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I downloaded an AVI file of Spiderman that I thought I converted correctly to an MPEG file. It did make it to an MPEG format ,but when making the VCD in EZCD Creator, it said that the following were not acceptable: Audio Layer, Audio Bitrate, and Audio Pack & Padding. It did say I could still make a data CD, but not playable on a VCD or DVD player. Do you have any idea what when wrong and how to fix? Thanks!
It could be because you made a mpeg file not a vcd file, or you made a non standard mpeg/vcd, ezcd creator will give you are error if your mpeg/vcd file is just a little out of specs, the audio has to be 224kbs at 41000hz mpeg1 layer2, and the video has to be 352 by 240(ntsc) with 1150kbs, and the packet size for a vcd and mpeg1 are different, This might work if you just encoded the avi file to mpeg1 instead of vcd, just go to "mpeg tools" to "merge and cut" and load your mpeg file into the merge and cut choose your output directory choose "mpeg1/vcd" from the drop down menu then click "run" then it will make a copy of your file but it will attach the proper headers for vcd, then try makeing a vcd, but ezcd creator sort of sucks for makeing vcd"s cuz it will allways give you errors when trying to burn non-standard vcd files, I would sugest "Nero" or "vcdeasy" for burning, but if you want to do menu"s and chapters I use the "ulead dvd plugin" plus it lets you make non standard vcd/svcd"s...
I used the new 2.57 on my standard SVCD test clip, and wow! What a quality difference. I dont know what changed (aside from reading from DirectDraw) but my output is now visually very very close to DVD quality.
I would like to see a feature added to the MPEG Tools. When multiplexing, it would be nice to be able to adjust the audio gap.
All you want to do is compress the sound. This isn't really a TMPG question is it?
Load the AVI into virtualdub and choose the full processing mode. You will be able to compress the audio to whatever you want then choose 'save wav..' and give the file the extension of the type of audio you are creating.
I'm trying to put two or more hours of AVI made from a powerpoint slideshows (with narration) onto a vcd. When I reduce the bitrate (to 500), the sound goes jerky. The quality of the pictures is adaquate but the sound goes fast and jerky!
There may be a number of reasons for this.
1. Does this happen only on you hardware player, if so it could be that your player doesn't support the low bitrate you are using and I'm quite suprised you wish to use this bitrate, the quality must be terrible.
2. It could be the muxing rate. Seeing as you are now creating an out of standard VCD the standard VCD muxing rate will not be correct. Try running the MPEG through the simple multiplexer in the MPEGtools and choose 'MPEG1 VCD(non standard' as the stream type.
If it is the bitrate which is at fault and you are dead set on fitting 2 hours on to one cd then try these templates which will allow 2 hours on 1 cd with good quality. http://www.kvcd.net
You may need to raise the minimum bitrate in the templates so the VCD will play ok in you player.
>There may be a number of reasons for this.
>1. Does this happen only on you hardware player, if so it could be that your player doesn't support the low bitrate you are using and I'm quite suprised you wish to use this bitrate, the quality must be terrible.
YES ID IS WITH A HARDWARE PLAYER AND I AM ONLY VIEWING STILLS OF MAINLY TEST.
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>2. It could be the muxing rate. Seeing as you are now creating an out of standard VCD the standard VCD muxing rate will not be correct. Try running the MPEG through the simple multiplexer in the MPEGtools and choose 'MPEG1 VCD(non standard' as the stream type.
TRIED THAT WITH NO LUCK
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>If it is the bitrate which is at fault and you are dead set on fitting 2 hours on to one cd then try these templates which will allow 2 hours on 1 cd with good quality. http://www.kvcd.net
SAME PROBLEM WITH THAT TEMPLATE :-(
>You may need to raise the minimum bitrate in the templates so the VCD will play ok in you player.
EVEN A BITRATE OF 700 HAS PROBLEMS ON MY MACHINE (NOT AS BAD THOUGH!)
THANKS FOR TRYING ASHY
IF YOU KNOW OF ANY CREATOR/ENCODER THAT WILL LET ME USE TIMED STILLS TO A BACKGROUND NARRATION,(TO LET ME GET TO 2HOURS) I'D BE VERY INTERESTED - MOST ONLY ALLOW A SET TIME FOR ALL THE PICS (5sec or 10 sec FOR ALL).
Well of course it will encode the subtitles......i personally use Virtualdub for avi subtitling,and for mpeg-2 i use submux and maestroSBT.The last two takes alot of time to encode even with a fast PC.
If your intention is to add subtitles to an AVI or an MPEG1 I would suggest using Virtualdub and then simply frameserve to TMPG to create an MPEG1 or MPEG2 file with subs.
Okay lest my get this right
If I last say add 3 subtitles whit submux to my avi file and then
Converts it to svcd whit TMPEGenc and put it in my dvdplayer
I can thus for one of the tree subtitles I added?
After encoding a film with TMPGenc to a VCD format, I loaded the file into Nero and now Nero starts encoding the movie all over again! Is this normal??
Thanks in advance for any reply!
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No, there must something wrong file or setting you have missed.
What are the error warnings that NERO is giving you and are you creating a non standard VCD?
First check to make sure that you are indeed using the VCD option in NERO and not the SVCD option if you are creating a VCD.
If you are creating a VCD with a different resolution than normal then NERO will give you an error message, just ignore and choose 'Turn off standard compliance an continue'. DO NOT choose re-encode (NEVER CHOOSE THIS OPTION).
If you have used the MPEGtools to split your movie then make sure you choose 'MPEG1 Video cd' if you are creating a standard VCD or 'MPEG1 VCD(non standard)' if you are creating a non standard VCD, as the stream type.
Choosing 'MPEG1 automatic' will give you an error in NERO.
Post the specs of the file here and we'll take a look at it.
hey, im really new to tmpgenc & video editing. so please help me out.
i am trying to convert a .avi file to .mpg so i can make a vcd. when i try to load it, i get the message "c:/blah blah.avi can not open, or unsupported"
is this just not possible with this software? do i need another software? anyone know? i think the .avi uses divx decompression. does that make it different? someone please help me out.
This is Newbie Question #1, go to "options" to "enviromental settings" to "vfapi plugins" and raise the "direct show file reader" to "2" this should get the file loaded........
>This is Newbie Question #1, go to "options" to "enviromental settings" to "vfapi plugins" and raise the "direct show file reader" to "2" this should get the file loaded........
'Cept it doesn't work in my case. I'm running WinDVD, and the file loads and plays in that, so I know I do in fact have the codec in question, and it plays in bad aspect ratio in WMP when the extension is changed to mpg, so I'm really confused as to what's wrong. I am running WinDVD on this laptop where I am running PowerDVD XP on my desktop machine where everything works fine, could that make a difference?
The reason is you don't have an MPEG2 codec installed that works with TMPG, not all MPEG2 codecs do and Windvd and Power DVD codecs don't even though directshow can use them for media player.
Look to your other post I have posted the solution.
Many Friends told to me about why you not use Adobe Primier for editing your movie, Yes I want, but some problem that I got.
I've installed Adobe Primier 6.0 in my PC but, can't connect to my Digital Camcorder (Panasonic NV-DS28), I think Primier not support my device.
What should I do ?
And please help me to give any reference or guide about how to use Adobe Primier for Video Editing, or maybe you can give me Web address.
Thanks for your kind help.
You should make sure you have all the proper drivers for you dv device and make sure you have all the updates for "Premier" and if all else fails you can go to http://www.adobe.com/ and get support or download the manual or updates..I use premier for editing and exporting and other software for captureing..
My first question: How do I know if the audio is compressed and that I need to "uncompress" it and have the AVI file converted to MPEG using the uncompressed WAV file?
Also, is there a way to make the movie clearer by adjusting some settings? I don't know the difference between "interlace" and "non-interlace" video type and "aspect ratio". Does TMPG auto detect that? Are there some settings I can change in "clip frame" or "other settings"? Can I change bitrate somewhere? I'm told the higher the bitrate, the clearer the picture (or is everything based on the way I downloaded it)? It's just that when I finally make the VCD it looks rather distorted up close.
What you do to extract the audio to wav it to load the avi file in virtual dub and go to "file" to "save wav" and it should extract the audio to a wav file, The audio in your file is MP3..As for interlace and progresive(non-interlace) the file you have is "25fps pal" so it is progressive, and for Output aspect ratio it should be put to "4:3" cuz that is what your TV is unless it is widescreen.Tmpgenc auto detects the input specs but you have to set the output specs.As for getting a clearer picture, the movie can"t really look any better than the avi you are encodeing it from, but the higher the "bitrate" the closer to the original avi it will look, and you will have to encode the file with "Pal" settings cuz it is a "Pal" avi file, you can try to encode it to "Ntsc" but you could get some undesireable results.If the color or contrast ect is a bit off in your avi file you can try to make it look better with the "color correction" in the "advanced settings" you just double click on the filter you want to use and the adjust it to look better........
In TMPG it won't let me adjust the bitrate settings. It's set at 1150kbits/sec (I can't go higher). Is it because it is a PAL file that I can't adjust it? Is that what you mean by "encoding" the PAL file? How would I do that? The VBV (whatever that is) is on 40KB. Any help is appreciated. I'm in the try-it-and-see-what-happens mode.
Yes you can but you have to load the "unlock.mcf" template in the "extra" folder.This will unlock ALL the settings so make sure they are set to what you want them to be set to......
Okay, I'm lost. I found the "unlock" template but how do you load it? I click on it and it asks we what application to associate it with. I pick TMPG and it says "illegal stream format". How would I load the unlock feature?
Ok, you load it like you load a template, ok, first start tmpgenc, then load it your avi file, then click the "LOAD" tab in the bottom right corner then LOAD the "unlock.mcf" template then all the settings will be unlocked, this is how you load templates , there should be 2 folders full of templates with different setting and differant names like "vcd ntsc" and "vcd ntsc film" and "svcd ntsc" and "svcd pal" ect,ect, you load a template for what you want to do, so you want to make a "ntsc vcd" but you want to use a higher bitrate, so you load the "ntsc vcd template" then you load the "unloac.mcf" template so you can raise the bitrate.It"s easier than PIE.....
You want to make a "pal" movie with that file so you would load the "pal vcd" template then you would load the "unlock" template to raise the bitrate......
What they did was adding an extra field every 12 frames...
The reason for this was to avoid the need for 4% speed up. That way you have 25fps that are actually 24fps internally. What I want to do is to remove those repeated fields so I would get progressive 25fps (with the 4% speed up).
So, my problem is that it's not an acturate transfer. Meaning, that the pattren of 11 frames for two fields each and then frame 12 for 3 fields some times shifts a bit. So I have to go frame by frame and make sure it's OK throught the movie, re-inserting the Pattren (of the inverse telecine) again and again when needed.
What I wanted to know is if anyone knows something that can do this automatically because it takes alot of time...
Now you have explained it correctly I may be able to help. These damn movies are notoriously difficult to encode.
That shifting of the pattern is what causes the problem.
I did have some limited success with an AVIsynth an a couple of filters I used with it.
One particular function was the Telecide option in the 'decomb' filter which allowed AVisynth to automatically determine what to do with the frame, drop it or keep it and seems like it should be able to handle this situation with no problem and doesn't rely on any particular pattern.
It worked up to a certain point and was the best solution I could find without like you say manually setting the pattern for IVTC.
It did return the movie back to progressive, but there were still artifacts present, such as a jerk in the movie every now and then.
Maybe you could give it a try, you may have more success than I.
Here are some links explaining what it does. There is also a good help file that comes with the filter when you download it. http://www.doom9.org/decomb.htm
Let me know how you get on if you decide to try it.