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.

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.

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.

I was searching on the internet to see if there is a program to convert VOB files to MPEG files, and on the website this website was mention. So, I downloaded the program using TMPGEnc Version 2.524. When I do a browse when TMPGENC is open on my computer the file of the VOB doesn't show up as a supported file format. I'm thinking maybe VOB doesn't support in TMPGENC. I'm trying to see if possible I can convert my copy of VOB files into MPEG format so I can CD Burn it into a Video CD or VCD to play on my DVD player at the moment don't have a DVD burner plan to have one soon, but for now I would like to convert my VOB files into MPEG format so that way on my CD Burner it can burn it to a Video CD or VCD. Does anyone know if this is possible, and If TMPGENC doesn't do it is there any other programs out there that will do it.

Thanks for anyone that knows the answer to my question.

Maybe you need a MPEG2-Decoder like m2v.vfp (http://www.marumo.ne.jp/mpeg2/m2v_vfp-0.6.51.lzh)

When opening directory with the file, select *.* all files. VOB may not be an option but all a VOB is is an MPEG file "badged" to DVD format.

The other option is just to rename the file .mpg and then open it.

SM Elly please read B_Racer's post again and take note of what it says.

I have tried, TMPGEnc will not open a VOB file without adding a decoder.

I have downloaded a lot of programs and tried everything I could only to come to this conclusion.

There is an easy, free, one step answer to your question. What you need is Eazy VCD. It will enable you to rip a DVD and convert it into MPG files which are compliant with VCD, XVCD, SVCD & XSVCD authoring. You can rip any program chain on the DVD. You can output to either a Bin/Cue image or Mpeg files.

It can be downloaded from:
http://www.arach.net.au/~phatjeff/EAZYVCD_115a_SETUP.EXE

The web site is:
http://www.eazyvcd.tk/

I assume that you have Nero or Easy CD creator or some type of program to author the VCD. If not you can do it for free with VCDEasy. It is an advanced VCDImager GUI authoring tool that allows you to play/watch your videos, pictures, and your audio files directly on most of the home DVD players, without having to buy a DVD Writer and DVD discs. It allows easy chaptering of VCDs and SVCDs including burning via CDRDAO.

It can be downloaded from:
http://www.videohelp.com/download/VCDEasy_v1.1.5.2_Setup.exe

The web site is:
http://www.vcdeasy.org/

I hope that is of help to you. VCDs are a lot easier to author than DVDs. I guess that's why they named both of those programs accordingly.

>Second terms are deadly games, they need to fear no one

It may be easier, but I bet the quality leaves a lot to be desired. Nothing beats TMPG's MPEG1 encoding quality.

I don't undetstand the problem. B_racer has given the solution. Install the MPEG2 decoder and Bob's your uncle. I've done it for years and so have many others with TMPG or get TMPG plus which has it's own MPEG2 decoder.

In anycase you should never attempt to encode VOBs directly anyway. The best method is through DVD2AVI as a frame server.

I agree that "Nothing beats TMPG's MPEG1 encoding quality."

B_racer has given a great solution. I just think that the Eazy VCD program is easier. It automates the functions that you would normally do manually. The quality is the same because:

"Eazy VCD uses programs that anyone familiar with making VCD's and SVCD will be familiar with. vStrip, DVD2AVI, BeSweet, TMPGEnc and VCDImager are the programs that Eazy VCD automates the tasks between, so you can relax while Eazy VCD does all the work for you.

Eazy Vcd uses the best software to make sure you end up with the highest quality VCD.

All you have to do is;
1. Put the DVD you wish to copy in your DVD-ROM drive.
2. Select the output folder, name, and what type of CD-R you are using, then click "RIP IT".
3. Burn the Bin/Cue image or Mpeg file to CD-R."

Quoted from: http://www.eazyvcd.tk/

Fair enough. Ok for novices, but I prefer to have control over everything myself to get the best I can out of it.

Thanks everyone for the suggestions I'll check into all the programs listed.

Hi, kind of a weird error this time as Ive never had it before.

I have 2 mpeg files that Id like to merge&cut together into 1. Both files work fine in Windows Media Player (or any other player for that matter) but when I go to edit the length of the files (in merge&cut) I only get audio when I move the slider across. There is no image at all eventhough it plays fine in WMP (and was fine when I initially converted the 2 files in TMPGenc).

As Im not seeing any visual but am hearing audio, Im guessing that it may be a codec problem but then why did it play fine during the initial encoding and why do they both play fine in WMP?

Any help is appreciated and if you need anymore info then please ask. Cheers :)

Maybe you need a MPEG2-Decoder like m2v.vfp (http://www.marumo.ne.jp/mpeg2/m2v_vfp-0.6.51.lzh)

Downloaded the decoder (just to make sure I didnt have it) and still nothing. The Merge&Cut window still stays blank whilst the audio plays along fine.

Thanks anyway B_Racer :)

To anybody that can help.

I have TMPGEnc Plus 2.5 / Free version, and am tryign to cut a file in two. but everytime i go to complete the seperation the second half of the avi that i am trying to cut doesn't complete itself. the length of the avi is 2 hours 13 minutes. and the size of the file is 1.3 gigs, so i want to get it splint and on a disc, but the second half only wants to produce approximately 20 minutes, and not the 1 hours and 5 minutes that i want it to produce, can anyone help me with this problem?

Use VirtualDub instead of TMPGEnc which is a MPEG-ENCODER!

What do you mean 'cut'? TMPG wouldn't even allow you to cut an AVI at all as it would see it as an illegal MPEG.

Please explain what you mean properly instead of confusing people.

hello!

I am using Windows Xp(w/ srv. pk 2), Tmpgenc 2.5+, and this guide: http://www.videohelp.com/forum/userguides/153058.php
To join subtitles to a divx movie(divx 4.5 was used -*i think)

Problem being...
When i goto "start" Tmpgenc is freezes. I have followed the directions to the "T" but no luck...

Any help would be EXTREMELY and FOREVER appreciated!
thanks sooo much!

I had this problem until I installed "service pack 1".

>I have followed the directions to the "T" but no luck...

What does that phrase mean?
I thought it went 'I have followed the directions to the "letter" but no luck...'

Well it not really a bug, just a tiny grammar mistake:
Is: Option > Task Priority > When actif - Normal Priority.
Should be: Option > Task Priority > When active - Normal Priority.

You noticed that too, eh?

Hi,

I try to convert the 640x360 (16:9) Xvid AVI to mpeg using the TMPGEnc Plus 2.5, but everytime I convert it change to 4:3 ? No matter what I've set in the Expert Setting for Source!!!

Please help!!
Thannks

Terrybobo

Well, the ouput will still be 4:3 if you are only changing the source settings.
You need to alter the output aspect ratio to 16:9 under the 'Video' tab

To anyone who can help.... My computer crashed and we had to reinstall Windows XP. Unfortunately, we lost everything and of course I didn't back anything up(lesson Learned!). I'm trying to find out how to reinstall TMPGEnc Plus 2.5 (purchased last year) but I don't know how to do that and of course I don't have my original registration code. Does anyone know whre I can go to get this information? I've looked everywhere in the Pegasys website and the TMPGEnc website. I realy don't want to have to buy it again.
Thanks to all who can help.

Just simply re-download the TMPG zip file again and unzip it to your drive to install it. You will need to contact pegasys to explain your situation and they may re-send your code.

I agree. The serial was in windows registry, HKEY CURENT USERSoftwarePegasys Inc. TMPGenc Plus2.5.
I really hope you got it correcly, ot Pegasys won't re-send you it again...