We have been using free tmpeg and today upgraded to xpress4. Why did batching get neutered? You used to be able to set a template, choose files and go. Now you have to set up each file by hand/register and then process all auto. Why did batch change so drasticlly?

I had the usual problem with VBR audio, that the VCDs I burned using Nero were out of sync, with the audio way behind the video. So I read around and found the "extract audio into .wav" solution, and then used TMPGEnc to put them back together. The problem is, a file for which the video & audio are 40:41 comes out as 40:43, and the audio is now IN FRONT of the video.

Any ideas?

I used TMEG plus 2.5 to convert my AVI files. It seem to me that the color of the video pixelate like streaming of color. I don't know how to attach picture to this web. I tried to fix this so many times but it didn't work. The AVI file seem to be smoother with color.

Ok, here's the deal... Ill give an example to start out. I used to be able to encode a fairly high-quality DivX file (with 2.5) that would be about 2 hours, and it would take only about 2.5 hours total (converting to mpeg2 for dvd). Now I go to do it today with a few videos, and a 2-hour vid is taking about 4 hours. Any reason why this could be? I have no extra processes running, have used the exact same settings (even tried encoding at lower quality, but still slow), and I haven't changed any hardware or anything. I'm stumped! My guess is that I might need to defrag since I have been doing so much downloading, transfers, encoding, etc lately. I'll give that a shot, but does anyone have any other ideas why?

I am getting impatient! After many attempts to encode 110 minutes mpg VBR from a 22GB AVI huffyuv, I conclude that TMPEG is just not suited for the job. I've used this freeware program for years but the bugs are starting to annoy me. I know TMPEG can't join files without bugging them, but now it seems, it also can't encode files without bugging them.

I get several error messages when I open the encoded mpeg1 file in VirtualDub. Anachronistic timestamps indicates improper joining. But I haven't "joined" the file at all... Audio & Video was encoded in "one go" with VirtualDub frameserving.

I want an error free encoding, so I can be sure the file will play one any DVD hardware player.

Could you please direct me to another freeware program?

I used tmpeg to convert an avi file to an mpeg file, everything works fine, except the audio cuts out at the last minute, wouldn't be a problem but it cuts out what someone is saying :( does tmpeg automatically fade out the volume or something? if so, how do i change it?

No, TMPGEnc does not automatically fade out the volume. My guess is that your audio and video streams are different in length.

Another reason is if the input audio is VBR, TMPG doen't handle it
too well.
Dave

adress 00013277 can't read adress FFFFFFF

I have TMPEG Editor 2 and TMPEG Author 2.
Is it possible to load data in NTSC format, edit and then write in PAL format?

Would it be possible to include MOV imports as the quicktime plugin audio no longer works after qt ver 7.

regards

I am trying batch encodes and after the first file I get the following error:

"Not enough storage is available to complete this operation"

I have plenty of space on all my drives and have moved the workspace to a drive with lots of space but this still persists.

Any ideas?

make sure all drives are NTFS

they are all NTFS

I don't know then, it works fine here

make sure the Temp folder location you set in preferences has enough diskspace and is also NTFS

I'm getting the same error when trying to encode a large number of small DV files (about 140 files, total of 55 min.). Same result on two different PCs - both with 100's of gigs of NTFS drivespace.

I haven't done much testing - I was able to encode 80 of the clips at a time. I would like TMPGEnc to confirm the limitation and if it will be fixed.

me to - with AVCHD files on a HD - imported 16 out of 331 clips then get the error message = not enought storage available to complete this operation. I have 2gb ram with 3 HDs all NTFS with 50GB free MINIMUM on each!

Love your free stuff but STIL NOT READY TO BUY SOMETHING FROM YOU!

Got it guys - TMPGENC is burning 1.5GB of RAM! The first 16 clips = 2GB memory - THEY MUST BE LOADING THE PROJECT INTO RAM! If so thats a first year software student mistake. If not then a teeney-weeney coincidence.

I have the same issue when converting only one 3,5 hour MPEG2 Clip to h264.
My computer has 8GB Ram and Vista 64 Ultimate.
I´m allso using CUDA as i have a Nvidia GTX 280 if that might have anything to do with it.
i noticed in Taskmanager that that the memory usage rises to 4,5 GB which is just over 50% of total ram. So lack of Ram is not the issue.
As other people in this thread i have 100´s of GB free on my Temp and project Drive( NTFS ).

Thanks.

I was having the same problem. Couldn't for the life of me figure out what was happening. The same exact process was working on the same exact files on two of my other computers, but it would fail in the first 5% or so when I would try it on a 3rd computer which has far more storage space than the other two computers (1TB). The error message clearly points to a storage space problem, but in fact it's a memory issue (thank you to the other posters that pointed me in the right direction), TMPGENC just does a poor job with its error reporting.

The system in question had virtual memory turned off for a very specific reason, and the system only has 1GB of physical RAM. That would be sufficient for most operations and certainly for the specific purpose that system was designed for, but for memory intensive operations it's possible that it might not be enough. As soon as I turned on virtual memory and set a 2GB swap file, the problem immediately went away. If you're receiving this error message and you're sure you have plenty of storage space for both your TEMP directory and your destination directory, check your physical memory and virtual memory settings. You may need to increase your virtual memory manually if Windows hasn't assigned enough to satisfy TMPGENC.

FYI the system in question is a 3GHz P4 with 1GB of RAM, 1TB storage, running XP SP2.

I have a bunch of videos that are 352x240 and when i burn them to a Vcd and play them in my Dvd player the picture is all stretched and blurred. They only look good shrunk down in their original size on my computer. So i have 2 questions.

1. Is there a way to convert them so they don't get stretched and stay their original size?

2. Or is there a way to put Black Borders around them so they don't get stretchced.

Thanks

I have little to ask or complain about because TMPGenc, Editor, and Author work so well. Still, here is a question that I cannot find an answer to in Help or anywhere else:

How does 'Motion Search Precision' work. Other than doubling the processing time, what does 'High - with error correction' do in the code? Why does it increase the bitrate? Thx.

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From TMPGenc Help:

High - Does a more accurate motion search than standard. This will search a wider range of motion. The bitrate will increase than standard, so it is not suitable for making low bitrate clips.

Highest (With error correction) - The most accurate motion search. This will also correct the detection errors. The search will take long but will be able to detect the motion very accurate. This will also increase the bitrate.