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I'm not 100% on this Techno may have a better idea, but I think I'm on the right lines.
The operating syetem cache works in a way to speed up file access.
What happens when a program requests a file, is that the operating system reads ahead of that file and 'guesses' what part the program wants next and puts it into memory ready for the program while it finishes what it is doing with the current part of the file.
This speeds up the access to the file rather than having to read it off the disk thus speeding up encoding within TMPG. So don't turn this function off or you will get slower performance.
I don't think its a bad file.
this fault comes on all files with this resolution,
everytime when the result mpg file is approx. 230MB on the HD.
(-> the fault comes always approx. after 65% encoding)
I use already separate audio and video files
(My normal way:
- PVACut
- PVAStrumento to demuxe audio and video
- DVD2AVI to make project file
- TMPGEnc
)
By the way, I can't use TMPGEnc to encode files with
the resolution 720x576 in W2K, the program terminates after a few
minutes completely without any error message.
Other user told this too, what could be the reason for this?
Any solution?
This looks like it's an area of memory that TMPG is trying to write to which can't be accessed and is already being used by something else.
Have you been playing with your BIOS by any chance. Try turning off any shadowing in your BIOS. i.e BIOS shadowing or Video card shadowing as these use certain parts of memory.
If anything tries to write to this address in memory you will get the 'Write address' error. Also shut down any programs running in the background such as memory managers or task schedulers as these may be hogging memory.
When given an .m2v file extracted from a directivo (see www.dealdatabase.com direct tivo extraction discussion for tools and data) format is 480x480 mpeg 2 progressive vbr. Tmpgenc only sees 1/4 of the true number of frames. For example: In a one hour clip with 100,000 frames (approx) it will report the length as 25000 frames and length as 15 mons. In a encoding pass, only 25000 frames will be processed. If the preview is used, you can see the entire file (1 hour worth) but again it reports the last frame as 25000 not 100000 and ending time as 15 mins not 0 mins even hough the pictures seen in the preview at the end of the clip are the correct end of the 1 hour clip.
If audio is multiplex'd in before transcoding usinf mpeg tools, simple mux, tmpgenc correctly sees the true frame count and time in the mux'd file.
Hi,
I've come across this too just this morning. I'm using sequences .m2v available at ftp://ftp.tektronix.com/tv/test/streams/Element/MPEG-Video/625/. the sequences are 375 frames in size. When encoded to cbr 4Mbps (i used the 40Mbps ones as a source from tektronix) the frame size was reduced to 350..., basically chopping off the last second of the sequence.
Joseph
I encoded an AVI with this program at mpeg1..and used Nero to burn it...but it doesnt work...is there a way to play these in PS2...can someone send me a guide or something...thanks
A choppy playback is indeed what's happening. I use a DVDplayer to play de VCD's I make. I'm using the template which gives 'Video-CD PAL (MPEG-1 352x288 25fps CBR 1150kbps, Layer-2 44100Hz 224kbps)' which fits the Dutch television standard.
Maybe it is caused by the template? I'm using the right template. So all the VCD I'm using have this problem.
Ashy wrote:
Now there is a way to acheive the correct framerate for your T.V. system without the choppy playback and have perfect A/V sync, but I'm not going to post the instructions on how to do this unless you repost and request them as I don't want to waste my time posting incase you do not read this post.
My answer:
I'm very interested in your post. I've read it and I hope you wil post the instructions. So do others? Thanks in advance...............
By example, a Star Trek avi file:
Source: MPEG-1 640x480 23,976fps CBR 1500kbps, Layer-2 44100Hz 192kbps
Destination: Video-CD PAL (MPEG-1 352x288 25fps CBR 1150kbps, Layer-2 44100Hz 224kbps)
What's all this re-install. TMPG doesn't install. It runs from the executable.
First have you actually unzipped the files in the TMPG zip. It won't work correctly if you just run it from inside a zip file.
Next if that doesn't sort it then delete this file CurrentCfg.tpr from your TMPG folder and if non of the above works, you've got a dodgy copy. Download it again.
1. I ripped it using Smartripper 2.41, which automatically
creates a .d2v (DVD2AVI) project file.
2. Installed (ran) DVD2AVI 1.76
3. Installed (ran) TMPGENC 2.53.35.130
4. Ran VFAPI batch file
5. For the audio file, I used XMPEG 4.2a's extract to WAV file feature
6. Opened the D2V file in TMPGENC
7. Set the audio part to use the extracted WAV
8. Loaded the NTSC VCD template
9. Hit "start"
After an hour, the video was off synch with the audio.
I resampled the audio from 48 to 44.1 khz but the results
were the same.
Can anyone help? The audio is correct (26 mins) but the
video seems to be going too fast (20 mins instead of 26).
Where do I make the adjustment on the frame rate and what
value should I put in? 23? 29? It's driving me crazy.
the frame rate should be the same as the source avi. file,and maybe try de-multiplex and multiplex.....I used to have sync problems but now I encode at 2000kbs for vcd,and for some reason the sync problems are gone and the quality is awesome.......
>Hi, just wanted to ask about my problem:
>
>Can anyone help? The audio is correct (26 mins) but the
>video seems to be going too fast (20 mins instead of 26).
>Where do I make the adjustment on the frame rate and what
>value should I put in? 23? 29? It's driving me crazy.
When using DVD2AVI you need to check the force film option.
No DONT use the force film option this will give you the wrong frame rate. Who the hell told you to do that.
The output frame rate should be the same as the source frame rate other wise the movie will be jerky. If the source is NTSC at 29.97 then the output should be the same.
If the movie is MPEG1 make sure the audio is 44100khz.
The audio should not de-sync, so check the length of your wav first. It may be that the Xing encoder is producing a different length wav than the original movie or what can happen is the movie has not encoded properly as has happended to me. If you are seeing a lot of strange blocks and glitches on your movie then this can sometimes shorten the movie as these errors are missing bits of information.
Ignore Ashy....Going by the information you have provided indicates that the REAL frame rate is probably 23.976. If you know the length should be 26 minutes and your audio is 26 minutes then the audio is also probably correct.
Now if we do some simple math: 26 mins x 60 secs =1,560 secs.
Lets assume the 23.976 theory. 1,560 secs x 23.976 = 37,402 frames
Now if we decoded 37,402 frames at the wrong frame rate (29.98)
37,402/29.98 = 1,247 secs or guess what...about 20.5 minutes
Everytime I try to open an mpg the program crashes, this is a great program and i hate to lose it just because I've switched to XP, Please can someone help me!
How do you set "compatability mode"? I do not see this as an option under Environmental Settings. TMPGEnc crashes every time about 1/3 of the way into a MPEG2 to MPEG1 mux session. I have tried everything. I am running a PIII-850 with 768M RAM and using Win2000 Pro. TMPGEnc runs fine with my Athalon 750 under Win2000. Thanks.
Thanks for the reply Techno, Tried all you suggested but still no joy,
Mpeg1 is what I'm trying to open and it's any I try, I have a big problem some where, Or I have something missing, But I'm all outta clues!
I have the same problem. I've used tmpgenc in XP before when i first got it. But now when i try to load an mpeg, it kill the program and want's to send an error report. I've tried compatability mode too and that didn't work. Please Help!!
Fixed it! kranky22 you need "Nimo Codec pack 5" I found and installed it and no more crashing, Something to do with "DirectShow Multimedia Files reader" which
TMPGEnc uses being over written, Either way it worked!
I am encoding an avi that was captured from a miniDV camcorder using Microsofts capture program tah comes with WinXP. Vertical lines like the corner of a wall or cabinet look fine in the original avi. When I encode the avi using the DVD template in TMPGEnc at 8000kbps (all default settings) the vertical lines are wavy when the camera pans. Any help in correcting this would be greatly appreciated.
I think that only using one field would reduce the resolution by 1/2, no? I am trying to find a way to eliminate the wavy verticals and keep the resolution.
I have tried all suggestions on this BBS short of formatting my Hard Drive (which is OUT OF THE QUESTION). If i tell TMPGEnc to "merge&cut", I CAN get it to create a playable output file (even though when I try to edit it I get a DirectShow error). The problem is when I burn the VCD I get no sound at all, just the video. I should state that this is an SVCD MPEG2 file that I want to convert to MPEG1 for VCD playback.
I used Nero to burn the VCD and when I added the mpg file Nero asked to reencode it due to improper format. My first reaction was to allow Nero to do this. This caused me to lose sound. If I tell Nero to "Turn of standard compliance" the VCD works with no problems.
So, if there is anyone else out there that is having these same problems, this may be a way to resolve the issue.
When you use the merge/cut make sure the top drop down choice is set to MPEG-1 VCD and NOT the standard one that is displayed. If you do this then nero will not say that ii is non-standard. I had this problem and this completely corrected it!