An AVI has in synch sound when viewed with Windows Media Player. Tmpgenc can't read sound track, so I decompress with virtualdub to WAV, or even tried decompress to PCM linear track, and both give sound out of synch. The sound starts in synch, but gets out of synch when there are some "bad" garbled frames. But like I said, Media Player stays in synch after these bad frames. Is there a way to get tmpgenc to not skip the bad frames, or any other way to get the sound to stay in synch, evidently Media Player can read the sound track correctly.

The audio is Probably AC3 and after AC3 is decompressed it Sometimes Changes length or has a audio gap at the Beginning so it goes out of sync, Check that the Decompressed audio is the same length as the video...

Is there batch converting? I would like to know if this feature is avaible.
Because it would be nice if I could convert a few file's and goto bed and wake
up to them being done. Thank's for any INFO

Yes.

What are the default environment settings for TMPGEnc?
I changed these to accomodate some XVID's and when I
right clicked on all of the categories to change back
to the default, the numbers are not the same as original.
There are no positive values.

Hello!

When I encode a video in Mpeg2 and use a 16:9 source and encode it in 16:9 and burn it, the picture on my TV is all jumpy. This means that it kinda wiggles from one side to the other all the time. Can't SVCD handle 16:9 encoding or am I doing something wrong?

Thanks

You have set your field order wrong. You need to set it to the opposite of whichever one you chose originally.

ASHY

Hello everybody!

I love TMPGEnc. It is really the best. I do have a request though: Couldn't you add a little window or function that tells you the estimated output file size? This would greatly enhance working with TMPGEnc and you wouldn't need some crappy 3rd party bitrate calculator.

I have a strange problem: Tmpeg does not let me import 2 fairly long AVI videos which I shot on miniDV and edited in premiere into the source file window in order to encode them into mpeg2s.

I can import them into the sound file window, but NOT into the video file window. They are roughly 20 GIGs long.

I works with other, very short files though. What might be the problem?
I would be greatful for help.

T

I've had this problem and the only solution I've found for it is to re-render (or "re-save") the video in something outside Premiere, like Windows Movie Maker or Vegas Video. This solves the problem but you naturally need the extra space for the new files. Anyone know any tweeks to solve the problem in Premiere?

Another way I found around the problem was to export the video to tape and then recapture them. If you have limited HD space this may be your only option.

Try raiseing the Priority of the "AVI2(OpenDML) File Reader" or the "Direct show" file reader in the Vfapi Plugins...This Might help getting the Files loaded...

If that doesn't do it then just frameserve the AVI from Virtualdub or AVIsynth.

ASHY

When using TMPGEnc i cannot open 2 of my avi files. two part movie both parts wont open (cannot open or is not supported) all other avi files open fine and convert. please help me???

If they are DivX or XviD file go to "options" to "Enviromental Settings" to "vfapi Plugins" and raise the "Direct Show File Reader" to "2"...

done that but now it just crashes tmpgenc.
HELP!!
thanks in advance

I just downloaded the free version of software today. When I attempted to convert an AVI to DVD NTSC, it would not load an AVI created by Pinnacle Studio 8 capture, it said that the format was unsupported. What am I doing wrong?

For DV AVI files try this, Go to "options" to "Enviromental settings" to "Vfapi Plugins" and raise the Priority of the "AVI2(OpenDML) File Reader" to "1" or "2"..and if that doesn"t work then try Raiseing the "Direct Show File Reader" to "1" or "2"...

after i convert my avi file to mpg1, the audio is gone. Anybody can help where to set it? I'm using the tmpgenc plus2.5

Your audio is Gone Because either it was a format that Tmpgenc does not Officially support(AC3)or you don"t have the filters or codecs to decode that audio format or Tmpgenc is Just not accessing the codecs or filters to decode the audio, What you need to do is Use something like "Virtual Dub" or "AVI-MuX" to Extract the audio to Wav format and use the wav file as the audio source...

I have the same problem as Jhing does. Great video after conversion but no audio. Installed are DivX, Xvid and Nimo Lite CodecPack, so the reason why it does not work cannot be the missing codec. I have also tried conversion of several different (with and without AC3) avi files, but still no luck.
What do you mean with "or Tmpgenc is Just not accessing the codecs or filters to decode the audio," ? What could be a reason for that ?

B/R

Tmpgenc does Not Officially support AC3 audio so even if you do have the right codecs and filters it usually will not decode the audio..And Tmpgenc does not support "VBR Mp3" either so if the audio is that format then Tmpgenc will not decode it..and Sometimes even if you have all the right codecs and filters it just will not decode the audio sometimes, for no Real reason and you just have to deal with it..I don"t even use Mpeg encoders to encode the audio I allways use a seperate Audio encodeing program so I can get the Best possible Audio Quality...

Hey, I downloaded a movie trailer that was 24 fps! I did not know there was a 24! I ran it under VirtualDub and it said it had a VBR track so I switched the Audio to "Full Processing Mode", then saved the WAV file. Next, I set the Video to "Direct Stream Copy" and Audio to "No Audio", then saved the AVI file. In TMPGEnc, I selected the video and audio sources and started encoding. Since the trailer was only 3 minutes long, it was very fast. I viewed the MPEG clip but all it showed was black with no sound in mplayer2.exe! Why is this? I have texted both the AVI and the WAV and both worked fine.

Yes 24FPS is the same as 23.97FPS it is NTSC Film..For there to be Video in the Mpeg file you have to see video in the screen while encodeing..Try this ,Go to "options" to "Enviromental Settings" to "Vfapi Plugins" and raise the Priority of the "Direct Show MultiMedia File Reader" to "2"...This should fix your problem and Try raiseing the "Wav File Reader" also for the Audio...

Thank you! I raised the number to 1 and it shows fine. Before it was -1. What is that option for? Will it affect my other "normal" conversions?

The "VFAPI Plugins" just Make Tmpgenc compatible with different Formats,Most AVI formats like DivX/XVid/Mpeg-4 are Direct show Formats so the Direct show File reader makes it so tmpgenc can read these formats, It should not effect how your other files are encoded but if it does Just change the priority back or raise a Different Vfapi Plugin....

Everytime I frameserve from premier 6.0 to tmpgenc to encode my avi files into mpeg1 giles, tmpgenc closes itself just before the encoding finishes, so i keeping getting mpeg files which are 1-3 seconds short. Tmpgenc works fine if i open an avi file directly, so does anyone know of any settings or something which may be causing this problem, its really frustrating.

Thanks

Why is it that when I start the program, it says "You can use MPEG-2 function as trial for more 29 days." I thought this was a free version of the software?

It is freeware. But the function for making MPEG-2 files in the program is only trial while the other things in the program are free. I guess MPEG-2 files are just better quality...

The "free" thing harkens back to the early days when people were mostly doing Mpeg 1 encoding and the Mpeg 2 stuff was flying "under the radar". Then the SW caught on and became widely used.

Anytime an Mpeg 2 encoder (or decoder) is distributed, a license fee must be paid to the organization which doles out money to patent holders. The author had to start charging to cover this. Relative to other, grossly overpriced, software (Cleaner, etc) TMPGEnc is a real bargain.

If you want sticker shock, start pricing Dolby AC-3 encoders. Ulead charges $200 just for the plugin. Dolby needs to consider a new pricing model.

So does that mean that I can still make files that will work on a VCD without MPEG 2? Sorry if I am asking dumb questions, but I am new to all of this. Thanks for your help!

Yes, files that are MPEG-1 are for VCDs.