I tried to use virtualDub to frameserve Tmpgenc Plus. I installed the readAVS to tmpgenc. And follow the instruction of it. But tmpgenc will not read it. Just say "not supported". The readme in readavs said it was tested in win98. I use win2000. Is that the problem?

How can I I frameserve the tmpgenc?

Did you install the frameserver first?

ASHY

damm.. i'm pissed about this... no sound after i encode a file from avi , and programs that can extract da audio from da avi file? gimme a good program

There are Lot of Programs for this..AVI-MuX is good for extracting the audio from AVI files especially it the audio is AC3...

1) under win xp sp1, merge cut function under 2.510 is broken. time slider cannot be moved at all, setting start and end times does not work

2)batch encode - tmpgenc quits after encoding 1 or 2 files in a batch encode list of multiple files under win xp

This Has Nothing to Do with XP or SP1 Cuz I run XP with SP1 and the merge & Cut works fine..If you are trying to open Mpeg 2 files in the Merge & Cut then you need to have the proper Mpeg2 decoder installed or you will not have an image in the Editing window and not be able to edit the File....

I was created MPEG2 (SVCD stream) file by TMPGEnc.
Then I tried merge/cut this file but can't opened...
TMPGEnc view screen: "Couldnot initialize DirectShow filter".
More early it was fixed and I has no this problem.
Now I has this message on other my computer too...
What can I do??? How fixed it?

i got the same problem with the merge and cut tools

but for Winxp SP1, i got a problem running TMPGEnc 2.59 & 2.510 cause they both break MPEG files, some identifiers can read the header correctly, but the data can't be used by TMPGEnc & can't be read by the default windows media player 9

codec problems in Winxp ?

2.53 works perfectly under XP, i couldn't find any other versions to try out yet

Oh dear seems like you have installed that crap Media player 9. Tut tut, you'll have to restore your sytem I'm afraid. Media player 9 is causing many a problem like this.

ASHY

Hi

TMPGEnc Version 2.02.31.119, Core 1.80.116

Here is what I am doing ... my Apex 500b will not play MP3s, so I am encoding them as MPEG-1 VideoCD (non-standard), this way they will play when I create a VCD thru Nero and I am able to put a lot of files on 1 CDR.

Now, I start TMPGEnc and select MPEG Tools, select MULTIPLEX, select MPEG-1 VideoCD (non-standard) in the drop down list, then click the ADD button to add my MP3. I was able to process one MP3 to MPG this way. I cleared the list and clicked the ADD button to add another MP3 to process but it will not show up in the list. I have rebooted my system, and open TMPGEnc again and tried to ADD the MP3 again and it will not show up in the list. I have tried the same MP3 that I already processed but it will not show up in the list too. So I am at a stand-still as to why.

Has anyone out there run into the same problem ? Does anyone out there have a solution to this, it would be greatly appreciated or if you have another way of doing this, I would love to hear it, thanks

Dave

i don't think the multiplex tool is intended for conversion

it's intended to combine diferent MPEG file with the same width, hight and fps

files can be combined with diferent bitrates but will come out as a VBR

What the hell r u trying to do??!!
Convert an mp3 to a compatible Mpeg1 file using the multiplexer.
Sorry but this can't be done.
All you have done is given your Mp3 file an MPEG1 header and changed it's extension.
It's still won't play in any DVD player.

You cannot do it this way but I can tell you a method you can use which will allow you to fit 8-10 albums in mp2 format on one disk and will play on your player.

ASHY

Hi Ashy

Sure, go ahead and let me know you method of creating a playable MP3 cd. I'm always willing to learn new ideas.

And my way did work. I cut a CD and tested it on my machine with Nero, worked fine. Press the corresponding # for the song and away it played.

TIA
Dave

Vey strange machine that APEX. I think your method works partly because of the APEX's ability to play raw MPEG. I have tried this method with a few other machines and it doesn't work. I know that those disks won't be accepted in most other players, but this other method will.
I need to send you the Templates for it so I need your email.

ASHY

email it to

dave_bm @ hotmail.com

Thanks



>Vey strange machine that APEX. I think your method works partly because of the APEX's ability to play raw MPEG. I have tried this method with a few other machines and it doesn't work. I know that those disks won't be accepted in most other players, but this other method will.
>I need to send you the Templates for it so I need your email.
>
>ASHY

Check ur inbox.

Ashy.

Hi All,

Really hope this isn't covered on the forum elsewhere...I have converted painfully low framerate .rm files to uncompressed AVI's and now am trying them to get them to go AVI2MP1 with TMPG. Problem is the original video and audio is one length, but in the rate conversion (using NTSC DVD settings), the video files are turninng up shorter (about 40% shorter - no missing frames, just total video track length is shorter because of framerate process???). This, of course, is making the A/V out of synch.

Specifics:
.RM (5fps RGB 152x96) to AVI (5fps Main Concept DV *resized in a 4-sided letterbox to 720x480)
real audio to WAV [TINRa & AVI2WAV] (Resampled to 41khz, 16-bit)

AVI conversion in TMPG (NTSC DVD 29.97fps 720x480 CG:80, VBR 8kbps max.)
the average length change is about 60% of the origianl AVI after the conversion.

I am processing the Video seperate from the audio track. I use BeSweet to convert WAV2AC3 (no change in length). Should I use CBR, or keep the WAV and MP1 stream together and out to a MPG? Any suggestions, or obvious reasons for why the resulting MP1's are coming up so short? Maybe do a framerate conversion with AVISynth first...just trying to keep the steps to as few as possible as I have about 20 of these 3 hour RM streams to convert to DVD.

Thanks in advance for any help,
©The Gump

Tmpgenc will not Do a Proper Frame Rate conversion ...If you can use something like AVISynth yo convert the frame rate...

Alright. I've run into this problem a couple of times before but neglected to ask for help. When i encode my DivX files into MPEG1, TMPEnc gets the video length wrong somehow. Most of the files I encode are only 22 to 23 min long but when i goto encode them TMPEnc says it's a 71 min movie. This makes the file size incredibly large. About 700 megs for an .avi file that is 180 megs.

Are you saying that in the Files after the Movie is finnished that there is a Bunch of blackness or someting simular at the end or maybe a Half an hour of the Last frame or something like that???? if so then use the Merge & Cut to cut off the exxess at the end of the file....

When I encode for SVCD I sometimes see "Inverse Telecine" option checked in the Advanced tab. I understand that this option allows to go back to the original film standard 24fps. But why would I want to do that?
Can anyone described a real life situation what this is needed? Again, I understand what it does, I do not understand why and for what purpose this should be used.
I am trying to encode a SVCD from a DIVX avi movie with 29.97 fps. The fps should remain the same, so why the inverse telecine option is checked?

Thank you.

Alex

Inverse Telicline can only be done properly with source files that were originally 23.9/24FPS Film material then teliclined to conform to the NTSC Standard of 29.97/30fps..You would use IVTC to turn your Interlaced 29.97/30Fps Source Back to Original Progressive Film at 23.97Fps..It would get Rid of all Interlaceing artifacts..

You should always use the IVTC option with movies that were originally 24/23.976 fps or preferably the ForcedFILM option in DVD2AVI.
This will save loads of hassle with interlacing artifacts and also save some file size in the outputted movie.

ASHY

Dear Ashy,

Thanks a lot - now it starts to make sense. But what I do not understand is this - I had a avi file which was not 24 fps, with the following (AVIcodec report)
-----------------------------
File : 609 Mb (609 Mb), duration 1:55:45, type AVI, 1 audio stream(s), quality 35 %
Video: 529 Mb, 639 Kbps, 29.970 fps, res. 352*240 (4:3), DIV3 = DivX v3 ;-) MPEG-4 (Low-Motion).
Audio : 79 Mb, 95 Kbps, 44100 Hz, 2 chan., 0x55 = MPEG Layer-3
------------------------------

I wanted to encode it to SVCD and did it using TMPGenc Plus. The IVTC option was checked by TMPG, I did not uncheck it and the follwing was the result (also AVIcodec report):

------------------------------------------------
File : 767 Mb (1103 Mb), duration 1:54:58, type MPG, 1 audio stream(s), quality 77 %
Video : 945 Mb, 1150 Kbps, 29.970 fps, res. 352*240 (16:9), MPG2 = MPEG 2 (SVCD/DVD)
Audio : 157 Mb, 192 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 2 chan., 0x51 = Mpeg-1 audio Layer 2 [0xc0]
-------------------------------------------------

Both streams are 29.970 fps, and both are 352*240. Why would TMPG decide to IVTC it? It was not originally 24 fps, as you said. Or you meant that id anything was encoded from originally 24 fps, the IVTC should be used to re-encode it even from another 29.970 fps-encoded stream?
In that case ALL streams that are re-encoded from ANY stream that was originally recorded from ANY movie should be IVTC-ed? Even if they are DVD-ripps?

Thanks,

Alex

It is unlikely that TMPG checked the IVTC for you. This must have been done by mistake by you.
How did you set TMPG up, did you use the project wizard?
In any case this option should remain unchecked for your movie. Only NTSC DVD's can usually be IVTC'd

Secondly you have created a seriously non standard SVCD.


File : 767 Mb (1103 Mb), duration 1:54:58, type MPG, 1 audio stream(s), quality 77 %
>Video : 945 Mb, 1150 Kbps, 29.970 fps, res. 352*240 (16:9), MPG2 = MPEG 2 (SVCD/DVD)
The frame size is wrong for SVCD it should be 480x480. The Video bitrate is far too low for SVCD. These settings are for MPEG1 VCD not SVCD.

>Audio : 157 Mb, 192 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 2 chan., 0x51 = Mpeg-1 audio Layer 2 [0xc0]
The audio is the wrong sample rate and will not play in most DVD players. It should be 44100 hz.

ASHY

I can explain alot about the framerate. The 24fps frame rate is also there for 8mm film conversion. For expample I converted my orginal 8mm which is normally played at 24fps. BUt now it is played at 29.97 fps. That feature allows me to bring the footage back to it's original state. I hope this helps.

Marc

I cannot get sound to work in this program, I've tried re-installing different versions more than once. The program used to work fine on my system and now there is no sound at all. I'm trying to convert a quicktime movie and I have the plugin for it but when I did the mpg convert it didn't have sound, so I went to preview the file inside Tmpgenc and there was no sound there either. My second test was to open a normal mpg file and it also had no sound in the preview and when I did a convert from mpg to mpg it had no sound. This is weird folks, what did I do wrong and how can I fix this?

There is a Problem with Tmpgenc encodeing the sound in Mov files..You have to extract the audio from the Mov files to wav format and then use the wav as the audio source in Tmpgenc..I don"t know of any Freeware programs that will do this But I know something like Sound Forge or Adobe Premier will do it...

Thanks for the info. It's funny though because I've even opened the same files that I converted before and it used to work fine. Not only is there no audio for quicktime, I don't get audio for mpg or anything else, theres just no sound in my program for some reason, I can't figure this out. I tried radtools too and it also had no sound, maybe I did or installed something on my system that messed everything up...ah well, I format once every 3 months anyway, I suppose now is as good as any.

Just recently for unknown reasons, When I encode with tmpgenc.. 9 little white squares making a cube form with a little black block in the top right square keep appearing on all my encodes? The logo or what-ever it is does not appear on the original source. I have tried to re-install tmpgenc and continue to get the same results?? anyone know how to fix this, please help?

The Blocks are Not on the Video, what is happening is that your Mpeg decoder for watching Mpeg files is a Demo version Made By "Elecard" so when you watch the Mpeg file the mpeg decoder Places a Logo on the top right of the screen ..The Logo is not actually Part of the Video, if you delete the Elecard Mpeg2 Codec they will Dissapear...

THANK YOU...your a Life Saver..that has been driving me crazy for a week now, I have asked and looked everywhere for help..You hit it the first time..Thanks So Much.. I forgot I installed that mpeg2 player, thats when it happened..Deleted the player & codec..Now everthing is fine again ..Thanks to you..I highly apperciate the help.." I wish there were more good folks like you in this world :) ... Bless you, and thanks again for your time!
Video Viper

Is there a way to take an M1V file and adjust its gamma level, then save it back out without any re-compressing? I have a lot of videos that need to have black levels adjusted down and would hate to have to go back to the source AVIs.

Of cource Not..You can not adjust the Color levels of a File without re-rendering the file with the Color enhancements...It would be easier to Adjust the levels on the TV or Monitor you are watching it on...

I just upgraded my TMPGEnc from 5.04 to 5.10 and now I am having some problems with converting my AVI to MPG. I used to be able to change the video and audio bit rate to get the mpg to fit on a cd that is smaller that it should be. I final file size would look too lage after it was done but when I told NERO to make it a vcd it would compress even smaller and fit. now what ever the file size reads thats what I getr on Nero and it's to large for the CD.
Fo example if I take a 90min AVI file and set the bit rate to 1070 video and 128 audio I used to be able to fit it on an 80min CD now it say I still need a 90min cd adn when I tried to set the bit rate to 1200&160 It goes up to a 99MINcd.
Any Ideas what went wrong?

What a lot of wasting time and messing about you have been doing.
What's the point of encoding with TMPG in the first place if you are just gonna let Nero re-encode it again?
You may as well just let Nero do the encoding in the first place even though it will be crap.

Your problem is you are choosing the wrong stream setting. If you are encoding to VCD with a bitrate other than the standard then you need to set the stream setting to 'MPEG1 VCD (non standard)' otherwise you will have padding added to your MPEG.

ASHY