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I'm trying to convert an mpeg-2 file from ntsc to pal (basically need a frame rate or 25 fps to be consistent with other video files i am editing). I understand that TMPGENC can do this. I downloaded version 2.521.58.169-Free. When I tried to open the mpeg i got the error message : file cannot open or unsupported. The file is a DVD-quality mpeg captured off a Sony digital-8 handycam using Pinnacle Studio9 - it plays fine in windows media player so I can't understand why it can't open the file.
Simon i'm having the same problem but except mines 14 fps and it has a weird codec for the aduio it's like Mpeg43. If anyone can help us please tell us why it won't open the files.
Simon, TMPG free does not support MPEG2 decoding. You either need the PLUS version or an suitable MPEG2 codec.
This one should be fine: http://www.marumo.ne.jp/mpeg2/m2v_vfp-0.6.47.lzh
You must put the m2v.vfp and m2vconf.exe into the TMPG folder.
Dayclone you need a suitable codec, install FFDSHOW then run TMPG and go to Options>Enviromental settings>VFAPI plugins then raise the priority of the 'Directshow multimedia file reader' to 2 and make sure it is top of the list. http://athos.leffe.dnsalias.com/ffdshow-20040520.exe
Hello out there,
I'm frameserving via Ulead-Video-Server to TmpgEnc. I can create the avi-file but when I open this avi in TmpgEnc it will give me the followin error:
"audio header does match video source".
Can anyone help me?
Thnx a lot
Buffist
Okay I try opening a file and it dosen't work like it says it's unsupported. I was wondering if anyone can help me please! Thnx here's a screenshot. http://www.members.shaw.ca/Xvserver/Error.JPG
You should go to "Options", "Environmental Settings", and then "VFAPI plug-in". Locate "DirectShow Multimedia File Reader" on that list and right-click on the number on the same row. Select "Higher Priority" until it is on the very top of that list. Then try opening your AVI again.
when i play the converted vcd on pc the screen is perfect but when i play it on an actual vcd player it expanded. i selected full screen (keep aspect ratio) in encoding. what do i need to do?
I have used TMPEnc before without problems, but for some reason now, whatever avi I choose to encode, it will not extract the audio. I have Divx 5, FFDshow, AC3 audio, Xvid codec, all installed, I have tried multiple times with different combinations of these codecs, and at one time, I can't remember what combination I had, it finally showed the source location of the audio, but when I would start to encode, TMPEnc would just hang and had to be shut down via Task Bar. I am so frustrated. Can anyone give me a list of necessary codecs for TMPEnc to work properly? I tried the search field, but to no avail as my question is too broad I guess. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks Ashy, I guess that was it. This is what I have installed, Divx 5, ffdshow, Xvid, ac3acm. Now should that be good for most avi's I get? One last question, I have in my environmental settings, directshow on priority 2, and the 2 listings of AVI priorities on 1, I left the others alone, does this sound right? I want to know so I can write it down incase my pc crashes again so I can remember how to set it all back up, thanks for you help.
Why do you have DIVX5, FFDSHOW and XVID codecs installed together?
FFDSHOW takes the place of all these codecs and is quite often better at decoding than the original codecs themselves.
Unless you actually do any AVI encoding yourself I would uninstall all AVI codecs except FFDSHOW. This will maintain better compatibility and cause less conflicts on your system.
I would set all priorities to 0 apart from the 'Direct show file reader' which I would set to 2. This will ensure that Directshow is used before any other method of decoding the AVI. If you do any encoding from MPEGs then I would set the MPEG decoder you have installed, I.E. The 'CRI Sofdec decoder' to 1.
If you get any problems with decoding AC3 in AVI's then set the 'AVI VFW reader' to 1 if not then leave it a 0
If you need to save your settings for TMPG then simply save the TMPGEnc.ini somewhere then put it back in the TMPG folder if you ever need to reinstall TMPG.
Awsome advice Ashy, thanks, that was a cut & paste reply forsure. So what you are saying, is that I should only have FFDshow and that AC3ACM* (the one you told me to get earlier)installed to convert avi to mpg?? Ok, I will try uninstalling DVIX and XVID as I am about to go and try now, I will let you know how it turns out, and thanks for the info about the Environment settings.
Hello i am trying to encode files i ripped through smart ripper then put through DVD2AVI the problem lately is that everytime i try to run the DVD2AVI project which is a .dv2 file tmpegsays it is not valid or an unsupported file.This only started happening a month or so ago can someone point me in the right direction to fix this issue
I copied the file and it is reading it in the menu when browsing video sources but it still gives me the error of can not open or unsupported..Like i said this never happened till about a month ago
Are you using the .d2v that Smartripper creates or the one that DVD2AVI creates itself?
The .d2v file that Smartripper creates is only compatible with DVD2AVI version 1.76 and not 1.77.3
If you are using the .d2v that DVD2AVI creates then try the following:
Open TMPG and go to Options>Enviromental settings>VFAPI plugins and make sure that the 'DVD2AVI project file reader' is checked. If it is raise it's priority to 1 or 2.
OK, try this.
Completely delete version 1.77.3 from your drive. Install and use 1.76 only.
Delete the DVD2AVI.VFP from the TMPG folder then copy the DVD2AVI.VFP from the DVD2AVI 1.76 folder into the TMPG folder.
Now, make sure that the files you have ripped are in a folder in the root of your drive and make sure it has a short name. Next load the VOBS into DVD2AVI 1.76 then create a .d2v file in the same folder as the VOBS.
Run DVD2AVI.
After DVD2AVI has finished load the d2v into TMPG.
IMPORTANT: *DO NOT* under any circumstances MOVE, RENAME or DELETE any of the VOBS, the D2V or any of the files and folders associated with them until you have finished encoding.
Hopefully someone can help me with this problem. Why is it that some movies that I download, which should only be 90 minutes and should fit on two CDs end up way longer when converted to VCD and would fit on four instead? I there something that I can do? Does this mean that the file is corrupted. I get this problem with probably 50% of the movies I download.
Hopefully someone can help me with this problem. Why is it that some movies that I download, which should only be 90 minutes and should fit on two CDs end up way longer when converted to VCD and would fit on four instead? I there something that I can do? Does this mean that the file is corrupted. I get this problem with probably 50% of the movies I download.
Well the size of the original has nothing whatsoever to do with the output size.
Output size is determined by the length/bitrate ratio.
The longer the movie and the higher the bitrate the larger the size will be.
Thanks for the reply ashi. I'm not to good with the technical stuff, but a standard motion picture will normally fit on two CDs. My original file is .AVI and when played with my player is 90 minutes long. When I convert this file to MPEG (or VCD) it becomes more than 5 hours long with video first, then audio. Almost like video and audio are not put together.
I too am having the same problem. Reducing the bit rate helped reduce the file size marginally. I am not sure what is the least permitted value. Need to do some experiment.
Hi Ashy,
I have the same problem again as to last time... (WHich is: TMPGEnc will encode for first few 4000-7000 frames, it will claim it is finished. (but it was not...) This will always happens on the 8 - 10 minutes video capture. In worst cases, the Operating System hangs.)
I made the piority of 'AVI2(Open DML) file reader' to 3 and it don't seems to work for this particular file.
Anymore way to solve this problem...
It seesm like you are still having some size issues. Why don't you make your program capture to segmented files instead of one big file. This will make it more compatible.
Thanks Ashy, now I got a cure.
I encode the big files into 2 to 3 smallers mpeg files. Then I merge them with TMPGEnc. But I got a problem now, how to remove the "beep" sound at the point of merge?
Splitting the MPEG is not what I advised.
Almost all capture programs have a setting to capture to segmented files.
This means that when the file size (set by the user) reaches a certain size it will automatically create a new file continuing from the previous one. This allows to circumvent the AVI size barrier which is 2GB. Set the capture program to segment the files at 1.99GB
If you use TMPG's 'Open sequence files as a movie' option the files will automatically be joined as one complete file which you can then encode as normal.
Quick question... I have an older version of TMPGEnc and would like to download the newest, but I cannot find a way to uninstall my older version (2.53.35.130). Can I just simply delete the old files without comprimising my system??? Also too, I bought InterVideo's DVDcopy2 Gold thinking it woud be a faster way to encode to MPEG 2 but it seems alot slower than TMPGEnc!!! Any feedback on this subject too please? Sincere thanks.
Please disregard the preceding question. After posting it I did a search and found very many previous questions regarding this same issue. Apparently TMPGEnc is not actually even installed, it is just unzipped and then ran. So deleting the folder to the old version is appropriate after all. I apologize for the redundancy. Sincere thanks.