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I trying to encode AVI(DV format) to MPEG-2 DVD quality with TMPGenc Trial, BBMpeg and StudioDV.
I have Superbous video results with TMPGenc, but all of the softwares are getting me the same problem. When I try to open the mpgs in the Virtual Dub I am getting the message "MPEG Import Filter:pack synchronization error", even if the sound seems to be ok(sometimes it is in slow speed).
I tryed to change the bit rate,the sound compression and save the sound in wav, but nothing didn`t help.
The originals AVI footages run fine in the VD.
Also old mpgs I did a long time ago in StudioDV.
My config is: Pentium III 450, 256RAM, SDV capture card, HD 10GbSeagate UATA 100/5400, 40 Gb UATA 66/7200.
Are you getting that error in "virtualdub"?because I think it is an error in the mpeg import filter, which I think reads the mpeg in virtua dub.This is what I get by looking at the error..So the problem might not be with your mpeg or tmpgenc but with "virtualdub"..I don"t know much about trouble shooting with virtuadub..So my advice is to try to re-install virtualdub or just don"t use virtualdub if you don"t have to..
The problem is obvious.
The error you are recieving is due to the fact that Virtualdub does not support MPEG2 files only MPEG1.
Exactly why are you trying to import an MPEG2 file into Virtualdub anyway?
What is it you need to do?
But that was the way I was trying to check the a/v sync problems with TMPGEnc.
In my new tests I discovered that the only DVD player I have transmiting out to TV is PC-DVD from Creative and if I play the mpg file I did in other compressor it runs ok, but the one I did in TMPGEnc gets the sound in a low tune, out of sync, like a monster voice. In the other hand, if I play the same mpg file in Media Player, no transmition to TV, it runs ok.
Is that a puzzle or am I missing something? If I burn that file in a DVD will it run ok in a standard desktop DVD Player?
This reminds me of the story about the guy who went to the doctor and said "doctor my arm hurts when I do this" and the doctor said "well don"t do that"......
This is not a bug of TMPG, it is a bug of your system. I just tried what you have said and everthing looks fine on my version with WinXP.
I can still see the shutdown check box when I resize the window so I can't see the video anymore.
Either download another copy of TMPG or check your system out.
Try making it as small as possible if you still dont see the window turn into the classic windows style, it could be indeed my system. Are you running XP Pro ASHY?
Yes Iam using XP PRO.
It is true that the window changes to the classic style, but it doesn't seem to affect TMPG's operation.
I can still see the shutdown check box when I encode.
Incidentally you do realise that the shutdown check box only appears during batch encoding or if you start encoding your movie by clicking File>Output to file>MPEG file
I have been having problems with TMPGEnc getting read errors and crashing while processing a file from Premiere via Avisynth.
It was suggested that I create an .AVI file from Premiere and load that into TMPGEnc instead of frameserving. I must be missing something simple, because I get an error that says the file type is not spported. The Windows media player reads the file fine.
The "unsuported error" can usually be fixed by raising the "direct show " plugin in your "vfapi plugins".. but if is a dv file you have to use a "open dml,video for windows, or direct show" format..If you have enough space on your hard drive uncompressed avi seems to work best.....
I have a captured mpeg 2 file , captured from my capture card
then i use DVD2AVI to save the d2v and mpa file.
and then I use TMPGEnc to combine the d2v and mpa files back to VCD format
MPEG 1.
the original mpeg2 file has perfect audio sync
but the converted mpeg1 files from TMPGEnc has audio out of sync.
Why? How can I fix this? Thank everybody....
In my experience this is caused by dropping frames while capturing,or when you started captureing, your audio started recording earlier or later than your video..find out the exact length of your audio file and your video file and see if they are the same length,if the audio is quite a bit longer than the video, like about more than 3 seconds then I think it is caused by dropped frames, but if it is only like a second or two then it is probably just a sync problem that can be fixed by useing the "multiplex" option in "bbmpeg" cuz it allows you to off set the video of audio to sync it up, but if it is from dropped frames you can use an audio editing program like "cool edit" to stretch or shrink your audio file to the exact same length as your video file, then it should sync up..I hope this helps a bit..
Your doing things the wrong way.
Unless you are changing the format of the audio there is no need to re-encode it.
DVD2AVI is known for creating sync problems where the audio is concerned, which is one reason why I don't use it for extracting audio.
My advice is load your MPEG2 file directly into TMPG and encode the video only. Install the MPEG2 filter below and it should load fine.
After you have encoded the video then re-multiplex the audio from the original MPEG2 file with the result using the simple multiplex option in MPEG tools. Just load up the MPEG1 file in the Video field and your old MPEG2 file in the Audio field choose MPEG1 VCD as the type and run.
If you have already encoded the MPEG2 to MPEG1 then simply load up the MPEG1 file as your Video and your old MPEG2 file as the Audio into the simple multiplex option, choose MPEG1 VCD as the type and click run.
Your new MPEG1 movie will then have the audio from the MPEG2 file combined with it.
if none of these work get some .wav editing software like Gold Wave or Cool Edit, locate the moment it goes outta sync. add or take a few seconds to compansate
Thanks for all your replies...
I am using the MPEG Tools | Multiplex in TMPG,
but after I press the "Run" button,
TMPG seems to hang, the screen does not redraw,
and task manager is showing that TMPG is "not responding".
Soould I wait? Or should I kill the task?
I would wait a bit first. If after a good few minutes it doesn't start then completely remove TMPG from your system and download a fresh copy and install that because this problem has been reported before and that was the way it was solved.
How come sometimes when i convert files to vcd format, there is no audio in the rendered file. There is audio in the original files, but on the new VCD mpg. there is no audio? How do i fix this.
The audio in your "avi" file probably is not supported in "tmpgenc" use "virtualdub" to extract the audio to "wav" and use that as your audio source for encodeing.....
Want to get the absolute highest quality mpg1 file for VCD and/or PC playback. Time and size are not important. Saw some instruction on an earlier post for best quality and smallest file:
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1. reduce the audio bitrate.
2. do a 2 pass encode.
3. use the high quality setting (don't bother with highest, doesn't make a difference)
4. use VBR
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Just went through the menus and don't see an option for "2 pass encode" or VBR. (using version 2.54a and loaded the template "Video-CD NTSC (MPEG-1 352x240 29.97fps CBR 1150kbps, Layer-2 44100Hz 224kbps)" Most of the options are "grayed out" in Settings>Advanced and can't be changed.
Should I not Load a template? How do I get the best quality possible?
in the templet folder go to extra then unlock the they wont be shaded and incrise the bit rate bor beter quality go here for beter instructions but remember you cant get beter quality then the original hope that helps
in the templet folder go to extra then unlock the they wont be shaded and incrise the bit rate bor beter quality go here for beter instructions but remember you cant get beter quality then the original hope that helps sory almost forgot the link http://www.vcdhelp.com/tmpgenc.htm
Actually what you are talking about doing to increase quality is no longer a VCD, but rather a XVCD. A VCD must be 1150 CBR with 224 audio bitrate, changing these makes the cd a XVCD.
Actually what you are talking about doing to increase quality is no longer a VCD, but rather a XVCD. A VCD must be 1150 CBR with 224 audio bitrate, changing these makes the cd a XVCD.
What type of file is the source is it MPEG?
This usually happens when you load an MPEG file and try to re-encode it.
Ensure the output isn't named the same as the input.
I just made a VCD and it is over 1gig in size. I had to break it into 2 files to fit on the cds. What settings can I change to try to get it under 800 megs so that it will fit on 1 cd? The original DVD was over 4 gigs.
If you are useing the standard vcd template or any vcd standard template for that matter you are going to have to put a Full movie on 2 disks, unless you want to lower the bitrate but that lowers quality and the vcd templates have low enough quality as it is..but if you want to go against my advice and lower it any way so you could get 90 minutes on 1 cd, lower the bitrate to 1000kbs but any lower would look like total crap,but i wouldn"t want to lower the audio any lower that 128kbs, to change the bitrate you have to load the "unlock.mfc" template..but my advice to you is to put your vcd on 2 cd"s and raise the bitrate to 1650kbs then you will get 60minutes on one cd with much better quality than the standard template..
The ammount of time you can get on an 74 or 80 min CD is dependant on you bitrate. With a standard VCD its roughly the playing time of the CD.
But its better to cut by filesize since all players I know of can play VCDs with raised bitrates and with VBR. I raise the average bitrate to at least 1350 or even higher when the lenght of the movie still allows me to fit it on 2 CD-Rs.
Eg. An 80 mins CD-R can hold 800MB of mpeg data in (S)VCD format.
Generaly I cut my movies on an Scene change or if thats not possible without wasting to much space to still fit it on 2 CD-Rs I let the parts overlap by at least 2 seconds.
M.Bastian's solution is a good idea. but if your a lazy son of a...like me just put the encoded vod files 1, 2, 3, on one disc and the rest on another.
With the PLUS version you can set bitrate settings higher than 8 Megabits. As a lot of my work is only 10 to 30 minutes duration the bit budget is not critical. Is there any advantage to encoding at higher bitrates (assume better quality) and what is the limit of streams that most settop DVD players can decode?
Also is there anyway to stop TMPGenc multiplexing the output streams? I see if you unlock the templates you can output separate audio and video streams. I suppose you could batch encode to produce the separate streams? I can't see any logical reason but I was concerned that encoding separately the two streams might get out of sync?
Actually the specs say DVD players are supposed to be able to sustain a bitrate of 9.8mb and can handle higer bitrates, but only for short periods of time.
I doubt you would ever even need to go above 9.8mb anyway as any higher would just give diminishing returns and you wouldn't see an improvment in quality.
As far as your concerns about sync go. I use a total of 3 programs to encode and combine the audio with the video as I don't use TMPG to encode the audio, just the video and I never have sync probs.
Thanks for the info. Makes you wonder why many of the hardware encoders out there offer compression up to 15 Mb/s? Must be for archival purposes rather than settop playback...
Hello. When i open the TMPGENC program, I try to convert an AVI file to a MPEG. However i always get an error saying that the type is unsupported. How do I make it be supported?
go to options environmental settings click the Vfapi plugin tab
change the directshow priority to 2 and the rest to 0 then load your movie
chang the priority by highlighting the text and right clicking
1. Load up your AVI into Virtualdub then click File>Save WAV.. and save the audio as a wav file somewhere.
2. Next click Video>framerate and change the framerate to 23.976. Now click Edit>end and note what the value is in the timescale box exactly. Convert this value into seconds, i.e. 1:20:28.842 = 4828.842 secs. WRITE THIS DOWN.
Close Virtual dub.
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. 4828.842 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.
4. Run Avi framerate changer an change the frame rate of your AVI to 23.976 fps
Now you should have a wav and an AVI exactly the same lengths.
5. Load your AVI and your wav into TMPG, choose MPEG2 and add 3:2 pulldown.
Now encode