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I have been making successfull VCD's for quite awhile now, however, recently I have been recording baseball games into avi format. I use VirtualDub to capture with divx 4.0 compression. I then create a wav file from VDub for the audio output in TMPGEnc.
My problem is this: everything appears to work fine. When I check out the finished Mpeg,however, I lose video after about 2 hours and 15 minutes into the MPEG. Any ideas why this is happening and how I can correct it?
Only capture uncompressed if a very large and very fast hardrive otherwise you will get dropped frames due to the fact your hard drive can't keep up with the data flow.
If you have a decent processor there is no reason why you shouldn't capture to Divx. Actually anything above 500mhz is capable of doing this at 352x288 and if your card allows it capture at 640x480 for improved quality and use YUY2. Why use YUY2? ( and I doubt Techno even knows this ), well most capture cards natively use the YUY2 format which will make it easier on your processor. use any other format and it will have to be converted internally by your card.
Oh and one other thing to improve quality, totally ignore Techno's advice.
Thanks for advice Techo, but I have no problem capturing in compressed format. I am trying to convert the avi's I already have captured. I normally capture in WMV. but I have about 5 avis I want to convert to Mpeg. So changing my settings (whether it works better or not) will not help with the files I already have.
This is what I am attemping at this moment. I am splitting the avi's(into 3 parts) with VDub using converted wav(from VDub) as the audio source. Then I will attempt to convert to VCD(Mpeg1) each seperately.
No, It is not true. This is unfair comparison of testing just an aspect
of encoder. There are significant improvement between 12a and 2.53.
As far as I know, some people prefer 12a because :
1. 12a might accept broken file(s) than 2.0X or 2.5X.
I found that broken source movies (either audio or video is broken, or
there is gap between those) were accepted by 12a, but not by 2.5X. So
some people who only download files from somewhere, may like 12a.
However, this does not mean 12a accepts files in better way. I prefer
2.53 which does not accepts wrong/inappropriate file (which I usually do
not have.) since I like the improved quality.
2 12a has unlimited MPEG-2 encoding feature (I heard that it was made
before the author realizes MPEG-2 licensing matter.) But Version "12a"
is not officially available any more because of MPEG-2 licensing matter.
Although I know there are a few places which are re-distributing 12a
illegally without author's permission, I would rater respect copyrights,
by choosing 2.53.
I totally agree with R and through my own testing have found there is no quality loss from early versions to the latest version. All aspects of what the author of the article provided where in my testing unfounded.
1. there was no difference in file size
2. no difference in encoding speed
3. no qaulity change, if anything the quality is slightly better.
I must stress and point out this was through my own testing on my own system and isn't necessarily true for everyone which maybe the case of the author of the article.
when i try to to open an avi to use TMPG encoder it will bring up the video file but not the audio. i do know that this file does have audio. how do i get it to bring up the audio and video file?
i already used virtualdub before i used TMPG. MY roomate has all the same stuff as me and she can get her audio from TMPG. i can do virtualdub and then send her the files and her TMPG will work. She can send me files after her virtual dub and i wont beable to get audio from them just video. anymore ideas?
I have a pretty stupid and pointless question, but still need an answer.
Of the 5 stream types, 3 are system and the other 2 are just Video Only and Audio Only. My question is what is the difference of those that are system, and those that arent, and what is the "system's" purpose.
I would appreciate any help that anyone can give or any links that have the answer(s) to my question.
I have problems with merge and cut. I use tmpgenc for encoding into a single large mpg file, but when i go into and try to cut it into smaller bits then it doesn't work:
I select the file and the output file then when the window pops up to select the range i cannot move the little knob at the bottom. At this moment it freezes and hangs and I have to get out of TMpgenc.
I have tried this twice now - on two different mpg files and it still doesn't work
Problem with Merge & Cut:
I am running WindowsXP Professional and have found TMPGEnc to work just fine except for the Merge and Cut options
I have been playing two versions - TMPGEnc-2.53.35.130, and TMPGEnc-2.01.30.116
In both versions I get the read error message: "At address 73F91d04, Read error occured against address 73F91D04" (it doesn't matter wether I enter the values in the range box manually or use the slider)
Has anyone else running XP had this problem??
The only way I have found to work around this is my XP computer is networked to a p166 running Windows 98SE
Using file sharing I can read and write to the XP's drive within version 2.01 (as the drive in the p166 is only 1.2 gig) and it runs fine (you can imagine it would take a long time to run a full length VCD)
However, when I try to open any mpg through the network with version 2.53, I get a "cannot open file" error
I try to encode an avi movie but when encoding there is no video display in the preview windows. Even I try change the setting to "show all frame", after decoding the mpeg file I got is also without video only with audio. What am I doing wrong?
I am transfering video from my Sony digital cam to DV format. It seems that the avi file is showing jagged edges on stills(in action)....why is this....
If I dvd it or vcd it I will change it butI want my master good showing quality.
what gives?
I am trying to use the Simple Multiplex tool to convert a SVCD mpeg to a VCD mpeg. This way I am fooling my DVD player into thinking the Video CD is a VCD but it is actually SVCD quality. My DVD player won't read SVCD. It works great except for one problem. When converting an 800 meg mpg2 file using Simple Multiplex I keep getting an error (326746s packets cause buffer underflow. The Mpeg file might cause error when it player) When this happens it cuts the conversion off at 725 meg. Help!!
Jason
You can't be fooling your player into thinking it's a VCD by running it through the simple multiplex option as VCD.
You would have to burn this as a SVCD using your burning software. Running it through the simple mutiplex option merely changes the header info and doesn't alter the file in anyway, it will still be MPEG2 which is SVCD.
Your player must therefore be able to play SVCD otherwise it wouldn't play at all as there are fundamental differences between MPEG1 and MPEG2 which would prevent it from playing.
Your technique must be the reason your SVCD's don't play and as a quirk you have somehow managed to get your player to accept the file by running it through the VCD option in TMPG.
Please post the specs of the file you are burning and the options you choose in your burning software and the DVD player you have as this has got me interested.
I have a 1.3 gighz AMD Athalon using to 40 gig hds on separate IDEs. 512RAM and Pinnacles DC10Plus capture card using Pinnacles Stuio software.
I have been told that the MJPEG that studio creates in the capture mode can be converted by TMPGEnc by instally the VFAPI. Which I did. I have set Direct Show to a higher priority and still I get an error message in TMPGEnc. What am I doing wrong. They say that the MJPEG is NOT proprietary and others on their website have been able to use it. Otherwise I have to re-encode to their DV encoder and then run through TMPGEnc to make my mpegs. Any help would be GREATLY appreciated!! You have no idea how much time I have spent on this. Thanks in advance!
Ktrek