Hi All,

I've written some information about all the possible MPEG encoding settings in TMPGEnc. This information should help you work out which settings to use in different encoding situations. Find it from my home page by following the TMPGEnc link:

http://www.ianwillis.co.uk

Use the feedback form to let me know what you think, or follow up here.

Ian

Nice info on TMPGenc which should be helpful for beginners, but I must point out a few things.

The audio settings you specify to reduce the file size are fine except the samplerate 32000. If this rate is used you may find a lot of DVD players will refuse to play the audio and/or will desync the movie. I wouldn't suggest this samplerate due to compatibility problems.

Also the channel mode is best set at stereo not joint stereo. Joint stereo is appropiate for music files, but not for movie audio files as joint stereo kills the dolby prologic information contained in a 5.1 downmixed audio track.

128 Kb/s is fine except be aware the minimum for proper dolby prologic encoding is 192 Kb/s.

Regarding the Source aspect ratios you quote that "16:9 display is for progressive encoding".
I wouldn't say this is necessarily true as it could and should be used for any interlaced source which is not in the PAL or NTSC resolutions such as for example 352x288, 704x576, 720x576 which would be PAL resolutions.


There seems to be an error of the explanation for Inverse Telecine. You quote that "This setting undoes 3:2 pulldown. If you have PAL format video from a film source This will allow the original film framerate (24 FPS) to be recovered".
Where in actual fact it is used to reverse the pulldown on an NTSC's 29.97fps to 24fps.

The same goes for the explanation of 3:2 pulldown. You quote "Converts from film framerate (24fps) to PAL video framerate (30fps).
In actual fact it should be (24fps) to NTSC video framerate (30fps).

All in all I thought it was very helpful and well laid out and should help a lot of people understand the 'nitty gritty' of encoding.

Nice one.

ASHY

I have a problem when I convert from some of my divx to mpeg.I cant get the sound when I convert.Can you explain why?

vcdhelp.com has the answer to it on the website.

I whant to make an VCD from an SVCD i had decode the SVCD with "DVD2AVI" and had two Files an "*.d2v" and an "*.mpa" when i try to Browse the D2v File at Tmpgenc i became an File can not open or unsupported what can i do

you need to have a file from the dvd2avi program in there go to vcdhelper and look at the guide for ripping dvds to vcds and look in the troubleshooting section i think youll find it there

Note! If you can't open the .d2v file, go to Options / Global Settings / VFAPI Plug-Ins tab and check if you can see DVD2AVI Project File Loader (or something like that) in there. By default, it's priority is either -1 or -2. Change the priority to 0. If you don't see the plugin in the list at all, your DVD2AVI is missing a file called dvd2avi.vfp. Re-install DVD2AVI and start it and close it (launching it will register the .vfp file to system) and return back to here.
this was taken from a afterdawn guide I read not to long ago hope it helps

I have a basic question and apologize if this has already been answered before. I read weeks and weeks of postings but have been unable to find the info I need. What are recommend settings for converting avi to mpg? My current settings are: 352x240, 4:3 525 line (ntsc), 29.97, cbr (1246 w/ 224 buffer), etc. I've tried cbr 1800 w/ 40 vbv buffer, but the converted mpg file was huge. I've experimented with different aspectsource aspect ratios, but not really sure of the different. Once converted w/ tmpgenc, I burn w/ nero. Thanks in advance for any suggestions you may have (as I'm new to this and have spent countless hours trying to figure out exactly what to do). Cletus

SYSTEM:
Stream type - MPEG-1 video cd(non standard)

VIDEO:
352x240
4:3 NTSC 525 line
29.976
Full screen (keep aspect ratio)
Source aspect ratio - 16:9 (if widescreen)
Motion search precision - Normal
Rate control - Constant quality(cq)
Bitrate max - 3500 min - 0
vbv buffer - 0(automatic)

QUANTIZE MATRIX:
Use floating point
No motion search
Soften block noise

Test these settings on a small test file first to see if your player is compatible.

ASHY

i viewed the mgeg i created and the motion is stop move. is this bc i put the motion on normal. if so how do i fix it.

it took me 4hrs to encode avi file movie from kazaa using tmpg then i burned it on nero as a vcd nothing works the dvd player says no disc am i wasting my time what am i doing wrong dvd player supports vcd

check the compatability of your dvd player and see if it will even play vcd's.

Try blanking a cdrw CD then writing the VCD to that...your dvd player may only support cdrw disks

Never ever do an full encode without testing. Its disgusting to realize afterwards that something went wrong.

Use the source range to encode an 5 minute sample and burn it to an CD-RW and see what happens. Change around the settings until youre satisfied. It saved me alot of hazzle

The mgeg2 is an action film if this might help

i have version 2.53 and cannot seem to figure out just how to merge two mpeg2 files together. I want to merge them together and then cut them into three seperate files. I know were the tool is but just can't figure it out. Help needed please.

TMPGEnc only officially supports files encoded by TMPGEnc for Merge/Cut feature. So your file may not be accepted.

There might be a way that you re-encode all first, then merge/cut.

Remember, TMPGEnc supports files which:

1. was encoded by TMPGEnc
2. does not have broken frame(audio/video)
3. is within MPEG standard

so if someone just download a file from somewhere and do not know what kind
of detailed format it is, TMPGEnc will probably not accept the file, or/and
(The author of) TMPGEnc does not wrrant/support results.

they are tmpgenc encoded mpeg2 files

Open the MPEGtools and click the Merge&Cut option.
Add all the files one after the other using the Add button in the order you want them merged.
Choose your output, make sure you click the 'correct' button then click run.

If you have any problems opening ANY mpegs with TMPG, post back and I'll give you the solution how to overcome this.

ASHY

I know this is not a sight for this kind of question. But I am desperatly looking for a tv tuner program that have really good recording capabilities on it. I need it for Windows XP. Please help me! -J

I take it you mean capture software.
Try this. it's the best I've used so far.
It's specifically made for windowsxp and has features a lot of other capture software doesn't have.
I find this is even better than Virtualdub as Virtualdub doesn't allow me to capture at full resolution with my WinTV GO, but this software lets me capture at 640x480.
http://www.iulab.com/index.shtm?iuvcr/about

ASHY

Ashy, I believe that is a hack or clone of Win TV.

I don't know where you got that info from, but it doesn't resemble The WINTV interface or it's features in any shape or form.
If it was a hack of WinTV I don't think it would allow me to capture at 640x480 as WinTV doesn't.

Also if I remember rightly the WinTV interface doesn't allow selection of a codec and doesn't have any of the filter options.
This is also the only capture program I have used which correctly allows the display and use of the WinTV go control options. Even virtualdub doesn't use these properly or allow 640x480 resolutions with WinTV go.

If what you say is correct, and I doubt it, then it's one hell of a good hack because as far as I'm concerned it improves on the WinTV interface and options 100x and doesn't crash or drop as many frames.

So all in all I think I'll stick with it, hack or not.

Thanx.

ASHY

Ashy, thanks for the link to that software, looks like I'll be starting a Windows 2000 system soon, so this looks good.

What is a decent but cheap capture card with analog and/or svhs video input?

I saw one or two recommended but didn't write it down :(

Like I don't need a tuner on the card, but I might think about that too.

Thanks for all.
k

Hi

already tried to find the answer but was not succesfull.

Ok here is the problem:

when I try to convert a DivX file does not matter what version 3,4 or 5 all have the problem that the screen stays black but the sound is there after converting the movie. I don't know what to do! DivX movies are playing fine in the Media Player for example so the codecs are installed properly.
I am using Win2000 though.

Any suggestions?
Thanx
S.

umm you need to go to environmental settings and turn up the priority for the vfapi plugin at least thats what I had to do.

Madhatta, out

Hi, I am wondering if there is any way to convert an avi file that is compressed using DV compression (microsoft DV or something of the like) to MPEG or MPEG 2 using TMPGenc? The program gives an error when ever I try to load a file that is compressed with DV. The only way around this I have found is to do this without loosing quality is do decompress the DV file down to uncompressed frames and then load that avi into TMPGenc and then it works fine. However the 1 to 8 expantion required for this makes it prohibative for avi's longer than about 10 minutes (2 gig DV -> 16 gigs for the uncompressed frames file).

I was wondering if anyone has a better solution for this problem, or if a new version of TMPGenc is going to come out that will address this issue.

I think "tmpgenc" is only compatable with type 2 dv files and video for windows dv,but not sure, try raising the "open dml" and "vfw" filters in the "vfapi plugins" and this might help....

Somebody told me I could use TMPG Enc for encoding mov. files into mpg files.But it doesn't work,what i'm I doing wrong ????????

you need to get the "mov QT plugin" to do mov files ,I don"t use mov files so I can"t tell you were to get it but try the tools section in vcdhelp.com...

You need a file calles qt.vfp or qtread.vfp.
Just type 'quicktime vfp' in Google and you should find it. Mind you though, it's not perfect. I often get errors while converting mov files.

crimson13