OK,I have done about 150 movies and not one single movie has come out properly,the video looks great and the audio sounds great,but they wont sync up even if my life depended on it,I have tried to speed up the video but that doesn"t work cuz the the amount of de-sync changes from a few seconds to up to 15 minutes,the problem seems to lie with d2v files cuz I don"t have this problem when I convert the vob"s to avi.,and it could be with "tmpgenc" project files for batch encodeing.......is there a method that would solve these problems?the sync problems have seemed to gotten worse since I started doing dvd rips to mpeg2/svcd........I don"t have this problem when I use "Cinema Craft SP" but I have other problems with it like buffer under flow....can any one help?

Start with the latest vers. of smart ripper....

I use flaskmpeg to convert the vobs to an avi -- latest version works great version 0.6... it runs about 25 fps (2hours for a 2hour movie)......on m p4 1.7Gig...

I split the avi with virtualDub into 2 parts...takes about 4 minutes..

Then I use TmpgEnc vers 2.53.35.130 with the svcd temlplate to build the mpg..

burn with nero 5.5.6.3 using the svcd template....

absolutely flawless my living room dvd player... no sink problems....

And great video quality............Rip...

I use the latest version of smart ripper,and I dont have problems when I convert to avi,but the whole purpose of haveing dvd2avi is so you don"t have to make a avi., just use the d2v file,and dvd2avi makes avi."s at about 20fps on my 800mhz system.......

Sherlock I used to have A/V sync probs myself and have tried all sorts of methods to correct this. The method I have now is the fastest and NEVER gives me A/V sync probs.
It's up to you give it a go if you want, but you already know my methods work.

1. Start with the latest version of Smartripper and rip your movie.

2. Open the d2v in TMPG and do the usual encoding, but make sure you choose Video only. If your gonna frameserve to CCE then choose the DVD template, but unlock it and make sure you change the framesize and change the settings to 'video only'.
Tip: before you encode clip out any black borders just past the line where they meet the movie. It is where the black borders meet the edge of the movie that takes up a lot of bitrate as this is a complicated part to encode.

3.Once you have your Video, now do the audio.

4. Using VOB2AUDIO (I know u said u had probs, but I can't understand this because there are no settings you really need to change) find the Voblist file with a .lst extension and open it. Choose the first audio stream, usually Ac3,0x80,Sprache,English then choose your 'Target' and save it as a wav then click 'Start'.

5. After you have created your wav download a program called MPEGDJ ENCODER
http://www.xaudio.de/pages/encoder.html
Start it up and and goto Options>setup ancd click the 'Codec' tab. Change the settings to the ones below.

MPEG Layer: MPEG 1 Layer II (Mp2)
Bitrate: 224
Samplerate: 44100
Channel Mode: Stereo
Untick Normalizing.

Back in the main window click the 'Wave encoder' tab and find your wav then drag it into the bottom window. Click encode.

6. Multiplex the Audio and Video together using MPEG tools in TMPG.

7. Split the movie and burn at 4x (important) no higher.

If you try it let me know how you fare.

ASHY.

R.E RIP.

FlaskMPEG is pretty slow.
MPEG2AVI is much faster. Usually runs at 34-35fps on my P4 1.7ghz.
Give this cracking program a try RIPITALL which uses MPEG2AVI and all the other best encoding binaries.
http://www.megagames.com/console/cd/ripitall.zip

ASHY

thanx Ashy, I"ll try your first sudgestion,but with vod2audio it freezes as soon as I open it,and rip it all doesn"t read my divx codec.I have tried to download them multiple times but I"ll try again...but I think my sync problems might come from useing the "source range" option ..I use it because the merge and cut allways freezes on me....and the "source range" on cce does wierd things like it will do the passes for the part that I want to encode but then when it comes to encodeing it does the whole movie instead of the part that I want it to do,which wouldnt be so bad but it has only doen the passes for the first part so I get buffer underflow for that rest of the movie,if I could only find a mpeg cutter my problems would be solved......

Sounds like you've got some serious compatability issues there Sherlock and they all seem to stem from the same thing.
It sounds as if you may have a corrupted Directshow engine.

My advice, if you haven't done this already, would be to reinstall DirectX 8.
If that doesn't fix your problems then I would go for a full reinstall of Windows because even though DirectX will re-install it still doesn't update corrupted files sometimes (and that is from experience).
The issues you're having seem as if you are having compatability problems or conflicts somewhere.
If you do a re-install of Windows, try not to go crazy and whack a load of codecs on there you probably don't need. Try installing the programs and only the codecs you need first to see if they work ok and then install more codecs.

ASHY

can anyone help? having bad audio sync problems when burning to dvd-r.
i am using the standard dvd pal template and then authoring with ulead dvd movie factory and/or sonic dvdit se but still the same .
video quality is superb but audio go,s adrift after about 10 mins,but when previewing the file before burning there are no signs of sync probs throughout the movie? can anyone help.

if audio is faster than video then increase the video frame rate
if audio is slower than video then lower the video frame rate

make sure the audio is 44100hz

Techno

hi,
i want to "simple multiplex" a mpeg file that i have (500meg)
i go in the MPEG tools,
then i choose "MPEG-1 Video-CD", i enter my file, then i click run,
i work fine but it stop at 50% (240meg) without any error message!

i have downloaded the latest version 2.53.35.130

what can i do to convert the entire file?

I used TMPG 2.51 to convert an avi file to MPEG 1 (PAL) and it worked superbly firstime round on my DVD player (Scan 2000). After installing 2.53 none of my current conversions work on my DVD player but work fine on my PC. Does anyone know where I can find TMPG 2.51 or what is wrong with 2.53?

Thanks
Q

Anyone useing VideoPack 5.0 to 5.1? I can't access any of my .mpg files with TMPGEnc anymore just my AVI files. I've changed the options in the vpr. enviromental settings but when I access the file it closes TMPG down and then returns to the old settings. There seems to be a conflict between the two of them. Any help here would be appreciated.
Tom

I have been using tmpgenc 12a without problems for vcd (PAL) GOP12, vidrate 1152000, but in this version (2.5.3) I get error blocks and corruption at a few points (less than 1%) in the mpeg, but ONLY on my DVD player (Hitachi DVP250), it plays fine in Windows and on my CD-i player. I have only tried with 1 mpeg/VCD (64min) so far.

Also, isn't it time the VCD mpegs were Philips VCD2TK compliant straight away without demux/remux with toolkit?

Hallo, ich wollte eine Super VCD Film in Video CD Format umwandeln das klappt aber nit so, die Film Spur macht er aber bei der Ton Spur sagt er can not open... usw. !!! Ich habe das Tsunami-Filter Pack drauf und alles andere klappt auch nur gibt es da nicht eine einfache L Ôung ??? Bitte helft mir !!!

MfG Ranger

Here is what I am trying to do... I now am exporting my Premiere timeline (as AVI files) to a network computer I have dedicated to running TMPGEnc 24/7. Now the question is, how can I control TMPGEnc from the remote workstation? I guess I could telnet in and run it from the command line, but so far I've been unable to locate the TMPGEnc-Plus operating manual. I assummend once I paid my $49 dollars I'd get a link to it, but so far nothing. GUI operation would be preferable to command line, but either will do as long as I have the information I need to set it up. Suggestions?

WinVNC will allow you to control a remote computer through a windowed interface, putting a copy of the remote computeres desktop on your screen. I have been using it for a number of years to control my servers, and it works fine. It is a FREE product from those fine people at the AT&T laboratories.

The link to their product is:
http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/winvnc.html


Good Luck

Thank you for the great reference. Looks perfect. I'm downloading the files and doc's now. I tried using Remote Desktop with Netmeeting, but it didn't work out. First thing tomorrow I'll give this a try.

Just wanted to thank you again. Program works fantastic...much better than the way I was doing things. Quite a find...

Hi I Dl an eval Copy. I do video editing on a MAC but was told this MPEG2 converter was much better on my PC. My Question is how do you encode the MP2 in DVD NTSC without the audio? I need to keep them sepatate to import into DVD studio pro on MAc I can check off video only but it seems only in mpeg1 mode Thanks wizrdman

Just select the video ONLY option, near the settings frame.

Techno

Techno I have downloaded part of the file from the link ftp://ftp.imbetterthanyou.com/pub/incoming/techno/lb-my_way.mpg

I must say I was unfortunately unimpressed by the quality and was expecting better. Of the 15mb which I downloaded, there is low evidence of macroblocks, but I think this is due to the fact that the image is blurred and has extreme loss of detail. There is also some evidence of A/V sync problems and low sound quality.

You may have better and I would expect better from MPEG2.
Below is a link to a 30 sec clip of American Pie2 I have converted to Mpeg2 SVCD.
Even though this MPEG2 file is of much higher quality, without macroblocks than your MPEG2 and has the same audio bitrate, the 30 second clip is actually smaller in file size than a 30 sec clip of the one I have downloaded from you.
Incidentally this movie is 1hr 46 mins and easily fits on to two 80 mins Cd's as do all the movies I create.

If anyone would care to look here is the link.
http://markashworth20.tripod.com/files/A_Pie2.zip

Give me your opinion.
ASHY

ASHY, excuse me...

I don't think the MPEG2 filters u r using a giving u the CORRECT quality, there are no a/v synch issues, been tested by myself on 5 machines, and 54 people in America and say it is great.

I hope you are not trying to start up something.

THIS STUFF IS CAPTURED!!!!!!!!!!! VERY HARD TO ACHEIVE GOOD QUALITY.

Techno

1) Use the correct Filters
2) it is not blocky
3) it is not blurry

I can confirm this.

DVDGUY also says it is really good, from a captured source.

My friends can also confirm this.

Please ASHY, no fights, just good "pals" if you like.

Please let me know when u get the correct filters.

Techno

The filters I happen to be using are WinDVD filters. So nothing wrong there. Capture or not I still think it's poor quality and there is slight A/V desync. I did say you probably had better. Why don't you upload a small clip of a DVD rip. I'd like to see your work on this. But it must be similar in size to mine.

I will be posting some new links to the above file as the that link obviously doesn't work.
Ashy

DO NOT USE THE WINDVD FILTERS!!!!!

use the ligos filters

thank-you

Techno

I don't do dvdrip ASHY, I only capture!

there are known issues with the winDVD filters, please use:

http://www.os1.150m.com/tmpgenc/filters/mpeg2/vob.htm

Techno

done yet?

Everytime I try to use the project wizard its empty and I have nothing to select from. I can't figure out what is wrong. Please help, very frustrated

For Win NT/9X check in 'Control Panel', 'System', 'Environment', 'User Variables for administrator' TEMP and TMP is set to existing directory.

Hi,
Try this: Go in your Windows Explorer. Create a file named Tmpgenc in Programs Files. Go back in your Unzip program where Tmpgenc was unzipped. Select Extract. Choose to extract in C:/Program files/Tempgenc. Then start Tempgenc from the Explorer. And Bob is your uncle.

I have loaded temeng, with the project file loader(t4empeng.vfp), everytime
i try to load the video, it keeps saying d2v cannot open or unsupported.
any answers...

try to increase the dvd2avi vfapi to a higher priority in the environment settings, shafiq my brother.

Techno

I had this problem until I reduced the audio bitrate in tempeng from 324 (or whatever the default they have for mpeg2) to 128. I found this out by hacking it to accept a file. Then when the sound went loud, it garbled, amking it sound like the bitrate was too high for the program to handle.

Now I ma having a weird error from DVDit fro files encoded by tempeng. It says video picture size larger than buffer. Anyone know why?