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Question Movie stutters when scene pans Rash 1 2003-10-26 21:15:42
Question background audio tiepolo 1 2003-10-26 13:25:30
Question Frame Rate Sakuya 6 2003-10-28 03:48:35
Question Unable to convert jess 2 2003-10-25 10:14:00
Question get error when trying to run tmpgenc DOMINATOR 3 2003-10-25 23:55:30
Question 32 Hz DV capture sergio 2 2003-10-24 23:19:09
Question cannot open or unsupported al78 2 2003-10-24 17:30:30
Question Difference CQ and CQ_VBR yeppie 0 2003-10-23 10:07:03
Request Using tmpgenc to make a Video CD jeoj 2 2003-10-23 19:32:24
Question m2vs stutter on playback chris 1 2003-10-22 21:41:13
Question aspect ratio question DTrenkner 9 2003-10-23 09:21:07
Question TMPGEnc's Preview Sakuya 2 2003-10-22 21:02:34

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Question - Movie stutters when scene pans No.39603
Rash  2003-10-26 03:08:12 ( ID:jv9whg6p3fo )   [ Delete / Reply with quotation ]

After making a DVD in TMPGEnc, and play the dvd on my tv, the picture seems to stutter, or skip along when the scenes pan or camera moves.
Is it a setting I have wrong?
I use the Wizard to do my set up and my system is fairly modern. P4 @ 2.5 gig...512 ram and lots of HD space.
Thanks


Minion  2003-10-26 21:15:42 ( ID:w8yn5mktf8w )   [ Delete / Reply with quotation ]

It sounds Like the Wrong Field order...If you load your source file into tmpgenc useing the Wizard Tmpgenc should analize your File for the correct field order and set it accordingly....Cheers



Question - background audio No.39601
tiepolo  2003-10-25 20:34:18 ( ID:4uyocpn/.qo )   [ Delete / Reply with quotation ]

Hello

I am new to TMPGEnc.
I would like to know if it's possible to add background music to an mpeg file
without deleting the existing audio on the file.

thanks very much


ashy  2003-10-26 13:25:30 ( ID:n2grn9uovqo )   [ Delete / Reply with quotation ]

You need an audio editor not TMPG to do this.



Question - Frame Rate No.39594
Sakuya  2003-10-25 10:12:13 ( ID:6y4cusar5hr )   [ Delete / Reply with quotation ]

My source AVI file is 23.976fps. I converted a portion of it to MPEG at the same frame rate. It played fine on the computer. But on my DVD player, the audio is jerky. Why is that? What would be the consequences if I converted it to MPEG at 29.97fps? Will there be jerky audio or anything?


ashy  2003-10-25 10:15:57 ( ID:n2grn9uovqo )   [ Delete / Reply with quotation ]

Which MPEG format MPEG1 or MPEG2, what bitrate did you use?


Sakuya  2003-10-26 01:45:00 ( ID:6y4cusar5hr )   [ Delete / Reply with quotation ]

I am making an XVCD. I used MPEG1 with a bitrate of 2520 kbits/sec. Weird? It works out beautifully on my player.


Minion  2003-10-26 21:20:25 ( ID:w8yn5mktf8w )   [ Delete / Reply with quotation ]

It could be because your Bitrate is Far to high for VCD and if your Player Only supports VCD it Probably only has a 1x or 2x speed drive in it which might be a Little slow for reading the High Bitrates you are useing....Cheers


Sakuya  2003-10-27 01:55:04 ( ID:6y4cusar5hr )   [ Delete / Reply with quotation ]

I converted it to 29.97fps at the same bitrate and it played fine! Yay!


ashy  2003-10-27 17:52:21 ( ID:n2grn9uovqo )   [ Delete / Reply with quotation ]

>I converted it to 29.97fps at the same bitrate and it played fine! Yay!

I doubt it plays fine, you can't frame rate convert with TMPG, you will get jerky playback. Sort of like little stutters on moving objects.


Sakuya  2003-10-28 03:48:35 ( ID:6y4cusar5hr )   [ Delete / Reply with quotation ]

But it does plays fine. Everything looks wonderful and no jerky playback.



Question - Unable to convert No.39591
jess  2003-10-25 00:27:42 ( ID:sbezb30us6n )   [ Delete / Reply with quotation ]

Hi, I am new to this program and would like to ask a question. When I run this program, and input all that is needed "P3Package.dll" pops out ! What shouuld I do ?

Thanks


DAVID SCOFIELD  2003-10-25 07:30:27 ( ID:sycjrxovoko )   [ Delete / Reply with quotation ]

Go to this ...http://www.dvdrhelp.com/forum/archive/t112177.html..I had the same problem and did what they said and it fixed it.


ashy  2003-10-25 10:14:00 ( ID:n2grn9uovqo )   [ Delete / Reply with quotation ]

Stop trying to run TMPG from the zip.
You need to extract 'ALL' of the files first for it to work, that is what they are there for.



Question - get error when trying to run tmpgenc No.39587
DOMINATOR  2003-10-24 14:44:48 ( ID:a6hyap1bbm6 )   [ Delete / Reply with quotation ]

as i try to run tmpgenc i get error to ntdll.dll
sometimes happens when i first boot it other times when i start to encode
ive tryed adding a new dll file but as windows uses it it wont let me
it used to work ive even restored pc to a time it was working but still same prob
im running win xp athlon barton 2.5 1 gig pc2700 333 ddr mem 120 gig hd


Minion  2003-10-24 21:52:12 ( ID:w8yn5mktf8w )   [ Delete / Reply with quotation ]

The "NTdll.dll" error usually only pops up when encodeing Xvid files, If this is the case the Best solution is to Install the "FFDShow Decoder" and configure it to decode XviD files and if you have the XviD codec and don"t need it for compression then I would get rid of it...This should hopefully get rid of your Problem...


DOMINATOR  2003-10-25 11:03:16 ( ID:a6hyap1bbm6 )   [ Delete / Reply with quotation ]

thanks m8
still same prob even if i try to do a svcd,vcd i get same error to ntdll.dll


Minion  2003-10-25 23:55:30 ( ID:w8yn5mktf8w )   [ Delete / Reply with quotation ]

Hi, Have you Maybe tried to Frameserve the File to Tmpgenc useing Virtual-Dub??? and when encodeing Mpeg2 to mpeg1 or mpeg2 in tmpgenc I find it is Better to use DVD2AVI to Frameserve the Mpeg video to Tmpgenc cuz it is faster and you rarely ever get any errors....Cheers



Question - 32 Hz DV capture No.39584
sergio  2003-10-24 13:37:52 ( ID:b6wece6rtb. )   [ Delete / Reply with quotation ]

Hi all,

I'm capturing analog video (VHS) from a DV media converter and its audio output is 32kHz. When I use TMPGEnc to encode the captured AVI file to MPEG2-DVD the resulting video has a sound with distortion. Is there any setting in TMPGEnc to do this convertion (32->48kHz) without problems?

Thanks in advance,

sergio



ashy  2003-10-24 17:28:28 ( ID:n2grn9uovqo )   [ Delete / Reply with quotation ]

Yes, go to the audio settings in the Enviromental settings and set the sample rate converter to high quality.


sergio  2003-10-24 23:19:09 ( ID:ng6hbegha9c )   [ Delete / Reply with quotation ]

>Yes, go to the audio settings in the Enviromental settings and set the sample rate converter to high quality.

Thanks for the help!!!

sergio.



Question - cannot open or unsupported No.39581
al78  2003-10-23 19:36:19 ( ID:jk2ucmclmtf )   [ Delete / Reply with quotation ]

Hi

Another question about the "cannot open and unsupported file".
I checked everything what you write about that topic, but nothing helped me.
I raised the priority, load down a new codec, but still the same error.
I can watch the film on evry player i have, no problem.
Also, i never had problems with encoding videos, but from one day on, this error
comes evrytime.
Please help me, I am really out of order.
THX


Minion  2003-10-23 22:26:04 ( ID:w8yn5mktf8w )   [ Delete / Reply with quotation ]

Have you tried Installing "FFDShow Decoder" and configure it to decode the format that your AVI file is in?? But if that don"t work I guess you can try Frameserveing the File to Tmpgenc useing Virtual-Dub or AVISynth but this is a Little advanced....


ashy  2003-10-24 17:30:30 ( ID:n2grn9uovqo )   [ Delete / Reply with quotation ]

What format is the file in, is it AVI, WMV, MPEG1, MPEG2, ASF... which?



Question - Difference CQ and CQ_VBR No.39580
yeppie  2003-10-23 10:07:03 ( ID:ih0d2stpmwc )   [ Delete / Reply with quotation ]

Hi,

What's the difference between CQ and CQ_VBR?

I noticed that the Q-level of CQ_VBR encoded files
is horizontal on "1".
With CQ the Q-level looks like "the rocky mountains".

When encoding in MPEG1 the Q-value of CQ_VBR must be half
of that of the CQ mode to get approx. the same file size.

What is the Q-level of a MPEG1/2 file anyway? Is it better to have
a higher or a lower Q-level in the encoded file?

Cheers,

Hendrik



Request - Using tmpgenc to make a Video CD No.39577
jeoj  2003-10-22 23:18:36 ( ID:mztxizgsg.a )   [ Delete / Reply with quotation ]

I am a newbie, I have made a movie using movie maker in WinXP and would like to burn it as a VCD movie on CD-R disc to give to friends. How would I use tmpgenc to do this?

I did try using Nero5.5 on my liteon CD-RW but it would not work

thank you


Minion  2003-10-23 01:22:12 ( ID:w8yn5mktf8w )   [ Delete / Reply with quotation ]

Tmpgenc will Encode your AVI file to Mpeg1 VCD format then you have to use something like Nero to Just burn the Mpeg file to CD-R in VCD Format...If you Allready Tried to do this with Tmpgenc would have allready figured it out..When you start Tmpgenc the "Wizard" will pop up and Guide you through setting up your File to be encoded to Mpeg-1 VCD, There insn"t really anything I can explain here that the Wizard doesn"t allready explain, so Just try it and if you have a Problem Post what the Problem is.......

PS: you will have to put most movies on 2 CD-R"s in VCD format...


ashy  2003-10-23 19:32:24 ( ID:n2grn9uovqo )   [ Delete / Reply with quotation ]

>I am a newbie, I have made a movie using movie maker in WinXP and would like to burn it as a VCD movie on CD-R disc to give to friends.

Movie maker doesn't create the correct format for VCD it only craetes WMV files.
You need to re-encode it first with TMPG using the VCD template then burn it with Nero as a VCD not a data disk.



Question - m2vs stutter on playback No.39575
chris  2003-10-22 19:53:21 ( ID:pujrqcibhvh )   [ Delete / Reply with quotation ]

I am having a small problem whith the m2v playback after encoding an xvid movie, the picture quality is fine,the sound is great,but when the picture is moving it pause's every second like its sticking , ive have tried HQ motion search, 2 pass vbr,CQ br, but none of the change's i made seemed resolve the problem . can anyone help??


Minion  2003-10-22 21:41:13 ( ID:w8yn5mktf8w )   [ Delete / Reply with quotation ]

What it sounds like to me is that you encoded the AVI file to a mpeg file with a Different Frame rate...You have to encode your AVI file to Mpeg useing the same Frame rate as the Source AVI file so if your AVI file is 25fps you have to encode it as 25fps and 29.97fps has to be encode as 29.97fps ECT...Check that your AVI file and Mpeg file have the same frame rate....Cheers



Question - aspect ratio question No.39565
DTrenkner  2003-10-22 16:41:02 ( ID:.qui0lgypoj )   [ Delete / Reply with quotation ]

I have a question concerning aspect ratio and I'm going to try and be generic as possible. I have a source that's true 16:9 (704x400 no black borders) and I want to burn it to DVD which is 720x480. I want to display it on a 4:3 TV at the proper aspect ratio (ie 16:9 with black borders top and bottom). In TMPG do I set both source input and output to be 16:9 even though it's destined for a 4:3 TV? Additionally, which positioning do I use? Centered, Fullscreen? with or without maintain aspect? Does the preview window in TMPG represent how it will look on a TV or how it's being output (ie. 720x480 1.5:1)? Obviously the DVD player processes this video to display it in a correct aspect ratio either 4:3 or 16:9 does the preview pane do the same processing as a DVD player? I guess to sum up all that giberish above, if it looks right in preview is it going to look right on my TV or should it looked squished (as in 1.5:1) in preview in order to look right on my TV? Thanks.


ashy  2003-10-22 18:02:18 ( ID:n2grn9uovqo )   [ Delete / Reply with quotation ]

Source: 16:9 display, Full screen (keep aspect ratio)

Output: 4:3, 720x480


ashy  2003-10-22 18:05:20 ( ID:n2grn9uovqo )   [ Delete / Reply with quotation ]

By the way what is this 1.5:1 business?
720x480 is 4:3 or 1.33:1


DTrenkner  2003-10-22 18:28:30 ( ID:.qui0lgypoj )   [ Delete / Reply with quotation ]

Thanks Ashy. Concerning your question, I've noticed this differing view a lot on this board concerning aspect ratio and I'm definitely one of the confused people. Perhaps incorrectly, I consider aspect ratio to be the number of pixels in the horizontal divided by the pixels in the vertical. This makes sense to me when it comes to movies because 16/9 appears to be a wider and shorter image than 4/3 which is narrower and taller (though I guess on a 4/3 TV both images are displayed equally wide but that's due to either the image being stretched or cropped). Thus 720 / 480 = 1.5. Obviously 4 / 3 = 1.333 and even though I've read enough of your posts to KNOW you are right on this...I don't understand how so...probably because I know nothing about video processing. Care to explain AR and what makes 720/480 magically equal 1.33? I know I'm not the only one in the dark on this one, in fact on Doom9's site the DVD Basics: Aspect Ratios also states 720x480 is technically 1.5:1

http://www.doom9.org/aspectratios.htm


DTrenkner  2003-10-22 19:27:05 ( ID:.qui0lgypoj )   [ Delete / Reply with quotation ]

I went searching for "aspect ratio definition" and what i found echoed repeatedly what i stated above.

"Relationship in a video image between the width of the image and the height of the image expressed in generic terms of units width by height (4:3, 16:9)."
http://www.audiovideo101.com/dictionary/dictionary.asp?dictionaryid=31

So my question is, why is DVD mpeg encoded at 720x480 and not 704x400 (16:9) or 720x540 (4:3)? It just don't see the point in having the DVD player further process the video to get it to appear correctly when it could have been encoded that to start. There must be a reason, I just don't know it?


ashy  2003-10-22 19:31:55 ( ID:n2grn9uovqo )   [ Delete / Reply with quotation ]

Sorry I need to correct myself, aspect ratios even get me confused sometimes.
1.33:1 IS a 4:3 aspect ratio, but as far as DVD is concerned 4:3 is actually 1.25:1.

You are right with your calculations, 720/576 = 1.25 it's just that with NTSC resolutions you lose 100 lines from the vertical even though the aspect ratio does infact remain the same.
PAL is 625 lines full resolution and NTSC is 525.

Imagine you have a true 16:9 DVD source which is in the 16:9 PAL aspect ratio.
The PAL frame size would be 720x576, but the actual image size of the movie is 720x432. What makes it 720x576 is the added black borders which are 72 pixels each.

So we can calculate this output aspect ratio easily 720/576 = 1.25:1


Now if we need to output this movie as NTSC then the actual image itself doesn't change, but the borders will be smaller, framesize will be 720x432 and
the borders will be 24 each leaving 720x480.

So in actual fact the aspect ratio hasn't really changed, but it's just that to format it for NTSC a few pixels have been cut off from top and bottom to give smaller borders. These pixels are not actually in the image, but are just what is added by the player.

This is why both PAL and NTSC can be the same ratio even though the frame sizes are different.

If the same DVD is played on widescreen TV then there are flags encoded with it to tell the DVD players decoder not to add the borders to the image, so it is displayed in it's true 16:9 format.


Here is where it gets more confusing, all of the above frame sizes can be 4:3, when referring to 4:3 don't think of it in exact terms, but more of the general scale of the output in relation to your TV.

The above frame sizes and ratios only refer to DVD resolutions, an actual full resolution 4:3 image would be 768x576 which would be a standard 1.33:1 ratio.

I'm sure there are going to be some challengers to the way I have explained things but I tried my best with such a hard subject and the principle is right.




ashy  2003-10-22 19:45:44 ( ID:n2grn9uovqo )   [ Delete / Reply with quotation ]

The other thing I failed to mention in all this is that when dealing with aspect ratios, the aspect ratio is usually referring to the pixel aspect ratio.
This means each pixel is not necessarily square as in a 16:9 or 4:3 ratio, the actual pixels are rectangular which again is why a 4:3 ratio can be 1.25:1 or 1.33:1 because the latter two refer to the image not the pixels.


DTrenkner  2003-10-22 20:34:43 ( ID:.qui0lgypoj )   [ Delete / Reply with quotation ]

Another question concerning this topic. Let's say I have an odd sized video...just for an example 650x400 1.625:1 (maybe a computer animation or an improperly encoded AVI). Which is neither 4/3 or 16/9 in pixels. To encode this to DVD what settings do I choose? Ideally, I want this image stretched horizontally to the screen edge. Can this be accomplished without distorting the picture? Also, can an improperly sized AVI taken originally from a 16/9 DVD source be reasonably brought back to proper AR (ie. 1.625 to 1.77). Can it be done properly without cropping off part of the image?

Source: 1:1 VGA, Centered (custom size) 720x443
Output: 4:3, 720x480


ashy  2003-10-22 22:12:01 ( ID:n2grn9uovqo )   [ Delete / Reply with quotation ]

You can quite easily use the custom size option as you have already chosen.
This will place a 720x443 image in a 720x480 frame thus keeping the ratio of the original the same.
The result will just be the same as the original, but with black borders either side to fill in the extra 37 pixels.

It seems strange that the source has this resolution at all, is the picture distorted in any way?


B_Racer  2003-10-23 09:21:07 ( ID:0jd4rmr3tyn )   [ Delete / Reply with quotation ]

Aspect Ratios are quite nice Stuff for Discussions...

You have to consider this: If we are Talking abaut Aspect Ratios, we have to talk about 2 different things:

The DAR (Display Aspect Ratio)
The PAR (Pixel Aspect Ratio)

To make things a bit easier, let's talk about PAL.
An Video-Image with the DAR of 4:3 and a PAR of 1:1 has the Size auf 768x576. But MPEG did'nt use a PAR of 1:1, it uses 1.092:1.
So a DVD with a DAR of 4:3 and the correct PAR of 1.092:1 has the Image Size of 704x576.
What's about 720x576? Good Question... If the Videos if following the ITU-Standard, than there's a third Term we must talk about: The Motion Area. In PAL, the Motion Area is defined as 704x576 (NTSC: 704x480). The 16 Extra-Pixels are called the Overscan.
On a right encodet DVD and a TV with correct Settings, you will always see just the Motion Area, never the full size of 720x576 (720x480). But, and that's really bad, most DVDs don't follow the ITU-Standard, they do use an generic PAR of 1.667:1. Then, the 720x576 Resolution WILL BE 4:3, with the result of getting a slight distorted Picture.

BTW: According to the Signal Timing, TRUE Video-Broadcast Resolutions are the following:

PAL: 702x576
NTSC: 711x486

Isn't it complicated? ;)



Question - TMPGEnc's Preview No.39562
Sakuya  2003-10-22 04:36:28 ( ID:6y4cusar5hr )   [ Delete / Reply with quotation ]

I am converting a 23.976fps to MPEG at the same fps. In the beginning, the little window that shows what portion it is currently converting showed the video correctly. But when I looked at it an hour later, all it has was a black screen (with slight macroblocking). I'm wondering if there are any problems? I ran the source video through VDub and it doesn't seem to be corrupted and it played fine. What's the problem? It's been black for over 1 minute since I looked at it..

Also, I did a test run and used Source Range to convert the middle portion and it played fine. But, the panning scenes were a bit...."eye-dazzling". Is there a way to make it smoother? This is so frustrating! :(


Me  2003-10-22 11:50:31 ( ID:4wr3qfkxg.n )   [ Delete / Reply with quotation ]

There must be junk frames, use Vdub MP3 to scan

http://www.movieking.co.uk

See the guides there

If it had been at the end, that is another problem, but there must be junk frames, unless your VFAPI settings need to go higher


Sakuya  2003-10-22 21:02:34 ( ID:yjvzugeaiog )   [ Delete / Reply with quotation ]

Will removing the bad frames cause cuts in the video or bad audio sync? :(



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