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I'm trying to convert a couple m2v files into mpg. The program seems to work fine with the exception that it cuts off the video to about 300 frames. Is there something I'm doing wrong?
Trying to convert an .avi with SVCD (PAL) template and the file is about 750 Mb. The Wizard in TmpGEnc tells me that the mpeg file is to be about 5.7 GB's!!. When I encode other avi's they ended up to 1.2 -1.4 GB's. What can I do to make it smaller? The avi is in 576 x 240 resolution and 23,976 fps.
firstly, try to reduce the res, to 320*240 or 352*288, this will NOT lose quality.
make sure that the motion search estimate is set to the last option (fast)
set vbv buffer to 224 *YES IT WILL PLAY FINE ON ANY DVD PLAYER!!!!!!!!*
once you have loaded a template/went through the wizard, dont encode it straight away, load the unlock.mcf template and then do these settings. Make sure audio is 44100Hz.
in the advanced settings, use th source range filter:
The file size TMPG is quoting must be an error as there is no way that the file is going to be anywhere near that size using the SVCD template.
Either the template is corrupt or you are choosing an incorrect setting or it's a very very long movie and as the original file size is only 750mb I dont think it's this reason.
Another point is, if you reduce the resolution to 320*240, regardless of what Techno states you *WILL* lose some quality. It is natural for this to happen and the other point is that it MAY not play in your DVD player due to the fact the resolution is not standard for SVCD.
What Techno needs to learn is, what may work on his DVD player may not work on another as it certainly wont work on mine. It all depends on the tolerance of your DVD player.
Also the other thing I would point out (and this is definitely *NOT* my advice) is that if your file is going to be 5.7gb then just cut it in half before you burn it and make sure that both parts are under 80mins playing time because according to professor Techno no matter what size your file is, as long as it's under 80 mins it will fit on a CDR!!!!!!!! (laugh if you want)
My advice is, if you want to take the advice of someone who doesn't test his own theories first before giving out shaky advice to other people, would be to test it on a CDRW first.
Oh and one other thing i must correct Mr. Techno Einstein on.
If you change the Motion search precision to fast this will in fact INCREASE the file size slightly. This is due to the fact that the slower method allocates the bitrate better thus producing a smaller file size. If you need evidence of this try it with a 5min test file on both the fasest and slowest method and see which one gives you the smallest file size then make your OWN decision as to which one is best use.
I am trying to convert a DIVX file to MPG in order to create a VCD. When I select the file for the Video, the Audio portion is automatically selected. When I attempt to start the decoding, I get an Error Message that says "An error occurred when audio was decoded". I do not have any file size limitations and it seems to select the same file (.AVI) as the Video, but when I attempt to decode, I get this message. Any hints? Thanks,
Hi there.
I've just finished downloading a 470mb video called CKY3 from WinMX. It said the file name was CKY3.mpg after 3 long weeks of downloading this with my crappy 56k modem I tried to burn it to VCD with Nero, Nero then complained it wasn't a MPEG1 compliant file even though the extension was .mpg. I later found out that it was an AVI file which led me to this program in hope of converting it to this MPEG1 compliant VCD file.
How the hell do I do this using TMPGEnc???
Hi,
After downloading *.avi files or converting home vhs movies to *.avi to my hard drive, I get "Illegal stream format" errors when I try to convert to MPG-1 using
TMPGenc. Ultimately, these are to be burned to vcd using Nero. This has worked when the downloaded file was originally in *.mpg. What am I missing or doing wrong?
TIA for your help!
fiddler51
I want to use the information of the first pass cause i don't want to spend 3hours more
¿its possible to use the information of the first pass (like log or sbs stats in divx) and get up (or get down) the quality in the second pass (and only reencode the second pass?
Are you saying you would like to use the information created in the first pass for ALL your movies?
If so, what would be the point in that.
The first pass is to set the bitrate for each particular scene in a movie and refers *ONLY* to that movie.
It would be totally pointless to use it for any other movie because the bitrate settings wouldn't refer to the scenes in that movie.
No, I am saying to use the information of the first pass to reencode the second one if were needed.
If I encode one film and it's too big to get into a cd i could reencode in worst quality but i don't need to extract the information of the first pass cause i have do it yet, I only need to make the second pass in worst quality to smaller filesize.
Hi i tried with the new version of tmpgenc to make a dvd format mpeg2, dvdit pe doesn't accept it. However when i did the same thing with version 2.01 it worked fine.
I have just found TMPGE and been playing around with it, it seems just what I am looking for. I have encoded an AVI to MPEG but it will not play on my DVD home player. The player will play VCD2.0. SVCD. CVD. What I did was to convert the AVI file and save it to H/D then copy across to my CD burner....is this right or should I have burnt directly to the CD whilst encoding was going on ?
( set the destination file to my CD burner )
Please help as I would like to be able to get to grips with this software.
Also how can you join large MPEGs together, I have a DVD burner to put them onto a DVD disk
Use one the templates, either VCD or SVCD. Then make sure you choose the same option for the file in NERO. Either SVCD or VCD depending on the file you have created.
You cant just copy the file onto a CD. You must use one of the options above.
Thanks for the info Ashy, will use the sites you pointed me to and d/load the relevent s/ware and take it from there. Do I have to use Nero to burn CD's with ?
No you don't HAVE to use nero! You can also use Roxio Easy CD Creator 5 Platinum. It also has a VCD option. I have found nero to be the best at it though so you might want to give it a try.
Click the 'Load' button within TMPG and then navigate your way to the TMPG folder and in here you will find a folder named 'Templates'.
This is where you will find the templates you require.
I'm running XP also and am getting the same error but I went back in and out again and it seems to get by it and worked-- But on my cuts on every cd at the end the sound stops like 10 to 30 seconds before the movie stops.
Can any one clue me in on what to do to correct this?
Everyone talks about Nero at this post. I use Stomp RecordNow Max for my VCD burning(will not do SVCD). It works wonderful. I have tried several burning programs(I even have Roxio 5.0) but this has worked great for me. I do not remember why I gave up on Nero. Seems like alot of them you had to create a bin cue image before burning. This is just my opnion. Maybe give someone another option for burning. Oh it is not free but they have a demo.
I have just bought a DVD player in the hope of being able to play downloaded .avi files. I used TMPGEnc to convert to VCD but get a disc error when I try to play on DVD player (which is CDR / CDRW compatable)- although it does recognise it as a VCD first.
I have probably not converted properly? Can someone point me in the right direction for creating playable VCDs? I'm afraid I have no idea what I'm doing!
Hi, i my beable to help ur problem, but this might be late oh well i'll give it a try!
when u select the avi file to conver you have to give it a layer of vcd this is done by pressing "load" in the bottom right corrner of the tmpg screen, you should find a folder called "templates" look in that folder for a reagion that your dvd player handles and then you should be done, also when u do i think u may have to cut the mpeg file where thats under file and called "mpeg" tool click that and click the tab "merge and cut" when doing this there is another drop down pannel and make sure that says "mpeg 1 video cd" this is another layer and just tells the dvd player thats it's a vcd.
after all that you can watch your films on your dvd player.
hope that helps. if not i've just confusted you:) oh well
need anymore help just e-mail me!:)
Simon
Make sure that you are useing a compatiable type of CDR for your dvd player! I use a brand that you can get online or at Circuit City called STI. Circuit city is the only store that i've been able to find them at! Also make sure that you have loaded the VCD Template in TMPGEnc and that you are burning it as a VCD in your burning program! Most DVD players only play VCD 2.0 Format. if its encoded in any other format (ie. VCD 1.0) then the dvd player won't play it! Hope this helps you out!
Is there any way to encode divx-files to mpeg without getting so big files that I need 3 CD-R (700M) to burn the final VDC. What I'm asking for is if I can do settings in TMPGenc to get the mpeg-filesize lower. I always encode the audio i VirtualDub and then use that as audiosource. The settings I use in TMPGenc is the defaultsettings, (I think anyway).
If you are using the default settings in TMPG for VCD then you should very rarely if ever need any more than two cds. At a gues I'd say you are using the SVCD option. You should choose the VCD template.
Sorry. Forgot to wrote this in the first question. I use the right templates, (I hope). "VideoCD (NTSC-film).mcf". "VideoCD (NTSC).mcf" "VideoCD (Pal).mcf". Depending on the frame rate, right? My question was if there is a way to get the final mpeg-filesize smaller. Maybe there isn't?
Techno, I would advise you to stop giving that advice. Refer back to the previous post on this subject and try it first.
The Nero timeline does *NOT* refer to the time of the actual file but the time in minutes regarding the the length of the CD.
It **WILLNOT** under any circumstances burn a 3gb file on an 800mb/80min cd.
HEKNE. If your movie is around 2hrs it should easily fit on two cd's. Please post the specs you are using.
Nero does infact go by the time of the video file that is being burnt! As long as the video file is 80 mins or less it will be burned to one cd reguardless of the file size!
Color me stupid, but I don't care what program you use. If you try to put 3GB of data on an 80 min CD your going to fail. Do you believe nero is compressing your stream automagically for you. If so, quality of 3GB stream rammed into 700MB will be #!$S.
Sorry for the flaming message but I've seen this idea expressed too many times.
*N0* you try it!! Your going to be red faced and your beginning to annoy me with with your lack of knowledge in this aspect.
If it was possible to fit 3gb on a 80min disk then PLEASE tell me why the hell would we need high capacity DVD disks to fit a 2 hour movie on. Tell me why smart ass.
And to correct the unknowledgeable person agreeing with you. Before the both of you go making claims of something, try it first. Make yourself a 3gb file less than 80 mins running time by encoding to MPEG2 at a high bitrate and see if it fits on a cd. I guarantee it WONT!
Nero *DOES NOT* use the time line for the size in minutes of the file, but the amount of minutes used on the disk.
If the file is high bitrate and lets say runs for around 40 mins. It will NOT say 40 mins in the time line, but will be much higher.
And as for experience in burning goes Techno. I'm talking from experience. Because of the activities Iam involved in, I burn roughly 20-25 disks per week.
Techno before you reply back with another senseless anwswer go away and do the above test. If you do manage to fit 3gb on a disk then I will personally come up to Edinburgh to see this amazing disk, because I think the world needs to see this new fantasic discovery you have made and show the world of science that natural physics can be broken. I mean if you can fit 3gb an a 800mb disk then it then there is no reason why it shouldn't be possible to fit 3 pints of milk in a one pint carton. I think you can do it Techno, because you are a genius after all.