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I am trying to convert a avi -> mpeg but I can add the video source but normally my audio sources have been the same but now, TMPENC says that the file is not suitable for the job. How can I add sound now ?
I've already tried it without the "No motion search..."
i tried to change the field order(actually no nessecary)
and I did try the "motion search precision" with highest quality.
anynone any ideas..... I would cry tears if somebody could help me out.
I didn't realise that one has to load the .mcf templates using the LOAD and SAVE buttons at the bottom right of the main window, along with the 'SETTINGS' button.
Hi,
Iam trying to convert a mpeg2 file to a vcd file using the free version of TMPEGnc. On opening the source, only the video file is grabed and the audio file does not import in. What shoulkd I do??
What format is the MPEG2 file. Is it in VOB form?
If it is ordinary MPEG2 then you don't need to re-encode the audio anyway. Just demultiplex it with the MPEGtools.
Hi,
Thanks for the reply. This is an ordinary mpeg2 file which I ripped using uled movie factory. Iam trying to convert it to a mpeg1 file to make a vcd. On loading the file, only the video gets loaded in. The audio does not load in. Thus, only the video gets outputted without the audio. If I try to load the audio alone from the same file, it says that the file is unsupported. How does video from the same file loads but not the audio. Need help. Thanks1
Regards
Lishen.
Load the MPEG2 file into the simple demultiplexer in the MPEGtools. This will seperate the Video and audio. Then try and load them into TMPG seperately.
Hi,
Thankyou for the reply. I tried you suggestion. The file was seperated as video as.m2v and audio as .ac3 files. Now to convert it into mpeg1 I imported the video and on importing the audio, it says .ac3 is an unsupported formate. Tmpegnc wont open the file that it has created?? Now i've been on this for a few days and really need solutions. Your help is very much appereciate it. Thanks!
Regards
Lishen.
Take the AC3 file and convert it to a wav file using Ac3Decode. Make sure you click "convert to 44.1khz" and "convert to wav". Drag the ac3 file onto the program and it will convert it.
Next take the wav file and re-encode your mpeg2 file using the mpeg2 file as the video source and the wav file as the audio source. Make sure you load a video CD template and name your output file something different than the original file name.
You cannot simply multiplex the two files (that were de-multiplexed)unless you convert the wav file to a mp2 file. Even if you did using TMPGEnc MPEG Tools to multiplex them using the MPEG-1 Video-CD template you would simply end up with a non-compliant mpeg2 movie.
I hope this of help to you.
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I have downoaded and installed Real Alternative 1.37. But when I tried to convert rmvb files, error message saying "rmvb file cannot open, or unsupported". Have I missed some procedures? What about the settings?
How do I convert rmvb files downloaded from bt so that they can be view on tv either in vcd or dvd format.
Apparently rmvb files are not supported by TMPGenc
There are quite a few programs that allow you to convert from RM files to MEPG. Through personal experience, WinAVI Video convertor is the best. Every file comes out high quality. I have used EO Video and although it was pretty good it was very slow and sometimes it did produce corrupted files.
Once you convert it to MPEG all you need to do it author it to DVD.
It is best to search around to find other RM convertors and see which one you prefer.
I have a Finalcut Pro movie file which I would like to convert to MPEG-2 (this Mac doesn't have the MPEG-2 codec installed). TMPGEnc won't convert it directly, but I have the capability of exporting the Finalcut movie to any number of intermediate DV formats, which I could then import into TMPGEnc.
Does anyone know which DV format TMPGEnc would like that Finalcut Pro can produce? I tried one tonight which didn't work, and I'd like to avoid further trial and error.
I am new to TMPGEnc and I have experimented cutting and joining a short 2 min captured TV shot, which was then converted to a MPEG2 file.
I cut and joined some MPEG2 clips from that MPEG TV shot (using TMPGEnc 2.524). Then using other software I encoded the joined MPEG file (using VSO DivxToDvD software)and burnt the result to a DVD (using CopyToDvd).
I found that the finished 2 min product on the video DVD (as played with Power DVD)automatically repeated itself at the end of the joined clip instead of stopping.
Apart from TMPGEnc I have used the other software to make DVDs many times without this particular problem arising.
Is this a known problem with TMPGEnc??
Any comments appreciated
Sorry if this is a terribly newbie question. I do a great deal of transcoding from DivX to VCD using TMPGEnc 2.5 (although I'm open to 3.0 if I can find any good reason to switch). Usually the only filters I use are sharpening and deinterlacing. I was wondering how certain hardware may or may not affect the overall speed. The two items I'm thinking about are memory (size) and video card.
First, I currently have 1GB of DDR RAM, and I was wondering if another 1GB would do anything. I suspect any improvement would be extremely minor, but I figured I should ask the experts.
Now, for the video card. Does this have *any* bearing whatsoever on the encoding process in TMPGEnc? I'm under the impression it's all about the CPU, but again I thought it best to ask those who would know rather than just guess.
Video card will do nowt for performance. Memory may give a very slight increase, but very slight with the amount you already have.
Why are you applying de-interlace filters to an AVI? Unless this AVI comes from an interlaced source such as a capture then it's pointless. A decent HD will give an increase and decoding and encoding to different drives will also.
If you want much faster speed then it's the CPU I'm afraid. Also don't go overkill with optimizations you don't need.
Basically some of the source AVI files weren't captured properly and have annoying interlace lines when there's significant motion. Deinterlacing takes care of this annoyance with relatively minor loss in quality.
Out of curiosity, does any hardware exist that can do transcoding from DivX to MPEG1? I tried finding something on videohelp.com, but no luck.
Just to add, after re-raeding your post, I'm not sure which ones do a direct AVI to MPEG capture. I think it would be possible, but why would you want to anyway. Software capturing is by far the better way and not always slower if you have a decent PC. You will have more control over the output quality too.
I was just researching the hardware-assisted options for the speed factor. Sometimes I need to do a great number of these conversions in a short period of time. For now I've purchased a new PC (which I needed anyway), so that will improve my situation but a hardware transcoder would be still be helpful.
And, why? Well, my clients need certain multimedia files in VCD format for their own reasons. :)
It is always better to capture in an uncompressed avi format and then compress to DivX, mpeg1, mpeg2, or whatever compression that you need or prefer afterward. If you have a better capyured avi you won't need those filters which will increase the speed of the compression.
I use Virtual Dub for capture and editing, Dr Divx for DivX compression, and TMPGEnc for mpeg1 & mpeg2 compression with great (and very easy) results.
It is unlikely that more RAM would help you out (your computer may not even recognize more than 1GB of DDR RAM) and as Ashy said seperate hard drives for source and output help a great deal. When you say the video card do you mean the card that you capture the video with or the video output card on your computer? If it's a capture card, the better the card, the better the capture. If it's output it means nothing to the output.
The "annoying interlace lines when there's significant motion" is most likely from the DivX compression. In my opinion it's not as good as mpeg.
If you have some time take a good capture and encode it using different compression and you'll see what I mean.
when atempting to convert avi file in tmgenc it comes up with, cant load "p3package" help i dont know what it meant i have a free version. any ideas(anyone)