I keep trying to load different avi files into TMPGEnc and it gives me the error message "cannot open or unsupported". Can anyone help me out with what may be wrong.

Do these files play well in Windows Media Player ?
Maybe you've not yet installed the proper codecs.

What you have to do is go to "options" to "enviromental settings" then to "vfapi plugins" and raise the "Direct Show File Reader" to "2" and lower everything else to "0" this should get your file loaded .And make sure you have the proper codecs.....

Can anyone tell me what are the proper codec's that I should have? Thanks in advance.

Thanks for your earlier help. I Think this is a great piece of software to use for my new hobby. I am trying to figure out how to improve the quality of my avi files...Is there a way to lighten the picture ? Most of my video is people of color who come out much too dark in the finished mpeg. Any and all suggestions for improved quality are welcome.

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There are a wide range of color filters in "tmpgenc" in the "advanced settings" you just "double click" the filter and a window will pop up with settings for what ever filter you selected....

I have a problem with windows XP: it canot read all my .avi when I try to select a part of the film to encode.If I force it encode only the sound.
But It's ok with the same .avi and windows millenium!
Why and What can I do?
thank!
my codec is the last included with divx player2.02 and I use the last vesion of tmpeg.
windoliv

get new codecs from www.divx.com

Q1. Have been using 2.54 to try and cut mpeg files but using the MPEG tools menu to preview and cut files I find even if I play it first before pausing and trying to cut ( old bug workaround ) it still locks up.

Q2. I have a demuxed video recorded with other software. Will TMPGEnc automatically adjust the sync on remuxing? The recording program gives parameters for that file for BBMPEG and DVD2AVI e.g. 79ms early BBMPEG(audio )
IS there a manual sync adjust in Tmpgenc??

Thanks,

Al

There is no way to manually offset the audio to sync up in the multiplexor in tmpgenc, I use the one in "bbmpeg" cuz as it multiplexes it will cut your file for you at the same time, there is the same syncing feature in the multiplexor in "mpeg2vcr", the mpeg tools have a lot of bugs in them and there aren"t any real workarounds accept useing a different editor and mux/demuxer..There are a few free ones out there to one is "xmuxer" and of course "bbmpeg"

If you've set the aspect ratio of the Video Tab in MPEG Settings to "16:9 (PAL)" and you change the Rate Control mode, the aspect ratio automatically changes to "16:9 (NTSC)".

Nope. Doesn't happen here. Check your system.

Haven't tried version 2.55 yet, but this has always been the case in prior versions of TMPGenc. I'm using Windows 2000 on all systems, but I doubt that that is the problem...

The dropdownbox of aspect ratio (set at "16:9 (PAL)") just changes its value to "16:9 (NTSC)" as soon as the rate control mode dropdownbox is selected.

That bug has supposedly been fixed in the 2.55 version.......

Hi.

When I convert an AVI to MPEG I get some sort of a small pause or freeze if you like, every 3rd second. At first I didn't pay notice to it, but now it's driving me crazy. Is there anything that can be done about this?

Best regards,

Jimmy

The most common cause of this is encodeing to the wrong frame rate, you have to encode to mpeg at the same frame rate as the avi file, so if your avi file has a framerate of 25fps you have to encode to 25fps, but if your avi file is downloaded of the net then the frame rate could be non-standard for mpeg, any frame rate under 23.97fps is a non-standard frame rate so you have to choose the template that most closely corelates with the avi"s frame rate....and another thing that can cause jerky playback is burning at to high a speed on yer burner, you shouldn"t burn at any faster than half the max speed of your burner, I have a 24 times speed and I burn at 8 times cuz if I burn faster it looks bad......

in batch mode tmpgenc always shuts down after encoding two movies, although there are still many files left to encode in my batch list...
anyone with same problems or with some help?
thanks..

Sounds like one of those bugs, but i know if the encoder comes across an error while encodeing it will stop instead of skipping the file and going to the next one and sometimes tmpgenc will have an error right at the end of encodeing with "an error occured when audio was decoded" error that doesn"t seem to affert the mpeg file but it stops the batch encodeing proscess.....

i got some mpegs > 800 mb per file, no i try to cut them to like 720 mb (exact fit on 80min/700 mb). MY problem is, no matter what i do the output file stops @ 650mb. What have i done wrong ?

Thx in Advance ThrillKiller

You can get 800mb on a 80 min 700mb cd,sometimes a little more sometimes only 795mb but that is the least amount you can get on a cd-r, but if you are haveing problems with the "mpeg tools" then use something else, the mpeg tools have a lot of bugs in them and there is nothing you can do to get them to work when they don"t want to......

could i convert dvd to mpeg4 ?

Yes and no,If you are ripping a dvd you would be better useing a different program to convert to divx/mpeg4, dvd2avi will convert your dvd"s vob files to a divx/mpeg4 but it will make a seperate audio and video file that you will have to mux later, there are a lot of tools for this type of stuff at "vcdhelp.com and divx.com" but "tmpgenc isn"t really the right tool for that job.....

When converting avi to mpg (for vcd, not svcd), what rate control mode (i.e CQ, CBR), bitrate and buffer size should I use? Thanks.

leave the buffer size on default but the encodeing method is up to you,"CQ" gives probably the best quality (besides 2pass) and smallest file size, "CBR" willg give you a more predictable file size but the quality varies depending on how high the bitrate is, 2 pass vbr will give you the best quality but it takes the longest and if there aren"t a lot of action scenes in your movie CQ would give you close to the same quality without the long encodeing time..

When I backup widescreen DVDs to a DVD-R, I have to convert the m2v file to 4:3. Is there a way of preserving the widescreen format? i.e. The only DVD template I have is 4:3.

Basically, is there a widescreen PAL DVD template anywhere or advise on how to create one?

Thanks for your help in advance.

This is simple you just change the "4:3" to "16:9", to unlock the settings made by the template you will have to load the "unlock.mfc" template..

Thanks Minion.
I selected 16:9 and you still have to set the size (height and width). I know they are 720 wide, but whatever height I put in and then encode, DVD IT PE, rejects the mpeg saying its not a legal format.

iv been trying 2 convert an avi that was made using the AngelPotion codec when i watch the film on the pc it is perfect but when i try 2 make it mpg it keep turnin red then normal then red etc is this codec supported or am i not setting it up right ??? plz help

The reason you are getting the color changes is because the codec reacts bad with tmpgenc and causes discoloration, what you have to do is encode your angel potion avi to another format then delete the codec then encode to mpeg1/2.There is a app that lets you convert angel potion avi"s to microsoft mpeg4 without haveing to re-encode them but I don"t know what it is called but if I find out i will post back.....