I get a Stream Writing Error when using TMPGenc. Any help please.

The divx files I'm converting run fine on my computer. When I encode them and play them on my DVD player, they're all jumpy. Still playable, but it stutters a littbe bit every once in a while. The sound doesn't skip, if that changes anything. Also, sometimes I see wierd colored boxes on the screen. Any way to fix either of these problems?

Thanks

That "jumpyness " is usually caused by encodeing to a different frame rate than the avi file,check your avi file and see if the frame rate is the same as the template you used while encodeing,many movies downloaded off the net have frame rates like 12.5fps, 14.9fps,20.0fps,and these dont corespond correctly to most encodeing formats, so you have to find the correct encodeing frame rate that would match your file, like if your file had a frame rate of "12.5" you would encode that to "25fps" and if your avi had a frame rate of "14.9fps" you would encode that to "29.97fps", but you will still get that jerky look once in a while even doing this, that is if your avi has a non standard frame rate....

I cut the MPEG file without any problems. But there is no sound! Anyone know how to do??

I guess there is sound before you cut,Is it a file that was encoded with tmpgenc with mp2 audio?all I could sudgest is to use a different mpeg editor, the editor in tmpgenc is less than perfect and tmpgenc has problems with a lot of mpeg"s,you can do a search on the net for mpeg editors and find one pretty easily,.....

I don't know if this is the root of everyone's tmpgenc crashes (the common problem with mpeg files), when using windows xp, but I checked to see what was causing the problem and it was a .dll file called mplam6.dll which is part of a Ulead package I had installed.

The file was in C:Program FilesCommon FilesUlead SystemsMpeg on my xp machine and after I renamed it to mplam6.dll_ it no longer causes tempgenc to crach.

I hope this helps someone.

mOrg

It helped me thanks :-)

I'm not using Ulead as of yet, but go to know, thanks, and ideas for my crashes besides the .dll problem?

nm it works for me too. lol, thanks for the good info.

cool.. glad to help

I have sucessfully made many movies in VCD format, now I have a problem with one movie(it has DTS audio). I have the ac3 filters(which I thought I needed). I ripped it with Smart Ripper fine, I used DVD2AVI to frameserve, but when I tried to encode with TMPEGEnc I get no audio on the resulting MPEG. I tried using DVDx to encode the vob's directly to MPEG's. But it said DTS audio not supported. Is there a plug-in I need to get this to work or what? And what is DTS(Dolby something). Why have I not come across this before? I have made over 200 VCD's.
Thanks in advance

There should be a different audio track for you to use, look in your "ifo" file that "smartripper" made, it should list all the audio tracks and choose a audio track like a "Dolby Digital AC3"..Most "DVD"s have up to 6 audio tracks, I have been looking on the net for you trying to find a program that would extract "DTS" to a "wav" file but most said that it could not be done..

There is a program called "Besure" that claims that you can use it to extraxt the "DTS" track from your vob to wav files, but other articles read that you shouldn"t even be able to hear or play "DTS" on your computer, so I"m getting mixed messages, so i would look for a different audio track.....

Thanks for the info, I looked into it(Besure), and what I found was a program call ac3tool, it extracts the ac3 file from vob, then can convert it too wav, mp3 or divx audio. Its free too. Its from BlackSunSoft.

dolby digital Ac3 and "DTS" are different formats, "DTS" is "Dolby Theater Surround " and from what I have been reading there is now why to even listen to it on a computer,ac3 is easy to decode if you have the right software and there quite a few that do "dolby digital ac3"

Hello,

I used TMPG to convert a .AVI file into a .MPG because I wanted to make the file into a VCD.
I converted the original AVI file to:
MPEG-1 720x480 30FPS CBR 1150kbps
Layer-2 44100HZ 192kbps

But then when I tried to load the file into Easy Cd Creator 4.0 to burn to a VCD, it gave me an error message that said that the file would not work in a VCD player and that I would need to use a MPEG encoder that supported Video CD encoding. When I clicked the details tab, some things showed that they were unacceptable to the system:

Audio: 192 kbits/s (said it may be acceptable)
System Clock Reference: 1230 (said it was unacceptable)

Do I need to re-encode the AVI file with different settings? And if so, please inform me of what I need to change in the settings to get this to be able to be burned as a VCD.

Also, I replied to an earlier message about making the encoding process faster, but I'll just put it here for the sake of keeping my questions together.
It took me 30 hours to encode a 2 hour video. I saw that you earlier replied saying to check the "motion search precision"...where do I check that? And how do I check to see if I'm doing a 2-pass encode?

Thank you very much!

You can change this setting in the "settings" menu(choose the right tab,
the setting is somewhere there).

The reason that you are haveing this problem is because the resolution "720 by 480" is not in the "vcd" standard, and the frame rate is wrong it is supposed to be 29.97fps ,to make a compliant vcd the resolution has to be 352 by 240 for ntsc,and 352 by 288 for pal,.If you used one of the standard vcd templates you wouldn"t of had this problem, did you use the "unlock.mfc" template cuz that would have changed the settings.......

Can someone please tell me the reason why i get an error message when trying to load AVI files into TMPgenc, i get the error message (file not supported or cannot be opened) any they are AVI files,
Can you please help me

This is what someone replied to my same question...it worked for me...

Go to "options" to "enviromental settings" to "vfapi plugins" and raise the "direct show" to about "2" and lower everything else to "0".....

thanks, all working fine now

I tried your setting and it still doesn't work
I am using pinnacle's capture card to cap a avi file.
Anyone know what happening?

Hi, I'm trying to encode an avi file, but TMPGEnc won't recognize the file as Stream and will take it as a sound file only. After encoding, file is as large as if it was complete, but no picture is visible.
The file is played fine in Win MediaPlayer but the system seems to be unable to identify the codec or at least to display its name. In file's Properties' Preview I get this msg: "Unable to find decompressor: vids:mp42".

What can I use or how can make TMPGEnc to recognize the file and encode it?

Here are the file's properties:
Audio: MPEG Layer-3,192 kBit/s, 48,000 Hz, Stereo
Video: 512 x 384, 33988 images, 23,976 images/s., 153 KB/s, unknown format

I have installed Divx 3.11, 4.12 and 5, overriding 3.11 playing with 4.12 codec.
Thanks!

Reinstall all codecs and Tmpgenc.

That is the fourcc code for the angel potion codec.
You need this codec: http://dvd.box.sk/download/angelpotionv1-575.zip

ASHY

When i convert an avi to vcd i dont get a picture just sound

Whats wrong?

we need more info to fix your problem ,like what kind of file is it and what are it"s properties,and what are you encodeing to, what codecs do you have on yer machine.........

Is there a quick way to convert divx to vcd with this program? I load up the AVI fine and it encodes the video fine. But some how it dont detect and encode the audio from the avi. Possibly because its mp3?

Use Virtualdub to extract the audio to a wav and use that as your audio source.

ASHY

I use Virtual Dub as mentioned above, I refer to vcdhelp.com for the instructions for the audio. Then use TMPGEnc to merge the two files together. This has worked fine for me and had no probs. Check for diff versions of VirtualDub and make sure you have correct Divx codecs installed. vcdhelp.com is a mine of info.

Is there any thing i can to do to make the encoding process faster. It take about 23 hours total to burn a 1 1/2 hour movie. Thanks for your reply

23 hrs!!??
Jaysus what are you running there a 486?
No seriously what are your specs?

Make sure you haven't got the motion search precision set to higher or highest. Set it to normal or to encode faster set it to 'motion estimate search'. Also check to make sure you're not doing a 2pass encode.

ASHY

Hi, where do I check the motion search precision? My computer also took 30 hours to encode a 2 hour video. And how do I check to see if I'm doing a 2-pass encode?

Thanks

You know what encodeing method you are useing by looking at the "rate controll mode" in the "settings" screen, and the "motion precition search" is on the bottom of that same screen...but wow 30 hours ,thats like 4 minutes and hour,I have a fairly slow system(800mhz p3)and it takes less than half that, what kind of system are you running under,there should be some way to go faster unless you got a ,like ashy said a 486.....

On a 1.5GHz AMD Athlon, encoding a 2:30 720x480 MPEG-1 video using highest motion estimation takes 23:50. I'm not sure how reduced the quality would have been if it was done with "normal" motion estimation.

There is definately something wrong,mine is half that speed and more than twice as fast encodeing and with the encoder I usually use I can do a 2 hour movie in 5 hours..try doing a selective start up so you don"t have anything running in the backround while encodeing, and re-install tmpgenc ,but if you keep getting this slow of a encodeing speed get someone to check out your computer cuz there is something wrong.....

P4 1.7ghz (O/C 1.9 ghz) 256mb DDR 100ata 7200 hard drive.
A 2 hr movie on the highest quality setting takes 14hrs 15min.

It is pointless choossing the 'highest quality' setting as it doesn't yield any higher quality than the 'high quality' setting. I have thoughroughly tested this many times. Even the 'high quality' setting is only very slightly better than 'normal'.

On the 'high' setting the same movie would take less than half the time above which means if you really want max quality it would be quicker to do a 2pass encode using the 'high' quality setting than doing a 1pass 'highest' quality encode.
It's just not worth it considering the extra time it takes to encode using 'highest quality'

ASHY

Hi

I had a problem with the picture being distorted with a pink blurr..
I read on this BBS, that if I had Angel Potion installed, remove it.. I did..
The pink blurr dissapeared along with the picture...

Then I read I could ger the VFAPI plugin and install it.. I did...

I still have no picture when making a avi to mpg

The picture shows fine in Windows Media Player..

This is a long standing problem with the angel potion codec.
Some people solve it by uninstalling the codec and installing MS mpeg 4 codecs or by re-installing the angel potion codec and removing all other mpeg4 codecs.

Try both ways see what happens.

ASHY

TY Father
it just took so long.. i pressed ctrl alt del and its said it was responding Father
Carlo ;)

Ok, my son. Now go forth and encode.

ASHY

Thx m8 :)
I guess this is your job...?
cos you know everything it looks m8 :D

WOW!!

What a quick respons...

Thanks alot.

I actually re-installed DivX codec 4.11, and said yes to have 4.11 encode divX 3 films.

I know the guy owns