Hi all,

I encoded my first miniDV captured AVI file into DivX format using TMPGEnc v2.5.3. The resulting avi file really looks good and small too. I used a 1 pass de-interlaces, 7 & 2 for my quantizers and 800KB stream.

I tried encoding DivX 2-pass but got a bad quality. Isn't it suppose to be better?

Also, I checked the "make a DivX file". It created a file with a ".divx" extension but I couldn't play it using "The Playa" nor Window's Media player. What gives?

Lastly, is there a way to batch encode these avi's into divx?

THanks
Mike

Firstly .divx is not a valid media extension so change it to avi.
Secondly to batch encode. Click file then from the menu choose 'Add current project to batch list' and then choose avi from the menu.
Choose your codec and where you want to save the file. This will bring up a box with your project added. Just close the box down and repeat the above steps for each movie you wish to encode then when ready click run in the batch encode box.

ASHY

HI all,
I have converted avi successfully up until now but when I browse a new file the picture in the preview window is scrambled and i have downloaded part of a film and played it and the picture is still scrambled but if i play the original file through media player the picture is ok........
where am i going wrong ???


Cheers

when i download a movie in avi format i can play it with divxplayer and windows mediaplayer.
when i convert it with TMPGenc to mpg i got the movie in good quality but i have no sound.
what can be the problem?
and when i download a movie in mpg format and play in windows media player i hear a scrammbled sound.
P.S i run windows xp

I have an divx file that is just under 700 MB and the video is 52 min long, The wizzard shows that i should beable to fit that lenthg of a video on cd but after i converted the file it was twice as big as it was before, any help?

There is also no sound when i watch the video.

mpeg files don't compress as much as divx movies do, so a 700mb divx file might come out to be 900mb mpeg. Just remember that mpeg files take very lil cpu power, unlike divx files, which take considerably more because of the greater compression. This can be visibly seen on slower comps (under pII).

If my source AVI has a very low volume, is there a way to make the sound louder when encoding to MPEG-1? Thanks.

In the audio tab under settings at the bottom there is a section called audio edit click the setting tab next to it and there you can raise the volume....

I have been using TMPGEnc and TMPGEnc Plus for a couple months now with no problems until yesterday. I have encoded a bunch of avi's to Mpeg1 and Mpeg2 but yesterday I kept recieving an error that my avi's couldn't be opened or were unsupported. So I figured it was just the avi I was trying to encode. But now it seems like every avi I try to encode or even some avi's I have encoded before cannot be opened or are unsupported. It does however open and can still encode Mpeg1 files I have. What's going on? Why all of a sudden is this happening? I read some of the other people's posts and the replies to how to fix this but when I changed the environmental settings and direct show to 2 and the rest to 0 nothing happened. I still end up with the .avi being unsupported. I even tried doing different random high and low prioraties with all the objects in the environmental settings and nothing seems to work. Is this a bug for the versions of TMPGEnc 2.53.35.130 and TMPGEnc Plus 2.53.35.130? Thanks for any help.

Re-install your DiVx codec then go into your TMPEG folder and delete this file 'CurrentCfg.tpr'
Then try again.

ASHY

Ashy, you are a life saver. Thank you very much.

I am using Studio av 7 latest version in win2K. Capture card is a DC10+.
The problem I have is that I capture my AVI fine but Tempeng says that cannot open or unsupported file. I have tried to change the priorty in environment setting but to no avail. I was using this setup on the previous version of drivers for the DC10+ and it was working fine.
I have tried to fix by reinstalling windows an taking off all other programs but still does not like the mjpeg files.

any thoughts

vincent

I am getting audio fine, but the video is coming out black. I have the latest codec installed, and smr patch, any ideas? It was working fine until i goofed and had to reload window xp and the program.

I too am having the same problem. Anyone else having these problems? I am running Windows XP Pro and have only DivX 4 installed.

Actually I found the answer later on. I had v5 of DivX installed and found that it is not compatible with tmpgenc.

I goto file->output file->avi
then I click on the semi hidden button to select which codec is to be used instead of the default no compression. My question is, why can't I see my codec in this list, the codec in question is the divx5 codec (doesn't really matter, it could have been any codec). If I use VirtualDub I can see the codec and use it and it works fine. I also have TMPGEnc installed on 2 other comps and I CAN see the codec in it. Does anyone know how to remidy this problem?

I never know that "tmpgenc" had a codec option ,after useing this program for quite some time I have never heard of what you are talking about,but maybe someone else does.....

goto file->output file->avi
there u will get a new windows
u will see that a codec has allready been picked (no compression) and below it there is an audio codec.
well if u look carefully u will see that right next to the codec mini window there is button that has been almost covered up, it is to the right
If u look carefully and click on it u will see the codec menu

Can't understand why it wouldn't show up in TMPG if it does in Virtualdub.
Have you tried to remove it and then re-install the codec to re-register it with windows. Does it show any other codecs.
Also try and delete the 'CurrentCfg.tpr' file in your TMPG folder or maybe download a fresh copy of TMPG.

ASHY

What?
donjuan80 I thought he'd already said that. Read the question again bud.

ASHY

goto file->output file->avi
there u will get a new windows
u will see that a codec has allready been picked (no compression) and below it there is an audio codec.
well if u look carefully u will see that right next to the codec mini window there is button that has been almost covered up, it is to the right
If u look carefully and click on it u will see the codec menu

Sorry donjuan80.
I just realised you were answering minion for a minute there I thought you were answering your own question. Got me a bit confused there....duh.

ASHY

goto file->output file->avi
there u will get a new windows
u will see that a codec has allready been picked (no compression) and below it there is an audio codec.
well if u look carefully u will see that right next to the codec mini window there is button that has been almost covered up, it is to the right
If u look carefully and click on it u will see the codec menu

I had this problem when trying to output 720x480 format to AVI. Recapturing at 640x480 caused the desired codec to appear in the selection list.

I had no problems so far using the program, it works great!
Only I downloaded a (probably DivX) hughe file 840Mb and Tmpg blocked at 25% of the movie. To fix the problem I then spended 8 hours to convert the file to a Mov file with a Sorensen Codex to hold the filesize low, and it retuns to be a file of 3.2 Giga. All works great and the quality is still DVDlike.
Most of the new movietrailers are using this Sorensen Compression and it works fine when using Tmpg.
So my question is, what is the problem, the filesize? Is there a limit by the way? Or should I use another compression, or maybe avoid MOV files?
Thanks for your replies.

I just noticed that I forgot to mention that of course I can get Tmpg to work with this MOV file. So again, why?
Thanks

I have an problem with cut mpeg2 files.
the source is mpeg2 352*288 2560000bit video const.bitrate 44.1khz audio.
I will cut from the file (45min) about 5 min.
on video is all ok, but the audio is no longer synchron. he is about 1-2 sec
to slow on end of the new 40 min mpeg.

what is wrong ??

Thanks in advance

I want to use Cinema Craft 2.5 with TMP and would like to know what steps should be taken to do so and what would be the optimal audio/video setting would ensure top-notch quality

Thanks in advance

Well this is too general question, but there might be some info at:
www.vcdhelp.com

I think if you purchased CCE, that is good enough encode movies.

what is CCE...Is it different than TMPGEnc?

> what is CCE...Is it different than TMPGEnc?

This is easy to search over the net BEFORE posting.
Look for "Cinema Craft Encoder" on the net, you will find that easily