Dear All

Dose anyone know how to use TMPGEnc Plus to converter Divx & Xvid AVI to MPEG (VCD) or general AVI format? Pls advise. tks

Sorry mate, but you're gonna have to help yourself on this one. There is far too much to go into.
http://www.videohelp.com/

i have version 2.524 installed on my puter and want to remove it. when i downloaded the file and saved it in a folder it was a zip file...when i unzipped it it unzipped into the same folder.. there is no uninstall file with this software and this program is also not listed when i go to control panel/add/remove programs.
anyone know how i can safely remove this from my system? i am running windows xp.
thanks

can anyone help me here?

I don't mean to be funny, but if you extracted it from a ZIP file then there is nothing to uninstall. Just delete the files or the folder you extracted to and it'll be gone.

thanks for the reply and the help.
i don't think you understand that there is quite afew files that were unzipped into this folder...these files are the tmpgenc files for the wholoe program. here are the files:
-license.txt
-p4package.dll
-readme.txt
-resample.dll
-TMPGenc.exe
-a folder called "template" containg 8 .mcf files, another folder called "extra" with another 4 .mcf files.
-TMPGenc.zip
-tmpgenc.ini
-currentcfg.tpr
-p3package.dll
-tmpgenc.acf
-tmpgenc.vfp

i've e-mailed the tmpgenc site asking about info wether it is safe to delete and have had no response in 2 weeks.
so you saying it is safe to just delete the hole folder containing these files? even with all the .dll files in there?

Just delete the whole lot. I asure you it won't affect your system in any way. The files are not linked to the registery. They are independant of your system files and are simply self contained files, including the .dll's.
All the data is simply contained within the config. files in that folder.

The only part that is stored in the registry is your registration data. However this is not required to be removed and will remain without any ill effect whatsoever.

If you don't trust what I'm telling you then just type my user name into the search bar at the top and see for yourself.

Hi.

I tried to convert my rm file to a mpeg file using tmpg. the video turned out fine, but there was no sound at all. How can i resolve this problem?

You will need to convert the audio to wav first.

What programs can i use to convert the audio file to wav? In addition, My TMPG is unable to open the rm file now.. what is wrong?

I'm having the same problem; No Audio. I've tried converting to one .mpg file and I've also tried converting to the video and audio as separate files, but the .wav file doesn't have any audio in it either! I've tried different sources of the same thing I want to convert and same problem. I've had more success with much smaller .avi files, but working with the size of a 1 hour TV episode seem to be giving me a lot of trouble.

Any thoughts?

Hi!

I've been having some really weird problems with my TMPG. I've been using it for years now and its been working fine, but now when i finish converting all I have is video and no audio.

I'm not sure if i accidentally deleted a codec or program or something that is essential for avi audio conversion, or if my priorities are wrong...

Well, if anyone has any advice, please help.

Thanks a bunch!

I have the same problem. Please kindly let me know if you have solved the problem, and likewise for me.

I have the same problem as described.

I have the same problem, on the second page of Project Wizard audio fiels from .avi suddenly stopped opening, only video (when I try to browse it separately from the same file there's an error - audio can not be opened or is unsupported, Windows Media Player can read the audio so it's supported). I've tried to convert again some files I did a few days ago and it also doesn't work. Anyone know what to do except reinstalling the system???

I have a video using h.264 directshow video
The program says that it doesn't support this format. Virtual Dub gives me the same response.

Is there anyway to turn this into an Mpeg2 or do I have to wait for a new version of the program which supports h.264?

You need a DirectShow h.264 Decoder on your PC to open the Video.
If this doesn't work, try AVISynth (read the Guides at doom9.org).

It depends on what container format is being used. I'ts very hit and miss. I've tried to get this format to work myself, sometimes successfully sometimes not. Downloaded many different H264 codecs trying to get certain files to work.

Did you try ffdshow as decoder? It works for me. Had some trouble with older versions and with one buggy version, but now it' fine. :)

Tried it, just can't get FFDSHOW to work with them. The current version is buggy anyway.
Each H264 seems to differ depending on who made it and what encder they have used. I've managed to get some files working using one method and certain codecs, but then some others just refuse to work unless you can find the right codecs and filters.

It's far to mish-mash at the moment for my liking and not very standardised at all. The protocols need to be tightened up.

I should clarify that that the file plays on my computer. I want to turn that file into a Mpeg2 so I can put it on DVD.

Are you saying that I should use AVISynth to convert it into XVID then put it through Tmpeg?

My H.264 file is MP4 (High@L3.1). By installing ffdshow's h.264 support, I can actually open it in TMPGEnc...only to get a constant black image. So it doesn't really help me.

It has come to my attention that the recent builds of FFDshow (2005) + TMPGENC
do not work together!
When you have installed FFDshow the decoder is unable to open any AVI file through DShow.

Any thoughts on this?

True. Use AVI2 instead. Could be an FFDSHOW bug as VFW doesn't work either.

What works really well is AVISynth ( http://www.avisynth.org/ ). I made a simple script with the DirectShowSource filter and loaded it through TMPGEnc and it was good as new.

You might want to tinker with it though, I haven't tested it all the way. All I know is that it works.

ok dumb question i am trying to make some vcds and was wondering if higher bit rate means a clearer picture on my tv thanks

Yep, less blocks. Try using VBR instead.

thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i'm trying to convert some avi files into mpeg so i can stick them onto a dvd but after a few minutes of encoding the program just closes itself down with no error message.

Does anyone have any idea what might be causing this ??

I'm no expert, but I've found the same problem when I set the task priority to High in options. I suspect that you are demanding too much of your CPU. Perhaps try closing any applications that are running in the background. Make sure priority is set to normal. If that doesn't work, I'm afraid I don't have any other answers. Hope this helps.

Using Tempc 2.5. When doing AVI to MPEG conversion (the only thing I'd need this tool for) I end up with separate *.m2v and *.wav streams, but no final mpeg. I guess the mixing of the two is called multiplexing, right? Any ideas why I don't get a final mpg? Thanks in advance.

Because MPEG 1/2 does not support wav unless it's contained in a VOB.

Either author to DVD or change the audio format to MP2.

I have downloaded a mjpeg file from my Canon Powershot s1 is and I have Morgan multimedia codec so I can play it on media player.

When I try to convert it to mpg in Tmp the program says it cannot do it.

Any ideas why?
THanks

I've got the same problem.

I have a canon PowerShot SD500 and I want to encode the raw avi movie files the camera generates into something that can be distributed via email etc..

Also tried this with Windows Media Encoder, it just crashes when I try and load the canon *.avi file.

Have you come up with any solution yet? I have the Canon S2 IS and have the same problem.

Hi,
I have a problem with converting avi (xvid) file with TMPGEnc. I cannot pick the video file (box in first window). The prog sais that "cannot read the file or file is unsupported". The file is 710 MB. I've checked smaller ones (belowe 700 MB) and TMPGEnc reads them with no prob. More of that: I cannot pick the file in "video box", but I can pick it in "audio box". Weird.
Can anyone help me with that?
Regards
J.

Check if you have the right video codec installed. If the codec is not installed, TMPGEnc cannot read the file. You can download a good codec pack from here: http://www.cole2k.net

Hi,
I need help pronto. I have used DVD decrypter to rip .VOB files to my HD. I have both .VOB and .M2V and I need to edit in MS Movie Maker. However movie maker doesn't support .VOB or .M2V

I downloaded TMPGEnc to conver these to .MPG but it doesn't like .VOB or .M2V either!

What can I do?! Need help fast!!

Thanks

What have you got both VOB and M2v?
If your gonna rip a disk you should have one or the other, usually just VOBs.

TMPG supports both, but you need to install a compatible MPEG2 codec or use the TMPG plus version.

Failing that use AVISYNTH as a frame server or Vitualdubmod as a frame server or you could use TMPG and the VFAPI converter to create a dummy AVI and frame serve.

There is no need to re-encode anything.

I have downloaded and run the the tmpegbatchlist.exe from the video generation website http://www.videogeneration.com.au/batchlist.htm and found it very easy to use. however, it seems to only want to compress to mpeg2 and i want my output format to be mpeg-1. I have literally thousands of videos compressed to mpeg-1 (i have been compressing them in this way since '98) and i have been using this fine program the entire time. But doing them one at a time is a chore to say the least. Is there any way to get the batchlist program to allow me to use the settings I have for mpeg-1 video?

You're obviously not creating an MPEG1 template. You must create the template first in the format you wish to use and then create a batch list.

ashy... you are absolute right. But I could not find any information on how to create an mpeg-1 template. You wouldnt happen to have a link that I could visit that can tell me how to make a template that will work for me do you?
spaz

Just make all the settings you wish to have first in TMPG and then simply click the 'Save' button and then save your template somewhere. Then proceed as normal by opening this template with the batch list creator.

A very good source of info for TMPG is http://www.videohelp.com

ashy, Thank You very much for both the link and the simple instructions. I will give that a try later today since i process about 50videos/clips a day this should speed me right along :)