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How do i get the output as a single MPG, not separate wav & m2v files?
Trying out the newer version of tmpgenc, but now the output file is useless as nerovision needs an mpg to work with, which i don't get anymore :(
Anybody know how to turn off the separate stream outputs? (it's greyed out on the final page of the wizard, so you can't just selecct that you don't want it)
I tried to archive mini DV into SVCD of NTSC.
Can anyone give the best encoding setting with the highest quality in mind
for those precious moments?
One major problem I found between the original mini DV and SVCD image
quality is the color. SVCD's video color is not as good as the original.
SVCD images seem washed off and I have to adjust TV color setting to
make it better.
I don't have a DVD burner yet. So I could not really compare how much
difference it really makes. Does DVD video make so much differences in
home made video? I know SVCD images I ripped from the commercial movie
DVD is only slightly lower in quality.
Hope all of the good will experienced friends can help.
Well it is a Good idea to Have the Image in your DV Files cleaned up as much as possible before you encode them useing Maybe the editing Program you use to capture the Footage, and there are Color settings in Tmpgenc you can use to Change the Color or Brighten up the Images and there are Many other Filters you can use, and when it comes to Mpeg the Higher the bitrate the better the Quality will be so useing the Highest bitrate without going above the SVCD Standard would achieve the best quality but I allways use a VBR encodeing Method like CQ(Constant Quality) cuz it gives you the Quality but still keeps the File size as low as Possible..You basicly have to Experiment with some stuff before you get every thing the way you like it...good luck
How do i get the output as a single MPG, not separate wav & m2v files?
Trying out the newer version of tmpgenc, but now the output file is useless as nerovision needs an mpg to work with, which i don't get anymore :(
Anybody know how to turn off the separate stream outputs? (it's greyed out on the final page of the wizard, so you can't just selecct that you don't want it)
You Can"t ,Pretty Much any Encoder as long as you are useing Wav as your Output audio format, You have to set it to "Mpeg 1 Layer 2" Audio then you will get a Mpeg file with Both audio and Video..But you don"t need to do that, Just encode the Wav file that you have to Mpeg 1 Layer 2 then go to "File" to "Mpeg Tools" to "Simple Multiplex" and Load the M2v video file and the Mpeg 2 audio file in and Click "Run" and it will Mux the Audio and Video together..Mostly Low end DVD authoring Programs will only accept Plain Mpeg files....
Ahh, so it's me being a spanner and setting the wrong input settings then, oops.
I use nerovision as it can take a fully converted mpeg and just cut it into VOB files and it's done. I tried Sonic My DVD, and it tooks HOURS and chewed up a big wack of drive space, whereas nerovision only needed about 5 gig of temp space, and the resulting files were much smaller.
IE if i feed a 4 gig mpg into nerovision, it outputs to a fraction over 4 gig, if i feed the same file into sonic My DVD (which then demuxes the file), the resulting files take up nearly 6.5 gig, and i have NO idea why ! :)
Ahh, so it's me being a spanner and setting the wrong input settings then, oops.
I use nerovision as it can take a fully converted mpeg and just cut it into VOB files and it's done. I tried Sonic My DVD, and it tooks HOURS and chewed up a big wack of drive space, whereas nerovision only needed about 5 gig of temp space, and the resulting files were much smaller.
IE if i feed a 4 gig mpg into nerovision, it outputs to a fraction over 4 gig, if i feed the same file into sonic My DVD (which then demuxes the file), the resulting files take up nearly 6.5 gig, and i have NO idea why ! :)
Well Sonic MyDVD Sucks also ,Niether of them will accept AC3 as an audio format which sort of Sucks Cuz Wav takes to much Space and Mp2 is lower Quality ...
I am trying to convert a PAL DVD to NTSC. The length of the PAL movie is 2 hours 14 minutes. The PAL DVD is in one DVD-5 single layer disc ripped to 4.83GB. The PAL video is interlaced, 4:3, 625 line (704x576)
I use TMPGenc to encode output movie.m2v size is 5.998 GB.
That is too big for one single DVD-R disc.
The TMPGenc setting is:
704x480 NTSC (to try to make smaller file)
Frame rate = 23.976
Automatic VBR
DC component precision: 8 bits
Motion search precision: Motion Estimate Search (fast)
What other setting in TMPGenc can I do to reduce file size to 4.9GB and maintain reasonable good quality picture?
The only way to reduce the Size of the Mpeg file is to Lower the Bitrate ,while useing the "Wizard" it will tell you what bitrate to use so that the Movie fits on a DVD-R and a Ntsc DVD has to have 29.97fps as the Framerate unless you are doing 3:2 Pulldown in a seperate Program or your authoring program supports it ,but these are the least of your Problems because You Can"t use Tmpgenc to Properly Convert Pal to Ntsc or Ntsc to Pal, If you try the Movies will have a Jumpy effect especially when there is a Lot of Movement ,you will notice it more on your TV set..You are going to Have to find a Different way of converting the Framerate unless you don"t mind the jumpy effect which some poeple don"t even notice as first, One of the Best ways is to Use AVISynth to frameserve and do the Frame rate conversion or if you have a High end video editor that has a built in encoder like Vegas video 4 or Premier then you can use it to do a Proper Frame rate conversion..I hear that when the version 3 of Tmpgenc comes out it will have Proper Frame rate conversions and many other neat features...
I ripped the PAL DVD to VOB files. I used DVD2AVI to process the VOB files to get the d2v files and ac3 audio files. I used the TMPGenc to encode the video to get a 5.9GB m2v files. I used IfoEdit to DVD author the DVD. So far, the movie looks OK. I do not notice the jumpy part.
The TMPGenc setting, I used automatic VBR - assume this is automatic variable bitrate set by system. If I want to reduce m2v file size, should I select CBR and pick a rate such as 4000?
The input PAL has frame rate of 25, so if I use 23.97 for NTSC, the picture would be jumpy? But when I use 23.976 it would not be jumpy, right?
My advice would be to encode the movie to 23.976 and enable '3:2 pulldown when playback' and check the 'Do not frame rate conversion' filter under the 'Advanced' tab
This will prevent the movie from becoming jerky and will encode it to the correct NTSC framerate. This will also desync the audio so you will have to encode the video first then check it's length and then stretch the audio to match with something like Cooledit.
After that just encode the audio to MPEG and mux with the video.
If you want to avoid all this then you could use AVIsynth's CONVERTFPS command and frameserve the d2v to TMPG which will do a proper conversion and won't de-sync the audio.
Why do you are trying to encode with the stimate movement option fast?
If the source video have good quality, you must always use the bigger stimation, because you will get a smaller video out.
I have DVD's that I need to re-encode - at the highest possible quality - as quicktime files. I need to split the files into chunks also and therefore need to make a bit-for-bit copy of each DVD which I can then save in a format I can export to something like Veedub.
I've used DVD2AVI to create files that can be read by TMPG Enc but then am stuck.
1) I used the 'fil look' cunction in AVI2DVD - how can I change the frame rate in TMPG to 23.976?
2) How can I combine the decoded vob files into a single .avi without losing quality?
3) Why can't I get any of the .avi files I make to play with audio?
I have DVD's that I need to re-encode - at the highest possible quality - as quicktime files. I need to split the files into chunks also and therefore need to make a bit-for-bit copy of each DVD which I can then save in a format I can export to something like Veedub.
I've used DVD2AVI to create files that can be read by TMPG Enc but then am stuck.
1) I used the 'fil look' cunction in AVI2DVD - how can I change the frame rate in TMPG to 23.976?
2) How can I combine the decoded vob files into a single .avi without losing quality?
3) Why can't I get any of the .avi files I make to play with audio?
I need to take all the video from a DVD, chop it into 20 minute chunks and then encode each chunk as a high quality Quicktime file.
I intend to use VirtualDub or Premiere to cut the file into sections but need the file as an AVI to load it into these programs.
How can I turn the VOB files on a DVD into a single AVI file and lose as little quality as possible? As I need to use quicktime as the final format I want to lose as little information between the DVD and the intermediate AVI as possible.
I need to take all the video from a DVD, chop it into 20 minute chunks and then encode each chunk as a high quality Quicktime file.
I intend to use VirtualDub or Premiere to cut the file into sections but need the file as an AVI to load it into these programs.
How can I turn the VOB files on a DVD into a single AVI file and lose as little quality as possible? As I need to use quicktime as the final format I want to lose as little information between the DVD and the intermediate AVI as possible.
You DON'T need to create an intermediate AVI this will just lose quality and is a waste of time.
All you need to do is create a d2v and wav with DVD2AVI then load the d2v into the VFAPI converter or AVisynth. This will quickly create a suedo AVI that can be loaded into any AVI compatible program.
I wanted to put 3 files onto VCD but it won't fit so I set off cutting out the ending credits and opening credits. But, it came out inaccurate! How do I get it accurately? I believe it was the same frame, but after multiplexing it, it didn't even cut the intended part (but cut another part that wasn't supposed to be cut). Is there an easier way to cut? This is what I did:
1. In "MPEG Tools>>Merge & Cut", I added the MPG I wanted to cut. I double-clicked it. On the blue scroller, I scrolled to the point where the first part ends and clicked }. Then I clicked Run.
2. Then, I go to the end of the cutted part and clicked {, then at the end of the MPG file, I clicked }. Then I clicked Run.
3. Then I use "Multiplex".
But it ended cutting the wrong part. In the scroller part, the display image isn't fast enough and doesn't show the intended video. Is there a way to make it fast enough so it works efficiently like the one in "Source Range"? And, is there an easier cutting method?
There was error in my first report. TMPGEnc 2.520 doesnt detect correctly 2 physical CPU. TMPGEnc only uses one physical CPU even when system have 2 physical CPU.
Sure HT is enabled from TMPGEnc settings. Like i said in first bug report TMPGEnc says in settings "2 logical" CPU's when it should say 4 logical. Error which i made in first bug report was that i said TMPGEnc only uses 100% of CPU time when there aint other programs running but that was my brain fart that only happened with P4 + HT enabled. In Dual Xeon + HT Enabled machine CPU usage stays between 60 - 75% even if TMPGEnc is "only" running program. If someone is intrested about this bug i can provide screenshots of TMPGEnc settings & Task Manager CPU usage and information how many threads TMPGEnc is using and even collect information from SoftICE for checking assembly code & CPU registry etc values from TMPGEnc when its detecting CPU's and thread starting settings, etc.
Just had a main-power cut this morning.
Had to restart an encoding job that had been running for already 8 hours.
I wish TMPGenc could be able to at least restart at the begining of pass two.
How many other encoding programs do you know of that will actually let you do this. As a matter of fact I don't know of any, not even the really expensive ones.
If it's that important to you maybe you should invest in a backup power supply.
As a matter of fact, I know none ! As a programmer myself, I know it is not that complicated to realize.
But you are right. A backup power supply is probably just what I need.
Does your answer also means there is no chance TMPG will ever improve in that direction ?
Who knows, maybe if enough people request it, but I think it's unlikley as there are many other improvments planned for TMPG which would take precedence over this.
Many thanks.
I see, the catalog (even if it's 18 month old now) is encouraging. AC3 is a must and the reprograming to C++ would be a good thing too (with the risk of new bugs of course... but this has been said somewhere else allready).
You will Know that the File is corrupt if you get an error at the same spot every time you try to encode it, There are things you can try,depending on what is wrong with the file, Like if say half way through encodeing you get an error you can Start encodeing again a few frames after were you got the first error useing the "Source Range" feature and finnish encodeing the file and Join the 2 parts together with the merge and cut..Or if it is Just a Corrupt Frame you can try useing Virtual dub to scan the file for errors then make a direct stream copy of the file and encode useing that file which should have the bad frames masked ,And there are programs like 'Divx anti Freeze" and "DivX Fix" that are supposed to fix certain errors in divx Files..You can even try frame serveing the file which might work but that is a bit advanced..well good luck
But TMPGEnc just...converted the bad frames too. So I went and cut out the bad frames and it's not a big deal anymore. But then again, how will making a direct stream copy work? Will it remove the bad frames? What will happen to the audio? Won't there be a weird cut in the video?
After scanning for errors in Virtual dub it will automaticly Mask any Bad Frames and it doesn"t just cut the frame out it replaces the Bad from with the last good frame so there is no audio sync problems, This works with Direct Stream Copy....
So first I should scan video stream for errors. After that, what do I do? Do I select "Direct Stream Copy" for video and then "Save as AVI"? What about the audio?
Yes just scan then save as AVI using direct stream copy or to avoid having to create another AVI just scan for bad frames then start the TMPG framserver and framserve the AVI to TMPG.
Well Tmpgenc doesn"t Natively Support QT Mov files, There is a QT Vfapi Plugin for Tmpgenc that lets you encode Mov files But the Plugin doesn"t seem to work with newer Mov files made with Quicktime 6 as the Plugin was made for Quicktime 4 and 5, some Poeple have reported No audio in the mpeg files encoded from Mov files useing the Plugin But it is worth a Try you can get it here:http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/4942/svcd.html ,If that doesn"t work you can convert the Mov file to avi or Frame serve it or use an encoder that fully supports Mov...Cheers