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Nice trick i learned that may be of help to some newbies and experienced users alike I recently was converting some .avi's and noticed that the audio did not encode even though it was supposed to. I found a great program in the AVI2VCD pack called decompress.exe if you run your divx .avi through it the audio will be decompressed and then run it through TMPGenc the audio track will encode properly
he he he.. its nice fo u to share the info m8... but this is really old... try playing arround with ogg sound or even aac sound or even wma audio streams... that wont work. :)
What u are basically doing can also be done with winamp... yes winamp... its only converting the audio stream into pcm uncompressed wav :)
If i sounded like a bitch sorry... i didnt menat to.. i actually thing its very nice of u to shre the info :)
1st: can you pay u'r avi on your computer with Windows Media player 6.4 (yes dont use 7 or 8 cause they also use internally built codecs... and that other progs cant access) or any other video program thaty uses direct show filters?
If so it means u have the video codec used in the avi installed... if that right then u should be able to open it in TMPGEnc... do you have the direct show filters enabled in TMPGEnc?
You musthave those on.. if not... thne that might be the problem... if even enabling it u cant load teh file.. then u have a problem? What codec are u using?
Well see if this works and if not answer my questions.
Hi hopefully someone can help me out.
Ok i have an avi film which is 23.976fps but i need to convert it to 25fps, so i can encode it to either vcd(pal) or svcd(pal).The main reason i want it convert it to 25fps is so i can output the finish mpg through a hardware mpeg card to a Video recorder, and for that i need it to be 25fps so the stream ends up smooth and does not jump when being watched.Ive already tryed it with 5 avi films that where originally 25fps and it works just fine.
I know i need to use virtualdub, but im not quite sure how to do the conversion so the sound stays in sync. Please if any1 can help me out with a how to do it right, or some weblinks it would be great.
he he he m8... only using virtualdub wont do the job m8... does it really have to be pal? Well it your choice... and i hope u know that most dvd players can play pal and ntsc... my advice would be to make a 2:3 pulldown on that... but hey you want Pal... i actually know how to do this... cause i do it very often but my personal advice and since the tut would take me wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy toooooooooooooo long to right... and i'm not the typer guy ;)
Go here: www.digital-digest.com or www.doom9.org or www.vcdhelp.com.
Have fun exploring... i'm sure thau have some kind of tut for that... if not... just mail me... and i'll do my best to explain it to you in the smaller number of words possible... :)
Step 1.
The first step is to install all the above software then the next thing is to start with your original AVI.
Start up Virtualdub, click File and open your AVI. In Virtualdub click File then click 'Save wav' and choose where you want to save it then click save.
Next click Video and choose 'Frame Rate' and change the frame rate to the one you want to convert to i.e 25fps.
Now click 'Edit' and click 'end' from the menu.
Note what it says in the timescale box as the length of the movie exactly.
Now calculate what the total time is in seconds. For example 1:20:02.360 would be 4802.360 secs, write this down. Close virtualdub
Step 2.
The next step is to sync the Audio.
open Cool edit 2000.
When the program opens you will be presented with a box allowing you to choose 2 options. Choose options 1 and 3.
In the program click file>open and open the wav you created earlier.
Wait for it to finish then click 'Edit' and untick 'enable undo' then click 'select entire wave' next click 'Transform' and choose 'Time/pitch' from the drop down menu then click 'stretch'
In this box tick the following options:
Low precision
Time stretch (preserves pitch)
In the box that says 'Length' type in the exact figure you got in secs from Virtualdub for e.g. 4802.360 then click ok.
Wait for the program to do it's stuff then when its finished click 'file' then 'save as' and name and save your file as a wav.
This should give you a Wav file which will be the same length as the movie in the next step. Close Cool edit 2000.
Step 3. This is where we change the frame rate of the movie.
To change the frame rate of an AVI all you have do is use a little program called 'AVI frame rate changer' Just open up the AVI with the program and change the frame rate.
To check that the movie is in sync with the audio, open up virtualdub and open your movie you have changed the framerate of then click Audio and choose 'Wav audio' from the menu and find the wav you have just created.
Click the first play button and you should find the audio is in sync with the movie.
If you have problems changing the framerate with any of the above programs then you can frameserve the movie to TMPG instead using Virtualdub.
Just change the framerate to 25fps and follow the same instructions above for the audio.
Now use the AVI you have created from either the one you have changed the framerate of, using 'Framerate changer' or the one you just created with the Frame server, as your Video source for TMPG and the wav file as your audio source for TMPG.
Note: If you don't know how to frameserve checkout vcdhelp.com for info on how to.
Well I got everything to work but I still don't know 1 thing. I want my svcd files to run on my dvd player> it works fine. But I have my stereo running on the dvd player too and I'm ussing dolby pro logic and other dolby surround. What should I set the channel mode to, to get a nice dolby surround. (already got freq to 48 khz)
you can"t output dolby surround unless you input dolby surround and svcd can"t take dolby surround and it wont thake 48000hz cuz it isn"t in the svcd specifications,and you can only have 2 chanels of audio so you won"t get real surround sound but with joint sterio you might get the best result.....
>you can"t output dolby surround unless you input dolby surround and svcd can"t take dolby surround and it wont thake 48000hz cuz it isn"t in the svcd specifications,and you can only have 2 chanels of audio so you won"t get real surround sound but with joint sterio you might get the best result.....
Sorry Minion your way off target there.
There is no reason why dolby prologic can't be encoded to an MPEG file whether it is SVCD or VCD as the audio stream is independant of the video stream so it doesn't matter,just as long as you downmix your 5.1 ac3 to a prologic wav.
For Dolby prologic you should use a bitrate of no less than 192kb/s (as stated in the MPEG standards) and you should encode using 'Stereo' *NOT* 'Joint stereo) as joint stereo kills the the dolby prologic information contained in the file.
If your DVD player allows it there is no reason why you shouldn't use 48000hz in either VCD or SVCD as the quality is higher.
Not really sure where else to post this but one feature i would love is a way to set cut times for multiple files at once instead of having to enter it individually for each file.
An example where this is useful would be joining 20 mpg files with 3 second splash screens on all of them.
If you are burning these files to a VCD then why dont you just place the splash screen as the first file you wish to burn and your main file as the second file you wish to burn in your burning software?
As long as you make sure you choose 'Disk at once' recording and make sure you tell your burning software not to put any pauses between tracks, you won't get any gaps between the two and they should play fluently.
Are there any suggested settings for disk cache.
I have the impression that when I set this option, I lose the second pass of VBR - i.e. TMPGenc does only one pass instead of two.
Is this true for you?
TMPGEnc does 2 pass if you choose 2 pass.
If there is not enough HDD cache space, it just does not get faster.
As for size of the cache, you need to set resonable value so that
all the results of 1st pass can be stored into the HDD cache.
If you do not have enough HDD space, just do not use this option.
The maximun cache size is supposed to be 5.3gb,per hour of avi file...well that is what it says ,but for me the little bit of quality you gain with the 2 pass isn"t really worth waiting 2-3 times as long......
Hi, ffast,
I should have enough disk cache space, as I set this to be 4 gigs while having a 35' length movie to encode.
Did you experiment some speed improvement?
I found that encoding speed was almost double. This is why I imagined that second pass could not have been made. IMHO, if second pass is indeed done, well, this is a major improvement of this software...
FFast, tell me I am not dreaming :-0
I am trying to convert an SVCD to VCD and its 3 discs. The first disc went through the MPEG tool fine when changing the file type to MPEG1. However, the 2nd and 3rd discs are receiving an error halfway through which says buffer underwrite so now a 726mg file is now 346mg and is missing 20 minutes. Anyone know how to fix this problem? I read a reply about using the merge and cut but I have no idea how to do that. What can be done to bypass or fix this?
Are you trying to change the headers on a mpeg2-svcd to mpeg1 vcd headers so you can play it on your dvd player or are you useing "tmpgenc" to encode your mpeg2 to a mpeg1 vcd? if you are just trying to change to headers on a mpeg2 so your dvd player with think your svcd -mpeg2 is a vcd-mpeg1, you can load your mpeg2 file into the "merge and cut" choose mpeg1-vcd non-standard, then choose were your output directory and just click run and it will make a copy of your mpeg2 file with mpeg1-vcd headers so it will fool your dvd player in thinking your mpeg2 is a vcd......
yep, i got the spiderman one, its also happening to me. Someone in an earlier thread suggested that you can use nero to change the folder name because your dvd player looks for the vid in a certain folder... I didnt quite understand it, but later today I will follow what he said step by step and try to see if it works. If anyone else has a solution, lemme know
hi there, i am just totally lost... i've read almost every article and even this step by step website, and still can't find what i'm doing wrong. I've downloaded avi movies from kazaa, and encoded them to mpg, then burnt it with nero, but it won't play on my dvd player, yet it plays on my computer. So far, I've tried 3 different ways of encoding the avi to mpg which took me 9 hrs each time. Can someone please give me step by step instructions, I am so confused. I appreciate it, thanks.
If you can play it on your computer and when you load it into nero in "vcd mode"
and nero does not give you a error message then your player doesn"t play vcd"s,or it might just play store bought ones.....
i have no problem burning it with nero on vcd mode, are u sure my dvd player doesn't support it cause it does say for dvd/vcd/cd on it. could it be that my encoding settings with tmpgenc aren't correct?
If you have a mpeg movie file that you can watch and hear on your computer, and nero does not complain about the file then I think the only thing it can be is that your player does not support vcd"s.But there are a couple other things that it could be like your player does not like your brand of disks or does not like cd-r"s or cd-rw"s.you have to make sure that your player plays cd-r"s or cd-rw"s, just because is says it plays vcd"s doesn"t mean it will play cd-r-rw"s
But go to http://vcdhelp.com and they have a section on dvd player compatability, and has most players and models listed,this should tell you if it is yer player or a software or other glitch......I hope you figure it out...
Not all players that state DVD/VCD/CD can play the home made variety.
This is usually a sly trick by cheaper DVD player manufactures.
What they are actually referring to is only pre-recorded disks as you player is incapable of reading CDR's.
Even so a lot of incompatible players can read CDRW as the light wavelength reflected back to the laser is similar to DVD's.
So try CDRW, if they don't work I'm afraid it's a new player you need.
I have encoded a a 6.5 gig(131 minutes) avi file at 1000 kbps cbr and 500 kbps cbr
both times the mpeg 1 file came out to be 908 megs?
This is impossible isnt it.
Is something not getting unlocked in TMPG.
What am I doing wrong.
somebody please help me.
I am not sure but this problem only seemed to occur after I got the 1 month to try warning after I tried mpeg 2 encoding.
There is a minimum amount of bitrate you can use to make a mpeg file the minimum average is about 1000kbs ,it can go lower for second when the bitrate dips, but you can"t expect the encoder to do the imposible ,and it is impossible to make a image when there isn"t enough data alocated to make the image.Even if you put the bitrate at "0" you would have the same file size...
The problem lies in the fact you are created a standard VCD.
Standrad VCD requires the bitrate to be 1150 or 1125.
If you try to lower the bitrate padding will be added by the encoder to make it 1150.
The solution is to choose MPEG1 video cd (non standard) under the 'system' tab in 'setting'
I am trying to download this and I am not new to computers - worked in an IS department for over 10 years. I have tried to unzip this file using WinZip - get the message no archive - I then tried Winrar and I get the message that the file is corrupt. I have downloaded it many times but every time I get the same thing. I am stuck at this point so if anyone can please help me I would appreciate it!!
Do u use any download manager? Or just plain windows iexplorer?
If you're using windows iexplorer.. it might be its fault, because whjat probably happened was that u got a time out or some other error on the first tiem and iexplorer keeps the information on cache... and when you tyry to download the file again it will only download to that exact point it failled last tiem, so you'll porbably never be able to download the file with iexplorer... IMHO it sucks. : You have the clear the cache or flush cache or something like that on iexplorer... and delete all files in the temp internet files folder.. i think it has some kind of option to it... u must know it if your into computers... and then try again. :)
But my real advice is the folowing... get yourself a download manager, like jetcar, gozila, getright or anyother u like best... use them to download the files from internet cause the iexplorer is the worst thing ever made... well not the worst... ist good for brownsing, but not as a download manager...
Or you could upgrade to Linux and use any of the outstanding brownsers available ;)
when i rip a movie with the program.. the color turns pinkish, then back to normal.. then does this every 5 seconds in the film.. i have tried about 10 diff. video codecs and tooken all of them off, and put dif ones back on.. and i tried to lower the direct show in enviornmental settings... does anybody know what the problem is and how to fix it?
The only thing I ever heard of that can cause this is a codec pack called "Angel potion" and maybe haveing your "direct show" filter to high,you can try checking the top box on the "quantize matrix" tab, the "out put to yuv not ccir601" it seems to change the color out put ,and you can try some of the color filters.......hope you figure it out....