Last time when I had a codec problem, I think it was Ashy that recommended I use an ffdshow with VFW. Well recently, I upgraded to the newest version of that ffdshow version October 12, 2004. All my XviD files play in Media Player Classic but when I try to open them up in VdubMOD, it says the decompressor for XviD can't be found and that VFW is needed to view XviD in Vdub. I went in ffdshow and disabled XviD there. Then I went in the VFW configuration menu and enabled XviD. But still, it won't work in Vdub. Why is this?

Just enable everthing in FFDSHOW VFW from XVID to MP41.
No need to disable anything in FFDSHOW first.

Hi,
i am quite new to TMPGEnc and other VirtualDub etc.. software so i think my question will seem quite silly to you, but after searching and searching again i didnt see anything about this. Here is the problem:
I've made a little animation with Flash and want to put on VCD. I've encoded it qith TMPGEnc in MPEG1 PAL standard. Viewing the compressed file on PC shows that compression is good. Viewing (with powerdvd) the VCD on PC too (VCD is made with VCDEasy). But viewing the VCD on stand alone DVD/VCD player shows 2 things: first: sometimes the motion is stopped few seconds (but music go ahead), and second: there are sometimes some macroblocks.

After searching in this forum, i've seen that the solution should be increase bitrate (my current bitrate is 1150 kB/s, PAL standard). OK, but is this compatible with lot of DVD players? because the main goal of this VCD is to be given to lot of people so it is very important that the VCD is as compatible as possible.
The observed problems comes when animation is very slow (for example picture disappearing with transparency effects). If bitrate is not a good solution, may be there is another.

Thanks a lot for help,
Gol

I try to encode an XVID-file (avi) into an MPEG2 (for SVCD), but TMPGenc says "invalid pointer operation" when I try to set the "Source Range".

Anyone out there who knows what is the matter? Thanks in advance!

my head is spinning a little after searching on all the aspect ratio threads here. Hopefully this is an easy one for the group. Sounds like Ashy is the expert here so hope he has a chance to reply. I have an AVI I'm going to burn to DVDR. I want to keep the same aspect ratio as the source. I plan to watch on a widescreen TV. Here are the relevent details form my AVI file:

23.976 fps (NTSC)
560x240 (2.21:1)

1) Do I select NTSC or NTSC 16:9 when the wizard starts?

2) select 1:1 source aspect ratio? or 16:9 display? something else?

3) For video arrange method do I select Full screen(keep aspect ratio) or something else? Should I try Center (custom size) 720x308?

What else am I missing?

-NJJ

anyone?

for some reason everytime i start encoding a video, tmpgenc disconnects me from the internet? how do i stop it from doing that?

the problem started when i installed the FFDSHOW codec pack. so i uninstalled it and installed an all in one codec pack but the problem is still there. tmpgenc was working perfectly prior to the installation of the codec pack. the problem was i just had XVID 1.02 installed (amongst other individual codecs) and for some reason everytime i clicked on an avi/xvid video my windows would crash (but once i unistalled XVID 1.02 the problem stopped). but tmpgenc would still work. i installed the new codec pack because i was tired of my windows crashing when i would click on the video file. but now i have this new problem. so does anyone know why tmpgenc disconnects me from the internet?

any help is greatly appreciated. thanks.

As far as I know, TMPGEnc does not use the internet so it might be another factor that is blocking your access to the internet. I highly suggest that you avoid those codec packs because they tend to screw up your computer. You should uninstall all codec packs and then install a version of ffdshow because they work great.

You can see if you can access the internet after you uninstall the codec packs and before you install ffdshow. I highly doubt ffdshow or TMGPEnc would block the internet since they're not affiliated with the internet in any way.

hello guys, do any one out there no of a program to convert mpeg to jpeg?

any help on this would be great!

Thanks Guys

Duh. Another silly question from me. I cannot get TMPGEnc fo convert MPEG-2 video files to MPEG-1. I can work with the whole original MPEG-2 file, or I can demux the file down into it's M2V and MP2 components. Either way, I cannot get a conversion between MPEG-2 video and MPEG-1. What am I doing wrong? How does this simple task get accomplished?

THANKS.

I guess this cannot be done?

Yes you can convert. select the MPG2 and define the output to VCD format (MPG1 by default if you use the wizard).

I have done this, the only issue is I cant get the sound to convert as well.

I'm a newbie trying to make some home movies from VHS into DVDs that ANYONE can play in their home DVD players. I'm fairly computer literate, so I don't foresee any big issues. I have an ATI TV Wonder VE card that I'll be using to put the VHS movie on the PC, updated software package (ATI XP), Windows XP Home, Dell Desktop 256MB RAM, 200GB Hard Drive, 1.7Ghz processor. What I'm looking to find out is a recommendation for a good DVD Burner, and any other software/hardware I might need to accomplish this task.
Thanks in advance!!

hello.

I am using the trial version of DVD Author and it works great. However, I've run into a problem with some new DVD+R 4x media that I am using. The media is very high grade, but the TMPGEnc burner software is only recognizing the media as 2x. I've used other 4x media with no problem, so I'm not sure what to make of it.

Any help would be appreciated.

Faceman

Are you certain it is 4x, which burner do you have?
Have you tried any other software such as NERO for buning?

you should try to get a dual format dvd burner. that way you can burn both + and - dvdr's. also, i have found out that -r's have a better tendency to run in dvd players. and as far as making vhs to dvds, roxio software seems to work ok, i haven't really used it for that, but i have used to make slideshows with background music. and you can also build a semi-decent menu.

the best software i can recommend requires a mac. final cut pro works great if you need to edit anything from the vhs after its in the computer. and dvd studio pro is awesome for menus and making a dvd.

hi when is it possible for a new button to be added to the batch encode so the following could be made possible

input all your mpegs of choice like normal
set a common output directory
and apply a common template to all the mpegs

at the moment u have to load the mpegs in normally set all its settings from a saved template then add it to the batch list

http://www.videogeneration.com.au/batchlist.htm

Are there any guides available that are somewhat descriptive with using noise reduction?

My guess is that the top slider is the one that removes the noise.
My guess is that the middle slider determines by how much.

Now the third slider time axis > is this something like a temporal cleaner in VirtualDub?

If you have source a file wich is very noisy, such as cable or antenna TV reception, what settings would you use?

I really need someone to help me on this TMPGenc 2.5. I am trying to convert this anime into VCD into NTSC file. Usually when I open the video file of the anime I am trying to convert the Audio file shows up, but recently the audio file doesn't show up anymore. I tried to use Virtual Dub but I don't really know how to use it that well enough. Virtual Dub audio always go before the picture frame. Please if anyone could help me out in solving either the TMPGenc or the Virtual Dub I would really appreciate.

Go to DVDRhelp.com for a tutorial on how to extract the audio to a wav with Virtualdub.