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Hi
I'm a newbie to this ripping and thought i was doing ok, but-
I'm using latest plus version and from m'peg tools "merge & cut" I've cut first cd portion to hdd but when I try to cut 2'nd portion from time line using open bracket at 72min & close bracket at last frame, which gives frame number to box the program runs fine till end of audio track then freezes up on completion of audio track immediately before starting the merge.
I've tried many times, used end of timeline and last frame, just in from end, but allways a freeze at this same point regardless of last (close) bracket position. Allways need XP Pro task manager to close TMPGEnc. Then on restart same, time after time.
You have to be patient. That is not the end of the process. TMPG has to write the headers to the file. Just go and have a coffee or something and it should eventually complete.
Thanks for comment, in reply to ASHY: No, it's not a time problem, what I mean is that the TASK MANAGER says "TMPGEnc Not Responding" the program really locks up. Ive loaded the TMPGEnc trial version and installed the Vafpi plugin which I don't think I had before, I havn't tried it yet, could it be this 'Vafpi'?
I have this problem EVERY time with Tmpgenc ..It will alow you to Cut the First Half of the movie But the second half allways freezes after scanning the audio stream...There isn"t really anything you can do about it accept use a different mpeg editor......
I must be the luckiest person on this BBS.
I can honestly say I hardly ever, if ever have even a small percentage of the problems experienced by others using this BBS.
One thing I do know is I run a clean system with only the software and codecs I need only, any unecessary software or things which could cause conflicts, such as having installed more than one DVD player, are uninstalled.
This leads me to believe it's down to a badly configured system or one which is so full of unecessary crap that it's causing problems.
If that is case it seems the best option is to do a re-install of windows.
Good news this time! The free TMPGEnc ex their website installed with their vafpi worked first time. I think the problem may have been my failure to install vafpi with my plus version.
I would rather be using my plus version and with vafpi installed on system that should work now, I think?
What I did notice is that the free version TMPGEnc Application file is 2621kb, whereas the Plus version I have is 2342kb. So the free application file is 279kb larger than the plus version which seems pretty odd to me. Also the free vafpi install file is 835kb as against my plus versions 785, so again plus version is smaller by 50kb??????????
All the other files in the two 'plus' and 'free' files are identical in size. This is all rather disconcerting to me when the version no's: V.2.58.44.152 and Core Version 1.90.140 are the same. Does anyone know why this is?
This maybe going a bit too far, but like ASHY I try to keep my computer tidy and I get a bit peed off when things don't go! I was up all night with this hicup and being new to ripping problems it's a hard way to learn.
Though I do run 3 DVD software players as I find my old 8x Hitachi DVD Rom works with DVD Genie changing region codes on Win DVD sometimes better than Power DVD or NV DVD.
I'm about to buy a new Asus 52x24x52 CDRW and I've never had a cdrw, can someone advise me on writers? There are heaps of hardware sites but people on this forum must do alot of burning so it seems a fair query?
Thanks for your comments and my regards and admiration to all rippers!
I Still Have Problems With Just An Encoder And My OS Onstalled With SP1...For Some Reason My Version Of Windows XP is Really Buggy ..I have To Do A Full Install of XP about 2 times A month..I even Went as Far as Haveing NO Software Installed On my System Accept for Anti-Virus And Just Installing programs When I needed To use Them And Delete Them When Done...I Even Had A Major Crash once After Just Installing My OS and Restarting it..Which Made Me Re-install it Again..I have so many MS Dos Startup Disks I don"t know which is witch..I wonder if Microsoft will Send me a New one if I send mine Back???...Ohh well..
OK a few days ago I burned a DVD but the movie I burned was from kazaa and it was a pal so my dvd does not play it... so I opened my dvd back on my compter and sent the whole Video TS file containg about 8 files named like video ts and vts files with different endings so I went through and found the longest one and ran it through tmpgenc however now the once 56 min movie is only 13 mins can anyone help??? Thanks
All those files make up the complete movie not just the longest one, this is why it's only 13mins long.
You do NOT load VOB files into TMPEG as this is the wrong way to do it. You need to load the files into DVD2AVI and create a d2v project file which you then load into TMPG.
Why don't you just use the original file in TMPG instead of the VOBS?
What you are trying to do can be a bit tricky cuz you are trying to convert Pal to NTSC which tmpgenc will not do properly..So you should Extract the files as a VOB file with Smartripper and use DVD2AVI to make a WAV and a D2V file(I have problems sometimes with Smartripper D2V"s) then you can use something like "AVISynth" to do the Pal to NTSC conversion to Tmpgenc...But if you have to original file you downloaded then it might be easier to work with it...
You must have had a previous version on your system at some time or other. The trial is NOT renewed in each new version.
I'm afraid it's time for you to open your wallet and spend some cash.
I have had the same thing happen. So I bought the product through the Web site, got the serial#, but there seems to be NO PLACE to enter the serial number to unlock the MPEG2 encoding again. Any suggestions? I like this product, but I'm out almost $50 and can't get the program to encode MPEG2.
Thanks!
I am trying to use TMPGENC to convert avi files that I've downloaded off the net. When ever I go to browse and select the program to convert to VCD it gives me the error of can not open or unsupported. What am I doing wrong?
I just installed TMPGE2.5 and when I run it I get an error after about 10 seconds and it shuts down. I am using Win 2000 with 768 meg of ram and 90 gig hard drive and DirectX8.1. Does anyone have any idea what might be causing this error? I am running an Athlon 1.3 ghz.
when i change my avi to mpeg so i can merge and cut then burn to disc to watch
on a dvd player the picture freezes at about 75% but the sound carries on
i have an avi file with audio format =mpeg layer 3
frame rate 25 frames per second.
data rate 121kbps.
video sample size 24bit.
video compression divxmpg4 v3
any help much appreciated
ta
This just happens sometimes that is why you should Allways scan the Mpeg file for problems before you burn it to disk...There isn"t anything you can do about it now that you have burned it to disk unless you still have the source avi files...
When I am attempting to encode my avi download of sum of all fears, I get an error pop up showing "-268747105 116256" it keeps popping up. I can't figure it out.
You are probably getting the reeor Because there is something wrong with your avi file..Downloaded files have these problems Very often and the symtoms can Vary from getting any number of errors to makeing your computer freeze..Try frame serveing the file ...
I've been getting those errors too. I found that if you shut down tmpgenc completely and restart it the problem is often fixed. I've been using this program for about a year so far and this is the first time i've seen this particular problem. I had it happen with a bunch of my avi files.
This is when you are loading the file in tmpgenc???You probably just need to raise the priority of the "Direct Show File Reader"..Go to "Options" to "Enviromental Settings" to "Vfapi Plugins" and raise the "Direct Show" To "2"..
What type of File is it..Like what Codec was used to make the file and the files Specs and where did you get the file from ,Meaning did you capture it with a capture card or DV or ripped from a DVD Or downloaded from the net???And do you have the specific Codec for that File????And have you tried to frame serve the file with V-Dub or Avisynth??
Are you saying it won't load any file type at all, not even MPEG, d2v, vdr.
Have you recently installed any other software?
If you are referring only to AVI's then I guess you either don't have the right codec or it is corrupt or it's a directshow problem.
My advice to you is to roll back your computer using system restore to a time when you are sure it was working.
If that doesn't work then only one thing you can do....Windows re-install.
Is TMPGEnc capable of recognizing YUV-based formats such as YUY2, and translate them directly to MPEG? I don't know much about the AVI codecs, but if they convert the data to RGB, which is converted back to YUV during the MPEG encoding, then I think this is an unnecessary loss.
Moreover, I heard that DirectShow has a problem: DS converts YUV to 16-bit material and then it converts it to 24-bit material.
So I am curious whether TMPGEnc is able to avoid any underlying system mechanism (such as DS) if necessary, and convert the Y,U,V values directly to MPEG.
Tmpgenc will not Encode YuY2 or yuv formats..Which sucks Cuz I capture to YUY2 and cant load my file directly into Tmpgenc unless I use AVISynth Convert to RGB Command or use "Virtual-Dub" to frame serve the file..What captureing to Say HuffyUV in YUY2 the encodeing takes 2 times as long Cuz HuffyUV converts the YUY2 to RGB While decodeing the file, and I Can"t load PIC_Video Mjpeg YUY2 files into Tmpgenc..CinemaCraft doesn"t seem to have this problem...
I have repeatedly asked for this feature to be implemented on this BBS on several occasions, but to no avail.
TMPG should accept any YUV format no problem, but it will be converted to RGB before encoding takes place which as you so rightly state degrades the quality and takes much longer in the encocding process.
It does seem pointless to only support RGB seeing as most formats can now support YUV.
I do realise it would take a lot of work to implement YUV into TMPG, but I do think it's time TMPG moved on.
This is one of the things which seriously holds TMPG back and if it was implemented there would be a substantial speed increase when encoding and is one of the reasons why CCE has the edge over TMPG.
So, because I like banging my head on the wall I will ask again...PLEASE CAN WE HAVE YUV IMPLEMENTED MR HORI?
Ok, I think i have what you call "jerky playback" . But the problem i see is that there seems to be a one second lag with movement. I have done some searching but i have questions about framerates. It is mentioned that if you dont have 29.97 framerates to use avifrate or avisynth to get it to 29.97 (is this correct)? So then if i have a movie at 14..fps then i would do this? I did it and now it is fast but of course audio is screwed up...I know you need to use yet another program to fix this but have never done this myself yet!
So just to reinterate...either the movie is 29.97 before going into tmpgenc or you use avifrate..etc to make it that correct? And second thing is i have never used ntscfilm @ 23.976...if i have a file at this framerate can i burn it as a svcd like the regular ntsc?
If this is correct...how do i fix audio after using avifrate to put it back into sync?
With a File that is 14.9/15fps there is nothing you really can do with it to make it a Smooth playing Mpeg file..The frame rate is Just TOO low, With files that are 23.9/24 25 or 29.9/30fps you can just encode them at there own respective frame rates without a problem.But with 14.9/15 there just aren"t enough frames to make up the differance..at 14.9fps that is only half of the frames to make a Standard NTSC file and there is no way to fabricate the frames to make it a 23.9 or 29.9fps file...You can do it if you want to make a 23.9fps to a 25 fps, or a 29.9fps to a 25, ,or even a 23.9fps to a 29.9fps but there is no remedy for files that are 14.9fps..If you got these files from Captureing from a TV Card or something then capture to a Highor frame rate.
The right way to get a 14.985 fps movie to play back at 29.97 fps is to select the framerate '14.985 fps(internally 29.97 fps)' under the 'Video' tab.
This will convert the movie to the correct framerate and will make the movie play exactly as the original does but at a higher frame rate.
Bear in mind though that a movie at 14.985 fps will already have some jerkyness due to the low frame rate which cant be solved.
If you have a file which is 23.976 fps and you wish to encode to SVCD then select the 'SuperVideoCD (NTSCFilm).mcf' template. This template will convert the 23.976 movie to 29.97 without jerky playback.
For most other frame rates you will most probably have to convert to 23.976 and use the 'SuperVideoCD (NTSCFilm).mcf' template or convert to 29.97 fps first unless your DVD player can do a proper frame rate conversion itself which most don't and will result in jerky playback.
Well I know On my Cheapo DVD Player it will play 23.9fps NTSC Film files with out a problem without me comverting the frame rate to 29.9fps but finding a program, that will burn it to disk is the hard part accept for VCD easy...Useing the 15fps/30Internally will still have a certain Jumpyness Cut tmpgenc Basicly Coppies each frame to make the frame rate 30fps But it shouldn"t look any worse than at 15fps...
when i convert the avi file to mpeg or mpg the video plays fine but the sound is screwed up. the sound is stuck at one point while the movie plays just fine so throughout the movie u hear "okay" repeat over and over till the movie ends. i used virtual dub to record the sound to wav but when i use tmpg to convert the wav to mpeg then mix the video and audio together, it does the same thing and repeats. has anyone else had this problem and know how to fix it?
I have never heard of that one...Is the skipping in the Wav file you extracted with Virtual dub??if not tru useing something else to encode the wav to Mp2 audio, like Headac3he or even DB Power amp then Mux the audio to the Video stream...
i did, same crap everytime, obviously posting this here was no help at all so after careful examination i converting the first part of the video before the skipping starts, and the last part of the video after the skipping frame and combining the two files creating an error free audio/video file no thanx to me, myself, and i
Well there could be some sort of Codec conflict in your system or something Cuz if more than One encoder gives you the same problem then the problem most likely isn"t the Software..Try extracting the audio again...
Apart from your rude attitude towards minion, I think minion is right. You need to extract the audio to wav again, but this time use something else such as AVImux to do the job then re-encode the audio to MP2 and mux with the video.
When I use TMPGEnc it encodes about 80% of the file and then locks up my computer. It is fairly consistent at locking up around 80% no matter how large the file I'm encoding is. Its getting very fustrating. Can anyone help. Im using the newest version (2.58.44.152) of TMPGEnc on windows 98SE with a 600 amd with 256 megs of ram.