Hi,
I am having quality problems when I use the DirectShow Multimedia File Reader (VFAPI)
The VCD movie that is created using this reader, results in a movie with a lot of jumps when any kind of motion is involved.
When I use the other 2 readers (AVI2-OpenDML, AVI-VFW) there are some jumps in the resulting movie also but the result is much smoother compared to directshow.

Has anybody else noticed the same behaviour?

Thanks in advance.

I forgot to mention that, the AVI2-OpenDML & AVI-VFW don't convert sound from DivX files, that's why I cant use them.

I am very new at using this program, but I have a question concerning the quality of the resulting MPEG1 video I've been getting.

Basically, I have a whole bunch of downloaded Divx-encoded AVI videos (NTSC). All I need to do is convert them from AVI format to VCD (MPEG1) format, and then (later) burn them. I've been able to do the conversions, and I've also had success burning them with Nero.

The only thing I'm wondering about is that the quality of the resulting video tends to be lower than that of the original one. I've messed around with various options without getting any better result.

The input videos are either full-screen or wide-screen, but I prefer keeping the black bands on the top and bottom of wide-screen videos. I've tried all of the settings of "Motion Search Precision", I've changed around the "Video Source" and "Field Order", and also changed the "Source Aspect Ratio" and "Video arrange Method", but the quality doesn't improve.

The only other thing which I had to change early on was to increase the priority of the "DirectShow Multimedia File Reader" under the "VFAPI plug-in" tab in the "Environment" section because certain files were "unsupported". Doing so fixed that problem.

The thing is, the resulting video doesn't look horrible - I'd say it's about 90-95% of the original one in terms of quality. I was just wondering if that was normal.

Any help/advice any of you can offer would be greatly appreciated.

well, make sure you have very high quality in the motion search precision.

Brighten up the video a bit.

There maybe some blocks in the DIVX file, so when you convert it to MPEG, you notice it more.

Techno

Also ... don't forget that the standard resolution bitrate of VCD (1150) will give rise to a blocky effect. The way to counter this is to up the bitrate and/or the res. This means in effect that you are creating a non-standard VCD - an XVCD

I'm trying to merge 2 mpg2 files so I can author the mpg file. both are the same specs. I open up TMPG2.53 and select mpg tools merge and add my mpgs...
1.)000.mpg[3.72gb] and 2.)001.mpg[222mb]Now I run the program to merg the two...it stops at 10% and says out of memory. What does that mean and how do I fix it.
My sytem consist of:
Windows 2000
P3-1ghz
768mb PC133 ram
40gig HD for video files
20gig HD for operating system
my windows paging file is 8095mb for all my drives

What difference does the audio 'Sampling Rate' make when Encoding mpeg-1 for playing on a DVD player. Does it have to be set to a certain value for NTSC COMPATABILITY or is this just a quality thing? I just burned a video to disk and the sound was there for the first 30 sec. then nothing for the rest of the video, but when I play the same mpeg (from file) on my computer the sound is perfect?!?

Actually I just realized that the sound disappears only when i skip ahead (fast forward) on my DVD player. Then the sound completely disappears for the rest of the video. I've been having this problem alot when I burn them, but I just realized this fact. Is it a possibility that it's from using the cheap burning software I got with my burner?

use nero! and make sure the sampling rate is 44100Hz

Techno

I can convert the video of any SVCD(.m2v) into VCD file ok. The thing is, there is no audio when I play. What do I have to do in order to get the audio to be in the final VCD without separately getting just the audio. ?

hmmm

try extracting the audio as wave using virtualdub then load the wave in TMPGENC and encode.

Techno

I purchased the s/n to register but I just noticed there is no splash screen. I have uninstalled and installed several times and it still wont come up to register. is there a reg key I am missing? hummm.

First of all, this is wrong place to post such matter.
I have purchased the Plus version, so I know you have received E-mail
which include serial number. The E-mail message tells everything.
You should read that, then you will know what to do for sure.

Hi,

As I said I am trying to convert avi to vcd using tmpgenc...and would like to know
1) If I use no margins is it guarenteed that it will come out fullscreen as the preview as well as media player doesn't reflect this.
2) Can I use the crop filter and still get proper fullscreen?
3) How can you tell what source aspect ratio to use ...and what happens if you choose the wrong one.

I am needing some direction as I don't want to keep wasting cd's to find out its not what I intended it to be.
Thanks
Jules

16:9 is widescreen
4:3 is not really full screen

use a DVD software to play the file so u know what the output is going to be like.

if it meets your standards then burn it otherwise change the settings! :)

Do a little encode first and play it back, so u don't waste time and find out it is a wrong method/result

Techno

I have been wondering about the Wizard's settings when loading my 7.3gb NTSC Video movie. The Wizard checks my AVI and sets as follows:

* CBR (normally, I use 2-Pass VBR (new) and sets ave and min)
* Full Screen (should this be Full Screen (keep aspect ratio?) I use Full Screen
* 4:3 525 (NTSC 704x480) (should this be 1:1 VGA? but I never us it)
* Bit Rate: 2520 (normally, I use smaller to maintain compliance)
* Motion Search Estimate (isn't this just for 2-Pass VBR and can it cause blocky picture on TV?)
* Stereo 44K (can't I use 22K and still maintain good enough audio?)
* MP@ML (isn't this DVD setting?)
* No motion search for still picture (can this cause blocky picture... my experience?)

I use Pinnacle Studio 7.13.5 to edit then encode my DV to AVI, then TMPGEnc to MPEG2 (480x480). Then, I burn to CD using NERO 5.580. Most of the time, they play very good on my Hitachi 505 stand-alone DVD player and A/V surround system. I use Win XP (Home) on my P4 with 2 separate drives.

GOT ANY COMMENTS OR SUGGESTIONS, PLEASE? Thanks.

Everything seems fine.

keep the aspect ratio and make sure it is 4:3 or 16:9 NTSC. This ratio affects the viewing on the TV (widescreen etc...)

Techno

Thanks for the tips on the TMPGEnc settings. I will try it to convert my Studio-7 AVI to MPEG-2. I have attempts various setting sin method last week, and my MPEG-2 got a lot of jitters around the image edges especially when the object is in motion. So I tried Nero to create my SVCD disk directly from Studio-7 AVI files and It worked for me with pretty good quality.

If you decide to try Nero please let me know your observation about the pic quality: Nero vs TMPGEnc. Thanks.

when i try to transform any kind of video, i get this f******
"stream write error"

same problem in dvd2svcd
could it be possible, that it depends on the mpeg codec?

the frames maybe corrupted or something is not functioning properly.

What are you trying to convert? (AVI/MPEG1/MPEG2)

Techno

If I remember correctly stream writing errors occur if you have too little HDD space left where TMPGenc is trying to create the file.

sometimes! :)

Techno

I have enough HDD space and the frames are fine

hmmm, have you tried another version of TMPGENC to make sure that it is not a bug in this version?

What are you trying to convert the file to? MPEG1/MPEG2?

Techno

When I press START button,it display TMPGEnc can't load p3package.dll.
Who can tell me where to download the file "P3package.dll"?
Thanks.

At the top of this BBS, type "P3Package.dll" into a box which is right next to "Search" button, then press "Search", then you will find answer.

the easy way is to un-check all the boxes in the "CPU" tab (mmx,sse,ect)this should get rid of the problem but encodeing will take longer.......

Can anyone out there recommend a good freeware, frame by frame, mpeg splitter, simlar to VirtualDub, but I would like it to output in mpeg format rather than avi?? I've been looking around, but can't seem to find anything, and I am kind of in a hurry. Quick responses would be much appreciated!

***Comment based on MPEG standard***
As far as I know, there is not freeware which can cut MPEG frame by frame.

If you know what MPEG is, I guess you do not ask for "frame by frame" cutter.
MPEG can only be cut GOP by GOP.

You can search "what MPEG is" over the net easily.

***My personal opinion***
I do not think it is technically impossible to cut frame by frame, however, i also do not think someone provide that for free because cutting frame be frame would probably need "smart rendering" or similar technologies.

Well, the thing is I have a 1.2 Gb movie in mpeg-1 format and I would like to split it into two parts for burning to disk(s), but it would be nice if I could make the cut at the end of a scene, then the second disk will start at the beginning of the next scene. Is this an easy thing to accomplish?

TMPGEnc has such feature already !!!

MPEG tools > Cut
This may cause slight gap between "where you pointed" and "where you cut"
because of MPEG standard.

Source range (to partially re-encode)
I am sure your MPEG can be re-encoded partially (if the file is not broken.)
This would have better result.

Please do not ask more than this, because that is too much to teach, you need to search this BBS or other site how to do this step by step by yourself.

The way most people do it is to add 20sec or the END for first CD and start back on 20sec on the second CD. I don't think you can split like you want to not with free software but what dose it matter if you have 10-20sec more in the end and se the same 10-20sec on the second disc, overlapping typ of stuff.

/Regards Dennis

http://www.musclesoft.de/combatman/software/dvtool.html

This is the tool I use to split large mpg's in half. I do not split by scene but will do a great job in a matter of minutes. And yes it is freeware.

Heres step by step what I do, this has worked for 4 of the 6 *.vobs I am tring to decrease the bitrate.

-The Project wizard pops up and select the DVD NTSC format with the CBR @3000kbps.

-For source select, I select one of my VOBs which is 0.99GB and leave the Expert settins at defualt

-Default for Filter Settings

-Then for Bitrate Setting, the estimated File Size is 0.01MB

For Vobs 1-3,5 It sees them as the correct size but for 4 and 6 it sees them as 0.01MB.

Whats the deal?

never use TMPGEND to encode a VOB!!!

use dvd2avi to make a project for the vob's, install the dvd2avi plugin for TMPGENC then load the d2v file in TMPGENC

Techno

How could I then put that back to dvd format after I got the bit-rate down. All I am tring to do is lower bitrates so DVDs over 4.7gb can fit on a 4.7 and function as a normal dvd.