This forum is for users to exchange information and discuss with other users about a TMPGEnc product.
In case you need official support, please contact TMPG Inc.
TMPGEnc 2.5 (Free or plus version) BBS [ Sorted by thread creation date ]
I have an AVI with weird resolutions. It is 480x320 and it has 23.976 fps. I want to put this on DVD-R so what should I set the Video Arrange Method as? I usually have it set at Center (custome size 640x420) so the subtitles won't go off the screen. But in this case, should I do the same?
Let me note that in some scenes, the people's faces seem a bit elongated...is there anyway to resize it to its proper height and then convert to MPEG2?
When you use a program like DVD MovieFactory, the file will look elongated in that program. But when you play it in a DVD player, it will play back at 16x9 anamorphic.
Use the Project Wizard and set up a DVD project. If you want it in 16x9 or 4:3, select that option at the beginning. When you get to the screen where you select the input file, change the input ratio to 1:1.
I have TMPGEnc installed in the newest version.
I execute it on a laptop with Windows XP Pro. SP1 and all updates.
I installed K-Lite Codec Pack to get some codecs to encode into.
The specifications of the laptop is.
:::::Issue:::::
I run the wizard and get to the source range clip editing. Then I edit the video file, but then if I'm away for some time doing other things, it could be for 10 minutes or longer, only to get back to finalize my editing or just accept the editing by clicking ok then TMPGEnc crashes.
When I push ok to accept the editing in the source range window TMPGEnc crashes.
Then I have to do my editing all over again.
This can't be true, am I doing anything wrong or is there a patch out there for TMPGEnc, because this is really annyoing.
I really hope we can find a solution regards Lars Bengtsson.
Thank you in advance.
Sorry if this has been covered, but a friends of mine has also experienced this, and it's happened to me on every computer I've tried it on:
I used the free version of TMPGEnc for the full trial of the MPEG2 encoder. Everything worked normally, and I could encode a 45 minute program in about and hour and a half, and get a 4000kbps video to take up about a third of a DVD.
Now, I would think that Plus would be no different, but it is. When I tried it out, if I load the same video into the wizard or anything, it seems to think that the resulting file will be many gigabytes in size. Then when I encode it, it ends up being a little smaller than it thought, but still not small enough for a disc, and not only that, but it takes all night to encode one video.
What's going on? I'm not going to pay for a program that doesn't live up to its free trial. I really wish that instead of installing the Plus version, I could keep the nice, independant, free version and pay for the MPEG2 encoder. I like just being able to keep the entire program in a folder anywhere I want it and move it around. Why do I need to install what appears to be the exact same program (except for the bug I'm getting)?
Look under MPEG setting's page and make sure the Rate control mode and the Motion search precision is the same settings you were using in the free version.
I'm trying to convert some AVIs to put on a DVD. The AVIs have a framerate of 23.976. Here's what I did by following a guide:
I selected the AVI as the video and audio source in TMPGEnc Plus. Then I set the Framerate as 23.976 fps (internally 29.97 fps) and the Encode Mode as 3:2 Pulldown When Playback.
The problem is that there are some ads in the middle of the AVI that I don't want. So I used TMPGEnc Plus's Source Range to convert the first part, and then after that select and convert the second part. Then I merged them together as an MPEG-2 Program Stream using the Merge & Cut feature. However, on my TV, the audio and video gets out of sync. Why is this? How can I cut out the ad and not have everything out of sync?
I have tried Virtualdub where I select the ads and then cut them out. Then I frameserve into TMPGEnc. The MPEG though is weird. It has 1 frame (the same frame as the very last frame of the source AVI) that appears before the start of the AVI. That's weird because I don't remember it being there nor did I add it there. So now I am using TMPGEnc's Cut tool to hopefully cut out that portion and hopefully, it will turn out good. Here is what I meant in more visual terms if it was a bit confusing:
[]( )
The [] represents the added frame and the () represents the actual episode.
After cutting off that 1 frame, it works on my TV player. I authored using TMPGEnc DVD Authoring. When I selected the chapter points, it was very accurate. However on my TV, the chapter points aren't where I selected in TDA but about a minute or more before that point. I double-checked in TDA and the chapter point image is right where I want it. But it's not at that point on my DVD player. How do I solve this? The video and audio were in sync though.
I've tried and tried, but can't find how to encode an MPEG2 as a single file (like MPEG1) with TMPGEnc... it always wants to
output as 2 x files (mpeg.m2v and mpeg.wav). I can't therefore play this video with Media Player Classic, or PowerDVD. :(
What I want to achieve is this: I've got some MiniDV footage that I shot (DV AVI, PAL) that I basically want to put onto DVD (or MiniDVD so I can use my CD-R and not buy a DVD burner) to watch in my standalone DVD player. What's the best way to do this with TMPGEnc? Thanks.
I use TMPGENC plus 2.5 ... and a day to other thats happened.
I installed any codecs... and this break the tmpgenc system in a conflict.
I unistall the codecs... but the evil is maked...not change anything... i unistall the tmpgenc and install again... but nothing the msg of erro is ntdll.dll 0000 blah blah blah and ACM failed ... i read the posible solutction here :
Not really because resizing doesn't work like that. Any resizing will degrade the quality slightly.
An MPEG image is built up of 8x8 blocks. As long as the resizing is done in a multiple of 8 the effect will be the same.
Both 720 and 704 are divisible by 8.
I have an AVI that has some weird video glitches. They're small and happen throughout the episode. In GSpot, it says the video codec 4CC is div3 and the name is DivX 3 Low-Motion and how I do NOT have it installed. I have FFDSHOW version May 8, 2004. It is the one Ashy recommended the last time I posted here and I have double-checked that DivX 3 is enabled. If it is not enabled, then how come I can still play the AVI fine (with the exception of the weird video glitches)? The glitches appear in both Windows Media Player 6.4 and Virtualdub. I'm not sure if the glitches were encoded into the AVI or not since no one ever mentioned about it. I used Virtualdub to conduct an error scan and results are:
0 frames masked (0 frames bad, 0 frames good but undecodable)
I also find it weird with another AVI of mine that plays fine in every aspect. However in GSpot, it says it needs the XviD codec and that I don't have it installed. That's weird since I know FFDSHOW includes all kinds of codecs. Or does GSpot not detect these? Anyway, if anyone can help me get rid of those glitches in the first AVI, please do! By the way, I do not have any other codecs installed except FFDSHOW. I do not have external XviD nor DivX codecs.
Install the proper DIVX 3 codec.
This is a very old hacked MPEG 4 codec and has it's problems.
The one I recommend is below. Disable DIVX 3 decoding in FFDSHOW. If you still have the playback problems then I guess it is the AVI itself.
I just downloaded and ran the latest version of TMPEGEnc (free version) and I get an error that complains that the MPEG-2 encoder has expired and that I only get 30 days to try it, but if I'd like to buy the commercial version etc..
As I said, I *just* downloaded it the day i saw this error, not to mention that it ran on another machine without issue.
Anyone seen this and know a way around it? Or know what might be messing with TMPGEnc that I can remove?
I am trying to encode some DIVX & XVID files (.AVIs) with the TMPGEnc 2.5 (freeware version) on a Win2000 PC. I use the wizard to select the video file & then I get the error following error message after I select the start/end points of the mpeg clip or when the program starts the conversion. The error message is: 'Write error occured at address xxx of module ntdll.dll with 00000000' where xxx is a hex number like 77FCC8E1, which changes sometimes. I do a search for the DLL file & it seems to have been upgraded when the PC was service packed (runs Win2000 service pack 4). I have reinstalled the program (or copied it as it does not install) & still get the same messages whenever I try to do things.I also get the no sound problem, that a lot of people seem to be having with the program, even though there is sound on the video itself.
Has anyone seen this error before? I am trying to split a DIVX or XVID film into 2 & burn it on to SVCD with VCD-Easy. Thanks