreciated... Also direct show is the highest priorty setting. Again thx 4 any help.

fixed it. I found a post that said the put a fresh copy of TMPGENC.exe so I re installed a fresh copy of that execution file and it works. Why the older version and this one both caused the same thing? Probably both downloads went sour. What are the possabilities of that happening back to back. thx if u were considering answering anyway! :)

I'm encoding captured video (captured at 720x480) into MPEG-2 at the same resolution (using the DVD template, 4x3 aspect ratio, interlaced video). The problem is, the video output is at a resolution of 720x540. I read about this problem in another post (http://bbs.pegasys-inc.com/bbscgi/search/docs/en/tmpgenc/box68/tmpgenc_post_25686.html).

So, I've gotten that sorted out, except the previously mentioned post in referring to video that must be resized. What are the best settings for video that is already at the proper resolution? Why doesn't a 4x3 aspect ratio give the proper output?

Thanks.

You are making a wrong setting some where. After you load your source file load the DVD NTSC template and I guarantee your output will be 720x480.
Before you encode just check that the output resolution is 720x480 under the 'Video' tab and you should be OK.

Well, I tried any number of possible settings. If I choose MPEG-I, the video comes out as the desired 720x480, but as soon as I switch to MPEG-II, it changes to 720x540.

Maybe I need to look again. Are there any known problems with encoding video from HuffyUV files?

>If I choose MPEG-I, the video comes out as the desired 720x480, but as soon as I switch to MPEG-II, it changes to 720x540.

That's impossible. If it says 720x480 under the VIDEO tab, it will be 720x480 no matter what the input resolution is unless you have a corrupted version of TMPG.
How are you determining the resolution of the resulting file?

I would like you to set up TMPG to encode as normal then copy and paste the information at the bottom of the TMPG window here.

Ok, well, it turns out Windows Media Player was lying about the resolution of the video.

Sorry.

Hi All,
I'm trying to merge 4 MPEG 2 files into 1 using TMPGENC but get the error "BOBFEST2.mpg IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH OTHER MPEG FILE" where bobfest2.mpg is the 2nd file I had added to the merge cut window. If I remove the bobfest2 file I get the same error w/the next file. Avicodec
list all 4 files as
File : xxx MB (0.0 B), duration 0:00:00, type MPG, 1 audio stream(s), quality 80 %
Video : 0.0 B, 2520 Kbps, 25.0 fps, res. 480*576 (16:9), MPG2 = MPEG 2 (SVCD/DVD), Supported
Audio : 0.0 B, 192 Kbps, 44100 Hz, 2 chan., 0x51 = Mpeg-1 audio Layer 2 [0xc0], Supported

I'd tried using both MPEG2 PROGRAM and MPEG2 SuperVCD in "type". Any help w/getting around this error is appreciated. Thanks!

If one is not the same, then no you cannot do this.

Load only one, then save another copy out with Split, select the right one from the drop down list. Do the same with the others..

If its only a small problem, that might fix it, else you need to re-encode

http://www.movieking.co.uk/forum/

Hello there
TMPGEnc is a great application. I'am very sad about the fact that TMPGEnc is not available for MacOS (X).
I think it would be a great addition for any Mac-User.

greetings

i've got a problem here... i'm trying to make a VCD out of some AVI files. most of them work, but w/ 2 of them i get some funky visual distortion where the pictures kind of leave trails and turn all green and stuff, kind of hard to describe. anyway, it's only 2 of several files that do this. they work fine when i play them in windows media player, but when they go through TMPGenc they get this distortion. what's the problem here? is it fixable?

I've seen that before too...it kind of looks like what I imagine a crazy acid trip to look like. I uninstalled all my codecs that I had installed at the time, and reinstalled just the ones that I knew I would need, and the problem went away.