I'm using TMPG plus, newest version 160 but this applies to all versions I've tried. Using WinXP pro, Direct X 9a. When I try to cut an mpg2 the place the cut is made 11 seconds before the place I've marked in the merge/cut editor. I have other computers that work correctly but on my production machine I can't seem to fix this problem. I've tried replacing mpg encoder, codecs. nothing seems to fix the 12 second problem.

Thought I'd provide an update in case anyone has any ideas. The merge/cut function of TMPG plus is reading the time stamp wrong on mpg2 video. On a very similar machine with the same codecs installed, I get the correct time showing at the frame I want to cut to. In the computer with the problem the time stamp shown is 11 seconds off, eg, 2:26 vs 2:37 actual.

The easiest thing to do would be to Just Not use Tmpgenc"s editor, the Merge & Cut is Buggy at the best of times and does not support the accurate editing of VBR Encoded Mpeg files...Use a Real Mpeg editor Like "Womble Mpeg2VCR" or Ashy posted a link to a Freeware Vob/Mpeg editor a Page or 2 back called "Chopper XP" I haven"t tried it yet but I"m sure it it better than the Merge & Cut, there is also another Freeware Mpeg2 editor called "Mpeg2Cut" based on DVD2AVI that works well also....

Hello, I'm encoding a 3+ gig AVI file after approx 6 min of file encodong
(from the source file) an error log message is generated. It doesn't tell me the error name/number. What may be some common culprits? I am using the downloaded sample version. I should add that the encoding process functioned very well on a similar type file.
Regards
Jim S

Probably need more information than this, Like the Format of the AVI file and were the AVI came from(Captured/Downloaded/ect) and audio Format in the AVI file and Framerate and anything else you can think of...

When I went to select the source file, the DVD has only either .VOB or .IFO extensions, which are not listed in TMPGEnc. I would like to convert DVD to VCD. Please help.

Thank you,

Brian

The Way you encode DVD"s is to first Use "DVD2AVI" to Make a D2V Project file and a Wav audio file from the Audio track you want, then you load the "D2V" and "Wav" file into tmpgenc and encode it to mpeg...You can not Properly Encode VoB files directly with Tmpgenc you have to Use DVD2AVI to Frameserve the VoB files to Tmpgenc....Go to "http://www.dvdrhelp.com/" and look for a Guide on how to encode VCD/SVCD"s from DVD"s Useing DVD2AVI and Tmpgenc....

I just downloaded and ran the version from the website. It says that the 30 day trial period has expired and I need to buy the full version to make SVCD's. Why?

This will Only happen if at some point in the Past you have Downloaded Tmpgenc before, you Might not have even used it more than once But that is all it takes, Cuz once you have downloaded and installed Tmpgenc once that is it, you get no more chances at useing Tmpgenc for Mpeg2, But mpeg1 is free forever...

I understand the IBP notation and just wondered whether anyone knew what the check boxes in the GOP structure box do.

I know what closed GO does, the other two were of interest

TIA

Pscylo

You should ALLWAYS have "Detect Scene Change" Selected, And "Force Picture Type Setting" is so you can Make certain Frames in the File be forced to be encoded as "I" Frames..This setting is Generally Not used often...

No probs with that, I just was curious as to what the do. Obviously detect scence change does what it says on the tin, but difference does it make to the stream.

When a Scene change is detected the Encoder with Puts in an "I" Frame, this makes it easier for Chaptering and Editing cuz you want to Put in Chapters at the Beginning of a Scene and you want to edit at the start of a scene and you have to edit and chapter on "I" Frames so this Makes it easier....

When I try to convert an 'm2v'file I get a message saying it cannot be opened or is unsupported.

After installing the "MPEG 2 Video VFAPI Plug In' I can now open/convert the video part of the file but not the audio. It does not even appear in the 'Audio Source" area.

Does anyone know of an audio plug in that will solve my problem.

thanks
glen

Why do you want to encode the Audio??? It is allready in the Correct Format for mpeg(mpa,mp2)..Just encode the Video and Use the "Multiplex" to join the Audio and Mpeg video together....

Being a newbie i hadn't worked out what the multiplex did

glen

The "Multiplex" or "Muxer" Joins Video and Audio streams, and "Demultiplex" or "DeMuxer" Seperates Video and Audio streams from a Mpeg file into Seperate audio and Video files...

I am new at this and use Roxio software to burn vcd's. Any time I try to use TPPG to convert to a usable file it goes through the settings portion and then when I hit start it always says cannot create file. It also tells me that the file I am working with already exits should I overwrite it. Anyone have any experience with this problem?

Thanks,
Richie

It would only ask you to Overwrite if there is a File with the same Name in the Output Directory, Either change the name of the Output file or change the directory were the file will be Created....OOHHhhh I allmost forgot "RoXio is Crap" you would be well advised to get a Real Burning App for burning VCD"s/SVCD"s...

Why are you encoding an MPEG to MPEG?

Does the "Motion Search PRecision" setting affect resulting encoded file size ?

Does it affect the video quality ?

What does it do ?

Thanks, I am new to this and can use all of the information you can supply.

Is there any documentation which decribes in depth all of the program options ?

"Motion Precition Search" Affects Quality But not File size it also Affects the time it takes to encode the files...

I have a question on the resulting file sizes when converting to NTSC VCD from AVI

Some of the AVI's I encode end up being huge files, too big to burn on a 750MB cd as a vcd.

What affects the size of the encoded files ?
Below are two examples of files I have converted:
Audio source for both is the MPEG layer 1 audio from the AVI.

Example 1
Original AVI: 717MB, 640x272 with a 448 bit rate.
Resulting MPEG: 628MB

Example 2:
Original AVI: 713MB, 576x320, bit rate 137
Resulting MPEG: 2.5G

Why is the resulting MPEG in example 2 so large ?

This file is too large to burn as a VCD with a 750MB cd. Is there something I can do to reduce the size ??

What determines the size of encoded files ?

Please help.

Thank you !!

What determines the Size of the Mpeg files is the Length of the Source Files and the Bitrate used to encode them to Mpeg, generally for VCD it is 10mb per minute of AVI..Most movies Have to be Put on 2 or more CD-R"s....

On my old pc i was able to convert wmv and asf files with tmpgenc about 80% of the time with no problem. I was always able to open them in tmpgenc.

On my new pc, i can watch wmv and asf files in windows media player, but i get the "unsupported" error when trying to open any and all of these types of files in tmpgenc. Changing the extension of a wmv file to asf does not help. I already have the DirectShow Multimedia File Reader set to the top of the priority list.

All I can think of is do you have the Latest Windows Media Codecs installed?? and if all else Fails you can allways convert the Files to AVI then encode them to Mpeg....

I try to open a .d2v file for my video and it says "file test.d2v can not open , or unsupported.

can anyone help to enable me to open this file for conversion

thanks in advance

Do you Have the "DVD2AVI.vfp" Plugin showing up in the "Vfapi Plugins"?? If not then Take the "DVD2AVI.vfp" file from the DVD2AVI folder and Put it into the Tmpgenc folder, then check to see that it is showing up in the Vfapi Plugins..You also can not Move rename or delete any of the Source Vob file or Mpeg files that you are Frameserveing to Tmpgenc untill after the encodeing is Done, and If all else Fails Just make another D2V file with DVD2AVI, this Usually works....

Hello all!!!
I'm having problems encoding my .avi's to .mpegs.
The mpegs are very blocky !!!
I've tried everything, but nothing seems to get rid of the blockiness !
I want to transfer vhs tapes onto VCD but on the TV it's BLOCKY!!!

HELP !!!

If you are Captureing VHS tapes then Encodeing them To Mpeg1 for VCD is NOT the Format that you want to use cuz No matter what you do the Quality will Be bad and Very "Blocky"..The Bitrate and Resolution used For VCD is Far to Low to Produce any sort of Acceptable Quality, Even DVD"s Ripped to VCD can be Blocky and Sub standard so from VHS it is Definately not going to be Very Good Quality..At the Very least you should be Makeing SVCD"s and if not SVCD"s then DVD"s..The Way you capture your VHS Tapes will Have a Big affect on the Quality, What works Best for me is to Capture at Full Resolution 720+480/576, useing a Low Compression Codec like HuffyUv or even Uncompressed AVI if you have the Drive space and Drive Speed, then Use some Filters to Clean up the Image, I use AVISynth"s Temporal Smoother and Frame serve the File to the Encoder and you can use the Noise Filter in Tmpgenc also, then encode at the Highest Bitrate and Resolution You Can, I use a VBR Method at between 1750-3000KBS at SVCD Resolution(480+480), The Filters Really slow down the encodeing But the Quality in the End is Worth it..If you do not have the Disk space to capture with HuffyUv or Uncompressed then You can get Pretty Good Results Captureing to Mpeg2 at 720+480 and at 15,000Kbs useing something like "InterVideo WinDVR 2" then re-encodeing the File to SVCD useing some noise Filters, but there isn"t any way you will Be able to Capture VHS and Make Standard VCD"s out of the Files and Have it look as good as you like.There is a Lot of trial and error involved, I have been trying to Do this One VHS Movie for allmost a Month now and still I haven"t gotten the Quality I want But they Do look Good to Most poeple But I"m a Bit of a Quality freak so I don"t think I"ll ever be happy....Anyways Good Luck...