Hi,

Should TMPGenc take 3 hours to convert a 1 hour avi file?

If not, any suggestions why it is so slow?

Thanks

3 hours for a 1 hour film is a Fairly good speed for tmpgenc..you are lucky Some poeple have to wait 12 to 36 hours with some slower systems..But it all depends on your system..I guess if you have a 1GHZ it could take 3 hours to encode 1 Hour of AVI depending on the avi file..Tmpgenc isn"t known for being one of the fastest encoders arround, it is actually somewere in the middle..Some fast encoders are CCE and the new Main Concept encoder is really fast and good quality but those ALL cost anywhere from 3 to 50 times as much as Tmpgenc Plus....

Hmm...I see you are new to encoding. Some people are going to see your post and be quite jealous of the speed you are achieving.
3 hrs is by no means that slow, but if it's too slow for you then get the fastest encoder there is, CCE, that is if you have $2000 handy. If not upgrade your CPU.

ASHY

I have some video files in MPEG 1 format and I would like to put them on VCD. I use Video Explosion Deluxe to burn VCDs. The size of the file is 740 MB and it will not fit on 1 CD. If I cut the file to lesser size using VED it obviously recompresses the MPEG File and that is where I think the loss of resolution comes from. My question is 1) Can I use TMPGEnc program to make a VCD without altering the size of the file? 2) Can I use TMPGEnc to edit the file if (1) is not doable? 3) Will installing TMPGEnc cause other programs like the Video Editing Software and DVD Burner program like MyDVD and video capture program to malfunction? Thank you. You have a very informative web site!

740mb will easily fit on to an 80 min CDR. You can fit 800mb of MPEG data on an 80 min CDR and no TMPG will not affect your other programs.

ASHY

OK but does the unknown device error that pops up when i try to actually create the dvd mean that I need to call somebody or get in contact with dell to fix it? And minion if you wouldn't mind telling me how to rip dvd's? that would be great... however i take it you know how to burn soemthing that is more then 120 mins, so if you could explain that to me step by step in non computer lingo, as i said i am not that big of a computer guy sorry, i appreciate it very much. thanks

Try VCDhelp.com for yor step by step info.

ASHY

OK I am trying to burn a DVD with Sonic MYDVD. When I click get movies on the toolbar I go to my shared folders and bring in some movies that I have downloaded from KAZAA. When They are importing it says that it cannot do that because I am trying to bring NTSC files to a PAL project then it tells me to switch it in my preferences to NTSC but when I do and go to create it won't let me because of the unknow device error, however, I have successfully made a dvd already so does that mean that my dvd burner is messed up since then, and if so would I have to pay to get it fixed, I bought my computer on the 10th of September with a one year coverage so is that covered? And also another question the blank DVD itself says it can play 4.7 GB / 120 min video, however when i tried to bring in a 700,000 kb file from kazaa it said it was too big is there a way to fit allot of kaza files on it seeing how it says 4.7 GB? I know this is long but if you can help please do, thanks!

The problem could be that you are useing Files downloaded off Kazaa...Files downloaded off the Net are Notorius for being corrupted in one way or another, after I started Ripping DVD"S I haven"t even considered Useing a Downloaded movie, Problems problems problems...You say that you are Importing AVI files into MYDVD..Have you tried to import Mpeg2 files?? Have you tried to use a Different DVD Authoring ptogram?? My DVD Sucks pretty bad...It"s one of those cheapo programs that they Give out with the Purchase of a DVD Burner...Your problems might be somved by Useing something else to Author DVD"S..Even "Ulead DVD Workshop 1.3" is better that MyDVD...

Hi all,

I am trying to convert part two of my avi movie into Mpeg for a VCD, but the video is scrambled and there is no sound. What is the fix for this?

What do you mean by "Scrambled"??? For the Audio you probably need to Extract the audio to a WAV file and use that as the audio source...and for the Video go to "Options" to "enviromental Settings" to "Vfapi Plugins" and Raise the "Direct show" to "2"...

The preview does not produce any sound it is visual only.

ASHY

Hi there

I am trying to encode a divx encoded movie to an MPEG 2, but cannot get any sound. The video is fine but sounds is gone. I have the latest divx software installed.

Please advise as to the best next step.

Many thanks

Well you can probably solve this by Extracting the Audio to a Wav file from the AVI/DivX file with "Virtual Dub" then use this as the audio source...

Ever Since the "Plus Version" of TMPG (The one I paid for) I am seeing that all my durations are coming out less than the original AVI (ex. a 45 minute video will be around 18 minutes! All the footage is there and the file is really small, but now I can't use them in authoring because audio and chaptering is all screwed up because the file has a wrong duration. What is happening here? anyone know how to fix this?

Kyle Gonyer

Try useing the "Source Range" to set the beginning points and end points of the file..This has worked for some poeple with the same problem before...

I have been having terrible problems with color banding using TMPGEnc. Solid colors also look washed out and pixelated. So I decided to try a fresh install of Windows 2000, only installing the bare minimum, to eliminate any interference of other .dlls or codecs. What I am trying to do is convert a HDTV transport stream into SVCD or DVD format. I am using HDTV2MPEG2 to convert the transport stream file into mpeg2 (TMPGEnc doesn't have the ability to separate the subchannels AFAIK). Then I am using DVD2AVIT3 from trbarry to create a .d2v file and I write a .avs script with two lines:
LoadPlugin("mpeg2dec2.dll")
Mpeg2Source("video.d2v")

For my latest fresh install, I only had win2k, directx 8.1, windvd 4.0 divx 5.02 and avisynth 2.06 installed. I ran tmpgenc, increased the DirectShow Multimedia File Reader priority to "1" loaded my .avs file and STILL had the color banding and general problems with color. The steps I list above using .avs scripts have worked flawlessly before with the same version of tmpgenc, so I can't see what is different now. Can anybody else see what could be causing these color problems? The divx codec? WinDVD?

As a side note, I have an NVidia ti4600 using the 30.82 drivers which were the same drivers used when tmpgenc worked correctly. Also the source mpeg2 files I am using were successfully encoded into the NTSC dvd format available through the wizard without any color problems whatsoever. Now I am trying to reencode these exact same files again and the color problems persist in the preview windows and final encoding. Also any other mpeg file I import shows the color problem in the preview window and final encoding. Thanks for any help.

Immudium

Try disabling the direct show filter.
AVIsynth files work better under VFW without directshow enabled.

ASHY

Currently, I purely use my Athlon CPU + DDR RAM + Harddisk to covert MPEG4 AVI file to MPEG2 AVI files for DVD burnings. The encoding/converting time is too slow. 2x - 8x times I need (depends on quality)

I want ask if there is any hardware(PCI card, capture card) so that I can use TMPG as my software and that hardware card as my speed up coding card to finish the task?

Thanks

f0w1

Well all that would really help is a Faster CPU, but what would be easier is to use a Faster encoder..The new Main Concept encoder 1.2 is a great Mpeg1/2 encoder with encodeing speed Close to that of CCE with Quality Close to CCE and it has Lots of Options...I can encode SVCD files at real time with it...

I have a 5 Gig DV file from Final Cut Pro on my Mac that I need to transfer to my PC to compress with Tmpgenc. I just realized the issue of the 2 Gig limit on transfers between computers. I would like to split the files and rejoin them on my pc but I haven't had any luck. I don't want to burn the files to transfers because I'll be doing more transfers in the future. I've looked at the application "hjsplit" but I can't seem to get the java version working on my mac. So if any one knows how to split files on a mac into smaller chunks and rejoin them on a pc as if it was the original DV that would be great. TIA

Jeremy

Use the OSX ftp server. What I do is crank up the FTP server is OSX (Sharing panel in Preferences), then log into the Mac from the PC. I use the command line FTP client on my NT box to suck the file over. (Make sure to issue a bin command to set it to binary mode.)

I regularly pull over 5-7GB files for compression with TMPEGenc.

What I am doing right this moment is compressing a DV clip that is sitting my My Mac Laptop by using OSX PC file sharing. My PC has my home folder on the Mac mapped as a drive letter by using Map a Drive and specifying "\macsIPaddressmyusername". Your username and passwords should match for both PC and OSX to avoid problems in some situations. That way, the source file can stay right on the Mac, and I can save the output there too. (The files have to be in your user directory.)

I haven't tried doing a 2GB+ file this way yet.

I have 9.2OS still on the Mac. I can't upgrade untill the Pro Tools software is available. I'm currently using Timbuktu to transfer between the computers and have Dave running on the Mac to share folder between the two computers. So the OSX will have to wait untill later this year. I love your idea and I actually tried that with my setup but TMPEGenc will not allow me to pull the source file off my mac. I believe it's because of the 2gig limit still. My Pc sees the file on the mac as a much smaller size than the 5 gigs. So I'm stuck with a large file that I can't transfer to my pc. Thanks Squirrel

Any other ideas?

When i use a VBR bitrate i get choppy sound when there's an action-scene. I have a DVD LG5083. I use VirtualDub and frameserve to TMPGenc. Video looks good but sound is messed up.

Do you mean when you are playing it on your DVD Player the audio Cuts out durring High Motion Scenes...This is cause from Bitrate spikes..If the bitrate spikes above the max for your DVD Player then the audio will cut out ,as I have experienced this on a Number of occations...You have to lower the Max bitrate in your settings...Tmpgenc has a Bad habbit of haveing Bitrate spikes that are Much higher than the bitrate you set, a bug they have never fixed...

Does anyone use TMPEnc with IFOEdit to re-encode MPEG-2 files for backing up DVDs to DVD-R?

If so, has anyone found the problem of freezing when the streams are remuxed and have you managed to fix it?

I would be grateful for any advice.