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Help! I'm getting a hash or a checkered pattern in my videos, when I convert from AVI to DVD MPEG2 using TMPGEnc Plus 2.53. Changing from 4000 to 8000 bit rate doesn't help. I've tried all of the Noise Reduction filters, but they didn't help much if at all (but sure took much longer). I've also tried 8bits, 9bits, and 10bits. The pattern is most noticeable on people's faces and backgrounds like the blue sky. The AVI file does not have this problem, so I know it's TMPG that's adding this pattern when it encodes.
In this sample jpeg, the checkered pattern can be seen in the face as well as the orange background behind him: http://www.taekang.com/taekang/pix/checkered_video.jpg
This happens from different VHS tapes and when I capture from my other VHS tapes, the pattern does NOT always occur. So I'm thinking that TMPG needs some type of setting to avoid getting this checkered pattern.
Does anyone have any ideas on how to get rid of this pattern being added? TIA.
On closer examination of your sample file I could see several horizontal lines containing 'Noise'. This could be due to several factors, namely tape deterioration, poor recording, worn heads in your player or electrical spikes generated by an appliance close to your computer. (Electrical or radio frequency interference is usually never even considered when siting a computer. (Or storing tapes.))
As a test, capture a frame from an AVI file prior to using TMPGEnc, enlarge it to 500% and look for any horizontal noise lines. They look similar to a row of slightly bent fish hooks rather than the usual square pixels. If you find any then you have the answer to your problem.
It's logical to assume that if half of your VHS tapes do not show crosshatch patterning after encoding then the fault lays elsewhere, not with TMPGEnc.
Incidentally, your sample frame is very heavily pixilated. A Bitrate of 4Mb would only produce macroblocks to this extent if the originalwas poor quality.
at the start i jsut closed the wizard select and put in video/audio in/out put. when i burned it on a cd-r and put it in my dvd player theres only sound but no video >;/. does anyone have a clue? when i take the cd and insert it in the com video and audio are present.
Well you probably burned it wrong or you dvd player doesn"t support vcd"s but I think you probably burned it wrong, you have to burn it with a program that is for burning vcd"s and you have to burn it in vcd mode ,you can not just burn it as a data file download "nero burning rom" from "www.nero.com" and download the 30 day fully functioning trial it will guide you through the process of burning your file to disk in vcd mode....
Why do you want to make your avi a mpeg? Compared to divx mpeg will not give you a smaller file size with the same quality, if you make the mpeg smaller than your divx the file would not be recognizeable as a video, it would look like a patchwork of colored blocks.If your goal is to make the smallest file size with the closest quality to the original you would be much better off encodeing it to "WMV", it is probably the most compressed video format there is.But if you really have your heart set on makeing a file that consists of unrecognizeable colored blocks go to the "system" tab in the settings screen and put the drop down menu to "mpeg1/vcd non-standard" then lower the bitrate to the desireable level but I think you will be very dissapointed ,you might be able to increase the quality of the mpeg file by lowering the resolution.
What a silly posting. CCE isn't better than TMPGEnc, only faster.
The quality of an MPEG-Movie depents on Picturesize, Bitrate, Bitrate control Mode, Quantize Matrix and a lot more things. You are absolutly free in TMPGEnc to use your own settings (unlock.mcf), but you never get the same quality than DivX on low Bitrates.
MPEG, the better Thing is MPEG2, is made for TVs, not for PCs, DivX ist made for PCs, not for TVs, that's all.
DivX can not handle interlaced Video (it has to be deinterlaced), MPEG2 can, but needs more Bitrate.
Yes and No, if you are doing "vcd"s" and you want to stay within the strict standards of the vcd specification then you have to stay at 224kbs but I haven"t heard of a player that wont play higher or lower audio bitrates,and for svcd"s I think you can basicly choose what audio bitrate you want to use but setting it to high will take up to much space that would be better spent on video bitrate, for a normal movie 128kbs is usually enough for the audio to sound ok....
I'm sorry if this seems to be a dumb question, but im really confused. When i first start the program that window appears for me to select format, so i jsut pick some stuff randomly... after i just decided to cancel that window and just select my input and output file. Is that ok? Also can i burn the .mpg file using adaptec, or do i have to use something like nero? Thx.
If you are new to encodeing then you should use the "wizard" and don"t choose something randomly, you know what you want to do don"t you?Choose the the format that you want to do "eg:vcd/svcd/dvd" and choose either the "ntsc or the Pal" options they are very important, I"m not going to sit here and write a manual for you on how to encode a movie but there are lots out there for you to read and learn. Go to "www.vcdhelp.com" there you can read and learn most everything to get you started......good luck
Hi!
Just wanted to request high resolution encoding options in TMPEGEnc, there is a need for the HDTV profiles to be included which might be difficult, but maybe they can be incuded in a "Pro" that is for sale or something.
bye
There are other profiles in TMPG already which will allow higher resolutions. Just click the setting>video and click the drop down menu where it says 'profile&level'
Hi
I run a trial version of tmpg and Premiere 6
When I use avisynth, I load the part0.avs file in tmpg
But it is write that there is no command called IPCSource
Is someone may help Me???
Thanks
Go to http://www.videotools.net and download a new version of Avisynth
there.It should have the command IPCSource.(They write on their page
right now that this command was moved to a dll,so you'll have to download
this dll too and declare it as a plugin in your avisynth script before
using IPCSource).
i have a movie clip that is actually filmed upside-down! Can i flip the picture so i can veiw it right with TMPGEnc? if not, maby someone knows a program that can.
Generally speaking,you shouldn't deinterlace if you plan to watch it
on TV because interlacing won't degrade the visual quality on TV
and not to deinterlace it preserves the material most which is desirable.
My ? is when I convert a AVI file to MPG the video is fine, But I have NO AUDIO?
The AVI file plays fine with both audio and video,Before I convert it.. If you have any help on this I would really appreacite it...