hi, i'm new to tmpgenc and video (re)encoding.

i cannot open any file with tmpgenc because of the error message

"can not open, or unsupported".

this happens to captured mjpeg and mpg2 videos converted from pva with pvastrumento.

all these files can be played with the windows media player on the same machine without problems, so i've installed all necessary codecs to decode the stuff.

what am i doing wrong?

For the "Mjpeg" files and other Direct show format avi files you can usually get the files loaded by going to "Options" to "enviromental Settings" to "Vfapi Plugins" and Raise the Priority of the "Direct Show MultiMedia File Reader" to "2"..For mpeg2 files you need to have certain Mpeg2 codecs installed for Tmpgenc to decode them, you need either the "Ligos Mpeg2 decoder" or the "Cyberlink Mpeg2 decoder", installing "Power DVD" installs the Cyberlink Decoder and the Ligos decoder is distributed in various codec and filter Packs..I still Find it Much better to use DVD2AVI to decode and frameserve the mpeg2 files to Tmpgenc, it also demuxes the mpeg audio so you can just mux it with the encode mpeg file instead of encodeing it..This method seems Faster than letting tmpgenc do the decodeing......

when I try to open the mpeg file, in tmpegenc, a box comes up that says " cannot open file,unsupported file type"
It is an mpeg1 file, and it will open the other mpeg1 files, just not this certain one.

Are you sure it is a Mpeg1 file and Not an Mpeg2 file?? You can try raiseing the Priority of the "Microsoft Mpeg 1 Decoder" in the "Vfapi Plugins", if this don"t work and you are sure it is Mpeg1 then there could be a Problem with the file especially if you downloaded it off the net..You can also try Frame serveing it with Virtual Dub to Tmpgenc....

PS: also try running it through the "Multipex" or Merge & Cut"..this might fix any problems in the file..

I have seen this problem too. I go to Merge&Cut and it opens it. I create another MPEG by selecting all, it then opens it in main windows. But, after some time this stopped working too. Now I can't open some mpeg files with the same error messgae. Anymore, ideas?

I am having huge problems running tmpeg. My sysytem dumps memory and computer restarts. I have a Micron, running 2000 server, 800 pentium 111 500mg Ram. Why does this happen? I am running the program in my G Drive the same drive that has the avi file, outputting to drive D. Someone please help me I am going crazy!!!!

wot u running XP

I"m not sure that Tmpgenc supports running on the Server Platform, there was Talk a while back about them releaseing a "Server" Version of Tmpgenc, but since I haven"t heard much about it, I would sugest maybe if you can installing another OS on a different Partition and running a Dual OS System..

Hello,

I have a old 640x480 'Spiderman and His Amazing Friends' plus some other non cartoon movies.

I would like to capture a frame and export it to my graphic program (Photoshop) or export as .jpg .bmp etc.

Is this possible in TMPGEncoder other than right click/copying to the clipboard in the source range?

How do I go about doing this? Any advice is appreciated.

Thank You
Regards
Fess

You can export a frame or a sequence of frames as single Jpg/Bmp/Tga files, it is pretty Easy..You load in your File then go to the "source range" and mark in and mark out the Frame or frames that you want exported as Jpg files, then just go to "File" to "Out put to" then to "Jpg/tga/Bmp" and give the frame a name and choose "Jpg" from the Dropdown menu then it will export the Frame(s) as seperate .Jpg images, .....

You could click File>Preview then right click and copy the image to the clipboard. Seems like the easiest way to me.

ASHY

Minion, ASHY...

Works perfectly. Thanks for the detailed advice as usual.

Regards
Fess

Ive been trying to encode the banger sisters, which is from dvd rip, and is set as progressive. I have tride everything encoding with the divx 5.3 as my medium for the avi, video is crystal clear, but it is extremely jerky. What can be causing this? Ive been trying everything!

Well Make sure that the Source Is Progressive, You don"t want to encode Interlaced Material as Progressive,And make sure you are encodeing to the same Frame rate as your Source file...

The title basically says it all, and I think it is kind of stupid for some not to work.

I dont know much on encoding, so can someone help me out.

-Zero

If you did a little bit of searching you would have Found that Many AVI files downloaded off of the net have Audio formats that are not supported By Tmpgenc, Like "AC3" and "VBR MP3", with these Formats you need to extract the audio from your AVI file to a WAV file and then use the Wav file as the audio source, you can extract the audio from the AVI files useing AVI-Mux...

Hi, I am making some VCDs and when I watch it in my DVD player I realized both sides are not shown in the TV screen. In the movie there is a web address at the corner, when its being shown on TV, a part of the word is off the screen.

I use : Full Screen (Keep Aspect Ratio)

Why is the movie still cropped? Is there anyway to fix it?
Thanks

Sorry, I realized I made a mistake in title (I was replying an Instant Message), its supposed to be "VCD questions". And I tried to edit the post but I couldn't. Sorry

yeah, i have that same problem to, and unfortuanly i still dont know how to fix it...

-Zero

Yea, I thought putting it in Full screen (Keep Aspect Ratio) would not have that happen. I was thinking it will fill the rest with black bars (Like on the edges).
Sometimes I lost both side of the movies, sometimes I lose all the sides (Like a border). It is not really a big deal but if there are text near the edge, it will be annoying.

this is wot i do to most films
instead of full screen ..choose custom and try the settings underneath
a bit of playing around will get u wot u want

It is your TV's overscan which is at fault.
Your monitor is capable a displaying an image from pixel to pixel left to right. Your TV is not as it requires a certain amount of overscan which means you usually lose some of the image depending how much oversan has been set.

Just use Tomo's solution and put a small black border around it if it bothers you that much.

Hi, I am kinda new, I rather have Black border than lose any information, can you show me how?
Say I after I got the help from you and set it right, can I just use that everytime instead of using full screen?

Thanks for the help.

Hey, is there a way for TMPGEnc to batch encode? I don't mean encoding one and after it finishes, another automatically encodes. I mean that both files encode at the same time. Is that possible? My encodes takes so long (3 hours at max) for just a 25 minute video!

Even if Tmpgenc could encode 2 files at once it would still take the same amount of time...If you want faster encodeing get a Faster computer or get a Faster encoder..Upgradeing your Computer to a Fast computer is Pretty Cheap these Days, I just upgraded a Friends computer from a 633mhz no name Brand CPU to a Athlon XP 2000+ with an ESC MotherBoard for under $100 US...

tmpg uses 100% of ur CPU power
so if u start 2 tmpgs at same time then they will use 50% each thus taking 6 hours to encode both files at same time

tmpg uses 100% of ur CPU power
so if u start 2 tmpgs at same time then they will use 50% each thus taking 6 hours to encode both files at same time

I am using the shareware vesion of TMPGEnc v2.5.
I dont seem to have a Wizard directory.
I made a costum vesion of setting in the VCD(NTSC) format.
I then saved it to the Templates directory.
the guide I am using said to save it to the Wizard directory.
When I open the program my settings is not listed in the Wizard.
Can someone help me through this?
Thanks

Does everyone else have a Wizard directory?

I don"t think there is a Wizard directory in the Newer versions, I don"t have one but then again I have the "Plus" version but any New templates you make should be right were you left them, after saveing a Template you are asked to give it a name and to save it somewere and that is were it should be and it will be called whatever you named it, usually in the templates or Extra Folder..

I know exactly what you are talking about, and you are mistaking yourself. When you create the new template, you save it in the templates directory, so that when you open the program the wizard will open(if you want it to) and the new template will be in the wizard for you to select. You are making one for Full Video on one CD right?

Okay, the probem is that when i encode ANY video mpeg, mpeg2, doesn't matter, and it will only display the video, but no audio... I was able to do this once before, but i dont know what exactly happend, and so now it doensn't work...

Can someone help me out with this problem im having?

What type of files are your Source Files??? If they are downloaded AVI Files then they will usually have AC3 or VBR MP3 audio and Tmpgenc doesn"t support these audio formats, you will need to extract the audio to Wav format and use those files as the audio source..If you are encodeing regular Mpeg files to Mpeg then you should De-Mux the audio from the source Mpeg file and then just encode the Video, then mux the audio with the New Mpeg Video file, re-encodeing the audio will degrade the Quality, and when encodeing Vob files to Mpeg1/2 I use DVD2AVI to frameserve the Video and decode the audio to Wav or Demux the audio and encode it seperately....

Ok, i just figured out this problem. The problem started when I downloaded the X vid codec and when i uninstalled it, now the encoding works.

Thanks anyway

Does this program have a pause/resume function?

Sort Of, You can click "Stop" while it is encodeing and when it asks you if you want to abort encodeing just don"t answer, then you can do other stuff on your Computer and then later you can resume encodeing by clicking "No" , but you can"t shut down Tmpgenc or your Computer and start up again at another time..

First, sorry for my bad english :)
I tried to convert an AVI to MPEG 1 (VCD standart).
The AVI is DIVX with 25 fps, VBR MP3 stream and takes 1 hour.
I load this AVI in TMPGEnc. TMPGEnc say it´s over 2 hours long.
Can everyone help me ?

Try changing the VFAPI plug-in
(Option -> Environmental Setting -> VFAPI plug-in )
Increase Priority of "Direct Show Multimedia File Reader" so that it's shown on top of the list.
In the Project Wizard (4/5) the correct time of the file should be now displayed.

With some files Sometimes tmpgenc will show the File as twice or more as long as the file really is, sometimes you can just encode it anyways and the file turns out fine or sometimes it will encode the file but put like an hour of blackness at the end of the movie which you would have to cut off, so what I sugest is go to "Settings" to "Advanced settings" and double click on the "Source Range" and set it to just encode the Movie, this should solve your problem....

And you Probably will not have any audio in your File Because Tmpgenc doesn"t Support VBR MP3 audio, You will have to use something like "Virtual Dub_Mod" or maybe "AVI-Mux" to extract the audio to Wav and use the Wav audio as the audio source in Tmpgenc....