If I multiplex audio and video, and then take the new file and de-multiplex it, while the source video and the demultiplexed video is the same, the demultiplexed audio file is shorter then the source one (eg. source is 112kb, while demuxed file is 104).

Anyone else also noticed it?

This could Just be Padding that gets added to the File while encodeing, if the audio file is still the same length then it is Just Padding that is Being removed Durring Multiplexing...

It's no padding becasuse you can hear it ends too soon.

I don't know if this is affiliated with TMPGEnc but I was downloading a DVD-rip (it was in my last post too) and I found out it has no subtitles! The description in Kazaa said it does but I cannot find it. Anyway, is there an easy way to add subtitles and then burn the movie into VCD? I downloaded another version of the movie (but it is in very bad quality) with subtitles so I know what their saying. Or maybe I should just burn the non-subbed movie?

Also, there's something weird with the AVI file! When I play it with my DivX Player there is no sound. When I play it with the Windows Media Player (the old "mplayer2.exe"), the sound is great! I tried encoding it with TMPGEnc; when I selected the video source, the audio source tab is blank. Here are the filters in use for the source file:

Default DirectSound Device
ffdshow MPEG-4 Video Decoder
InterVideo Audio Decoder
Video Renderer

This file is 682MB so I might have to split it to 2 CDRs after all...:(

First I'll answer ur audio prob. This is likely happening because windows mediaplayer is using the WinDVD audio decoder to decode the Ac3 audio in the AVI. Your Divx player obviously cannot handle Ac3.

TMPG cannot handle Ac3, so u will have to extract the Ac3 from the AVI to a wav with AVImux.

If u can't work out how to do this search this BBS for AVImux.

You can add subs with Virtualdub. You will need to find a subs site (of which there are plenty) and download the right subs then use the Virtualdub subtitler filter to add your subs.
The subs need to be in 'Substation Alpha' format (.ssa) so you will need to convert any subs to this format with 'Subadjust'
Any sync probs can also be corrected with 'Subadjust'

When you have it the way you want just frameserve to TMPG. here is some more help: http://www.vcdhelp.com/subsvirtual.htm

ASHY

What if I can't find the right subs for my movie? The movie is kind of new...

I tried your AVImux but I don't get it. You said it extracts the audio to a WAV right? When I played the extracted WAV, it includes the video as well! Also, the source AVI file is kind of weird. It used to have a short opening credits but when I play it now, the first part of the credits is black. It might be because I have Kazaa open and is downloading but still...

Argh...another post. I hope I'm not flooding...the subs I downloaded were in a RAR archive. I have winRAR so I opened it. But I can't extract the subs within. A message box appears and in it says:

!E:sasubs.rar: Unknown method in Spirited Away - Part 1 [DVD, jap, ext eng sub].sub
!E:sasubs.rar: Unknown method in Spirited Away - Part 2 [DVD, jap, ext eng sub].sub
!E:sasubs.rar: No files to extract

After the E:, it's supposed to have a slash. You know, the opposite of /. \n

Sorry for another post. -_-" I managed to download another set of subtitles that works! And I successfully transferred it to SSA format. I am currently at the frameserving mode. How long does that take? It doesn't move... The Non-A/V Requests is at 10 while the # of Frames Served is at 1. THe Audio Segment delivered is still at 0...

The Number of Frames on the Frameserver should Change as tmpgenc encodes them so you are haveing some sort of problem....

After you have started the frameserver there will be a file with a .vdr extension which you have created somewhere. Load this into TMPG and start encoding.

As for AVImux.
Load the AVI into avimux. Highlight the audio then right click it. Choose 'Select compression' from the menu and select PCM. In the next box choose the default which should be 44.100khz, 16bit, stereo.

Click 'Output AVI' and name your output with a wav extension then click 'Go'

If you have audio problems such as the sound breaking up in the extracted wav set the 'Pre-roll' and 'Interleave' settings to 100ms.


ASHY

P.S. Remember, to extract the audio only, you need to uncheck the Video this is why you have both.

ASHY

i am currently running version 2.59.47.155
I have been using Tmpgenc for quite some time now for produciong standard VCD's @ 1150kbps. I have tried altering the bitrate (lower) to fit a 100min film onto one 80min cd. Ive looked at many websites through Google and have followed their recommended instructions. As encoding progresses the settings at the bottom of the window indicate that the resulting mpeg should be at 900kbps. Once encoding is finished information about the final mpeg show it to have a constant bit rate of the standard VCD! Does anyone know of any bugs in the above version? if so which version can you recommend that will do the job i want?
please email: gregwilliams100@hotmail.com
THANKS

The 2.59 version have a Bug in it that won"t let the Bitrate go below the VCD Standard, it adds Padding to make the File a Standard VCD, you Can remove the Padding By Running the File through the Mpeg tools in an Earlier version of Tmpgenc or Use and earlier version to encode.Going lower than standard greatly reduces the Quality, actually anything below about 1600kbs is is unwatchable to me, But to each his own...

This board seems to be filled with sound problems when converting from Avi to (S)VCD. I posted my solution a few days back and people responded with posts stating that it did not work. Well I just finished the entire Band Of Brothers which was posted on Alt.binaries.movies.dvix. It worked just fine and has Ac3 audio. Now I'm not doing this to trash anyone just trying to help since there seems to be some misconceptions about this process and I can remember pulling my hair out when I started to do this kind of stuff. Here again is my required software and setting foe TMPGEnc.

1. install Dvix Pro 5.02
2. Install Tsunami Filter pack (Nimo will not work)
3. Install ffcshow and Xvid codecs (incase they are using Xvid codecs)
4. set the eviromental settings for VFAPI-plugin as follows

DirectShow Multimedia File Reader-----Priority 3
AVI2(OpenDML) File Reader-------------Priority 1
Microsoft MPEG-1 Decoder--------------Priority 0
Wave File Reader----------------------Priority 0
AVI VFW Compatability Reader----------Priority 0
BMP/PPM/TGA/JPG File Reader-----------Priority -2
TMPGEnc Project File Reader 2.59------Priority -2

I'm currently using TMPGEnc 2.59 plus. If anyone would like to try this and has problems reply to this post and I'll try to help you out. I've set up 3 systems now all running XP one a P4, one a PIII and one a Celeron, all intels.

Rick

Sounds good.

What's ffcshow, though? And which XviD codec would you recommend for Windows encoding (if any)?

Best regards.
/geddeth

You need to install both the Xvid codec and ffcshow to work with the video in TMPGEnc. Just get the latest versions available that should be fine.

Rick

I'm having a problem with a movie I'm trying to encode.....it's ok during playing of the movie until about the middle of the movie....then it goes WACKO OUT OF SYNC!! I've even re-encoded the movie in AVI format with virtual dub, THEN encoded it with TMPGEnc and it STILL goes out of sync at that particular spot. How can I fix this problem? I really want to have this movie so I can put it on DVD disk to play on my DVD player. By the way, I'm encoding it from AVI to MPEG-2 (for DVD format).I thought about frame serving, but I dunno whether that'll do the trick. Somebody PLEASE HELP ME!!!

Is the AVI out of sync???? If so then you should Fix the AVI sync before you encode it...If you can find the exact spot were it goes out of sync you can Cut the file at the exact spot it goes "Wacky" then use Virtual Dub(if it is AVI) to Sync up the bad part of the movie then join the 2 parts together after fixing it..But It is Really Hard to fix Files that suddenly go out of sync at a Sertain spot ....

I have a pentium Celeron @700mhz and runny a crappy windows ME. When i try to convert a file to VCD format, it works good for about 6 min of the video, but after that it slows down almost to a stop. Is there anything i can do fix that? or is it just cuz i have a crappy computer?

Hello! I am trying to copy my Jrock (Japanese rock) DVDs into VCDs. So far I ahve done ok, but when I want to merge and cut the MPEG1 file with TMPGE when it starts with audio it says illegal video something and it won't let me do it>.< I was wondering if anyone an help. Any help at all would be greatly apprecaited! thanks! arigatou gozaimasu!

Well it would help if you posted the actual error and not "Illegal Video something" ...When Joining Files each file has to have the exact same Specs, so this can be the Problem...

Hi all! Happy Holidays,

When using TMPEnc for the VCD Header trick, is there a difference between using "Merge & Cut", "Simple Multiplex", or "Multiplex"?

A subset of this question also pertains to selecting "MPEG-1 Video CD" vs. "MPEG-1 Video CD(nonstandard)"

I've seen permutations of these selections recommened for the VCD Header Trick on several sites, but this seems to be the site with the most knowledge (OK, enough kissing up.... :) ).

I had random success playing with these selections, and I'm wondering if there is a preferred choice. I have enough coasters.

- Jim

If you use the "Multiplex" to do the "Header Trick" you can get "Buffer Underflow" errors But if you use the "Merge & Cut" then you will not get the error..And you should allways use the "Video-CD(Non-Standard)" setting Cuz the other setting might add Padding to the file to Make it a Standard VCD which it is not Standard...

- Makes perfect sense....Thanks for clearing that up.

(in Subject)

Get a Calculator and do the Math, If there is No frames displayed then this is how you do it...

Hello!
I tried to encode a DivX-Video with Tmpgenc, but when I tried to set the avi as audio-source an error message appears!
Knows somebody help?
cya Maddin

You can to extract the audio to a WAV file with something like "Virtual Dub" then use the WAV file as the audio source...

Hello...
i got a 80 min movie/mpeg , i need to cut it to go on disc, but
when i do it thru TMPG, after 58 mins there is NO sound??

also i tryed it thru Virtual Dub but it will not even let me save as
avi....so PLEASE help me as i really want this film on disc!!

Happy New Year too

Although this did not work for me (see my current post),
people seem to recommend AVIMUX if VirtualDub doesnt work.

Try searching on avimux in these boards for more info such
as the possibility of AC3 format being the culprit.

dave

I have an NTSC mpg file where I want to convert to PAL.
How show I setup in TMPGENC to do this ???

You Can"t Convert NTSC to PAL or Pal to NTSC with Tmpgenc, Well you Can But tmpgenc does not do it Properly and the r4esulting file will Play very Choppy in your DVD Player...There are Programs that can convert NTSC to PAL like "Advanced NTSC/Pal Converter" or "Canopus ProCoder" and AVISynth has a Command for this also But Tmpgenc Can not do this.....