Hi

Posted this on the DVDA list but it seems pretty quiet there. Just in case any of u good folks have experience with DVDAuthor, help appreciated.

So far TMPG DVD Auth has been v easy to use and effective. However I have something that I cant seem to do. Most authoring programmes use the filename of the mpeg as the defaul chapter name, but in TMPG the titles are Chapter 1, Chapter 2 etc (as far as I can remember) and I have to rename each track. How do i just get it to use the filenames? After all, the filenames are already in the Chapter window.

Cheerio!

Hi

I have been making very good DVD files from my Type 1 AVI, but on a particular file of sports, which has fast motion, the rendering was particularly bad.

I used all the maximum settings to no avail, but I did get improved results with the I Pictures Only setting for the GOP. I experimented with I and P only, I could not see much difference, but I only was faster in encoding. The differences in file size were small.

Is this advisable? Is there a better way? I looked thru the original avi and the sequences were clear.

Cheers

Well I"m sure Raiseing the Bitrate will help Cuz Sports and other High Motion Video uses a Lot of Bits to encode and Make sure that you have Pre-Filtered out as Much Noise as you can cuz Noise in the Source Footage will suck up a Lot of Bits also.....

Hey Firends,

I have a problem Converting DivX or Xvid to a VCD format, everytime that i try to do so through Tmpeg the problem that i face is The DivX which has a resolution of 608 x 256 will convert it into a PAL format of 608 x 256 resolution which makes the video quality of the VCD real bad.
I would like to know if there is any setting in Tmpeg or eovideo to overcome his problem.

Any Suggestions to Resolve this issue are more than welcome.

Thank you.

Just load the VCD template or use the project wizard.

hi everyone! i'm trying to burn a mixed media CD that contains 3 audio files & 1 video file (mpg - roughly 4 minutes long) but can be played on all three of the ff: 1) regular audio-only CD players (i.e. Discman), 2) generic vcd/dvd players, 3) a PC.

i use the X2CD burner and the resulting CD can't be played on a Discman since it converts the audio tracks into video system files. Nero's mixed mode CD, on the other hand, has playable audio tracks (on a Discman) but requires a PC for the video to be viewed.

Furthermore, is the above also possible if the video format is DivX (or any DVD-quality video file format) and i burn it to just an ordinary CD?

Thanks for your help!

I can tell you this now, what you are asking is NOT possible, so don't waste your time trying.

You can create a mixed mode CD with Video and audio data, but as you have realised the video is only playable on the PC.

The lead in and lead out can hold info for either MPEG VCD or audio, but not both at the same time.

hi, i tried this software and after i've converted a movie to vcd format and tryed to play, there was no sound in it (under win2k), only on my computer or it will be the same on my dvd player? please help me....

There is No Sound in the Mpeg file because the Audio in your Source AVO file was of a format that is Not supported by Tmpgenc..So before encodeing you have to Extract the audio from your AVI file to Wav format then use the Wav file as your Audio Source in Tmpgenc..You can extract the audio useing something like "Virtual Dub"....

if an avi has a framerate of 23.976 (ie it's NTSC encoded) can I convert it to an mpeg-1 with a frame rate of 25 (and change the other settings too) so that it will be viewable on a PAL TV?
Or can you only convert an NTSC avi to an NTSC mpeg-1?

>Question - mr
Answer - mr

Whenever I convert a file in TMPGEnc, my computer shuts down halfway through. I've found that it doesn't always do this when I keep the computer active, but it still does it even when I've only left it idle for 3mins. Does anyone know what this might be, or how I can fix it?

Thanks in advance.

-Stephen

This Could be any of a Number of things of which None really have to do with Tmpgenc....It could be that your Proscessor is OverHeating because encodeing is extremely CPU Intensive and your CPU Heat will Jump when you start encodeing.....

Thank you for your reply. :) I'll try messing around with my computer's settings.

Download one of the many CPU utitlites which monitors your CPU and motherboard temp and check it for overheating.

I'm having problems with the size of the file output. It nere seems to be what the program "estimates" before encoding... I am working from a D2V+wAV format, and am trying to burn a DVD... I have messed with the bit rate repeatedly to no avail... is there something I am missing? I mean, I set it up and hit start with it saying the end product will be an MPG of about 650Mb and it will turn out like 1.05Gb.. I don't get it...

What settings are you using and how what is the length of your source file?
650MB seems very small for DVD.

I am using my Equillibrium DVD to test some tutorials. So the original file tends to be about 5.5G. The 650 (or 700) meg file is what I am trying to encode after running it through DVD2AVI for frame serving purposes.

I used this tutorial: http://www.dvdrhelp.com/forum/userguides/84759.php
for info on how to crunch it to one VCD, but if you read through the tutorial the person that wrote it is clearly uninformed and most of the setting he says to use without any reason for them... some of them he even states are just guessing on his part.

The settings I use are this:
Vid Info (from self made template):
Resolution: 352x240 pixels
Framerate: 29.97 fps
Bitrate: average 1150 Kbps (this is just the default I have dropped the bitrate to 352 without getting smaller file size)

Audio Info:
Samp Freq: 44100 Hz
Number of Channels: 2ch Stereo (when I DVD2AVI I chose to export it like this as well)
bitrate: 224 Kbps (often change this trying to shrink the file size)

For source I have:
Vid File: .../equillibrium.dv2
audio file: .../equillibrium AC3 TO1 3_2ch 448Kbps 44.1Khz.wav
Settings;
Vid Type: interlace
Field Order: Top Field First (field a) (have tried bottom first on someone's suggestion as well)
16:9 525 line (NTSC)

Bitrate Settings:
Movie Info: 352x240 29.97 fps / 44100 Hz Stereo / 106 min 50 sec
Vid Res: [greyed out] 352x240 pixels
Average vid bitrate: 710 kbits/sec
Audio btrate: 224 kbits/sec
estimated filesize: 726.35 MB
media type: CD-R 74min (vcd/svcd) makes filesize 99.77% of disk capacity

I got my bitrate from the " Forte for Java " calculator that I loaded to my server (http://clixim.com/calc/)... am I missing something here or is this just not possible? I mean I know that the run time is extensive but I wasn't sure if that mattered... with that or the file size being the VCD governing agent. Still the problem is that it won't let me output a file at the size it claims to.

If you are Trying to use a Lower than Standard Bitrate for VCD then you have to change the "System" setting to "Video-CD NON-Standard" and you know you can fit about 750mb on a 650MB CD and about 800mb on a 700mb CD in VCD Format, and you should also know that Useing a Lower than Standard VCD Bitrate will Only serve to Make a Awefull Looking VCD so if your Goal is to Fit a Full Movie on a Single CD-R then you are Going to have a Really Bad Looking VCD, So Don"yt try to put more than 80minutes of Video on a 70MB CD-R.....

The calculations for the file size are correct.
Your problem is that you are attempting to make a 'non standard VCD' using the 'standard VCD' template.

If you wish to lower the bitrate then you will be creating a 'Non standard VCD' and thus you will need to go into the expert settings and change the stream setting to 'MPEG1 VCD (non standard)' otherwise padding will be added to the output.
You will find the stream setting under the 'System' tab. You will have to unlock the setting first by right cliking on the words 'Stream type'

You can remove the padding from the existing MPEG you have created by running it through the 'simple multiplexer' using the above mentioned stream setting.

Also be aware that what you are attempting to do will produce awful results. You should really split this between 2 80 min disks and raise the bitrate.

Sorry about the repeat minion, must have been typing while you were posting.

I could just as easily burn them to DVD (have the Sony DRU 510A) but I want to try to fit it on a CD because they are going to be semi disposable... I plan on sending them to my brother-in-law in Iraq (in the army) and would rather go the cheap route.. he only has one of those mini personal dvd players, so I am sure that the quality isn't going to be that great anyway...

Thanks for the info, I never would have found that... so under system I change it to VCD/MPG-2 (non-standard)... I'll go try that now... thanks again, guys!

Hi i have the free version and i still have time on the mpeg2 usage...every time i try to go to merg and cut in the mpeg tools section in order to cut out clips from the main file, it loads the file...but it will freeze up if i try to move the slider or use the time code boxes. im running an athlon xp 2000+ with an nvidia ti 4400 graphics card. i have 768 megs of ddr pc2100 ram. I have lots of hd space formatted in ntfs and im running windows xp pro with sp1. any help would be appreciated...

i have a 62min 31sec in length of an avi+ac3 xvid file.i set the audio to 384kbps bcos i want to have mpeg2 5.1 mutichannel audiostream. how do i set the max,average & min bitrate in 2-pass vbr mode for svcd into 80min cd-r?

Well First off Tmpgenc does not support AC3 audio as an audio source (Unless you have a specific decoder installed but even then it allways downmixes 5.1 to sterio) and even if it did it would not encode it to Mpeg 5.1...If you want Mpeg 5.1 From your AC3 you are going to have to find some other way of doing it, I hear that Maybe ReMpeg can do it...as for what Bitrate you should use you Should use a Bitrate Calculator to determine what Bitrate you should use, But the Bitrate calculator will only tell you the Bitrate you should use if you were useing CBR, But you can use that Bitrate as the Average bitrate then you can pick and Max and Min Bitrate that you feel is Good..But remember for SVCD the Max bitrate shouldn"t go above about 2500kbs for a Standard SVCD...And about 5.1 Mpeg audio ,Do you know that your DVD Player will Play Mpeg 5.1 Because it is Not part of the SVCD standard and Not many Players will play it...well good Luck

thanks Minion. u r right. ReMpeg can do it. i have find a way to encode it to mpeg 5.1

If you want to find out the exact bitrate to use for encoding a MPEG which will fit an 80min CD then any MPEG bitrate calculator will do.
These calculators will give you the max and average bitrate to use for VBR not just CBR.
Here is a pretty acurate one: http://www.tomzavodny.cz/program/bitcalc/index_en.php

Why not just use TMPGs own calculator in the project wizard?

For encoding to MPEG 5.1 audio you can use the program below, but be aware that MPEG 5.1 is not fully supported in the VCD,SVCD or DVD standard and thus may not work in some DVD players. If I were you I would stick to down mixing to Dolbly surround audio.
http://hypercubemx.free.fr/

DVD Bitrate Calc
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Here's a nice online one designed for ease of use when encoding with TMPGEnc: http://dvd-hq.info/Calculator.html

It has settings for dvd/(s)vcd, and cbr/vbr bit-rates.


AC3 5.1
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If you're ripping from an AVI which has AC3 audio (2ch or 6ch), a decent way is to use VirtualDub to direct stream copy the audio into a faux-wav file. Then use AC3Fix (simple to use command line tool you can find on the net) to remove virtualdub's wav header, and make it a true AC3 stream.

For future refrence, if you have an avi which doesn't have AC3 audio, but wish to use it instead of PCM or MPEGII audio, you can rip the audio using virualdub, and then use BeSweet to convert it into 2ch AC3.



Then you can use TMPGEnc DVD Author to write the mpeg2/ac3 vob files.

>If you're ripping from an AVI which has AC3 audio (2ch or 6ch), a decent way is to use VirtualDub to direct stream copy the audio into a faux-wav file. Then use AC3Fix (simple to use command line tool you can find on the net) to remove virtualdub's wav header, and make it a true AC3 stream.

No need to do it that way, just use either AVIMUX04, 'Virtualdub mod' or Virtualdub_ac3.

THANX ALOT!!!

i just found out the "incompatible" batchlister file is cause by a "wrong" (?)template

if you try you will see that if works for the standard templates

if you did "unlock" the settings by loading the unlockmcf in the extra folder lock them again
(make a lock.mcf file by loading the unlock.mcf file in notepad en replace all "False" by "True")
then load the simple dvd template and edit again

i dunno why but it worked for me.
hope it helps

sure saves a shitload of work for me

The problem seems to be caused by the current version of TMPG which is producing incompatible templates.

Previous versions of TMPG are creating templates which work fine with the batchlister and will even work in the current version of TMPG.

All versions I have tried below TMPGEnc-2.511.51 have worked fine so far (maybe some later versions of TMPG may also work, but have not yet tried).

I use a Personal Cinema Nvidia TV/ Video Card with WinDVR to record shows.
The end result depending on choosing Good-Better-Best Setting on my recording, the resulting video is an Mpeg and depending on the setting results in the quality of capture. I have in the past used TMPEnc to edit the Movie to remove commercials, then remerge the saved Mpgs to complete the "edited" movie, is has been no problem in the past, I keep upgrading my version TMPGEnc, so I don't know if my problem is from the newer version. My problem is c:folder"movie".mpeg can not be opened, or is unsupported. I kept my last few recordings to the "good" capture setting, but the message still apply's. All other uses for the software have always worked fine. Please HELP!

Question - Mr

Answer - Mr