I am authoring a dvd with Tmpgenc dvd author. On my main menu I am trying to have a still background image with music playing in the background.

The FAQ at tmpgenc website states this:

"How to include a still background image and background music?

It is impossible with TMPGEnc DVD Author, a specific source file has to be created.

With TMPGEnc Plus, choose a still image as video source file and a wav sequence as an audio source. Encode in mpeg program stream format with sound in mp2 and use the resulting file as background.
Disable the background option, the first image (still image) remains and the BGM only is played. "

I have created a mpeg program with tmpgenc 2.5 still image and music). However, when i play the dvd the background image is in place but no fookin music!

Any tmpgenc authors out there who can point me in the right direction? (and in laymans terms even a few pics would be nice!!!)

Ta!

Hi,

simply insert the mpeg-file in the background menu. Setting for background motion should be disabled. Just choose the length auf the motion menu depending on the length of your mpeg-file. This works fine for me. It is important that the mpeg-file has only stereo/surround sound, no ac3 output. So you can create an working mpeg file in TMPEGenc by using mp3 or wav input.


Greetings, Michael

The menu templates on the TDA is quite mediocre. But I would suggest using TDA to build your DVD image with the chapters the way you like it. Once the files are saved in your hard drive, use Ulead DVD Movie Factory to open it and rebuild the menu then add audio into it. After that, use your favorite burning software to put it on disc.

I don't suggest using DVD Movie Factory to encode your movie. For a homemade movie that is longer than 2 hrs, I think everyone has agreed that TMPGEnc & TDA can do it better.

I'm trying to convert some AVIs to put on a DVD. The AVIs have a framerate of 23.976. Here's what I did by following a guide:

I selected the AVI as the video and audio source in TMPGEnc Plus. Then I set the Framerate as 23.976 fps (internally 29.97 fps) and the Encode Mode as 3:2 Pulldown When Playback.

The problem is that there are some ads in the middle of the AVI that I don't want. So I used TMPGEnc Plus's Source Range to convert the first part, and then after that select and convert the second part. Then I merged them together as an MPEG-2 Program Stream using the Merge & Cut feature. However, on my TV, the audio and video gets out of sync. Why is this? How can I cut out the ad and not have everything out of sync?

I have tried Virtualdub where I select the ads and then cut them out. Then I frameserve into TMPGEnc. The MPEG though is weird. It has 1 frame (the same frame as the very last frame of the source AVI) that appears before the start of the AVI. That's weird because I don't remember it being there nor did I add it there. So now I am using TMPGEnc's Cut tool to hopefully cut out that portion and hopefully, it will turn out good. Here is what I meant in more visual terms if it was a bit confusing:

[]( )

The [] represents the added frame and the () represents the actual episode.

After cutting off that 1 frame, it works on my TV player. I authored using TMPGEnc DVD Authoring. When I selected the chapter points, it was very accurate. However on my TV, the chapter points aren't where I selected in TDA but about a minute or more before that point. I double-checked in TDA and the chapter point image is right where I want it. But it's not at that point on my DVD player. How do I solve this? The video and audio were in sync though.

Why didn't you use the 'CUT EDITING' feature to remove the adverts instead of encoding the video in 2 parts?

Oh, I didn't see that there. :D

I've tried and tried, but can't find how to encode an MPEG2 as a single file (like MPEG1) with TMPGEnc... it always wants to
output as 2 x files (mpeg.m2v and mpeg.wav). I can't therefore play this video with Media Player Classic, or PowerDVD. :(

What I want to achieve is this: I've got some MiniDV footage that I shot (DV AVI, PAL) that I basically want to put onto DVD (or MiniDVD so I can use my CD-R and not buy a DVD burner) to watch in my standalone DVD player. What's the best way to do this with TMPGEnc? Thanks.

The next time you choose the DVD template in the wizard. Make sure you select 'CBR MPEG1 layer II audio(mp2)' from the drop down menu.

Thanks Ashy, that did indeed create 1 x MPEG2 with video+audio combined. :)

One more question: The playback of this MPEG is choppy on my PC (Pentium III @ 667 mhz), so I assume it's just a CPU issue and not a bad MPEG?

I think it is a good program, it saves time when encoding from DVD Ripped files, it saves the DVD2AVI part since it has the option to select the audio tracks from the ripped DVD, but if you guys want to create a bestseller, add subtittles support to this program, It would be greate to have a program to create VCD/SVCD MPG files with a single click.

I agree, having the ability to add subtitles (whether direct burn onto video stream or a seperate stream) would make this THE perfect encoder. Otherwise, love the new interface and really like the on the fly cutting tool.

Hi...

I use TMPGENC plus 2.5 ... and a day to other thats happened.
I installed any codecs... and this break the tmpgenc system in a conflict.

I unistall the codecs... but the evil is maked...not change anything... i unistall the tmpgenc and install again... but nothing the msg of erro is ntdll.dll 0000 blah blah blah and ACM failed ... i read the posible solutction here :

Install :

http://www.einfach-divx.de/download_detail.php?download=15
http://fcchandler.home.comcast.net/AC3ACM/AC3ACM.zip

and

Install FFDSHOW.


and ... NOTHING HAPPEND !

I execute the tmpgenc ... i open the program but it id close automatic.

I´m affraid to bad news... but i need a answer... to resolve this

Thanks

Sorry

I forget this...


The program CLOSE when i click in the BROWSE button (Video or Sound file )...

In TMPG folder delete TMPGEnc.ini then run TMPG again.

Thanks, I had problem with VirtualDub and TMPGENC, both didn´t work Audio AC3, but i downloaded http://fcchandler.home.comcast.net/AC3ACM/AC3ACM.zip, now work!!!!

is it possible to create menues in author without relying on the (somewhat dodgy) menu templates? if so then I will be a very happy camper, if not i gotta say that i was expecting full functionality from author and tmpgenc and i am extreemly disapointed.
andy.

also:
"Supports every setting in the TMPGEnc Plus 2.5 software encoder"
so I was expecting to be able to do simple mpeg2 edits and export them as files for use with other programs as well. Is this possible?
Thanks,
Andy.

Xpress keeps turning my 16:9 movies into 2.21:1 movies. I never had any such problem using TMPGenc Plus. This program is incapable of just keeping aspect ratios and outputting movies. Can anyone help with this. I have had it with this program. I'll just keep using TMPGenc Plus trial version over and over again if I have to in order to get my money's worth since Xpress doesn't work. Can anyone help?

Check the resize part of the filter menu. You probably need to uncheck the keep aspect option.

Okay let me just start by saying im a quality freak.

I read somewhere in a chat room that when encoding VCD, starting with a 704x480 source will offer better quality that starting with a 720x480 source.

It kind of makes sense. 720 / 352 = 2.0454545 wereas 704 / 352 = 2 a nice round number ;).

Does anyone have any experience with this?

Not really because resizing doesn't work like that. Any resizing will degrade the quality slightly.
An MPEG image is built up of 8x8 blocks. As long as the resizing is done in a multiple of 8 the effect will be the same.
Both 720 and 704 are divisible by 8.

@rustytrumpet

If you want Half-D1, always resize 704->352, never use 720->352.
So you get a correct AR and the resizing-kernel will do a better job.

It would be better regarding the aspect ratio, but it's unlikely to have any improvement over the quality.

I have an AVI that has some weird video glitches. They're small and happen throughout the episode. In GSpot, it says the video codec 4CC is div3 and the name is DivX 3 Low-Motion and how I do NOT have it installed. I have FFDSHOW version May 8, 2004. It is the one Ashy recommended the last time I posted here and I have double-checked that DivX 3 is enabled. If it is not enabled, then how come I can still play the AVI fine (with the exception of the weird video glitches)? The glitches appear in both Windows Media Player 6.4 and Virtualdub. I'm not sure if the glitches were encoded into the AVI or not since no one ever mentioned about it. I used Virtualdub to conduct an error scan and results are:

0 frames masked (0 frames bad, 0 frames good but undecodable)

I also find it weird with another AVI of mine that plays fine in every aspect. However in GSpot, it says it needs the XviD codec and that I don't have it installed. That's weird since I know FFDSHOW includes all kinds of codecs. Or does GSpot not detect these? Anyway, if anyone can help me get rid of those glitches in the first AVI, please do! By the way, I do not have any other codecs installed except FFDSHOW. I do not have external XviD nor DivX codecs.

Install the proper DIVX 3 codec.
This is a very old hacked MPEG 4 codec and has it's problems.
The one I recommend is below. Disable DIVX 3 decoding in FFDSHOW. If you still have the playback problems then I guess it is the AVI itself.

http://www.divxmania.it/software/codecs/divx_322b.zip

Yes, there is still problems. Oh well, thanks anyways!

I just downloaded and ran the latest version of TMPEGEnc (free version) and I get an error that complains that the MPEG-2 encoder has expired and that I only get 30 days to try it, but if I'd like to buy the commercial version etc..

As I said, I *just* downloaded it the day i saw this error, not to mention that it ran on another machine without issue.

Anyone seen this and know a way around it? Or know what might be messing with TMPGEnc that I can remove?

TIA.

Loper

I am trying to encode some DIVX & XVID files (.AVIs) with the TMPGEnc 2.5 (freeware version) on a Win2000 PC. I use the wizard to select the video file & then I get the error following error message after I select the start/end points of the mpeg clip or when the program starts the conversion. The error message is: 'Write error occured at address xxx of module ntdll.dll with 00000000' where xxx is a hex number like 77FCC8E1, which changes sometimes. I do a search for the DLL file & it seems to have been upgraded when the PC was service packed (runs Win2000 service pack 4). I have reinstalled the program (or copied it as it does not install) & still get the same messages whenever I try to do things.I also get the no sound problem, that a lot of people seem to be having with the program, even though there is sound on the video itself.

Has anyone seen this error before? I am trying to split a DIVX or XVID film into 2 & burn it on to SVCD with VCD-Easy. Thanks

Dave

Install FFDSHOW.

Hi,

I'm trying to convert an mpeg-2 file from ntsc to pal (basically need a frame rate or 25 fps to be consistent with other video files i am editing). I understand that TMPGENC can do this. I downloaded version 2.521.58.169-Free. When I tried to open the mpeg i got the error message : file cannot open or unsupported. The file is a DVD-quality mpeg captured off a Sony digital-8 handycam using Pinnacle Studio9 - it plays fine in windows media player so I can't understand why it can't open the file.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks.

Simon Hearn

Simon i'm having the same problem but except mines 14 fps and it has a weird codec for the aduio it's like Mpeg43. If anyone can help us please tell us why it won't open the files.

Thnx,
Steve

Simon, TMPG free does not support MPEG2 decoding. You either need the PLUS version or an suitable MPEG2 codec.
This one should be fine: http://www.marumo.ne.jp/mpeg2/m2v_vfp-0.6.47.lzh
You must put the m2v.vfp and m2vconf.exe into the TMPG folder.

Dayclone you need a suitable codec, install FFDSHOW then run TMPG and go to Options>Enviromental settings>VFAPI plugins then raise the priority of the 'Directshow multimedia file reader' to 2 and make sure it is top of the list.
http://athos.leffe.dnsalias.com/ffdshow-20040520.exe

Thanks:)