New to ripping DVD's and trying to create MPEG's for Windows. Using Smart Ripper and TMPGNC. After ripping a file and starting TMPGENC I can load the video part of the file fine. But when i go to then load the audio I can't see or load anything. If I select all files and try to load any fo them get an error that the file is not supporte. I am using a music DVD and by dumb luck did get the first selection working.

I ripped track 1 and then started TMPGENC, loaded the video file and easily loaded the same file into the audio section, made the MPEG and windows media player worked just fine playing it.

But any other track won't work. TMPGENC will load the video file, but I can't find an audio file that will load or appear in the folder I created. I have also tried to do the same with a History Channel DVD. Same problem, Video works just fine, but can't get any audio files to load in the program.

So, what key facts don't I know - what am I missing?

Thanks

totalrecall

Im having a bit of a problem playing vcds that ive created after using TMPGEnc. I started with an AVI. Then I converted to mpeg. then there was no sound so I had to separate the sound into a wav file and yadda yadda. I'm still pretty new to all of this. So.. when I play this on my dvd player the screen is all shaky like an old television. the sound works though. other vcds work fine. anyone know how to fix this? i'd really appreciate it.

Change the field order.

i tried to load my movie into tmpgenc and it doesn't have sound.?
the sound works fine when played in nero showtime. the video is actually perfect too. its just when i play it in the dvd player that it looks like the tracking is weird and there's no colour.

Hi All,

I've got a bit of a problem with TMPEGEnc. Recently it's stopped loading, when I click on the icon to run it, the cursor changes to the egg timer for a few seconds, then changes back to the standard cursor. But the program never appears on the screen. Upon closer inspection the application shows up as a process in task manager (Not as a application, just a process). If I try and load the program again, the same happens, but the task manager now shows two processes (TMPEGEnc.exe IIRC). I've tried closing these process and trying again, but same problem appears again.

I've tried re-installing (Unzipping over the original files), and downloaded and installed (Again just overwriting the original files) the latest version. Strangely the latest version loads the splash screen about registration then when I hit ok the program does exactly as before and presents me with a blank screen.

OS is WinXP SP1 with all patches applied.

Anyone seen anything like this before?

Jay

In the TMPG folder delete CurrentCfg.tpr and TMPGEnc.ini
The program should then load.

Thanks ashy that worked great :-)

Jay

Hi, I have downloaded an AVI with AC3, I use Tmp latest version installed.
I have gspot and this tells me I have all the codec required and the file is good. When I encode the resulting wav file has no sound.I have installed AC3ACM installed. What am I missing? can anyone offer any suggestion.

Thank you
Webcat

I wish to add that I have a Pentium 3 which has the same codec and programs installed and this will encode the AC3 to wav and it works .. but it will not work on my other computer. I have checked the audio codecs installed and they are the same. I don't understand why it will work on one and not the other.

Thanks to anyone who has any ideas .. :))))

If you are absolutely sure you have the AC3ACM decompressor installed correctly then try raising the priority of the 'AVI VFW reader' to 2 or 3 and make it top of the list.

I tried to run an AVI file thru TMPGnc (version 2.521.58.169) as both 352x288 and 704x576. The sound in either trial was not synchronized, although the original AVI file was perfectly synchronized.

Any suggestion as how to correct this problem.

Thanks Kurt

I'm having the same problem. My avi file is fine, checked for video freezes in VirtualDubmp3 and then extracted the 2 channel audio the first time using VirtualDub. After I used TMPG the first 15 minutes was fine but audio lagged behind the video in the rest of the movie. I tried using GoldWave to extract the audio and then changed the setting in TMPG to keep actual aspect and it came out worse. The only thing I saw different in this movie than the others I converted was that the video was encoded using DivX Pro 5.1.1 codec. I wonder if this could be why!!

The easiest way is to load the AVI into Virtualdub and then use it's audio delay feature to find out the correct value to skew the audio so it matches the video.
Then just use that value in the audio correction feature in the source range function or use something like BBMPEG to adjust the skew during muxing.

I opened the file in virtualdub and found where you could adjust the skew. I tried -5 and it worked for the last part of the movie but then the beginning that was fine is now off. I downloaded the program you suggested but it won't even open the avi file. I saw where you could adjust and cut the video but nothing for audio.

-5?
-5 wouldn't have had any effect at all to be honest.

The skew correction is in milliseconds. -5 would have been 5 1000ths of a second, not very much.

You usually have to skew the audio at least a couple of hundred milliseconds to make a difference.

It seems what you have is a gradual desync. This is harder to rectify. Does it start off Ok and then gradually get worse towards the end or does it go out of sync at a certain point?

The first thing I would check is the frame rate of your AVI. Have a look at the file properties of the AVI in Virtualdub.
If it's not exactly 25 fps then that is your problem.

If it is 25fps then post back and I'll give you some suggestions to fix it.

By the way BBMPEG only accepts MPEG not AVI.

I just downloaded TMPGEnc-2.521.58.169-Free.
I have 14 .avi files which I even renamed to DV-0001.avi, DV-0002.avi, ...
and set the "Open sequence files as a movie" option.
I tried adding the first file with the wizard and without it. no difference!

The preview only shows the first file :(

can anybody help?

Try raising the priority of the 'Directshow file reader' to 2 or 3 and make it top of the list in the VFAPI plugins.
If that don't work try the 'OpenDML file reader'

Are the DV files type 1 or 2?

no no. they are not from a digital camera. they are divx5 avis.
I only renamed them so I could be should tmpgenc would recognize the filenumbers

... but it worked! thanks!!

Hi,

I am trying to encode a divx file to mpeg to put it on a dvd-r. For some reason, when I am on screen 4/5 of the wizard (bitrate setings screen) I cannot select an average bitrate below 3000. When I type a number below 3000, Once the box loses focus, the value gets reset to 3000 again. I have the problem with all types of rae control modes. Is there some reason 3000 is the minimum?

Thanks

I'm trying to convert an avi to dvd, but when I try to change the source range, I get an invalid pointer operation.

I hope many ppl agree with me on this one. TMPGenc is a very useful but highly time consuming product. It would be nice to see features enabling distributed processing, ie encoding one file using many PCs. Some people dont have the luxury of multi-processor motherboards, however, there are many who do have more than one PC.

I must admit that i dont really know much about how the programing works, but isnt there a way to utilise the multithreding support to share the workload over a network?

Well, any information on this matter would be greatly appreciated.

PS. I think this has been mentioned somewhere else on this board, but it wast a direct request so I thought it was necessary. ;)

Hi Ashy,

Awhile back you emailed me your tmpgenc templates for vcd and svcd...I just had a hard drive crash and was wondering if you could send them to me again.

Thanks alot

Phantased

Hi Ashy,

You can have a copy of my templates, if U like.

Just email me

Kurt (Downunder)

It's not me that wants them.
I've already sent them anyways.

can you guys send me the vcd template too? tnx!

Hey all, i just converted IceAge from .avi to mpeg2. the conversion went flawless, end product is fantastic. but when i go to put it on a dvd Easy" dvd creator cant use the file....arugh! unfortunatly i got use to this program for cd's. any sugestions?
cbr standard format
non interlace
43525 line ntsc
video high quality....rest @ default settings.

Can anyone tell me how to convert avi files to a format that can be written directly to dvd, so my home cinema can play it??

Many thanks

Just load the AVI into TMPG and select the appropiate template for DVD.