hi there

I just want to know if there is any way of cutting out the bad data/frames in an avi file

This is because of the reason that when I try to encode the avi file to mpeg1 for then putting on a vcd, it sometimes fails. I have found that the files that dont actually work seem to be the ones with errors in the file (i scanned it with some program that i found somewhere)

Anybody shed any light on this??

Cheers, ^X

You use "Virtual Dub" to scan for bad Frames, then you mask the selected frames then you can either make a new File useing the "Direct Stream Copy" with the bad frames masked or you can use the Frameserver with the Bad frames masked, you should be able to find these settings in V-Dub...

I use this guide ...

http://screw.wz.cz/avidef/AVIDeFreezer%20Tutorial.htm

thx... but the link on the site doesn't work :(

could you possibly mail me avi efreezer program thingy pleaaaase.... or msn/DCC it on IRC or somethin

i could host it for more people to use then :)

but atm, i am stuck since the link doesn't work :(

Cheers, Chris.

Have you never heard of a search engine? It's not to hard to find!

ASHY

Oh and by the way the link does work. Just copy the whole link and paste it into your browser. Direct clicking wont work because the last part of the link isn't recognized by this page.

ASHY

Hi,

I a currently have the following problem.

When I play a VCD Dics in my DVD player it comes out all Blocky (colour & sound seem to be ok). However when i play the dics in my PC is fine.

I currently use TMPG to convert Divx to MPEG then use Nero to conver to VCD format and burn onto Disc. Cany any 1 help me please.

Thanks

Destiny.

Are you saying that you are encodeing your files to mpeg then useing Nero to convert them again to VCD??? If this is so then No wonder you are haveing bad Quality movies, After you have used Tmpgenc to convert the files to Mpeg1 there is no More converting left to do, you simply have to burn the Mpeg1 file as a VCD, If nero is converting the Mpeg files again then you are not doing it right in Tmpgenc..Mpeg1 is the exact same format that VCD"s are so Nero should not be converting the files again, Plus nero is the Worst Mpeg converter there is..VCD is a Very Low Quality format anyways so even if you do everything correctly with Tmpgenc you can still end up with Low Quality movies ...

Nero is the worst software ever to plague the Earth. Not just with VCDs.

What are you talking about. Nero is the best burning software there is. It's only simpletons who don't have a clue how to use it that complain about it.

ASHY

When ever I try to convert I file to .mpg, there is always an illegal operation error when I click on the 'start' button to convert. I have downloaded the new version and this still happens. It doesnt matter what file type I try to convert.

Help.

I changed Avi-> Mpeg-1 to see it in my DVD player which recognizes VCD format, but after encoding, I could not see anything but moving cube when I saw it by using viewing program in my compute, and my DVD player can not recgonize it.

Also, I can not see the preview during encoding, even I checked up the preview menu.

Would you please let me know what is wrong, and tell me the exact order to conver and manual?

Thanks

You might just need to Raise the Priority of the "Direct Show File Reader" to "1" or "2", and if you do not see the file while encodeing then there will not be a Picture in the file...

I'm encoding and avi file to MPeg 2 and the audio can be either 44 khz or 48 khz. Then I multiplex using the Mpeg 1 (non-standard) heading. All works fine on the PC but on my stand alone DVD play the audio is way out of sync and gets progressively worse. Is there any way of correcting this problem or any suggestions I can try?

Technicly speaking the Audio Can NOT be 44100hz or 48000HZ it Has to be 44100HZ for it to comply to VCD/SVCD standards...First make sure that the file is In sync before you Change the header..Then Try useing the "Merge & Cut" instead of the "Multiplex" to change the header, I have allways had better luch useing the "merge & Cut"....

Never thought of using Merge and Cut - I'll give it a try. Thanks

>I'm encoding and avi file to MPeg 2 and the audio can be either 44 khz or 48 khz

What do you mean by this? The audio HAS to be 44.1khz nothing else or there will most likely be problems.

ASHY

Hi,
I'm new to TMPGEnc and just try this out: converting mpeg (VCD) to mpeg2 (SVCD) then try to read it back into TMPGEnc but the tool wouldn't recognize the new format file. Any idea ?
Thanks,

TMPG can encode to MPEG2, but due to licensing issues caanot decode it without a suitable MPEG2 decoder installed such as the m2v.vfp plugin

ASHY

And there is absolutely No Advantage to encodeing Mpeg1/VCD Files to Mpeg2/SVCD files, it will Just degrade the Quality of the image and take up more disk space...

Here is the latest m2v VFP Plugin :
http://avlab.myetang.com/soft/m2v_vfp-0617.zip

Bye Tunak
<')))><

The latest is Ver. 0.6.28 and can always be found here http://www.marumo.ne.jp/mpeg2/

ASHY

Some times at the end of encoding i receivt this error:
Readerror occurred at address 004395A8 of Module TMPGEnc.exe with 00000004
But the file is ok. ?!

This is *NOT* a bug. Please post your problem under the correct heading if you want help.

ASHY

Does some one know how to go below 1600 Kb/sec of bitrate in the version 2.510.49.157 of TMPGEnc (The newest version)?
I got stucked there with the auto settings SHIT!!!
I tried to enable it and to disable it a lot of times but still, I cant change the bitrate, the file size or the percent of the CD...
Please help me.

Load the unlock.mcf template then set your strean setting to 'MPEG1 VCD(non standard)'

ASHY

yes i have installed the newest version of tmpg and i go to convert and it gets to about 2% and freezes and wont continue converting... i am stuck . so i tried an older ver of tmpg and same thing . i am at a dead end.. i have a p4 win xp .. please someone help me out email me with the resolution ..the funny thing is that i didnt have a proublem with it before . but i recently did a full system restore on my computer and after downloading tmpg and installing it this is what i get .. thanks ...

i have same prob. with my p4 comp with geforce 4 ti4600 agp board.

my athlon 1.0 gh with ati all-in-wonder does not have any prob reading a divx file to convert to mpg file.

but my p4 also freezes..

If you just did a System restore then Maybe you forgot to install the Codecs needed to decode the file you are trying to encode..And have you tried Raise the the Priority of the "Direct show File reader"??? and do you have Media Player 9 installed that can also cause Problems...

THAT WORKED minion THANKS ALOT . NOW THE ONLY PROUBLEM I HAVE IS THAT WHEN I CONVERT THE PICTURE MESSES UP PART WAY THRU THE CONVERSION KINDA LIKE WEIRD COLORS AND BLOCKEY LIKE IT ISNT CATCHING UP ????

If it is a divx or XviD file try reaise the Direct show and try installing the FFDshow Filter..The file might also be corrupted and that is why it is breaking up....

Hope anyone can help here.
Use DVD Decrypter to copy VOB files then DVD2AVI convert to AVI/WAV, finally
use TMPGEnc to encode to MPEG-1 VCD format, the output files looks perfect when
play on my PC using WMP, however when I put it into the VCD player, somewhere
middle of the disc the image start to become distorted and finally unable to
play, anyone has a clue?

You burned the disk too fast. Drop your burn speed to 4x or the nearest you can to 4x.

ASHY

I'm trying to convert AVI files to MPEG using TMPGEnc. It'll open some files no problem, but others it'll say 'can't open' or 'not supported'.

One website I checked out said to change the priority number higher for the Directshow Multimedia File Reader to either 1 or 2.

When I do this and try to open an AVI, I get the 'send error report?' window and it shuts the program down?

Anyone have any idea how to fix this?

Has nobody else had this problem??

Download and install FFDSHOW.

ASHY

I downloaded FFDSHOW, and it told me to run ffdshow.exe but it wasn't part of the download?

I'm sorry if I sound like an idiot, but truth be told I am. I know very little about computers and have only been using this program for a week or so.

Do you know what's even causing the problems or what the problem is?

Thanks in advance.

You downloaded the wrong file. You have downloaded the source files. Download again, this time download the file that ends with .exe

ASHY

LOL, I told you I was an idiot. That got it working again, thanks a lot.

You need to decompress the avi file first.

A lot of the files I have say Video Compression : DivX Codec in the summary part of properties. When I convert those to MPEG there isn't any problem, but if it doesn't say video compression when I convert it the file size becomes enormous and the sound quality isn't as good (I use Virtuadub to do the sound).
Are those the ones I need to decompress?

There is never really a reason to decompress a file defore encodeing it, Audio is different But most poeple do not have enough hard drive space to hold a uncompressed AVI Movie at about 1.5gb per minute, the encoder decompresses the file as it is encodeing it and it uses the codec that the file was compressed to to decompress it..There is No need to decompress video before encodeing it...

>You need to decompress the avi file first.

There is absolutely no need to decompress the video in AVI and cannot think of any reason or situation where you would ever have the need to either.
It is sometimes required to decompress the audio to wav, but not the video.

>A lot of the files I have say Video Compression : DivX Codec in the summary part of properties. When I convert those to MPEG there isn't any problem, but if it doesn't say video compression when I convert it the file size becomes enormous and the sound quality isn't as good (I use Virtuadub to do the sound).
Are those the ones I need to decompress?

It doesn't matter what type of file you encode or whether it is compressed or not, this has no bearing on the output size whatsoever.

It is the length of the source which determines the difference in the file size as well as the bitrate, and depending on the encoding method, the resolution you choose for the output.

If you use the same settings for every source file and use a CBR encoding method then the only thing that can influence your file size is the movie length.

I recommend you start using the wizard for encoding or choose a template.

ASHY

Hope anyone can help here.
Use DVD Decrypter to copy VOB files then DVD2AVI convert to AVI/WAV, finally
use TMPGEnc to encode to MPEG-1 VCD format, the output files looks perfect when
play on my PC using WMP, however when I put it into the VCD player, somewhere
middle of the disc the image start to become distorted and finally unable to
play, anyone has a clue?

Do you mean that the image starts to break up into Blocks and distorts till it isn"t playable??? I have gotten this From Burning at a High speed, you should allways use a Low speed to burn VCD/SVCD"s cuz they have no error correction, and I have noticed that VCDeasy is really prone to this Problem when burning...