I've got a question on the settings of the "quantize matrix" in TMPGEenc:
can anyone explain me, what it's all about? There are so many "explanations" on the web but it seems to me that no one really knows what to do. Is there any analytic way to set the matrix (not only a pseudo-empiric proceeding).
By the way: I search for an optimal matrix to get DV and (S)VHS material on DVD.

Thanks to anyone who can help me!!!

Bernd

If you want to know what a Matrix realy does, you have to learn a lot about the DCT and how they work. You must know things like Scanorders (Alternate for Interlaced Video, ZigZig for Progressive) and Stuff like that.

The simplest Explanation is: Each Element of the Matrix represents a part of the Frequence Spectrum of a Picture, not Pixels!
The left upper corner stands for low Frequencies, the lower right corner stands for higher Frequencies.
And High Frequencies are High Details, low Frequencies are Low Details.
So if the Numbers in the Elements are big, you will have a higher Quantisation, and that results in less Details in the Picture.

If you plan to produce a Interlaced SVCD, then search the Web for the interlaced Matrix from mb1

Hello, Im trying to encode a video of mine. Only problem is that always when the movie gets so far done it will freeze up and not encode any farther. I have tried this 3 times and nothing seems to work. I also did move the Direct Show priority thing to a 2. Thanks and hopefully one of you can help me out.

Thanks,


Russ

Does it freeze up around the same time every time??If so then it is most likely a Problem with your AVI file..You can try frame serveing it to Tmpgenc with virtual Dub and with Virtual Dub it has better filters so you might get a better result if you have a less that perfect Source file...

I will play around with it, some of my others files do not freeze up so it must be that particular file, thanks.

Hi,

A while back I think Ashy sent me a sound encoder to encode sounds separately from TMPGE, but I seem to loose that mail. If anyone knows of any freeware sound enconder, please let me know. When I used TMPG 2.57 to encode 1-hr AVI to MPG2, I lost the sound at ~33 min mark, and get it back within 1 min or so. I also had the same problem with version 2.56, but with a 2-hr AVI convertion, loosing sound at ~45 min mark.

Seem like all versions of TMPGE have this problem.

So I plan to encode sound separately, if I can find some freeware.

Sonny

http://shibatch.sourceforge.net/
goto this site and get the sampling rate converter, use it as a external plug-in for Tmpegnc.

http://www.sonicspot.com/scmpx/scmpx.html
goto this site and download the audio encoder, also use it in tmpegnc as a external plug-in.

In Tmpegnc goto Options>Environmental settings>External tools and then browse for the .exe files for each of these programs(after you unzipped them of course)

Thanks for replying.

I am downloading now, and my next question is why do I need the
sampling rate converter?

Sonny

You do not need it, it is just Tpegnc does not do a very good job of encoding audio, so I use an external one. The sampleing rate needs to be changed for a Mpeg anyway. Also it seems to encode the movie faster.

first, thanks to minion

I tried to do that with TMPGEnc, and I did. but it didn't work.
I want to know, just how to put those info lines
and make it show during the play at the bottom line.

second, I tried to use 'ID-TAG' and I could change the infos of asf files,
but couldn't with MPEG files.
there is a saying like 'Install Power pack to enable tag editing'
but I don't know how.

third, this thing called Kazaa, how do I get it?

thanks again.
hope to hear from you soon.

Why do u keep creating new threads on the same subject???

It is annoying and difficult to track the gyst of the thread. If it's an attempt to have ur posts noticed then don't bother as your post will most likely still be read so please refrain from this practice.

ASHY

sorry about that. didn't mean to annoy anyone.

perhaps you can tell me how to solve this problem.
can you?

What OS are you useing??Cuz In XP I don"t have any problem Entering "Meta Data" into Mpeg2 files..But it could be because I don"t use Tmpgenc to Encode the "Audio" I use "Sound Forge 6"....?????????

Oh, you need to read "Term of use" of this BBS again.
http://www.tmpgenc.net/e_bbsrules.html

If you keep creating new threads, and breaking some rules in term of use,
I will ask moderator to delete your post.

right. anyway I did apologize.

my OS is window 2000.
any solutions?

I am using TMPGEnc 2.5.8. When I first start Encoding, the CPU Utilization is at 100%, but as time goes by, the utilization continues to decrease until it reaches about 5%. It will spike up to 100% about every 3-5 seconds, but then drop back down to 5%. Any idea what could cause this?

System Settings
AMD Athlon XP 2000 processor
Iwill XP333 Motherboard
256 MB pc2700 memory
60 GB => 2 30 GB Raid-0 Hard Drives
Windows XP OS.

Thanks

I don't know about you but I have

AMD Athlon XP 1800+
Asus AV7333 M.B.
256 PC2700 Dimm
40 GB ATA100 HD 7200 RPM
However I use Windows 2000 Pro

No Spike changes

I have a P4 2.0 512K with Win XP and cpu runs full out all of the time.

Do you have anything else running at the same time and if so check background priority.

I have a problem opening up this particular AVI file, as usual the 'cannot open or supported' error. It can open just fine using WMP. I thought checking the video codec it used might help but I cannot see it under WMP properties. It is definitely the video cause I can open the audio just fine. I tried increasing the direct show priority and it did not gives the same error but windows 'illegal operation' instead.

Any clues?

I would like to make a template that sets up everything for me... including the settings on the "Advanced" tab. When I save my own templates, these settings do not appear to be saved?

Thanks...

That is correct these settings cannot be saved which only makes sense as each input source is most likely to be different anyway so there is no point in being able to save these settings.
Most of the settings do not change when TMPG is shutdown anyway unless you change them manually or load another movie.

ASHY

Well... I'm trying to use TMPGEnc to convert videos that I extract from my TiVo to SVCD. They are all the same as far as I am concerned... too bad I can't make a template to automate the whole process.

Thanks for your reply... I guess I'll need to keep looking to see if there is an app that will better suit my needs.

I am trying to use TMPGEnc 2.58 on Windows 2000 with limited success. It often crashes after a few minutes of video has been compressed to MPG1 format.

Any ideas..??? Does anyone know of compatibility issues?

I do not have administrative rights on the PC, and am not sure if this is effecting the performance. It used to run fine under previous versions of Windows.... and I used to have an earlier version of TMPGEnc, and upgraded recently.

I am in a bit of a hurry to get some files sent out and need any advice... cheers.!!

Hey, my name is Travis.

Anyway, I have noticed that if I try and do anything in Win2000 that takes up memory Ram the Computer restarts. That includes Games or Video editing. If you have a good enough pc, I suggest keep on doing things in windows and It might be alright. I've had it where I'm playing games and I get a stack dump message. Or the system restarts. Also, I have kept on doing things on the PC that won't take up much Memory ram so that the PC doesn't Restart(somehow). Try surfing the net while it's working on it. Or maybe try a memory clear program. I haven't tried that yet. Let me know if it works.

I can tell you I have had Windows 2000 with Service Pack 2 (now Service Pack 3) and DirectX8.1b, last chipset drivers, and just finished today to encode a long mpeg-1 movie for DVD during 23 hours. Tmpeg 2.58. No problem. Browsing internet sometimes, copying files and answering mail when needed. No hangs.

Maybe if you weren"t Surfing the net abd downloading and running other programs it wouldn"t take you 23 hours to encode, it only takes me 6 maX for 2 hours of full res Mpeg2 ..

My comment was about stability. It lasts 23 hours because it is a 4 hours movie from a crappy VHS tape, and the needed filters to clean the movie a bit (SpatialSoften,msharpen from avisynth, scaling and Deinterlace in TmpegEnc for best results) makes the encoding more slow. If I use TmpegEnc noise filters it would last 36 hours, estimated by TmpegEnc. Possibly my occasional browsing during 1 day has slowed down the process 30 minutes or less, but no hangs ;) .
My computer: Athlon XP 1500+, chipset nForce with 512 MB DDR RAM.

I realized another detail. I am using my Windows 2000 with full Administrator rights. It could be your problem (some months ago, I had problems with TmpegEnc and user limited rights before).

I think I read somewhere that you can't have a different version of TMPG put on your machine if you have had a previous one. Does anyone know if that is true?

I just installed the same version on to a colleagues computer and it works just fine..... but that doesn't solve my problem..!!!!

I have this problem when I'm trying to convert. In the box where you pick your audio input and video input you have to then brwose and find your movie. Anyways I can pick my audio fine and it works. But when i try to put my video in there comes up this can not open, or unsuported. So I heard something about Raising the "Direct File Reader" but I can not even find out where i can raise that. Also is there any "Plug Ins" I can download and where could I donwload them.

Thanks

Russ

"Options" to "Enviromental settings" to "Vfapi plugins" and Raise the "Direct show" to "2"..

thanks alot minion, you made my life much easier

Hi Guys

I an new to this so it would save a lot of time if you could help me. In Options/Enviromental I rightclick on the Direct show and raise it to 2. It then places it self on top of that screen. BUT I still get the message can not open or unsuported when i try to open my avs file. Did I miss something on installation or what.

Thanks

Joe

When useing AVS file from AVISynth it is probably better to Dis-Able the direct show instead of raiseing it...What works with AVS files and Tmpgenc really well is "Link2 Tool avi wraper" but it is hard to find ...

Thanks for your fast answer minion

No i am using DVDx where i create the avs file but i still get the damn massege all the time. I have tryed to raise the direct and lower it and disable it. Any tip what to do next..


joe

Hi there,

Did one of you guys ever seen this error while writing the MPEG file?

"Write error occurred at address 00487142 of module 'TMPGEnc.exe' with 00229000"

This happened twice to me, after first installing the TMPGEnc-2.58.44.152-Free version. Does anyone recognize this error? I should have had enough resources free (>5G), both on my drive as in RAM (512) . The processor is an Intel P4 1.8Ghz.

I would be obliged for any good suggestions,

Ray

During the encoding process i keep on getting small error boxes, saying "Error -53740378 166992" and similar. WHat is this? how can i stop it?

Probably the Audio Data corrupt. Try to encode the audio with VirtualDub and
then use this wav-file in TMPG Enc.

You may first try to clear the box with the audiofile in TMPG Enc. if it works thats the problem.

See also vcdhelp.com

I want to make a Super Video CD with subtitles ... how can that be done ?

There is a way to do it with "Virtual Dub" but you have to get the V-Dub Subtitle Plugin,then you frameserve the subtitled avi to Tmpgenc,It isn"t a simple job actually it can be Quite difficult if you want it done right, it is especially Tedius if you have to put them in scene by Scene...go to "Vcdhelp.com or to "www.virtualdub.org/ to try to find a way to do it...

If you are talking about selectable subs then I would forget it as only a handful of programs can do this. One example is Iauthor, but seeing as most DVD players don't support SVCD subs there is little point. Your best option is to hard encode them into the movie.

ASHY

Actually I have done a few hard encoded subtitled movies myself using Virtualdub and wasn't that difficult at all.

There are certain pieces of software you will need to use with Virtualdub to synchronize the subs with the movie.
Most subs for almost any movie can be downloaded from the net and come in various fomats which can be converted to a usuable format for Virtualdub.

ASHY

I strongly sugests using DVD2SVCD, it does all the things needed for conversion of DVD titles to SVCD.
In the area of subtitles, it has the option of either selectable subtitles (SVCD format and CVD format) or subtitles which are permanent (part of the video).

You can get the program here: http://www.doom9.org/