After waiting a VERY long time (30 hours) for TMPGenc 2.52 to do its job on a 1:40 minute DVD, the end result is flawed because the audio and video in the final MPEG are out of sync by several seconds. (Otherwise, the video and audio quality seem fine.)

I used the following to do the job:

1. Ripped with Smartripper
2. Created AVI with DVD2AVI (For audio, selected 48 -> 44.1, High Quality, Decode and Dolby Surround Downmix)
3. Encoded with TMPGenc

Except for the length of time it all took, the process went swimmingly without any apparent errors reported.

But does anyone have any ideas what I might have done wrong? Obviously, the length of time for this process was unacceptable - particularly for a flawed result - but this was my first such attempt. Still, I'd like to know how to correct this problem. Thanks.

>2. Created AVI with DVD2AVI (For audio, selected 48 -> 44.1, High Quality, Decode and Dolby Surround Downmix)

Here you have made 2 mistakes.
You do NOT use DVD2AVI to create an AVI, this is pointless, you should have selected to save as a project file not an AVI.

The second mistake is converting the audio from 48 > 44.1 with DVD2AVI. This will seriously slow the process down. Leave it as it is and let TMPG do the conversion.

It should only take a few minutes to create a project file using DVD2AVI. You should be left with a .d2v file and a .wav when DVD2AVI has finished.
Load these into TMPG and encode as normal, but don't bother with 2 pass encoding and don't select 'Highest quality' for the 'motion search precision'
selecting just 'High' will give just as good results in half the time.

Unless you have seriously slow PC it should not take anywhere near 30 hours to encode a movie.

hello, I have created svcd mpg (Adobe MPEG encoder) file and since it's more than 700mb I wanted to make it 2 parts. I open the TMPGEnc and selected the "Super video-CD" NTSC and tried to import mpg file that I created from premiere 6.5 but I keep getting error "can not open or unsupported" and can't import the file.

Howerver if I creat VCD file, i can open the mpg file no problem.

any idea?
Thanks for your help

and forgot to mention, I did Raise the "Direct show" file readers to 2 but still i cannot open the file.

and forgot to mention, I did Raise the "Direct show" file readers to 2 but still i cannot open the file.

You Don"t Cut a Mpeg file By loading it Into Tmpgenc...If you want to Cut a Mpeg file into 2 Parts you have to use Tmpgenc"s Mpeg editor...Go to "File" to "Mpeg tools" to merge & Cut" and here is were you can cut your Mpeg file into Parts...You must also Know that you can fit about 800mb on a 700mb CD-R when it VCD or SVCD Format...

I understand that during the encoding I may have a black screen..BUT I was wondering if AFTER the encoding will i be able to view it properly? and if not what should I do?

If you have a Black screen While encodeing then you will have No video in your Mpeg File after encodeing..You can usually fix this by going to "Options" to "Settings" to "Vfapi Plugins" and Raise the "Direct Show File Reader" to "2"...

I am using the latest version of the trial and having trouble with audio sync after converting from mpeg2 to vob about half way through playing the vob/dvd the audio is about 3 sec off of a 50min video. This is before i write to dvd, also i saw a question in this forum earlier related to mine except im using audio at 48hz. If i can pan this out this prog will be worth purchasing, its so damn simple. :) - :P

I also have this audio-sync problem. I am capturing an analogue video source (video camera) using a Hauppage card (hardware MPEG2 conversion). The captured MPEG appears to be perfectly in sync but I lose sync when I use TDA to write the DVD files. I really like TDA but the audio-sync problem is very frustrating. Does anyone know what causes this problem and/or how to eliminate it?

I want to edit the "default" quantize matrix in TMPGENC. I know that you can put a different matrix (Mpeg Standard,CG/Animation) but that won't work for me.

Here is why.
I am using a great program called Memories to TV to make a slide show on DVD. In the options you can use the TMPGENC executable to do the Mpeg-2 rendering. But you don't get a chance to adjust the settings because the Memories on TV frameserves to TMPGENC so it just opens up TMPGENC once it is time to start encoding and everything is at default. So I need to change the default.

Any ideas ?

Thanks,
Tom

I want to edit the "default" quantize matrix in TMPGENC. I know that you can put a different matrix (Mpeg Standard,CG/Animation) but that won't work for me.

Here is why.
I am using a great program called Memories to TV to make a slide show on DVD. In the options you can use the TMPGENC executable to do the Mpeg-2 rendering. But you don't get a chance to adjust the settings because the Memories on TV frameserves to TMPGENC so it just opens up TMPGENC once it is time to start encoding and everything is at default. So I need to change the default.

Any ideas ?

Thanks,
Tom

Try Makeing a Template with your Own settings and your Own matrix and Leave this template loaded, so when the Program starts Tmpgenc the Template should allready be loaded...Just a Thought But I don"t know if it will work....Good Luck

Thanks Minion - I tried that but it keeps loading the "default" template.

Well i don"t know if I can help you here....Sory

Perhaps open Tmpgenc and do your settings you want. Then save current project as default... ;O)

If Yeppies suggestion doesn't work then I'm guessing the problem here is that the program you are using is simply loading a template, either one of it's own or one of the TMPG default templates.
You should be able to see which template is loaded at the bottom of the TMPG main screen.
If it's a TMPG template then simply load this template and change the settings then resave it making sure you don't change the name.

Another option is to just stop TMPG when it begins encoding then just change the settings you want to change or load the matrix you want to load then simply restart TMPG encoding.
Nothing should have changed except the settings you have altered.

Thanks for the replies. I will try them out.

Tom

Hi,

Been using TMPGenc for the last ferw days but keep getting write errors occur when its part way through the video file. Looking at the avi through GSpot tells me that the audio codec is:

Fraunhofer IIS MPEG Layer-3 Codec (advanced)
C:WINNTsystem32l3codeca.acm
File Version 1, 9, 0, 0305


Is there any other codec i can install that will convert Mpeg audio in TMPGenc or do i just have a bugged version of this one. Any links to other codecs i can install would be appreciated :)

You would be better off doing what most poeple do which is they Use something like "Virtual Dub" to extract the audio from the AVI file to Wav format then use the Wav file in tmpgenc as the Audio source...Tmpgenc handles Wav audio better than other Audio formats and Tmpgenc doesn"t support VBR Mp3 so if your AVI file uses VBR Mp3 you will have Problems....

Perhaps open Tmpgenc and do your settings you want. Then save current project as default... ;O)

Sorry wrong topic

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What makes you think your write errors are related to the Fraunhofer audio decoder?
Besides the audio decoder is your choice of install, if you want a different one such as the Lame codec just remove the Fraunhofer codec and install another.

I have a DV-PAL AVI file which I converted to NTSC MPEG2 (to burn on a DVD). The image is excellent, but the sound is delayed (a lot). I think that the sound is not delayed at the beginning, but the delay gets more and more as the movie approaches the end.
My feeling is that when the PAL framerate was converted to NTSC (25 to 29.97), the sound was left unchanged.
Is there a way to correct this?

I don"t know were you got the Idea that you can convert Pal to NTSC in Tmpgenc???? Tmpgenc can not Do Proper Frame rate conversions, You will get Sync Problems and you will get Jumpy Playback on your DVD player, Tmpgenc has Never Properly converted Pal/NTSC, so what you have to do is Find something else to do the Conversion becides Tmpgenc...There are Many Different Methods for Converting Pal and NTSC, One is to use AVISynth to convert the Frame rate but that is a Little Complicated if you have never used AVISynth...The Method I use is I use a High end Video editor like "Premier Pro" or "Vegas Video 4" to convert my source File to a NTSC AVI file useing the HuffyUV Codec then just encode the new AVI file to Mpeg like normal....Other Methods Involve changeing the Frame rate of the AVI file then Stretching/Shrinking the Audio so that it matches the length of the Video File with the new Frame rate...Either way there are Lots of Different methods but none of them involve Tmpgenc converting the Frame rate.....Good Luck

Here is the correct method:

Download Goldwave 5 and AVIfrate here: http://www.goldwave.com/gwave505.exe
http://www.am-softhome.com/avifrate.zip

1. Load the AVI into AVIfrate then change the frame rate to 23.976 fps then apply it. Note the length in seconds and write it down somewhere.

2. Start goldwave and load your AVI
(If your AVI contains Ac3 audio, as many do, then you will need to install this filter http://ac3filter.sourceforge.net/ )

3. Go to Effect>Timewarp, make sure the Algorithm is set to 'Rate' then select length and type in the exact figure you got from AVIfrate then click OK.

4. When done click File>Save as and save as a PCM, 16 bit, stereo wav

5. Now load the AVI and the wav in to TMPG and encode as normal.

i was wondering why it will take me 14hrs to convert a 173mb divx video(1hr and 30mins long) to mpeg? the output will be 800mb, while it only took me a little over half an hour to convert a 256mb divx video (55mins long) to a 550mb mpeg.
all are in default settings, setting to fastest motion(lowest quality) on motion search precision doesn't help.

my specs: athlon 2600+, 8rda+, 512mb ddr400, 80gb 8mb cache, 9700pro, winxp pro

btw the 173mb video is a bangbus video i d/l from kazaa. tnx

.vob to mpeg2

I have so far failed to get the audio accross when converting .vob files to mpeg2 with TMPGEnc. I must have one or more of the settings wrong. PAL 4/3.

Help?

Cheers,

Peter

Because you do NOT encode Vob files with Tmpgenc because Tmpgenc can not read the Audio in Vob files...The Proper Way to encode Vob files with Tmpgenc is to frame serve the File to Tmpgenc useing DVD2AVI....DVD2AVI will seperate and decode the Audio from the Vob file and it will make a D2V Project file which is the Frame server file, You just load the D2v file in for the Video and the decoded Wav audio file in for the Audio then you encode...You NEVER Load Vob files directly into Tmpgenc....there is Probably a More detailed Explanation of how to use DVD2AVI to Properly Back up a DVD to SVCD/VCD/DVD at "http://www.dvdrhelp.com/"

I have a 23.97 fps avi that Im trying to encode as a SVCD compliant mpg2. I used the 3:2 pulldown option, but when I play the encoded movie in my DVD player, the playback is horribly jerky and broken up. All fingers point to a framerate issue according to the symptom. Is this my problem?

The Best method would be to encode it to a 23.97fps Mpeg2 file then use a Program called "DoPulldown" or "Pulldown.exe" to add the 3:2 Pulldown flags to the File which will make it a 29.97fps File..I don"t trust tmpgenc"s 3:2 Pulldown as I have had Jumpy playback also when useing it and Sync Problems..Good Luck

Thanks for the assistance... I downloaded the program, however it wants an MPEG Program Stream file (.mpv). Can I get tmpg to output this type of file with both audio and video?

MPV is a Video only Format. You can use TMPGEnc (MPEG Tools) to demux Video and Audio. It creates a m2v (Video) and a mp2 File. Just rename the m2v to mpv and the mp2 to mpa. Use pulldown.exe and remux the Files.

Yes ..Just go to "File" to "Mpeg Tools" to "Simple Demultiplex" and Load in your Mpeg file and click "Run" it will make a seperate audio and Video file, Load the Video file into "Pulldown.exe" Or what i use is "DoPulldown" and add the Pulldown Flags, then take the new Mpeg video file and and the Audio file and Load it into "File" to "Mpeg Tools" to "Simple Multiplex" then click "run" and it will Join the Audio and Video together..Just remember to choose "Super Video-CD" from the Dropdown Menu when Multiplexing....

Wow, thanks for the tips... just one thing though. Whenever Ive ever tried to multiplex in the "MPEG tools" section of TMPGEnc I end up getting a very jerky and slow playing final product that usually doesnt have any sound at all. I was hoping to skip having to mux any video/audio files. Has anyone ever experienced this?

Is the Jerky Motion On your DVD Player or on your PC??? If the File Plays Fine on the PC but jumpy and Jerky on your DVD Player then it is probably something else...jumpy Playback on your DVD Player but fine on your PC is usually do to a Problem with your DVD Player not being able to handle the bitrate you are useing...But if it is Choppy on your PC also When useing real DVD Playing software (Media Player sucks for Mpeg2 files) then I don"t know what the Problem could be.......

First of all where did you enable the pulldown option?

The pulldown option under the 'Advanced' tab is NOT the right option.
The right pulldown option is located under the 'Video' tab where it says 'Encode mode'. Select '3:2 pulldown when playback'

>Wow, thanks for the tips... just one thing though. Whenever Ive ever tried to multiplex in the "MPEG tools" section of TMPGEnc I end up getting a very jerky and slow playing final product that usually doesnt have any sound at all. I was hoping to skip having to mux any video/audio files. Has anyone ever experienced this?

The reason why you are getting jerky playback is because you are not selecting the correct stream type when multiplexing. You would also have received a warning about this from your burning software.

You can't just whack the files into the multiplexer and multiplex away, you need to change the 'Type' to whatever your intended output is and seeing as you are creating a SVCD this would be 'MPEG2 Super VideoCD (VBR)'

hi there

it`s possible to add our own music to TMPGEnc DVD Author but not video clip sound/music? if possible how to add music in main menu?

thank

No, you just can use a Video (Motion Menu).