I have a problem - I need to convert SVCD to VCD. Used DVD2AVI to create a project file from the SVCD files, as suggested by WWW.VCDHELP.COM, but on both attempts to create the new VCD file (using the project file as a source), I get the following error in a dialog box:-

"Read error occurred at address 036E6327 of module 'DVD2AVI.VFP' with 01ECEEBF."

This seems to happen at the same point in the file (around 42% progress complete), so I assume it stems from a problem with the source files, however, is there an easy way around this?

(TMPGEnc 2.5m Version 2.54.37.135, Core Version 1.87.133
DVD2AVI Project File Reader 1.76)

... I should also mention that there are some visual artifacts in the image at and around the point where this problem occurs - obviously dodgy source video.

yes there might be a way around this,first we arent going to use dvd2avi because you are haveing problems with the vfapi plugin, but you need to save the audio files that dvd2avi made, go get the "vfapi converter" this makes psudo avi files for frame serveing, load your "mpeg" file into the "vfapi converter" make sure the audio box does "NOT" have a check in it, convert the mpeg with the vfapi converter to an avi, this takes about 5 seconds with out the audio, now load the avi file made by the vfapi converter into "tmpgenc" and load the audio from dvd2avi then encode, the "psudo avi"will feed the information to "tmpgenc" just loke dvd2avi would but you are just useing a different vfapi plugin....another thing you can do is "de-multiplex" your mpeg2/svcd file and load it in "tmpgenc" and encode it, you just need to make sure you have the mpeg2 vfapi plugin...so here you go a few things you can try ,any of them should work........good luck

I ran into a similar problem encoding a DVD2AVI .d2v file to mpeg1 with the same version of tmpegenc:

"Read error occurred at address 100064B7 of module 'DVD2AVI.VFP' with 06C69E78."

Funnily enough, the error occured at about 43% of the input file, almost like with mikes file. But I'm pretty sure that the source isn't simply broken, because:

a) When I start encoding from the beginning, Tmpegenc stops at frame 78024.
b) with source range set from 77993 to 78100, it breaks down, too..
c) BUT: source range 77994 to 78100 works fine and the resulting mpeg is OK.

Does anyone have a explanation for this? I'd really like to get these 4 GB free again :))

My TmpGenc encodes suffer from a very slight jerk during playback - about once a second. This happens on both my PC an DVD player.
I have played mpegs that I have downloaded that were encoded by someone else and they are fine.
What am I doing wrong.
Cheers.

This happens if you encode a avi file to mpeg at a frame rate that is different than the avi,a lot of avi file downloaded off the net have frame rates that are up to half of what they should be so the files are smaller and quicker to download...but this is just a guess cuz i have no idea what you are doing so i can"t tell you what you are doing wrong....

Thanks, Minion. It makes sense though, internet downloads do all seem a little short.
Nothing I can do about it then ?

Thanks, Minion. It makes sense though, internet downloads do all seem a little short.
Nothing I can do about it then ?

no not really.....sory

Hello,

I get a constant background noise like a hissing/screeching when I encode with MPEG-1 Layer2, but if I use MPEG-1 Layer1 it sounds perfect. If I try to encode the whole video with Layer1 it will give me something like "Illegal Sound Stream" or something simular. Should it be able to encode with Layer1 audio?

it should be able to encode mpeg1 audio,but mpeg2 audio sounds better, try a different mp2 encoder and encode your audio with it then multiplex it with your mpeg video..

I had the same problem. I now encode the video with TMPGEnc, use WAV2MP to do the audio, then back into TMPGEnc to join the two together (multiplex).

You can get WAV2MP here - http://www.mnsi.net/~jschlic1/

I find encoding at 160 is about right for most films, and you can get away with 128 if you really have to.

WAV2MP is far to slow for my liking. What it takes TMPG to do in 15 mins it takes WAV2MP 30 mins. The way I do it takes 3 mins to encode a wav to mp2 for a full movie.

ASHY

Hi,

Try conerting audiostream in Virtual dub first,
i've noticed that the internal audio decorder has a
lot of problems with 48 KHz sound.or save as wave uncompressed
and feed it into TMPGenc.

Hi there!
I've just bought a DVD burner and would like to transfer my old VCD's to DVD.
I simply want to transfer four or five films to a single disc.I'm running Windows XP.
I know that I need to de-multiplex the audio from the video and then change the sample rate of the audio from 44.1khz to 48khz (this is for the DVD authoring progam).
I can do the de-multiplex (in TMPG-MpegTools) no problem and end up with a .m1v and .mp2.
When I load the audio file (.mp2) back into TMPG to try to Change the sample rate, TMPG crashes.It also crashes if I try to load the origional Mpeg that the audio file came from.The strange thing is that these were all VCD's using TMPG presets (I think version 2.0 of TMPG)and that I can cut & merge and De-Multiplex, without problems from within MpegTools.
I've looked through the forum and found one reference to this problem and they said it was due to an audio codec not being installed in XP, but no solution was provided.
Can anybody shed any light on this or the Codec (or possibly the name of simple program that can do the resampling of the Audio(A workaround :)
Many Thanks
Damian

There is a Great free audio encodeing program called "db power amp" it can extract audio from video and encode to a variety of formats, you can use this to re-encode your "mpg-audio" to "mpg-audio" at 48000hz, you can download it at . www.dbpoweramp.com " make sure you get the mp2 codec.....

Many Thanks Minion

I now have DbpowerAmp + Mp2 codec.A nice + simple to use program.Exactly what I had in mind...
The funny thing is that since I installed DbPowerAmp + the mp2 codec(or possibly the Nimo codec pack 5.0 which I installed at the same time)TMPG is now working and allows me to open Mp2 files without crashing.Possibly i just had a corrupted codec or XP does'nt have the right codec.
Anyway thanks again Minion for pointing me the direction of a great program and
(possibly) sorting out my problem :)

Damian

I think the "mp2" codec in "db power amp" is a decoder to so It could quite possibly fix your problem....

I have several .avi file s I downloaded at another location and burned to a CD-R. I have tried to then copy these to muy hard drive for encoding to MPG for encoding. When I try to load the file I get a message that the file cannot be opened or is not supported. I have also tried to encode from the CD-R with the same result. Is this something that always happens when tring to encode an avi that has been burned to a CD-R or is there some way to correct this?

NEVER MIND. Just read minions response to a similar problem and the solution worked great. Thanks a million minion. :)

I downloaded an AVI today. And its in 20 fps. Would it be better to somehow convert it back to 23.976 or something else. I did use the standard TMPG SVCD template and it now made the movie with trails behind it. I assume thats cause it added 9 frames per second. Wasnt sure how to manually make 20 fps since the field is always grayed in TMPG.

also, where can i find other codecs for my cap card. I thought I was stuck with the one that came with it but I read on a previous thread I can somehow use a different one. My cap card is the Pinnacle Studio DC10+. Forgive me for being dumb but will this codec be used while captureing or is it something I use afterwords if I use my cap softwares make file abilities (Which sucks horrible).

thanks all - Jeremy

If you want to make vcd"s with your mpeg files , the avi files with non-standerd frame rates will look jumpy because "tmpgenc" has to copy every third frame to make it 29.97fps, you can change the encodeing frame rate but this will not play correctly on your dvd player..you can change the frame rate of your avi file but then you will have to speed up your audio track to mach up with the video, so you are best to just use the regular templates and deal with the jumpy-ness cuz the alternitive is a lot of work..

Hi there im a nOOb at doin this..so anyways heres my problem..
Some avi files i have stop video but sound still plays.i am able to fast forward it then video an sound come back.am i able to encode theses types of bad avi files?,.or is the file no good for encodeing?do i need to d/l another copy of the file?
ive tryed encode this type of file but my tmpgenc stops at the frame where the video stops..and freezes..
any help will be appreciated thnkz..:)

GuNnz.<nOOb>.but havin fun:):):):P

There are tools that might help you repair your avi file I can"t remember there names but some can be found in the "tools" section at "www.vcdhelp.com " . you can edit out the bad spot and join the two parts together after you finished encodeing with the "merge & cut" feature.....

Thankz alot minion..much appreciated..:)

Hello,

I get a constant background noise like a hissing/screeching when I encode with MPEG-1 Layer2, but if I use MPEG-1 Layer1 it sounds perfect. If I try to encode the whole video with Layer1 it will give me something like "Illegal Sound Stream" or something simular. Should it be able to encode with Layer1 audio?

Use a different audio encoder like "toolame" or "scmpx" they give better sound quality that the built in encoder, these encoders work with "tmpgenc" and can be installed in "tmpgenc" in the "external tools" section, you can find these free just by looking on any search engine..

I have just reloaded TMPGEnc after my computer software was reloaded. Using the wizard I can select all the data for my video file to encode . but the preview window is black Has anyone got a fix for this.

The reason for your preview window being black may be because you are encoding using a 2 pass VBR. The reason for it being black is because for the first 50% it calculates the bitrate to give each frame and on the last 50% it encodes to video. So if you have it set to 2 pass VBR you should see images in the preview window on the last 50%.

Keneth
Thanks for the sugestion. I have found after a lot of ezperimenting that changing the codec I use to make the AVI file has a very great effect on the end product in TMPGEnc. I was using one which since the computer had the software re loaded will not now work so I am trying to find the est alternative. My capture card is a DC10 plus so I think I will have a look on the Pinnacle BBS as well as here.
This all gets confusing so I have been taking nots on what I have done The pile of paper on the desk is geting quite high.
Thanks for the help any further sugestions will be apreciated.

Roger

I have few avi files which I wanted to convert to MPEG format.
I had recently upgraded from WinME to Win2K OS. I tried encoding the same AVI file in WinME OS using TMPGEnc, i had no problems. However, when I tried encoding the same file in Win2K OS using the same TMPEnc, I get the following message:
File"c:filexyz.AVI" cannot open, or unsupported.
Note: I could playback the same AVI file using WMplayer in both WinME & Win2K OS.

Appreciate your response in advance, to answer my question.
Thanks
Romesh

Firstly, because you can play it on media player does not mean you have the proper codec, media player uses external codecs that cannot be accessed by other programs, but this isn"t your problem I think you just have to raise your "direct show" filter, to do this first go to"enviromental settings" then to "vfapi plugins" and raise your "direct show" filter to "2" and lower everything else to "0".. this should get your avi files loaded in "tmpgenc"...

I'm relatively new to MPEG encoding.

I have a new HP DVD200i DVD burner which I using to produce a DVD of my daughter's musical for other parents. As such, it will be played on many different DVD players.

The DVD I produced plays well on my computer (PowerDVD, Windows XP) and on my older DVD player (Panasonic DVD-CV51) but has playback problems on my newer DVD drive (Toshiba CD6200, a progressive scan model). On the Toshiba, the video occaisionally stutters, and not just during motion shots. The stutters occur at the same point during playback every time. The stuttering is no different when the player is set to interlaced or progressive. At certain points the stuttering is manifest by obvious deformation of the bottom half of the screen.

My question is this: Are there settings in TMPGenc which permit the best playback compatibility over the widest range of DVD players? Which settings are known to cause compatibility problems on playback?

Setup
Camera: Sony TRV900 (thanks John Beale, a contributor to this BBS I see)
Windows XP
Pinnacle Studio 7
Sonic MyDVD 3
TMPGenc

I've been using TMPGenc to encode the AVI I produced with Studio 7, the audio was deflashed with Goldwave and the DVD's authored with Sonic MyDVD.

Thanks.

Rick Liston

The problem IS from the dvd player you are useing, and i think is has to do with the "buffer" in your dvd player...makeing your own movies and burning to disk isn"t a perfect science, so what plays good on one player doesn"t mean it will play good on other players,so i guess the answer to your question is " No there is not a setting that will make your mpeg"s play in all players,I guess all dvd players are not created equal.....

Hey,
Sorry to bug you guys, I'm pretty much a neophyte and am learning as much as I can. I just made a movie and we're trying to put it on DVD with DVDit(c) software. When I try and run it I get the following error:

"Each GOP Header must be preceeded by a sequence header"


I went to DVDit's site and this is what they had to say about it:

"When using 3rd party MPEG encoder make sure that you choose the option to include a sequence header with every GOP header. This is a requirement of
DVD specification and DVDit! will not process the MPEG file unless it has the proper sequence header placement. This is a function of the encoder and
not DVDit. Check your encoder documentation for information about header control."


So I go into the settings (I used the template for NTSC-DVD) and this is what I use:
IBBPBBPBBPBBPBBPBB
Number of I picture in GOP '1'
Number of P picture in GOP '5'
Number of B picture in GOP '2'
Output interval of Sequence Header '1'
Max number of frames in GOP '18'

'detect scene change' is checked.


That means diddly to me. But apparently something is wrong. Any help would be great. I'm trying to do this DVD as a b-day present for an old friend of mine.

Thank you very much

-Matthew

I think you also need to enable "Closed GOPs".

Thanks. I'll give it a whirl and see what happens.

-Matt

Totally didnt work. I got the same error. Is this a problem with TMPGEnc or is it DVDit? Either way I own both sofwares and its a little annoying to have to buy some other software to do what I got these for. Are you listening Tsunami?

-Matt

It seems like you have everything set right. Sorry you're having a hard time. If it's any consolation, I've found this 2.54a release has broken a few things that worked in previous versions, so it may be worth trying 2.53.

If you haven't already found it, here is a DVDit list relating to encoding that may be worth a try.

http://forums.sonic.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=forum;f=21