TMPG can't read my AVI file. Tried to download codec, but can't find
it somewhere. Is there anything else I can to do make ik work?

Codec identification- fourCC: mp43-MP43

FFDSHOW or Microsoft MPEG4 codec

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Is there a way to get an AVI to be not corrupted? I didn't know it was corrupted until it got to that point in conversion. :( What should I do?

You will Know that the File is corrupt if you get an error at the same spot every time you try to encode it, There are things you can try,depending on what is wrong with the file, Like if say half way through encodeing you get an error you can Start encodeing again a few frames after were you got the first error useing the "Source Range" feature and finnish encodeing the file and Join the 2 parts together with the merge and cut..Or if it is Just a Corrupt Frame you can try useing Virtual dub to scan the file for errors then make a direct stream copy of the file and encode useing that file which should have the bad frames masked ,And there are programs like 'Divx anti Freeze" and "DivX Fix" that are supposed to fix certain errors in divx Files..You can even try frame serveing the file which might work but that is a bit advanced..well good luck

But TMPGEnc just...converted the bad frames too. So I went and cut out the bad frames and it's not a big deal anymore. But then again, how will making a direct stream copy work? Will it remove the bad frames? What will happen to the audio? Won't there be a weird cut in the video?

After scanning for errors in Virtual dub it will automaticly Mask any Bad Frames and it doesn"t just cut the frame out it replaces the Bad from with the last good frame so there is no audio sync problems, This works with Direct Stream Copy....

So first I should scan video stream for errors. After that, what do I do? Do I select "Direct Stream Copy" for video and then "Save as AVI"? What about the audio?

Yes just scan then save as AVI using direct stream copy or to avoid having to create another AVI just scan for bad frames then start the TMPG framserver and framserve the AVI to TMPG.

How do I convert my MOV. files into MPEG files using TMPGEnc?
Is not working properly.What to do???

Well Tmpgenc doesn"t Natively Support QT Mov files, There is a QT Vfapi Plugin for Tmpgenc that lets you encode Mov files But the Plugin doesn"t seem to work with newer Mov files made with Quicktime 6 as the Plugin was made for Quicktime 4 and 5, some Poeple have reported No audio in the mpeg files encoded from Mov files useing the Plugin But it is worth a Try you can get it here:http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/4942/svcd.html ,If that doesn"t work you can convert the Mov file to avi or Frame serve it or use an encoder that fully supports Mov...Cheers

hi, i gota problem with my divx movies , mosy ov them are in wide screen and i try seting the video size to 320x480 it looks fine on the preview screen but wen i open the file on any player it comes out squashed verticaly, plez help me
i bet alot of ppl have the same problem

Why are you useing a 320+480 resolution as it is Not Part of any Standard, the Closest standard it comes close to is Half D1 which is 352+480 and even that looks Tall and skinny on a PC Monitor But gets stretched to full screen on a TV...Post back with the Resolution of your avi and the Aspect Ratio and Most importantly what you are trying to Make with 320+480 resolution...

What is the point of using these weird resolutions. You should be encoding to either VCD (352x240) ,SVCD(480x480) or DVD resolution if you intend to play the movie on your DVD player.
If it's not for your DVD player then there is no point in encoding it to MPEG at all.

I just made my 1st mpeg from a dvd with TmpgEnc Dvd Auther but it split it in 2 files due to its size. Is there a way I can make it come out all in one file? Any help would be appreciated.

The maximum Size for a VOB-File on a DVD is 1 GByte.

I'm shopping for a new home theater system but I can't seem to find a site with a 'list' of SVCD ready systems. Don't know where else to turn. Anyone know where I can find one?

You Don"t need a "Home Theater" that Supports SVCD, Just the DVD Player has to support SVCD and Lots of them do, there is a DVD Player compatibility Chart at "http://www.dvdrhelp.com/" and it will tell you what Models Play what formats and how well they play them..I have noticed that The cheaper Non-Brand name DVD Players Are the Most Compatible, But if you can afford a new Home thearre maybe you should think about getting a DVD Burner then you don"t really have to worry about you DVD Player playing SVCD"s..I actually still encode to SVCD then I put the SVCD"s on to DVD-R but I use AC3 audio at 48khz and this way I get 2-3 full movies on a DVD-R, you can also do VCD"s this way or 352+240 Mpeg2 files....Cheers

No but I actually need a home theater. It's way too expensive for me to get a reciever and speakers separately. Recievers are real expensive. So I was going to get a whole system in one...

Does anybody know why, when encoding from a DivX or XVid file, the encoder always stops on 97%?

Because you probably downloaded them and downloaded AVI's are always crap and corrupt.

Hello Guys, a question about the bot thatÃÔ supposedly going around by the RIAA that supposedly scans your directories for music files is there anyway to protect yourself from this bot or to detect it? Thanks for you help!

If you believe that then you probably believe in Santa Claus and fairies too.
In my opinion it's probably all b......t spread by the RIAA themselves just to scare people.
It can only access your PC by utilizing the P2P software you are using and only if you let it seeing as it behaves as another user. You should be able to block it with correctly configured firewall software.
If you are worried you can use PeerGuardian or Kazaa K++ v2.40 which will protect you.

O I C, Thanks for the n4 Ashy!

The new "Kazaa Light" also has some feature that will Block RIAA from accessing your PC..I wouldn"t worry about it to much as I don"t think RIAA Has the Space to Lock up 50 Million P2P Users in Jail...

Hello..

I have tried to encode several movies DivX/Avi that I have downloaded off of the internet. After encoding I notice that the colors (specfically the skin tones) change back and forth from normal to magenta.

Has anyone had this problem and if so what have you done or what settings do I need to adjust to get rid of the problem?

Thanks..
sonshine in Texas, USA

This sounds Like One of 2 Problems, First you should check to see if you have a codec on your System called "Angel Potion" if you do then this is the Culprit, You should delete this codec and every thing should encode like normal, this codec might be listed in your device manager under Video Codecs as something like "apmpeg4v3.dll"...If you don"t have this codec then you might just need to go to "Options" to "enviromental Settings" to "vfapi Plugins" and Raise the Priority of the "Direct show Multimedia file reader" to "2"...

Hello Guys, a question about the bot thatÃÔ supposedly going around by the RIAA that supposedly scans your directories for music files is there anyway to protect yourself from this bot or to detect it? Thanks for you help!

I have installed the program and purchased tmpgenc plus.,
now I cant work out how to activate the program using the activation code
please help

You need the Full-Version, not the Free-Version.

After converting an SVCD with the header trick so I can play it on my *#$Panasonic#$* can I burn the mpeg file to cd as a data file? My software only has data & audio options. Thanks.

NO.
There is no excuse not to have the correct software anyway. There are a few programs around which will do it for free.
VCDEASY 1.1.5.2 and below is totally free and one of the best for burning VCD/SVCD, so is VCDimager.