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had a problem yesterday with converting an AVI to MPEG2. AVI runs fine with PowerDVD. I used VirtualDub to extract the sound to WAV and then used TMPGEnc Plus to convert AVI+WAV to MPEG2. When playing the MPEG2 file (again with PowerDVD) afterwards, video and sound were all of a sudden out of sync...
Installed are DivX, Xvid, Nimo Lite CodecPack and PowerDVD, so all necessary codecs should be available...
is any part of the outputted mpg file in sync. i.e is say the first 20 minutes ok. Often what happens is that when you encode the avi with a seperate sound file, any defect in the avi file, say a slight pause in the file will result in the sound file being out of sync to the video. If you are making two output files, what i tend to do is, find out the moment of time where the sound and video lose their sync, and encode the second output file from that point.
Understand? if not email me: mattross@safe-mail.net
Thanks for the info... i suspect my files are fragmented, but am not sure on how to check for sure?? But they are only 700 megs no where near the size of John's.
I have seen messages where people have had similar problems.. and the people reply seem to think it maybe due to the avi files in question.
These avi's should be checked in vdub for bad frames and resized and frame served to tmpgenc. (apparently?)
Gonna check it out and see what happens!
p.s. I have an AMD machine but the sse controls are greyed out, for obvious reasons.
Hi :)
I have a problem with tmpgenc when I try to encode xvid files into any kind of mpg file. It gives me an error when I try to load the xvid file and won't let me encode it at all. This is the error (copy and paste the link into your address bar or it won't work) http://www.theforumisdown.com/uploadfiles/0103/tmpgencerror.gif
This all started one day out of nowhere. I have no clue what triggered it but I do know that I could encode xvid files before. I thought it was just a windows error because I fooled around with my windows xp bootscreens and themes so much. After a few weeks I reinstalled windows xp to fix the problem. Oddly even reformating my whole computer didn't fix this. Do I need a filter or something? I was able to do this before without a filter. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks.
This is a Common error with XVid files But I don"t know what causes it accept Just being XVid files..What I would Sugest is to Try Frame serveing the File to tmpgenc with a frame server like Virtual Dub or AVISynth...
you can get a codec from some where, and i don't know why but after i downloaded the codec, i found that tmpgenc encoded the avi file ok, although sometimes i would get no sound in the output.
Had this myself (well, an error in the same file, not quite sure of the code though). Removing all my codecs and reinstalling the ones I needed fixed it.
Thanks for the help. The codec I am using is Nic's Xvid codec. I have always used this codec and it has always worked fine. I just find it odd that I could encode xvid files before. I looked over my whole computer and there is nothing that I changed when this problem started. I'll try getting the ffdshow filter but I've heard nasty things about it like lots of artifacts in movies and such. If it starts working I'll let you know.
Ok, I havn't tried the ffdshow filter yet. Does ffdshow have an unistaller? anyway, I tried reinstalling my xvid codec but nothing changed. Is there anything else I would need to reinstall, I can't think of anything. I tried frameserving and everything seemed to work smoothly but when I made a test mpg file the audio and video was extremely glitchy/laggy.
Yes FFDSHOW is easily uninstalled. Don't know where you heard about those things about FFDSHOW but I have never come across any such material or had problems.
In fact FFDSHOW is more likely to correct or prevent artifacts not create them.
Alright, everything is working now. I installed the ffdshow filter and it fixed every problem. No more tmpgenc errors or anything. Thanks so much Ashy for the suggestion and everyone else.
Hello. I am encoding a xvid screener that I recently download, and about
10 to 20 percent thru, the screen goes black. I get some of the video but then it goes black the rest of the way thru. Any suggestions?
Do you have seperate Audio and Video Files??? If you do then I think that tmpgenc will only automaticly load the audio if the File name is exactly the same, But if you are Just loading in a Regular AVI File and only the Video gets Loaded then this could be because the audio format in the AVI File is not supported By Tmpgenc or Tmpgenc just cant recognize and decode the audio..Either way you have to use a Seperate Program like "Virtual Dub" or "AVI-MuX" to extract the audio from the avi file to a WAV file and use the wav file as the audio source...
no, its not a seperate audio file. At first when i browsed for the avi file, the audio box filled in automatically. Now when i do the same, even on the same files, the box is no longer automatically filled in. I haven't been messin about with any settings, do you know what the problem is??????
Well I think I said What the Problem was, You Probably need to extract the audio from your AVI files to a WAV file and use the wav file as the audio source, this is Especially True with DivX and XviD Files...
listen, i browse for a video file, and the audio box should automatically fill in. It is no longer filling in automatically, so the mpg output has no sound.
Now with previous coversions the avi file i browsed for did cause the audio box to fill in automatically. Now if i try it, even browsing the same files , i had previously successfully coverted, the audio box does not fill in.
extracting the audio is just unneccessary and even more time consuming.
Well, you have either uninstalled a needed codec to decode the audio or recently updated your version of TMPG.
In any case TMPG will not decode the audio without the proper codec being installed.
You need to find out what the audio is in your AVi and post back.
where can i find an mpeg2 plugin for my tmpgenc. i was able to find one but it was in a wierd zip format that was not supported by my winzip program. the program was archived as *.lzh and i need one archived as *.zip. can you help me?
Tmpgenc Now uses mpeg2 decoders Made By Cyberlink and Ligos, If you install Power DVD you will get the Cyberlink Mpeg2 decoder and if you install the Nemo Or Tsunami Codec/Filter Packs you will get the Ligos Mpeg2 decoder, either will allow you to open Mpeg2 files in Tmpgenc But i still think that DVD2AVI is a Better Mpeg2 decoder...
I have noticed a problem with encoding .avi(s) with TMPGEnc. Sometimes TMPGEnc thinks that an .avi is longer than it really is (for example, it thinks a 22 minute file is 44 minutes). I tried to set the end frame with the mpeg tools, but I was working on an .avi not an mpeg. After I made the mpeg, there was no sound, the file was the correct length, but there was no sound. How can I fix the problem of having TMPGEnc think a file is longer than it really is?
The Length Problem has Nothing to do with the No audio problem..The Problem with Tmpgenc reading the file as the wrong length can not really be fixed Because tmpgenc gets this information from the File itself, as Long as it comes out the Right length then there really isn"t a Problem..As for the Audio not being there you Probably should Extract the audio from your Source File to a WAV File with something like "Virtual Dub" or "AVI-Mux" and use the Wav file as the audio source..Tmpgenc will not encode all Audio formats...
It encodes it a field at a Time cuz the File plays a Field at a time and de-interlaceing the file doesn"t make the file Progressive it just blends the fields together as to minimise Interlace artifacts, depending on the Filter used...
So basicly, when I set the mode as interlace. TMpgEnc will encode 2 fields of a fram seperately. Then afterward, when it plays, the player put the two fields one after the other. Am I right?
Two more questions:
1.Is the set of field order important during the encode?
2. Does the other encoders like CCE deal with the interlaced video the same way as TMpgEnc?
Under "Source" do not set it to Interlace of Non-Interlace Because Tmpgenc will automaticly analize the File to check if it is Interlaced or Progressive and it will set it Accordingly, as For the Field order it is Very Important to have set correctly But Tmpgenc will set this also but only when loading the Source file in WiZard mode, so it is Best to Load the File in wizard mode to Find out the Correct Field order, CCE encodes Interlaced Files By Field also,..
I have a Matrox Digisuite Max system which I use to capture video and audio. When I capture the audio, I get 2 files A1 and A2. However, TMPG Enc only allows 1 audio file to be encoded with the video file. This means I can't create stereo audio for my MPEG2 file. Help.
So you basicly just want to take 2 mono audio files and combine them to make one Sterio Audio file????You can do this with any Good audio editor Like "Sound Forge"...But you can load one of the Mono files into Tmpgenc and choose Sterio as the out put format and it will make a Sterio File with the same Mono file comeing out Both chanels, but that isn"t as Good as Combineing the 2 Mono chanels into one sterio channel..With a setup like you have you should have a Good audio editor...
I just did this the other day on a backup of Jaws. The source dvd is 4:3 and aspect ratio of 2.35:1. I'm not at a PC with tmpgenc installed so I'll be incorect on field names. Here is what I did. Under advanced set source to 4:3 NTSC keep aspect ratio. Under advanced clip, crop the top and bottom, about 96 lines each, I think. Check resized preview. If your source is 1.85:1, crop less. For output select 16:9 Display. I did not lose any of the image and it did not distort either. It was trial and error but it came out perfect.
If it's full screen then there is no point in converting to widescreen unless you are prepared to lose half of the image or severely distort it.
If it's letter boxed then set your input aspect ratio to 4:3, the 'video arrange method' to 'Fullscreen (keep aspect ratio)', crop out the black borders top and bottom and set your Output aspect ratio to 16:9.