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I have been trying to convert divx/avi to VCDs, I tried it with TMPGEnc and Nero, with the TMPGEnc conversion I could see the mpeg file but when I open it there is good sound but no picture, and on the Nero VCD the same (except I couldn't find the mpeg file) I haven't "installed" TMPGEnc I just run the .exe is this correct? I have also run the TMPGEncVFP_Install.bat in the same directory and it seemed to register. I cannot see any ppictures on the prviews either and so cannot fix the frame easily. I have tried about seven different .avi files but to no avail.
There could be a few reasons for this,first make sure you have the correct codecs to decode your divx file,and make sure that your "direct show" plugin has high enough priority..What do you mean when you say you couldn"t find your mpeg file on the nero vcd?
When you create a VCD the video information is not stored with the MPEG extension. It's stored in a file structure that your VCD/DVD player knows how to access (in much the same way as DVD MPEG2 streams are stored in .vob files). From memory they are stored in .dat files?
Your "avi" file has corrupted sectors in it and that is why you are getting the error, to fix it first go to "options" to "enviromental settings" then to the "cpu" tab and un-check the "SSE" box, then go to your regular "settings" then to "quantize matrix" and un-check the "use floating point" box, this should get you through the encodeing without any errors....
I started getting this same error message after I went to version 2.54a. Unfortunately, I deleted my previous version 2.52 and so I can't re-test it on it. I've already disabled SSE and unchecked use floating point DCT.
Are the older versions like 2.52 or 2.53 available elsewhere for download?
Thanks for the links. Well, I did some further testing and it now seems to point to my overclocked processor. I ratcheted it back down to its normal rated speed and it works fine...even with "Use floating point.." checked and SSE enabled. I'm going to do some more testing.
Thanks for the links. Well, I did some further testing and it now seems to point to my overclocked processor. I ratcheted it back down to its normal rated speed and it works fine...even with "Use floating point.." checked and SSE enabled. I'm going to do some more testing.
What do you mean it doesn't show up?
Double click TMPGEncVFP_Install.bat. This will install the plugin.
To check click 'Option' in TMPG and you should see 'register TMPGenc.vfp to VFAPI is checked' in the menu.
Thats it.
I still don't know why you are assuming it isn't working, what are you trying to do?
I think you misunderstand.
What you are trying to do has nothing to do with the VFAPI plugin.
The VFAPI plugin is for opening TMPG project files not d2v files.
Have a look at your NEW post on this subject I have posted a possible solution.
One thing I would like to say first though.
Please refrain from making mutiple posts on the same subject.
Some of us have been using this board a for quite a while and read almost all of the posts and check back frequently.
The reason I am telling you this is that you will end up being ignored by the people that can really help you if you continue to double post just to try and get attention to your problem.
Created an mgeg 1 video (not latest version of TMPGEnc). It's 46:47 in length.
If I play it from the hard drive, the time shown in Windows media player (7.1)is 46:47. If I copy the file to a CD and play it from the CD, the time shown (upper right corner of media play) is 2:40. After the progress slider gets to the far right (at 2:40 into the program) the program keeps playing -- so it is all there -- just the time displayed is wrong when run from the CD. Tried copying to CD using both Nero and Roxia software.
I figured something wasn't getting copied correctly, but, now for the fun part: copy the file from the CD back to the hard drive, and run it from the hard drive -- yep, shows 46:47 for the total time. Sizes, dates, etc. show the same on both the CD and hard drive.
Another interesting twist: the "wrong" time shown on my computer at home is 2:40. When I run it from CD here at work, the time shown is 21:58. (but then shows the correct 46:47 if I copy it to the hard drive and run it from there).
Seriously, as ASHY asked; how long is it taking? Also do you know what processor you have?
You can lower the movement prediction setting to encode faster, but you'll lower the quality if you do.
1 hour of film typically takes me 4 hours on my P3-450 at the default settings for VideoCD(PAL) and if I put movement prediction up to the highest quality setting it can take twice as long. I think that I'm getting pretty good encoding speeds for my processor power.
TMPEnc is a great software but is it true that you are not able to add subtitles into the movies with TMPEnc?
If it's not true how do I do it?
And if it's true can anyone tell me how I'm able to do it then and with what?
To add subtitles, you have to edit the video and add text with video editing software. That's how I add subtitles anyway, there could be other methods but that's all I know...
You could do it with Virtualdub.
There is a plugin you can use with virtual dub which will add subtitles to the AVI, which you can then frameserve to TMPG.
I'm just evaluating TMPGenc PLUS (15 day trial)- but I can't get one of the features to activate. I want to encode at full 4:2:2 (8 bit) as opposed to 4:2:0. The comparison chart seems to indicate this is a feature of TMPGenc PLUS - but it's greyed out - exactly the same as in the free version of TMPGenc.
The .AVI I'm supplying is definitely full 4:2:2 (Avid AVI 2.02D (MJPEG codec))
This would be my one reason for buying this over my existing compression software (Cleaner 5) - so I'm keen to hear whether this feature actually works... and if so why it's not working for me.
Firstly you need to encode to MPEG2. Then you will need to unlock the settings if you have chosen a template, as the template automatically locks the settings, so they can't be changed accidentally.
To unlock, click 'Load' and find the 'Extra' folder inside your templates folder. Here you will find a file called 'unlock.mcf'.
Double click it and the settings will unlock.
I am sure that someone has also found the following problem. I have made some MPG files from original DVDs using the guides located on www.vcdhelp.com, (using SmartRipper, DVD2AVI and TMPGEnc) with success. However, when I try to make a VCD with either Nero or EZCDcreator 5, I am informed that the MPG files do not meet the White book standard.
Both Nero and Roxio report different reasons, but I guess they are different interpretations of the same thing. Nero reportsthat the "stream encoding is invalid for a Video CD", whereas Roxio reports that the "System Clock reference" is 1058 and that this is unnacceptable and the file will not play in a VCD player.
Can anyone offer any insights into what both programs are referring to and how to correct it in TMPGEnc before converting the DVD to MPG.
You have most probably created a non standard VCD.
VCD needs to be MPEG1 352x240 at 29.97 fps or 352x288 at 25 fps.
If these are the specifications of your file then you have most probably split the file using the Merge&Cut feature and haven't chose 'MPEG-1 Video CD' as the stream type from the dropdown menu.
The solution is to load the spilt files into the 'simple multiplexer' choose 'MPEG-1 Video CD' as the type and give your output a different name if you are putting the file in the same folder as the original.
Now click 'run' and your file should load fine in Nero.
Tip: Get rid of that crap Roxio, you will have all sorts of problems with it.
I had the same problem encoding SVCD MPEGs. Some files were okay, some gave this error in Nero. I followed this guide: http://www.vcdhelp.com/bbmpegedit.htm
Although it's written for SVCD, I'm (almost) sure it works on VCD also.
I try to convert a MPEG Stream into a VCD MPEG Stream.
Normally it works fine. Today the program created the error message:
Failed to create device context
There are a couple things you can try ,they both involve frame serveing, you can frame serve from dvd2avi, or what would be quicker is to frame serve from the "vfapi converter",I frame serve all my movies from the vfapi converter" with exelent results, if you use the vfapi converter ,first extract the audio from your mpeg, then load your file in the vfapi converter, and make sure the audio box is NOT checked ,then click convert and it will make a psudo avi file in about 2 seconds, then load the avi and the extracted audio in "tmpgenc" ..this might be a work around to you problem.....
Thanks you for your answer and idea.
On my second computer (a slow one...) i have succeded in encoding the same MPEG video with the same TMPGEnc Version.
Maybe a problem of the right codec???
when i try and open a d2v file it says unsupported... if this is what the patch is for and its not working then i dont know what else to do... i have uninstalled both patch and program a couple times Plz help
-Borax
Where did you get your d2v file from?
If you got it from Smartripper you still need DVD2AVI installed on your system and run it at least once.
Then copy DVD2AVI.VFP from your DVD2AVI folder to the folder where TMPGenc.exe is located.
Restart TMPG and your d2v should load.
To get the AVS loaded try increasing your 'Direct show multimedia file reader' priority higher, say 2 and lower the others to 0.
Now restart TMPG and try and load again.
Hi!
I'm trying to multiplex a mpeg-2 file + a mp3 file. Everything goes well except i can't hear the sound. In cyberlink dvdplayer the image plays with no sound. With media player, it's not even recognized (the orignal mpeg2 file of course plays well with each player). And the sound seem to work great with winamp...where the prob ?
Did you encode the mp3 with "tmpgenc?Do you have the proper codecs to decode the mp3 stream?was the audio there before you multiplexed the files?are you makeing a svcd?if you are svcd"s will not play in most dvd players with mp3 audio..have you tried to use mp2 audio?
If you already have the original audio in mp2 format then I don't see the point in converting it to mp3 and multiplexing it with the movie, for a few reasons.
1. You won't improve the quality by encoding to mp3
2. The compression is roughly the same, so it won't make a difference to the file size
3. Your movie is now incompatible with most if not all DVD players.
Anyway aside from that the reason you may be having problems could be due to the fact you don't have the required codecs installed to decode the audio in the movie correctly.
Thank you Ashy and Minion for your help. Altho i still havent fix anything.
I would have been surprised it was a mp3 codec problem since i had that codoc installed for quite a while ;) still i tried and got no luck.
Here's the story...I made some kind of movie with MGI Videowave (crappy soft,i know!). I first capture in lostless avi, then modified and max with videowave, and then chose MPEG2 as output.
Altho, the sound is too early for the images...(like 3 secs b4 images near the end of the movie)... so i extract the mp3 from the mpeg2 created by Videowave, fixed the sound problem with sound forge, and then i tried multiplexing (new mp3 file + original mpeg2) with tmpgenc. No luck the image plays in Cybrlink DVD player, but no sound. And media player doesnt even recognize the images...it looks for some codecs and dont find anything.
Then i demultiplexed the images from the mpeg with tmpgenc, it saved in m2v. and i tried multiplexing it again with m2v + mp3. Same result.
I dont want it to play on a SVCD, i just want a qualitEimages i can record on a VCR from my tv-out. After that I'll convert it to VCD. (i tried that too but every time 1-2 sequences has some kind of crack in them...weird shit)
Ok look. Stop using soundforge and mp3 in your Mpeg files.
There is a simpler way to correct A/V sync problems using the original Mp2 audio in the SVCD.
You are going to use bbmpegs A/V delay feature when mutiplexing to sync your movie.
Look at the instructions on how to multiplex and look at instruction 5.
At the bottom of the picture you will see a row boxes titled 'start up delay(ms)'
Using the 'Video' and 'Audio 1' boxes it is possible to add a delay to either.
Just add delay to either the audio or video depending on which needs delaying and then multiplex.
If you have deleted the original audio then you could download dbpoweramp from www.dbpoweramp.com and use this to convert your mp3 to mp2 (just make sure you download the mp2 plugin with dbpoweramp)
I've read the details on this forum before, but I'm trouble finding it again: how can I frameserve from tmpgenc to cinema craft 2.5? Is it possible to do it as well w/ cce 2.62? Any help would be much appreciated
I"ll send you an email on how to do it but you will have to send me back some info on your files and what you want to do,sometimes they don"t want you to talk about other encoders here, so I don"t want to write some big thing on another encoders features and such.....
You simply need to create a project file with TMPG and then convert this to a dummy AVI using the VFAPI converter.
You then open this AVI as if it was a real AVI in CCE.
CCE will then encode your movie using the filters and settings you have chosen in TMPG. http://www.divx-digest.com/software/vfapi.html