Hi,
converted an avi-file to svcd, everything seems right, but sometimes when things move in the movie they leave a pink to purple shadow in the screen. They are gone with the next scene change in the movie. Any parameter in TMPGEnc to correct this?
Thanks!

ok,ok, shoot first, ask later ;-) Anyone having problems with this should search for the word 'purple', plenty of info coming up (angelpotion or directshow issues).

ok, guys, no angelpotion on my machine, set the direct-parameter to 2 and still no luck. I am using Tmpg with DVD2SVCD, but have an .avi as input. Does DVD2SVCD probably chnage the parameter away from 2? Any other things to consider? Many thanks.

Try the following with AVISynth 2.5x:

Directshowsource("myvideo.avi")
Converttorgb24()

Open the Script in TMPGEnc. How does it look now?

And the "Angel Potion" codec will not usually show up as "Angel Potion" it will show up in your Device Manager under "Video Codecs" as "apmpeg4v3.dll", and what might also help if you do Not have this Codec installed is If you Raise the "Direct Show" to "2" in the "Vfapi Plugins"...

@Minion

I for personalty prefer the use of AVISynth to open such Videos. That's because i can use it to do some other things like Resizing and Filtering a really good and fast way.

Do you have a special Reason for using the VFAPI-Plugin?

I guess you Might have Misunderstood My Responce...I just meant to Raise the "Direct Show" to get rid of the Purple Discoloration..I personally use AVISynth also as I prefer To use there Filters as they are Much better, But most Poeple Don"t Understand How to use AVISynth as there is a Bit of a Learning Curve...Cheers

Having been playing around with the various settings and finally getting what I think I am after, I have tried to encode a couple of movies from xvid.

In the first instance, I used 2-pass VBR(VBR)
The second movie, I used Constant Bitrate

Both times I used Motion Estimate Search (fast) becuase I didn't want it to take the estimate 20 hours to encode using the highest quality.

In both instances, I came back to my computer around the time I expected the encoding to have comlpeted. In both cases, the time remaining was 0.00 yet the elapsed time was still increasing. When checking the file, the size wasn't increasing. When I tried to stop the encodnig, the usual message asking if I am sure popped up yet when I clicked okay, nothing happened. After that the only way I could quit the program was through task manager.

Admittedly when I have used this in the past, I have done the encoding overnight, ao this might be part of the actual process. Is it a bug, am I just having problems or should I just leave it as it is incmomplete?

Thaks in advance,
Simon

Well there is something wrong But Don"t know what it could be..I do know that Tmpgenc doesn"t like to decode XviD Files useing the XviD codec, It prefers if you use the "FFDShow Mpeg-4 Decoder"..You might also Try Frameserveing the File to Tmpgenc with Virtual-Dub or Avisynth...well good Luck

Thanks for your advise.

I am unsure what I have done, but the encoding seems to be working successfully now :-)

Despite not being able to use the DVD Authoring Software that I liked so much, I have found that TMPG DVD Author isn't too bad and has successfully written DVDs for me :-)

I need to know is this software exist!

You have asked this Question a Bunch of times and If someone Knew about it they would have answered you..I do not think it exists as the web page you posted for the Software is over a Yesr old so Maybe the Company went out of Buisiness....

I made a SVCD at 2500kbps [short movie] and it plays fine for the most part... Problem is it freezes for a second about every five minutes [not the file itself because if I rewind playback's fine at the same spot]. I think my dvd player is simply unable to read the cd fast enough... I'm sure it varries from player to player but what are the limits for SVCD bitrate in order for it not to skip?

Well you are Right ,that is Probably the Problem..You are Useing the Max bitrate for SVCD But the Problem is That Tmpgenc doesn"t really care what you set the Bitrate at if it feels like Useing More bitrate that it is supposed to then it will, It is Probably the Biggest Problem that Tmpgenc has and the Only things you can try is Maybe use a Lower Bitrate and Use "CBR" instead of a "VBR" encodeing Method, Or you can use a Different mpeg2 encoder that will Obey the bitrate that you set, or Get a DVD Player that can handle a Higher Bitrate.Usually the Cheaper No Name DVD Players are the Most compatible with the Most formats and highest Bitrates, Like the Apex Players are really god that way and they are Dirt cheap(I"ve seen them for as Low as $30 on EBay)...Well Good luck

Hi... I'm new to this. So how to I get started? There's no help files whatsoever so I'm really lost. Anyone can help me to get started? Anyone can give me a detailed help on how to get started? I'm trying to convert Divx (AVI) format to VCD (MPEG). URGENT help required.

Thanks

Cone On it isn"t hard at all as it has a "Wizard" that is For poeple that don"t know what to do and it is so easy to figure it out...The First Screen Pops up in the "Wizard" and asks you to pick what you want to Make(EG: VCD or SVCD or DVD and Pal(Europe) or NTSC(North-America), then after chooseing you click Next and then load in your AVI File, and From here you can get away with Just clicking next till you get to the end and then choose your Output directory and Click "OK" and it will start encodeing your File and at the end if the File is to big for a CD-R(800mb for a 700mb CD-R) then go to "File" to "Mpeg tools" to "merge & Cut" and here you can cut your movie in Half..Now you just burn it to Disk as a (S)VCD/DVD with Software that is made for those formats...If you are Haveing a Specific problem then Post it...

i have an avi file with some bad frames. i masked the frames the save the avi file and it works well as an avi file. when i encode the file with source video/wav audio into mpeg, the audio gets out of sync after the bad frames section. when i watch it in media player the section comes where the masking is and the time stamp jumps ahead by 10 or so seconds. i have tried lots of things but can't get the new mpeg to stay in sync. Any ideas, thanks.

You could try cutting out the bad frames - split it into several files and put on the cd.. Sure it would take a second or so for dvd player to read the next file [you'll be able to tell when there's a new file played] but that's how I handled the same problem as you have.

Well That shouldn"t happen Cuz Virtual Dub adds Blank or Dummy Frames in the Corrupted Frames Place so the audio doesn"t go out of sync..I guess you can Cut the Mpeg file at the spot that is goes out of sync then cut out any Bad Garbeled areas then use the Muxer is Something like "Mpeg2VCR" to Sync the Second part as it has a Feature to move the audio ahead or Back so you can sync it..I have had simular Problems with Corruped Mpeg files ripped of of damaged (S)Vcd"s and it is Very Tricky and even Impossible or not worh doing if it is Too Bad....Good Luck

thanks for the advice. i split the file into two, and re-joined them and the sync was by a send or two. i'll keep fiddling with it until it's right. I am bound and determined to beat the disease of corrupted avi's! thanks again.

This shouldn't really happen if you have used Virtualdub correctly. Maybe you didn't catch all the bad frames.
In any case if it plays ok in Virtualdub after fixing the AVI then rather than saving the AVI again and a seperate wav just simply frame serve both the AVI and audio to TMPG from Virtualdub. This way everthing should encode exactly as it is in Virtualdub and should stay in sync.

i am converting rocky 1 to vcd and it looks like it will take up 2 cds, i want to add a video chapter saying "please insert disc 2" how do i do it so that that plays after the movie

That's not a thing, TMPGEnc can do. Use VCDEasy to do that. That's a kind of Authoring-Tool vor (S)VCD. There are several Guides on vcdhelp.com and doom9.org.

There are also (S)VCD/DVD Authoring Programs like Ulead DVD workshop that can add menu"s like that or you can even make a Little Movie telling you to Insert disk 2 , Or you can use something like Ulead Cool 3D and Make a Little animation in AVI format that you can encode to Mpeg and you can save it for all of your VCD"s that are on 2 or more disks...

All you need to do is add another short MPEG as another track after your main movie when you burn the MPEG as a VCD.
I use the CD Change Logo from here:
http://www.digital-digest.com/dvd/downloads/trailers.html

Is there a way to import audio for the menus? Also, while I'm here, are there plans for more menu templates in the near future? The ones available right now are very lacking. If both of these features are taken care of, you may have a winning application.

You can only use Audio from the selectet Videofile for Motion Men27Ô, and it has to be a PCM- or a MP2-Format.

Any chance of this changing soon? I don't mind converting music to the appropriate format, but it should be possible to insert this in a menu without having to have motion menus...

I was trying to use a vob with ac3 for menu audio and was getting ... no audio.
So ... TDA wont can't use ac3 audio ... well at least I know now.

And yes more menu templates are needed ... I'm getting bored with the ones available.

Multiple audio tracks and subtitle support is needed too.

Making multiple is VTS tracks is a Godsend though ... I love that feature.

I wish DVDLAB would have multiple VTS tracks instead of sticking everything into one VTS track.

I converted some JPEG files to MPEG's to make a Video CD, and that worked great, But, in error, I deleted my original JPEG files. Is there any way to convert the MPEG back to JPEG?

Easy, Load your Mpeg into Tmpgenc, then go to "File"
to "Output to File" and choose "Sequence BMP/JPEG/Tiff/ECT" then choose Jpeg from the File type menu....This will Out put every frame of your Mpeg file as a Jpeg Image...

Thanks, Minion. That's exactly what I needed.

hi there, i hope you can help me...
i´ve been using TMPGEnc for quite a while now. but now something really strange happened: whenever i try to convert an avi-file and select a source file, only the video-stream gets loaded. the audio-stream is completely ignored. something like that happended never before (and i converted quite a lot of files). so i tried to seperate the wav-file with virtualdub and loaded the extracted wav-file to the missing source-file. but the result is absolutely not satisfying. it sounds kind of scrambled, when it´s converted. has anyone an idea?

Yes, maybe you got AC3-Sound. Try VirtualDubMOD. Look at the Stream (Streams -> Stream list). If it is AC3 or ogg or something strange, demux Audio and Transcode it with BeSweet.

sounds like a good idea - but there´s one problem about it: the audio stream misses in EVERY file i try to convert. i even tried some older files, which i already had converted (without any problems) and there appears the same problem. i think it is definitely not a problem of a specifiv avi-file - it is a general problem... hopefully there are other suggestions (but thank you so far :-) )

There is no gerneral Problem. There are so many Codecs for Audio and Video out now, and not all of them can be used by any Program.
With VirtualDubMOD and some other Tools, like Ogg Vorbis or BeSweet, you can convert any AVI, OGM or MKV Movie. Not matter what Codec is used for Audio/Video.

You Might want to check your Audio Properties and Make sure that "Wave" is selected..As I had simular Problems and that was the solution...

hmmm... i´ll check these proposals and i hope that i´ll get along with them... thanks so far... when i still got problems, i´ll post it in this board

i want to fit a 120 hour movie onto a 90 minute cd, i don´´t have a dvd burner and have no intention of getting one,

could somebody tell me how to create this, vcd? svcd? bitrate? and will it work on a dvd player?

120 hours might be a little too much, gues you mean Minutes, eh? :D

Get the Program FitCD or Fit2Disc. That's the best Bitrate-Calculator for MPEG-Video. It also produces the AVISynth-Script for Resizing the Video.

> will it work on a dvd player?

You can produce a thing called KVCD, but not all Players will handle that correctly. You have to try it out.

Just remember that 2 hours on a Single CD-R is going to look like Crap..and I have seen DVD Burners on e-Bay For under $100...

Firstly may i say yur programme is brilliant - why has it taken me so long to find it?

Anyway..I am producing a small promotion video onto svcd and whilst I have the NERO mpeg2 plug in its quality isnt as good as i like. When i convert my avi to dvd format theough yur prog i get a fantastic result. When this is then used as a file by nero it says it is non compliant, but allows me to proceed if i wish, which then gives me full dvd quality on svcd. This obviously uses a lot of space on the disk but this isnt a problem as the video is less than four minutes. My question is:

Is this a legitamate process and will the result play on most dvd players. It works fine on my comp dvd player.

Thanks again for the programme.. il definetly be purchasing - dont hold yur
light under a bushel:)

I think your quite safe with the resolution. The reason is that DVD players can handle DVD resolution natively whether it be on a DVD or an SVCD, so most shouldn't have a problem.
The only problem some may have is with higher than normal bitrates on SVCD as this is dependent on the actual mechanics of the drive itself.
If the drive is able to spin the disk fast enough then it should have no problem with the bitrate, but some cannot which could cause jerky playback.

When I first started Doing SVCD"s I tried a Bunch of SVCD"s But at 704+480 useing a VBR Bitrate between 2000kbs and 6000kbs and while the Files Looked Great and were Pretty Much DVD quality My DVD Player Choked on these Disks because of the High Bitrate, even though my DVD Player could handle the Bitrate up to about 5000kbs it couldn"t handle it for the Whole File and I was able to get 40 minutes on a CD-R and these Disks Were Great after I backed them up to DVD...Just My Experience...

Thanks for those replies and ive immeadiately hit exactly that problem. Whislt the dvd drive on my computer can read the disk perfectly without any problems, my home dvd player produces a very jerky result. This particular player is fairly cheap but of course I cant rely on everyone having a high spinning player:)

Could someone recommend the maximum bitrate I can get away with which will suit the average player. Of course I recognise that the long term sulution is to right directly to dvd but then the disc contains other information that may need to be read by a cd reader (my problem of course - I decided to include a low lever mpeg that could be read by any computer not just those with a dvd rom)

In my experience most of todays DVD players can handle up to 3500 kb/s as an average, but 2600kb/s is the safest for all players.