I was trying to encode some mpeg files together into a DVD-PAL file structure, however when i start encoding I get an error right at the beginning and then the encoding aborts. The error is "character-string '%.2f'". Can anyone help me with why this is happening and point out to me how i can resolve this. Let me know if you need to know any information about the files. I have not changed any default settings in the software. Thanks in advance.

DO NO USE ANY SPACE OR SPECIAL CHARACTORS LIKE & IN YOUR FILE NAMES.
YOU CAN REPLACE SPACE WITH _ IF YOU NEED SAPCES FOR READING IN FILE NAMES

I keep getting this error when I try to put the file in to video source:
file"..." can not open or unsupported.
Any help???
Thanks

Hi, just purchased TMPGENC 3 Xpress.
I've been having some audio sync problems on long movies.
I am using .dvr-ms files as the source (recorded from Windows Media Center 2005) and I'm trying to convert them to either divx or xvid. I am using the AVI option and have tried several different combinations of settings. Has anyone had any sucess with any particular settings?

When I use the WMV option, I do not seem to have the problem.

Thanks in advance.

I have a VCD that the author wants widely distributed. It's video from a presentation. How can I copy the disk so that it works in my dvd player? The original works fine, but I have not been able to find a method to duplicate the disk that allows me to drop it in the DVD player and have it auto-run.

Thanks.
Scott

Just make a direct copy of it with any burning software. I recommend Nero.

Hey I'm really new to all this conversion stuff. So forgive me if I'm being ignorant of anything. I've been searching the forums and google, but I don't know how to describe whats wrong in a short search statement, so I'm not getting good results.

Anyway, I have a several 42-45min Xvid encoded videos that I'm trying to convert to .mpg files so I can put them on dvd's or cd's. I don't have the original source files, so the Xvid ones I have to convert. However, when I go through the wizard to convert the videos it keeps reading these 42min. videos as 150+ minutes therefore making the file sizes insanely large and un-able to put on a single DVD let alone a CD. The original Xvid files are about 350-400MB so I don't see why these .mpg files should be sizes like 1GB (and sometimes over 4GB if I try the DVD section!) I would even be willing to settle for 1 video per cd, but there's got to be something I'm doing wrong or missing. I even tried the tutorial at afterdawn.com, and still got a very large file size. Any suggestions/tutorials anyone can point out?

Also, when I convert the videos I am not getting any sound. I would think in the wizard it would automatically figure that in, but I also tried manually and clicked on the System (Video+Audio) radio button, still no sound. I even trie the ES Audio only option, again no sound. I installed the unlock.mcf mentioned elsewhere in this forum, but had no luck with that. I'd appreciate any help anyone can give.

Well, sorry, I did find the answer to the time problem here finally. However, no suggestions for other peoples audio problems have helped me so far. I'm not sure if fixing the time problem will help with the audio, but if it does I'll come post here as soon as this file get done. :)

I have the exact same problem. 100 minute video showing up as like 300 minutes long so the smallest I can get it is like 7.5gb. This is starting to get frustrating. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

Jay

Jay,

Here's where I found the answer to my problem on this board. I'm sure it'll help you:

http://bbs.pegasys-inc.com/bbscgi/ebbs/board.cgi?board=tmpgenc&page=1#topic28637

My sound also works now. However, my 350-400MB Xvid files are still coming out around 700MB (and the files are, as stated before, only 40-45mins long). The current Xvid files have a resolution of 608x336 and when I watch them on my TV (I have a DivX enabled DVD player) the picture is just fine and I don't notice hardly if any pixelation. However, I'm trying to make a VCD or DVD for a friend without a DivX enabled player, which is my reason for trying to convert these files. So, is it possible to get a similar resolution with MPEG that won't double the file size? If so, I'd appreciate the help in knowing the best way to do this.

I know these files can be the same size as the Xvid ones and be good quality because I got 2 vids from someone else a while back that were 350MB each and showed up just fine on my TV. I'm just trying to figure out how to achieve this. Thanks for any help in advance.

An MPEG1/2 file will NEVER have the same output quality size for size compared to an AVI.

It's just not possible.
VCD uses 10mb per minute and even that quality isn't perfect.

Also the file size of the source bears no realtion to the output size of the MPEG whatsoever.
It is time length that is the important factor for output size.
If it's for your friend you need to start using the VCD template. This will automatically resize your AVI to the correct dimensions for VCD.

Your aim should be to fill the disk you are using. If you are using 80 min disk then you can fill up to 800MB.
With a 45 min AVI you will be able to use a higher bitrate than standard VCD bitrate. You may even get away with making a SVCD on 1 disk.

Learn about VBR encoding. Higher quality for less file size is obtainable with VBR encoding.

Im haveing the same problem im trying to encode a movie to mpeg2 Im not having a problem with Size, but with the movie doubleing in length, When i encode i get about 1 1/2 hours of black after the movie and as of yet have any way of getting sound. Yes i have System (Video and audio) Selected The thing im having a problem with is the Hour of black at the end of the movie. How can i fix this ??? Any help?

Ohh yes i should say its a Xvid Movie with Mp3 sound, about 120 mins long after encoding its about.... 244 mins with no sound and i had to change it to 2000 bitrate and 320 kps on sound to make it fit on a DVD

I've exported a file from flash to a .mov quicktime file. The original window is 550 x 400. I then use TMPGEnc Plus to make the mp2 file combining it with the audio wav file. It looks good when I play it on the computer. I then use the TMPGEnc DVD authoring program to make the dvd. It reports the size as 720 x 480. I've tried all sorts of settings in TMPGEnc Plus and they all turn out the same. I play the "DVD" created by the DVD authoring tool on the computer and it looks fine. I play it in a real dvd player and it's cropped off on all four sides!

I'll even pay someone $5 if their solution fixes my problem!

720x480 ist standard-DVD-resolution, that's OK.
And the cropping of the Picture is also normal. Do a research on tv overscan and you will see, that any TV has an Overscan-Area which is not visible. It can be up to 32 Pixel on any side of the Screen. It's the same like the Safe-Area for DVD-Menus you see by using TDA.

I'm trying to convert some mpeg1/2 files to streaming wmv files, is Xpress a right tool? I plan to put the converted files on a windows media server as streaming media, not for progressive download. In windows media encoder, when you try to convert a file to wmv, it always ask you "what do you want to distribute your content?" along with many options such as "streaming", "progressive download", "CD/DVD" etc..., I'm assuming the output taking from Xpress is only good for distributing in CD/DVD, is this correct? Please advise!

What is the difference between TMPG DVD author, and this new program "TSUNAMI MPEG DVD AUTHOR " ??

Thanks,

Ken

There is none...

TMPG**** mean Tsunami MPG****

I am having a problem with TDA 1.6. i have a 5GB MPG file and a 700MB AC3 file. it tells me that the file size will be 5.7GB which is correct. the resulting vobs only total 3GB. DOes anybody know how to fix this or why it is happening?

kebabinho

I have a wmv file size 1.12 GB, I use TMPGEnc Plus 2.5 to convert to VCD NTSC:
- I convert entire file, first 50% takes 1-1,5 hour. But the last 50% is very slow, it takes 10-15 hour to complete.
- I convert first 50% by selecting source range, it's ok. But when using source range for the last 50%, it takes long time to convert (10-15h)
In both cases, for the first 50% TMPGEnc uses 90-100% CPU, but the last 50% it seems not use CPU at all.
Pls help me!!! How could I convert file faster???

Thank in advance,
Cindy Lam

Try AVIsynth, it has the ability to read this crappy WMV-Shit corretly.

DreitShowSource("this_film.wmv, "FPS=xxxx")
ConvertToRGB24()


That's all. Change the xxxx to the correct Framerate of the Movie.

Try increasing the 'Directshow file reader' priority to 2 and make it top of the list in the VFAPI plugins.

If not use AVISYNTH as suggested.

>DreitShowSource("this_film.wmv, "FPS=xxxx")
>ConvertToRGB24()

This is not correct.
It should read:

DirectShowSource("this_film.wmv","FPS=xxxx")
ConvertToRGB24()

Thank B_Racer and ashy,
I follow your instructions and it's successful!!!

Cindy Lam

@ashy

Oops, you'r right, guess i made a "Too many fingers on Keyboard-Error" ;)

The origin movie: MPEG-1 352x264 29,97fps CBR 1150kbps, Layer-2 44100Hz 192kbps and 207990kb long.
I need to cut it into small movies:
MPEG-1 320x240 23,976fps CBR 500kbps, Layer-2 44100Hz 96 kbits and around 1.5 mbs long (15 seconds).

What should i do? I set the output settings, then i go to Merge&Cut. But here i see that i can create only 1 output file!!? Should i make small movies by hand, one after another? Or can i make it automatically?

Garou,

Indeed; in "merge & cut" you place 1 file, then click on "Edit" and set the start and stop time.

After that,click run.
You have to do this for each part of the file.

Dirk

You can't use TMPG for this.
You can use the file processor in DVtool to do this.
http://www.digital-digest.com/dvd/downloads/dvtool.html

TMPGEnc plus conversion of Xvid to DVD compliant MPEG.
Audio output file is empty and all options prior to conversion are greyed out.

any experience..?

Unstall the AC3ACM decompreesor:
http://fcchandler.home.comcast.net/AC3ACM/

To unlock settings click the 'Load' button then navigate to your 'Template' folder. Double click the 'Unlock.mcf' inside the 'Extra' folder.

That bshould say 'Install' not 'Unstall'