hi there
is it possible to go above 224 kbps for the audio bitrate

Yes and No, if you are doing "vcd"s" and you want to stay within the strict standards of the vcd specification then you have to stay at 224kbs but I haven"t heard of a player that wont play higher or lower audio bitrates,and for svcd"s I think you can basicly choose what audio bitrate you want to use but setting it to high will take up to much space that would be better spent on video bitrate, for a normal movie 128kbs is usually enough for the audio to sound ok....

I'm sorry if this seems to be a dumb question, but im really confused. When i first start the program that window appears for me to select format, so i jsut pick some stuff randomly... after i just decided to cancel that window and just select my input and output file. Is that ok? Also can i burn the .mpg file using adaptec, or do i have to use something like nero? Thx.

If you are new to encodeing then you should use the "wizard" and don"t choose something randomly, you know what you want to do don"t you?Choose the the format that you want to do "eg:vcd/svcd/dvd" and choose either the "ntsc or the Pal" options they are very important, I"m not going to sit here and write a manual for you on how to encode a movie but there are lots out there for you to read and learn. Go to "www.vcdhelp.com" there you can read and learn most everything to get you started......good luck

Hi!
Just wanted to request high resolution encoding options in TMPEGEnc, there is a need for the HDTV profiles to be included which might be difficult, but maybe they can be incuded in a "Pro" that is for sale or something.
bye

There are other profiles in TMPG already which will allow higher resolutions. Just click the setting>video and click the drop down menu where it says 'profile&level'

ASHY

ive been encoding for a while now but all of a sudden the finished movie has started coming out upside down..????...any ideas

its ok...got it sorted

Hi
I run a trial version of tmpg and Premiere 6
When I use avisynth, I load the part0.avs file in tmpg
But it is write that there is no command called IPCSource
Is someone may help Me???
Thanks

Go to http://www.videotools.net and download a new version of Avisynth
there.It should have the command IPCSource.(They write on their page
right now that this command was moved to a dll,so you'll have to download
this dll too and declare it as a plugin in your avisynth script before
using IPCSource).

i have a movie clip that is actually filmed upside-down! Can i flip the picture so i can veiw it right with TMPGEnc? if not, maby someone knows a program that can.

Thanks,

Marcus

Load the film into Virtualdub,apply the vertical flip filter,
start the frameserver and open the frameserver file in Tmpgenc.

AVI to MPEG2 (SVCD) TV useage PAL.

When I read some sites about converting AVI into MPEG2 (SVCD) I see something about de(non) interlaced and interlaced.

Do I use the option/filter deinterlaced or is this not neccesary for TV use.

I have seen some forum post on www that it can be that the quality drops for TV usage with deinterlaced filter on.

Who knows the right answer.

Generally speaking,you shouldn't deinterlace if you plan to watch it
on TV because interlacing won't degrade the visual quality on TV
and not to deinterlace it preserves the material most which is desirable.

Hello,

My ? is when I convert a AVI file to MPG the video is fine, But I have NO AUDIO?
The AVI file plays fine with both audio and video,Before I convert it.. If you have any help on this I would really appreacite it...

Thanks,
Frank

extract the audio file from the movie using virtualdub (save as wav ) and insert with the video file

Some time when I try to convert an .avi file to .mpg it say "Error illegal floating decimal point" and it halts my conversion to the point that I would only be able to get part of the job done. How would I fix that?

Try uninstalling all programs you use and installing them again and
check your settings.If the avi file is a DVD rip or something like that,
try to create the avi file again and use it then.

That error is usually caused by corrupted frames in your avi file, to get rid of the error go to "options" to "enviromental settings" to "cpu" and un-check the "SSE and SSE-2" boxes, then go to "settings" to "quantize matrix" and un-check the "use floating point dts" box this will get rid of the error but this error can also happen if you do anything with your computer while encodeing accept encode.....

is TMPGenc english version available?
where can i download it?

Go to http://www.tmpgenc.net,choose the English language version of the page
and download Tmpgenc from there.

Is a DivX movie converted into a SVCD the best quality that can be made other than a DVD. How much quality is lost in the conversion.

The best Quality besides DVD is probably mini dvd or xsvcd, mini dvd is a little more complicated than xsvcd so that is what I do, it is basicly a dvd on a cd-r accept for the fancy stuff......

>The best Quality besides DVD is probably mini dvd or xsvcd, mini dvd is a little more complicated than xsvcd so that is what I do, it is basicly a dvd on a cd-r accept for the fancy stuff......

How do I make a xvcd? I want the best quailty I can get other than buying a dvd burner.

Thanks

Well a xsvcd is basicly a mpeg2 file burned on a cd-r with svcd headers that isn"t a svcd, to make one it is up to you there aren"t any specific settings cuz it is a non-format, it can be what ever you want it to be,bepending on the source file.The ones I do are from dvd rips and they look pretty much just like the original dvd but I only get about 30-40 minutes per 80min 700mb cd-r, and not all dvd players will play them, the ones I do have a resolution of "704 by 480" and an average bitrate of about 3000kbs and a max of 8000kbs, but I don"t use "tmpgenc" to encode them cuz it takes to long on my system but tmpgenc is just as capible of doing them.I"m not going to write out a 5 page manual for you cuz there are other manuals out there. Go to "vcdhelp.com" and look for a manual on xsvcd"s, every one has there own system for makeing them but they are basicly a regular svcd with higher resolutions(or lower if you want)and higher(or lower)bitrates....

Thanks I'll give that a try.

Acording to VCDhelp it looks like I dont even use VCDEasy I just use TMPGenc and then Nero. Is that correct. If I understand I make the Mpg and drag it into Nero selecting SVCD and that makes a xSVCD?

You do not need vcd easy,you just encode to mpeg with the xsvcd settings then drag into nero in svcd mode then nero will give you an error about the resolution being wrong then you just burn it anyway and that is it ...

I cant see a way to encode with a xsvcd setting under Tmpgenc should I be using something elese. And again thanks for your help.

Steven

The quality I get is only 1500 is that good, or should I be changing something.

Like I said before xsvcd is a non-standard so there are NO settings for xsvcd you have to make them your self, there is no xsvcd template in tmpgenc you have to make one your self, cuz xsvcd is a NON-STANDARD so there are to specific xsvcd settings so do the settings your self.....

OHHH, and 1500kbs is not nearly enough for a good quality xsvcd, the way you unlock the settings is to load the "unlock.mfc" template in the EXTRA folder then you will be able to change every setting to what ever you want.....

When I change the bitrate above 1500 it wont fit on a CD. I figure most movies should fit on 2 cd's right? My movies start at 2500 but I have to roll them back to get them to fit on a cd (SVCD). I read that I should change the rate mode control from "cbr" to "2pass VBR", motion search to "High", NTSC to "704x480" and aspect to "full screen".

Should I change anything else or are these wrong. My videos are like VHS quality.

Mine barely fit on 3 cd"s but you said you wanted the best quality,and the higher the bitrate the better the quality,I told you that you will only get 30 to 40 minutes on a cd-r and I never said to use CBR either, use the CQ, the 2 pass method will take 3 times as long to encode and it isn"t noticeably better than CQ,You should read what I wrote in my posts so I don"t have to repeat myself, but to each his own I guess you have to find out what is best for you......good luck

If I use "CQ" I no longer can change the file size. Is that ok?

Steven

I read that KVCD and KSVCD can produce better results any thoughts?

Steven

Tmpg enc vresion 2.2.31.119


Problem....when I encode the captured raw video using the Tmpg enc to make it in to a VCD or SVCD, the lip sync is all out...the audio is 1.5 seconds ahead of the video!!! This only happens when capturing form a VHS. When I capture directly from the TV card (connected to the outside world - not from the VHS), this problem does not occur.

Can you offer any guidance...why is this happening? I want to back up and transfer my VHS videos to VCD or SVCD....I cannot do it with this problem..


Equipment Used:

AMD Duron 950 Mhz
768Meg Ram
20Ghz hard drive
Hauppage Win TV card
Matsui VHS recorder connected to

Is the sound also out of sync in the original avi file after capturing from
tape and before encoding?

no - the raw avi is fine - it does not go out of sync until it is encoded. But as I said, the problem is only with vhs capture, not with direct capture from TV card real time.

strange

If it simply is a case of the audio starting before or after the video you can fix it by multiplexing the streams together with "bbmpeg ,mpeg2vcr or m2-edit pro" they have a function that will let you off set the audio to match your video with there multiplexor.This problem happens sometimes with captures cuz the audio starts recording a second after the video starts recording.But if it is a de-sync cause by dropping of frames then it is more complicated to fix..

I do not think it is frame dropping because the problem is consistently the same each time, whereas frame dropping is inconsistent. I have downloaded an evaluation version of MP2VCR - would I use this in place of the entire TMPGENC package?

thanks
tc

I wouldn"t use "mpeg2vcr" for encodeing, the quality is pretty bad and it takes forever but the multiplexor is a handy tool accept it seems to put a lot of padding on the file ....