http://www.doom9.org/Soft21/svcdtools/VCDEasy_v1.0.9_Setup.exe
This is the easyest VCD burning program I have seen and the quality rocks Just one note make sure you select your CDR burner in the settings before you start and check the write to CD box so it will automatically burn the VCD or SVCD for you! TMPGenc rocks!! 2.54a best yet that I have seen to bad it cant read concurent VOB's If it could I wouldnt need DVD2AVI. These are the tools I recomend to any one posibilites with these are unlimited.. Decryter 3.11(or smart ripper), DVD2AVI, Tmpgenc 2.54a, VCDEasy and for those stubborn Audio extractions Total recorder. System requirement are 400Mhz or better(fastest you can afford my 1.33Ghz does nice), 256MB RAM, Good burner ie. Plextor,Yamaha etc. I perfer Windows XP Professional (The Corporate version..hehe) paid for Professional but I prefer to use the Corporate version since it doesnt make you get a REG KEY its stabile as a rock and works with every thing I throw at it Except for some Dos based games Dual boot with Windows 98SE. Every one has their opinions so I know alot of you might not agree but I have almost no problems ever compared to any other system I have ever used! ~NewtronX

I used TMPGEnc 2.54 (newest) to encode, and it worked perfectly. I then ran the authoring program: VCDEasy, with VCDEasy running I tried to restart TMPGEnc to encode another file to add to my project. This caused my whole computer to lockup! Now VCDEasy still works fine, but TMPGEnc locks everything up as soon as I launch it!! I have tried re-installing, including a complete uninstall/erasure of TMPGEnc files before re-installing, but the same problem occurs when I launch TMPGEnc.

Is this a corrupted system file? bad DLL?

If you cant get rid of the problem , do a clean install of your os and every thing else, i know it sucks but sometimed it is the only solution that seems to work,I end up doing it every month or so cuz of some glitch or another....

The simplest solution to this one if you have already completly removed TMPG and installed a fresh copy would be to use the system restore function of your operating system to a time before you got the error.
This should replace any corrupt files and allow you to open TMPG normally again.

ASHY

Hi, lately I come across the following problem : after converting to mpeg (vcd) via TmpgEnc, the sound is bad... There is a metallic sort of echo at certain frequencies... The original avi's sound OK...
Does anyone have a clue?

Try a external audio encoder like" toolame or scmpx" this should clean up your audio...

The problem is not TMPG's encoder but it's samplerate converter. Use SCMPX.
Toolame is an audio encoder not a samplerate convertor.

ASHY

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.

You have to go to the Environmental Settings, then on VFAPI Plugin.
Change the priority of the Direct Video thing to 3 (that's what I did).

Then it works.
Good luck.

La-Magra

thanx

that really works!

S.

Hi,

I was trying to use TMPG but it is not recognising .AVI files or even earlier encoded TMPGenc MPEG2 files.

What can I do??

Try this go to Option>enviromental settings after that zero eveything out and raise the direct show to 2.. I hade the exact same prob this should fix it.

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