Is there a beginners guide to the program somewhere?

I'm having issues... My biggest problem is that when converting a standard .avi file to MPEG using VCD NTSC (I'm going for smallest size right now) when I play back the file, the .mpg created, I only see black. I'm not sure if there is sound or not-this computer doesn't have speakers.

I don't need sound on the video-and the mics for our cameras are all turned to line so they shouldn't be picking up sound anyway. Is there anyway to just cut all the sound out? So that's it's not included in the encoding process?

When converting with TMPGenc 2.521.58.169 I got an error message when getting to 99% which says "Strem read error", any ideas?

I checked the avi files which I'm trying to convert and they are fine!!!

Help...

Why can't i encode subtitles in a DivX encoded .avi when using TMPENC Xpress 3 to convert it to MPEG 2? The subs work in WMPlayer (VobSub pops up and everything) but XPress just doesn't seem to use any .srt, .sub or any sub file. It works fine with an Xvid

It seems to work version 2.5 although when the frame rate stutters like hell.

Anyway around this? Or is there an alternative program i can use to encode these subs? Am i missing something?

cockbongo

You should change the VFAPI settings. DirectShow need a higher priority.

That doesn't affect the subtitling in Xpress 3. Does anyone know if its just a feature of DivX files and subitles? Why does TMPENC 2.5 work and Xpress not work?

Do what i did: Change back to 2.5x!
Or use AVISynth to include the Subtitles. All you need is the PlugIn VSFilter.dll

There's no need to chance back to 2.5 for this matter, at least not for avi files. I managed to get an .srt file included by ONLY activating the radiobuttons of VFApi file reader and the DirectShow multimedia filereader in the input plug-in settings... if you can see the subtitles in WMPlayer than it should work in this way. Succes..

I found out how to import subtitles on a .mpg file also. (I created this file with VideoReDo from a VOB).
You can frameserve this file to TMPGenc with VirtualdubMPEG2 see here:
http://www.gojiita.net/majinbuu/musicvideos/How2addSubtitlestoavideo.php
You must however not use the there linked Virtualdub, but VIRTUALDUBMPEG2. Further you can follow the exact directions of this protocol. You must activate ONLY the radiobutton before AVI-file reader in the input plug-in settings of TMPGenc. If you input the .vdr file you can see the subtitles. I did not yet Encode it, that I will try too. Alas, the titles are not as clear as with VObSub (small and on a nasty place in the window) Maybe SubTitle workshop can do something about it...

When converting WMV files to DVD using 3.0 Xpress, the file gets 99% done, then I receive the following error: Stream Reading Error Error Code 0x80048007. Have tried this on a couple of different files with identical result. Can anyone provide possible solution? Thanks

hi

how did u encoded movies that you haven downloaded from the net.. see i have a dvd burner and i can't burn them into a dvd.. i know i need a encoder but i need the serial number to the TMPGEnc 3.0 and i have been looking and i can't find one ... please help me if u can.

thanks
dani

Hello
I have 512 RAM en 1.5 ghz, yet it takes hours and hours (10 to 12) to convert avi files of appr. 150 minutes to mpeg2 format with TMPGEnc.
This can't be normal!
I've tried different settings on different sites, nothing changes.

thx

OK, what did you do? What sizes? Any Filtering? What are your Settings?

On your maschine, encoding should take 1.5 - 10.5 x the play lenght of the Video, depanding on your settings.

I would estimate about 5-6 hours for a movie of that length using standard settings with your CPU.
To give you a guide TMPG encodes in real time using my PC running at 3.2GHZ with DDR ram, which would be 2.5 hours for this movie. Yours would be double that at least.

To speed up the process:
1. Do not use 2 pass

2. Do *NOT* use the 'Highest' quality setting for motion search precision (you will not see any benefit at all using this setting). If you are encoding for DVD then use 'Estimate'

3. Ensure all the optimizations are enabled for your CPU type in general settings.

4. Do not use any filters especially the 'Noise' filter.

5. Ensure your priorities are set right in the VFAPI plugins. Generally the 'Directshow file reader' should be top of the list.

The speed will also be dependent on the quality of the output you are encoding. If it is full resolution then that would decrease the speed also.


If you are still unhappy with the speed then I suggest you change encoder because TMPG focuses on quality not speed.
The fastest and best quality is CCE, but also the most expensive. However it will encode a 2 hour movie in 1 hour on my machine and takes a lot more knowledge to use.

The Mainconcept encoder also is pretty fast, just slightly slower than CCE, quality is very good if set up right and a lot cheaper than CCE.

Having said this I think TMPG offers more than any other encoder and produces excellant results if correctly used.
Non of the above encoders can touch TMPG for it's MPEG1 abilities and features.

How about a "plug-in" that replaces the "Chapter cut edit" and
the other "Edit" functions with the new Smart Rendering MPEG
Editor? Maybe at half the cost of the stand alone Editor? Or
maybe such a function could be like the AC-3 Encoder and if
you buy the stand alone Editor the Edit features of the DVD
Author would be updated.

I think this is only fair after you pulled the "Merge&Cut" from
the 3.0 Xpress.

Luck;
Ken

I suggest everyone check out www.kvcd.net the site provides all the info needed to burn and create vcd that have optimal parameters and it is working out great for me so far.. thants TMPGEnc net..

We've all been there, done that, got that T-shirt thanks.....

hi there, i'm using TMPGenc 2.521.58.169
Core Version - 1.98.152

and after installing SP2 Final, when i'm trying to set VDR file as video source, i get an error massage says :

"blabla.vdr can't open or unsupported"

how can i fix it?!

thanks

Reinstall Windows XP without SP2... Or pray for a new Version of TMPGEnc 2.5x.

Go to the Virtualdub installation folder then run 'AuxSetup.exe' then click the 'Install handler' button.
'OK' everything then exit. Restart your machine and then start the frame server again and try and load the .VDR into TMPG.

If it doesn't load into TMPG still then Go to Options>Enviromental settings>VFPAI plugins and raise the priority of the 'VFW reader' to 2 and ensure it is top of the list.

If you still have problems open another instance of Virtualdub and load the .VDR into that.
If it fails to load then the frame server client isn't installed correctly. I would then suggest trying the whole procedure again.

Try this:
Go to the Virtualdub installation folder then run 'AuxSetup.exe' then click the 'Install handler' button.
'OK' everything then exit. Restart your machine and then start the frame server again and try and load the .VDR into TMPG.

>hi there, i'm using TMPGenc 2.521.58.169
>Core Version - 1.98.152
>
>and after installing SP2 Final, when i'm trying to set VDR file as video source, i get an error massage says :
>
>"blabla.vdr can't open or unsupported"
>
>how can i fix it?!
>
>thanks

Hi, I got a problem with TMPGENC, but im not sure if its the program or the video itself. I read other posts, and tried some of their solutions, but it doesnt work. The audio in the properties menu describes them as "Lame MP3" (Not sure what that means) and its the same for all of my videos, working and not working ones. So, i tried extracting the audio from the video using Adobe Premiere Pro. When i extracted the video, i was shocked, to find the Audio is COMPLETELY EMPTY, as if there was no audio. (the lines stuff to tell the computer the noise to make) And i knew this doesnt make sense, cause before, there was audio on the AVI file, and after finding the NO AUDIO in the video, i checked the video again, to make sure, but there is sound. I somewhat don't know whats happening here. All the other videos work, with same settings and stuff, and some dont, and also have extended time lines after encoding with TMPGEnc with those that dont work. Please help me.

If the audio property is refering to LameMP3, do you have Lame installed on your PC? If not do a search through a search engine, download and install.
Then point Tmpgenc to the lame.exe file within your environment settings.
Thats the only part that refers to Lame in Tmpgenc.

I dont understand what you mean by there was no audio in Premiere but you know its there. Its either there or it isnt. Use something like Gspot to examine the file and see what teh actuall properties of the file are.

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If someone has an answer it would be great to save time otherwise ill have to do it the long way, here goes.

I need to convert AVI > Mpeg as to burn to SVCD.
First I get the green block thing, which's cool, i have fixed that by telling Tmpgenc to use the OpenDML VFAPI plugin as Gspot says.
But now there is no audio associated! There's audio when it uses the directshow plug but its got the green block thing goin' on.
And when I look at the tip for Microsoft Mpeg-1 Decoder it says that it uses Directshow, no mention of OpenDML.

I have not had problems before as I suppose the AVIs have used Directshow, but unless someone has a solution for the OpenDML audio decode, I'll just have to extract the audio from the AVI and point Tmpgenc to the WAV file.

Any help is appreciated.

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Use ffdshow as Decoder. Enable VfW in ffdshow. Use normal AVI VFAPI.
Use ffdshow as Decoder. Activate postprocessing in ffdshow. Use DirectShow

Go to Options>Enviromental settings>VFAPI plugins
Raise the priority of the 'Directshow file reader' to 2 and make it top of the list.

If the problem still exists after this install FFDSHOW. No need to mess with any of the settings in FFDSHOW it will have priority over other codecs anyway.

Is there any way to build the title menu page without a "Play All" button? If not, is there any way to make the first title listed as the default selection when a DVD is inserted? It's much more ackward to have Play All selected as you then need to navigate backwards to get to the first title.

I use DVD2SVCD to create Video DVDs from my avi files but after DVD2SVCD runs TMPGEnc and finishes encoding I get error "Floating Point Division by zero". What is this and what can I do about it?

I think I had this problem when I first used Tmpgenc.

Try raising the priority of your Directshow VPAFI Plug-in.

Open Tmpgenc,
in the main screen click,
Option > Environmental Setting... > VFAPI Plug-in
Right Click the "DirectShow Multimedia File Reader" and select "Higher Priority" until it's one above everything else.

Remember what it was incase im wrong so you can change back.

Try converting a small movie file and see if it works :)

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