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It's not dead, the questions are too dumb...

I agree ..ie audio sync problems... old news easy fixed..LEARN .. read ...do

I am trying to convert a 30 sec movie (.MOV) clip to an .MPG format. When done, I have the Video but not the Audio.

I am using: TMPGEnc 2.524.63.181 with QTReader.vfp

Thanks for any help you might be able to offer. :)

Forget about the QTreader.vfp it's dog slow.
Download and install the 'Quicktime alternative' codec instead.
If you still have trouble with the audio after that install the 'Core aac' codec.

Also the 3IVX codec is capable of decoding QT too.

My father downloaded the free trial about a month ago(my recomendation) and liked it. He wants to buy the box(disc) version. So I am attempting to get it for him.

I ordered the box version from Amazon.com on May 30th and it still has not shipped.My dads trial is about to expire.

Is there a better way to get the box version, or should I just wait till Amazon delivers it. I have attempted to contact Amazon, but have been unsuccessful. I think the software will eventually arrive. If I knew of anyone else that might be more reliable, I would cancel my order and get it there.

I would appreciate a reference to a better seller of your product. thanks

i ran into a mpg that would play in media player, but when dragged into tmpgenc no "video" source was found. i changed the extension to "mpv" but still it wouldn't "see" video. any ideas? js

Try opening it with the browse button.
If not it may be MPEG2.

no dice. i "feel" it's corrupted. do you know of a freeware "repair' program? js

it would seem i've answered my own question. i found "MPEG Header Corrector". anyone have any experience with this? good/bad comments? js

First you need to establish whether the file is MPEG1 or 2.
If it's MPEG2 then your problem is likely you don't have a compatible MPEG2 codec.

MPEG corrector only works on MPEG1 and in my experience doesn't actually correct anything.

You could try running the MPEG through the simple multiplexer to correct the headers.

If that doesn't work then you will need something like MPEG2VCR to rebuild the the MPEG before putting it back into TMPG.

I'm trying to convert a 576 x 320 (16:9 -ish) avi to an MPG I can stick on an SVCD (PAL, so 480 x 576). No matter what I do, the output MPG is 768 x 576.

OK, so what am I doing? 1. Use the wizard, don't mess with any settings. 768 x 576. 2. Use the wizard, then go and change the input to 16:9, verify that output is set to 480 x 576 (greyed out)... 768 x 576. 3. Mess with various settings, interlace on both sides, no matter what, the output seems to stick at 768 x 576.

What am I doing wrong?

Retro

You are posting in the wrong forum... :rolleyes:

Where do you see this 768x576? In Media Player? Forget it... Media Player always says 768x576 on full resolution MPEG2.

Yes, I realised this was the wrong forum after I posted... my apologies... thanks for the answer -- yes it is Windoze media player.

Can someone help in instslling the TMPGEnc 2.5? I dl'ed the zip file but then dont know hot to continue once thsat file has been unzipped?

Just run the Tmpgenc.exe file

Hello,

is there any way to convert DVD to VCD with tmpgenc? I know I am going to lose quality through this, but I have to do this since I need to play it at a place where there's no dvd player.

If theres no DVD player how are you going to play the VCD?

Got DVDRhelp.com for step step guides how to do it.

>EDIT:
>Go to DVDRhelp.com for step step guides how to do it.

alrite, thx for the reply. Actually, I already found the guides to go about it. However, I tried a few rippers like DVDtoSVCD and SmartRipper, but both rippers could not detect my DVD. It keeps saying "no dvd found". But, I can play it with PowerDVD no problem. I tried playing it for a minute or so, and then close the PowerDVD and reopen the rippers. But it's still the same.

Media player can play it as well. Any ideas what's wrong? My dvd was recorded by a DVD recorder of a TV show by the way. And its a re-writable DVD. Could this be the reason? Also, my friend mentioned something about not finalising the DVD. Could that be the reason as well?

I don't think you are selecting the right drive in the ripping program. Have you tried opening the VIDEO_TS folder manually in Smartripper?

Also make sure you have Adaptec ASPI 4.6 installed. Do NOT install 4.7.

Hello cme

Your problem could very well be that your dvd was recorded by a DVD recorder and that it is a re-writable DVD. A re-writable DVD must be finalized or as my DVD recorder menu lists "make compatible". Even if you do this it may not be recognized by Smartripper. The good news is that you don't have to rip it using Smartripper. Since you can play it with PowerDVD and it is "home-made" you can simply view the DVD contents using Windows Explorer and copy the VIDEO_TS folder contents to your hard drive. Smartripper would be needed to remove protection on a commercial DVD.

I have had this problem with my DVD recorder. I bought it to convert my VHS home movies to DVD but was not satified with the lack of a professional menu. I now use it to record to DVD (which eliminates audio sync problems and file limitations when recording directly to my computer) then copy the files to my computer and use DVD2AVI, TMPGEncoder, and TMPGEnc DVD Author to make professional looking DVDs.

A good guide can be found at:
http://www.videohelp.com/sefy/?id=ClassicalGuide.html
Just skip the "Smart Ripper" section and begin at the "DVD2AVI" section.
You can skip the "Chapter-X-Tractor" section if you don't want chapters in your VCD.
The download links are not up to date. The following information should help you to find the required programs.

Adaptec ASPI v4.6 can be found at:
http://www.dbpoweramp.com/bin/InstASPI.zip
The web page is:
http://www.dbpoweramp.com/dcw-support.htm

Chapter-X-Tractor v0.962 can be found at:
http://www.doom9.org/Soft21/Vobtools/ChapterXtractor_v0.962.zip
The web page is:
http://www.doom9.org/software2.htm

DVD2AVI v1.76 can be found at:
http://www3.telus.net/dvd/mpeg/software/DVD2AVI_176.zip
The web page is:
http://www3.telus.net/dvd/mpeg/vcd_standalone/tmpg_vcd.htm

VCDEasy v1.1.5.2 (the free version) can be found at:
http://www.videohelp.com/download/VCDEasy_v1.1.5.2_Setup.exe
The web site is:
tp://www.videohelp.com

I hope that is of help to you.

>alrite, thx for the reply. Actually, I already found the guides to go about it. However, I tried a few rippers like DVDtoSVCD and SmartRipper, but both rippers could not detect my DVD. It keeps saying "no dvd found". But, I can play it with PowerDVD no problem. I tried playing it for a minute or so, and then close the PowerDVD and reopen the rippers. But it's still the same.
>
>Media player can play it as well. Any ideas what's wrong? My dvd was recorded by a DVD recorder of a TV show by the way. And its a re-writable DVD. Could this be the reason? Also, my friend mentioned something about not finalising the DVD. Could that be the reason as well?

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CnRambler or cme or whoever you are,
Did you even bother to read my answer to your problem?
P.S. Don't use this BBS to sell your products.

Faced this problem while trying to burn first DVD with TDA 1.6

* Re-installing doesn't help.
* Px.dll downloaded from dll-files.com also doesn't work.

Please publish correct PX.dll that works with TDA 1.6

I had the same problem. Here is what I did:
Uninstalled DVD Author
Uninstalled Nero Burning Rom (I don't think that really mattered, but did it anyway)
cd c:\windows\system32
del px*.*

I had to delete anything that started with px from the system32 directory under the windows directory.
(actually I created a temp directory to hold em just in case I needed em)
Then re-installed DVD Author.

worked like a charm after that

I hope someone can help me with this: I have followed what seems to be a very good guide to get DVD's to CD located here http://www.afterdawn.com/guides/archive/dvd2vcd_with_smart_dvd2avi_tmpgenc_page_4.cfm

but when it comes time to use TMPGE to open the video and audio files I keep getting an error "file..... cannot open or not supported". I have attempted this with 2 DVD's now with no luck.

I know this isn't much info to go on but if you need any more please ask, or give me some hints as to what I should be doing/checking.

Thanks.

Also a posting into the wrong forum...

make sure vfapi is registered adn dvd2avi is in the same parent directory as tmpeg

Hi guys, I have a small problem with one of the files I am trying to backup.

I have sucessfully used the "Convert a DivX or XviD AVI to DVD" guide (available http://www.afterdawn.com/guides/archive/convert_avi_to_dvd_page_4.cfm) to burn one of my DivX files to a DVD, but there is one I have been having trouble with recently. The file is 25 fps PAL, with mpeg layer 3 sound. I fill out all the steps in the guide very carefully, but when I get to the bitrate page, it becomes impossible for me to reduce the bitrate below 2000, and the file is still said to be 128.70% of the disc capacity, which of course will not work. Here is a screenshot of the problem:

http://img98.echo.cx/img98/2176/tmpgenc8gx.png


As you can see, TMPGEnc reads the file as being 311 minutes long, and I honestly have no idea why, the file is 1 hour and 59 minutes and I see no reason why it should be showing up as that. I'm pretty sure the problem is somewhere within there, but any advice that could be given would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

-- Ben

First, that's the wrong forum here.
Second, your Video do include mp3-audio. This is a well known problem, often solved. Got to the correct forum and use the search button.

After I encode an mpeg using this program, the finished product has no sound. What am I doing wrong?

-Mike

Depends on what the audio format is in the MPEG.

Yes , I also have this problem , only when i convert my rmvb movie to mpeg 1 . NO sound at all . Doesn't matter i used layer 1 or layer 2 of audio , it just NO SOUND . Anybody out there can help ? -.-

TMPG cannot decode Real media audio. You will need to decode the audio to wav first with something like Graphedit.

is it possible to make a series of JPEG images from a movie i have. I would like to edit my movie frame by frame in photoshop

That's easy.
Look at File -> Output to file

There's all you need. But first you have to select the range of pics you want to save as JPG.