When I use the merge&cut window to cut a scene from a vob, the output file is video only. During cutting I see only [producing video stream, multiplexinbg, writing header] no audio messages.

I choose mpeg2 prg stream as the type and the input vob plays aud and vid in power dvd. Renaming the vob to .mpg has no effect :(

Any-one know what I am doing wrong?

Because the Merge&cut feature doesn't handle Ac3 audio.

ASHY

You Shouldn"t edit VOB files from Ripped DVD"s with Tmpgenc anyways.....

What should I be using to cut/edit vobs?

I don't want to file spilt on file size, rather in number of seconds.
vobedit sounded like a good idea but it just seems to show a list of packets in the stream. I tried some other tools but nothing seems to work completely..

Just being able to say, cut the file at 1h2min3sec would be good enough.

Well you might try the newest version of "Womble Mpeg2VCR" it supports AC3 audio But you should strip out any Subtitle tracks or extra Video tracks and try to only keep the audio stream you want...But if you are going to encode these VOB files to make a VCD/SVCD/DVD then you shouldn"t encode the VOB files directly But frame serve them with DVD2AVI...

What should I be using to cut/edit vobs?

I don't want to file spilt on file size, rather in number of seconds.
vobedit sounded like a good idea but it just seems to show a list of packets in the stream. I tried some other tools but nothing seems to work completely..

Just being able to say, cut the file at 1h2min3sec would be good enough.

I would like to know if to multiplex directly one m1v or m2v with a wav is possible with the new version and the way in which I have to get it.

Thanks, I'm sorry, but my English is not good.

NO...You can not Mux Wav audio with Mpeg with Tmpgenc Or many other programs..Some Very high end DVD Authoring programs can do this But not Tmpgenc, and Wav audio will only work with DVD"s...

Please help Thanks

Hi, I have just created my first DVD and have run into one problem. When I play the DVD in my standalone player (Panasonic DVD-RV32) the video looks a little weird.

In 1 part of the image throughout the whole video there is about a 1 inch thick vertical distortion going from top to bottom on the TV in the middle of the right half of the screen (21in TV), the actual distortion is like the video is in a lower resolution and looks slightly pixellated. When I encoded the video with TMPGEnc Plus 2.58 I used the 'DVD(PAL)' Template.

I only unlocked the 'Aspect Ratio' under the 'Video' Tab and changed it to 16:9 becuase I thought this is within the DVD Standard (Yes the source is in 16:9)

When I leave it as 'Aspect Ratio' of 4:3 it works fine.
Also the video plays perfectly on the computer.

I can't see why I can't use 16:9 because It is part of the DVD Standard. So is it my player or TMPGEnc?

I also just tried another Encoder and it still plays bad on the Standalone DVD Player, but all my DVD movies work and they're all in Widescreen, so how can it be my DVD Player?

..........HELP!!!!! Thanks

The 16:9 or 4:3 setting is determined by the source material.

If 4:3 plays fine on a computer (I assume in a 4:3 window) then that is the setting to use. You would know your material is truly 16:9 if it looked squashed horizontally when played in a 4:3 window. This is anamorphic video.

When you use the 16:9 setting you are embedding instructions in the stream to tell settop DVD players to letterbox the material on 4:3 TVs. This is no good if the material is not anamorphic. (Players connected to 16:9 TVs are set to ignore this instuction and let the display expand the picture horizontally.)

The distortion sounds like some more fundamental problem, like NTSC instead of PAL, or the wrong number of H or V pixels. Use Bitrate calculator to check for 720x576 PAL.

It might not be working Cuz Not all Authoring programs support 16:9 Aspect ratio..And 16:9 won"t look very good on a Regular TV Cuz a Regular TV is 4:3 so you get a lot of the sides of the screen will be Cut off, unless you have a Widescreen TV.....

Hello, I'm in the middle of frustation right now!
please somebody fix this problem..

here's the problem:
some of my DVD compliant mpeg files are rejected by Ulead DVD Moviefactory and DVD Workshop, while those rejected files are generated using the same EXACT settings with the other accepted mpeg files.
the files that being rejected tend to be the longer ones.
I also have tried to encode using CQ, CQ_VBR, MVBR, and 2 pass VBR, but all failed, all rejected.

here's my settings for those files:

MPEG-2 Video 720 x 480 x 29.97 (4:3 display)
Constant Quality 79 (2000 min, 9000 max) enable padding, spoilage P=0 B=0
VBV = automatic
MP@ML NTSC non-interlace 4:2:0
DC precision 8 bits
Motion search presision = Normal

GOP structure = IBPBPB
output interval of seq header = 1
Max number of GOP = 15
Detect scene change checked
Quantize matrix = all default

Audio = MPEG1 audio layer 2, 48000Hz Stereo 384 kbps, none checked
System = MPEG2 program VBR
Added source range, noise reduction, sharpen edge, custom color, and clip frame filters.

here's the individual file info:

1 rejected file has 25336 frames using the above settings and it's 460591108 bytes
2 accepted files has 5743 frames and 6483 frames using the exact settings as above


then, I tried to demux and then remux the 1 rejected file, but still rejected by DVDMF and DVDWS
another try is to cut the last 1-10 frames using the merge & cut tool, still rejected
until finally I cut some last 2 seconds (and it's the last 81 frames cutted after I checked later) it works. DVD MF and DVD WS accepted the file as a NTSC DVD compliant file.
the succesful file is at 25255 frames (cutted the last 81 frame from 25336 total frames)

I hope Hori-san or Ulead coders would fix this frustating problem!
Thanks!!

Oh I forgot to mention:
I am using
- TMPGEnc Plus version 2.59.47.155
- DVD Workshop 1.2 Trial Version (would buy this nice authoring software if this problem is going to be fixed)
- DVD MovieFactory Trial Version (latest version)

Hey ummm. Don't worry it's a known issue, I think? I have a thread that already talks about this exact problem. Look at "TMPGEnc outputs corrupt files?" in the forum a few lines down.

There's something wierd with the way TMPGEnc is outputting the MPEG-2 files. It didn't seem so bad in 2.58 but now in 2.59 I'm getting more files that are bad than ever before.

Hey ummm. Don't worry it's a known issue, I think? I have a thread that already talks about this exact problem. Look at "TMPGEnc outputs corrupt files?" in the forum a few lines down.

There's something wierd with the way TMPGEnc is outputting the MPEG-2 files. It didn't seem so bad in 2.58 but now in 2.59 I'm getting more files that are bad than ever before.

I use an older version of TMPG and it works fine except as noted below. I think it is 2.54 but am not on that computer right now to check.

Be more specific about exactly how Workshop is rejecting the files. Are they not loading into the library, not previewing, or are they being rerendered unexpectedly?

I've had problems with files hanging Workshop preview but these were ones on which dubious demux/mux operations had been performed. They also hung up WinDVD a bit at startup and then had timestamp problems near the end.

Make sure your files play perfectly in WinDVD. Watch the timer cadence near the end of the clip.

Probably not a factor but your GOP structure is non-standard. Only very unusual footage should need anything but the default (or maybe IBP=142). The greatest benefit of TMPG is that it encodes complex motion into long GOPs with extremely high quality.

I do not understand this:

I can view a movie that is a DivX and has the .AVI extension, in Windows Media Player, and I can view it in OTHER players, but TMPGenc REFUSES to display anything but a totally blank screen. I tryed using the preview button and I tryed using other options, and nothing is displayed but a totally black screen.

When TMPGenc converts the .avi to a .mpg, it is also 2 hours of nothing but a black screen!!!

How do I make TMPGEnc convert DiVX .avis to .mpg? Why is it doing nothing but making a big video with nothing but a black screen that lasts for 2 hours?

Am I using the wrong program to convert DiVX .avi to .mpg? Should I be using a different program? Is it not working because TMPGEnc does not support DivX?

the problem is with DivX, not TMPG. You need DivX Pro to decode the video in such a way that ANY mpeg encoder will be able to use it. Divx standard only will output to an overlay, which is useless to the encoder, Divx pro can output the datastream and be encoded sucessfully. I had the same problem until I got pro (Adware... minus the adware ^_^), get pro and that should fix everything.

Try raiseing the Priority of the "Direct Show File Reader"..Go to "Options" to "Enviromental Settings" to "Vfapi Plugins" and raise the "Direct Show" to "2" that is if you the correct codecs installed..

I still use old free version of TMPGEnc. Is it worth to invest the $48 to get latest version? Use it to convert AVI (from Studio8) to MPEG for DVD burning via Nero.

Hi, I am using the latest download, and I am major problems with the SVCD output being corrupted (crashing all my players,even tried burning anyway using Nero - got coasters).
I am using the wizard (but also tried the long way), selecting SVCD PAL, leaving all settings at default (PAL default that is), using the 'source range' option to chop the movies, then running the process. It completes fine, but when I try and view or burn the completed files they are corrupt. I have tried with Divx in/out , Nimo codec pack installed/uninstalled etc etc.
I get no problems at all using the wizard and the same files to do VCD, its just SVCD that is the problem.
Please note that I have the codecs to view MPEG2 on my PC.
Any, I mean ANY help would be appreciated, this is a superb tool but it is tainted for me as I can't figure this out.
Thanks,
Messa

There have been a few poeple Complaining about this happening to them in this newest version..What I would sugest is to try to run the file through the "Multiplex" and see if that fixxes the corruption, or you can use something to Re-Packetize the Mpeg files and see if that fixes it..I think maybe Mpeg2Vcr has a Re-Packetizeing feature...Or you can allways use a different encoder or try an earlier version....

Try re-multiplexing with an earlier version of TMPG as the new version has a bug in it's muxer.

ASHY

Please help Thanks

More details please. What type of file is it, how was it captured, where did it come from, what codec version is it in. Etc. Etc.

"Options" to "Enviromental Settings" to "Vfapi Plugins" and raise to "2"...and if that don"t work come back with more Info..

Taking a VOB file, using DVD2AVI to extract the AC3 aduio. Then take TMPEG to import the .d2v project file from DVD2AVI, but TMPEG will not accept the .d2v file saying it is not supported. Any ideas?

It cetainly won't accept Ac3 files as this is normal.
Import the DVD2AVI.VFP file from your DVD2AVI directory into your TMPG directory.
If you still get the unsupported message then recreate the d2v file.

ASHY

Hello,

After exctracting the .zip file for DVD2AVI, all that I find is a readme.txt, the executable file and a .ini file. No DVD2AVI.vfp file. Where can I find this. I thought that maybe it was a missing codec, but was not sure. Any ideas?

Sorry.....searched the machine and found it....should have done that first and then posted... will try back if i have anymore issues....

I read the problem converting avi to mpg and changed the setting at "enviromental settings","VFAPI Plug-in",Directshow multimedia file reader at priority from -1 to 2. there is the same message when i tried it again. Can anyone send me all the settings of TMPG?

I don"t understand what you are saying???Are you TRYing to say that you Did raise it to 2 and still it will not load the file giveing you the same Unsuported message??Well then it could be because you don"t have the proper codecs installed on your Computer, or your file is Corrupted...Try installing the Nemo codec pack and see if that helps...

where can i find the nemo codec pack? i tried a lot of avi files. there is always the same message.

Hi, I'm wondering if anyone has seen this before.. I'm taking AVI segments captured in Virtual Dub (720x480 or 352x480, 29.97 FPS, PCM 48000 Audio 16 bit stereo, MJPeg quality 19 or Huffyuv Best/Best), then frameserving them to TMPGEnc. The end result files out of TMPGEnc look like this:

352x480 NTSC
29.97 FPS
2000 CBR
48000 Audio Stereo
384 Bitrate Audio
Mpeg-2 DVD Compliant

The problem is that every so often (1 in 5 chance?) the file that TMPGEnc produces is messed up. When I play the files in WinDVD, they play ok. They play OK in PowerDVD too. When I import the MPG files into Ulead DVD Movie Factory they import OK. They also import OK into SpruceUp. I can author the menu and assign the movies to buttons, etc.

But in either SpruceUp or Ulead DVD MovieFactory, when I go to 'export' the finished movie as a DVD, it gives me an error. If the TMPGEnc mpg file is bad, that same file will crash in both Ulead DVD MovieFactory and SpruceUp. It usually crashes either at the start of the file or the end of the file when trying to export the VOB files. I haven't tried other packages yet but I'm sure they will crash too. It's the file itself that is bad, I'm just not sure how it's bad yet.

I've read in some places that if you use TMPGEnc MPEG tools merge & cut, then cut a few frames from the start of the MPG.. And a few frames from the end of the MPG. Then try it again, that it will work. I tried it, and suddenly the bad file was able to burn to DVD. But, why? Cutting from the start and end of an MPG file is a huge waste of time, esp. considering all the time trying to burn the file when it crashed near the end.

What is wrong with TMPGEnc that causes these files to fail? Is there a setting that can be set so the files produced by TMPGEnc do not need to have frames chopped off the start/end for them to load into DVD authoring packages ok?

Have you checked to make sure you are outputting closed GOPs.
Have you tried just re-multiplexing the file rather than chopping frames off or importing seperate video and audio streams.

ASHY

Ashy is right ,Usually if you just Run the file through the Multiplexor or the Merge & Cut the file will usually get fixed...as you say the problem is usually at the beginning or the end of the file so it sounds like a Header problem which can be fixed this way...

OK thanks. One question though: Is there a way to check if the file is bad *before* I run it through? Like some tool, or some hex editing way, etc.. I really would like a way to identify these problem files and only re-multiplex them if they are bad, but leave the good ones alone.

Plus: Any idea on what settings in TMPGEnc might be contributing to the problem?

I've been having the exact same problem with this!

listen please:

I always encode using the same EXACT settings for my AVIs except for filters.
the most frustating problem is, I have 3 DVD NTSC compliant mpegs (generated using the same settings as mentioned above), but one of them, the longest one (25336 frames (845 seconds) of 29.97 fps) won't load to DVD MovieFactory neither DVD Workshop Trial version.
the DVDMF rejects the file as a noncompliant mpeg file, but the DVDWS completely stalls whenever I click on the file name when importing so I had to ctrl-alt-del it.

then I tried so many times demux, remuxing, etc, and the results is as weird as hell:

1. original 25336 frames MPEG-2 DVD NTSC compliant file = rejected
2. demultiplex & remultiplexed of original file = rejected
3. cutted about 5 frame start and/or last of the original = rejected
4. here's the weirdest part: I tried to import the video stream only (demuxed and import the M2V only) it works! but I couldn't add the audio stream manually then because that kind of feature is not supported by DVDWS
5. cutted 81 last frames down to 25255 frames (from 25336) = successful! both DVDMF and DVDWS import it properly (with NTSC DVD tag on their file info)

so the conclusion is:
my 25336 frames MPEG-2 DVD NTSC compliant file generated by TMPGenc 2.59 plus is rejected by Ulead DVDMF & DVDWS but:
my 25255 frames MPEG-2 DVD NTSC compliant file cutted by TMPGenc 2.59 plus tool is accepted by Ulead DVDMF & DVDWS.

I wonder which has the bug? the TMPGenc encoder or Ulead products?
I also notice, that my successfully cutted mpeg file has only 0.01 second length difference between the video & audio part, while the original (and rejected) mpeg file has 0.02 second differences..

Please either Hori-san or Ulead fix this problem!

Just a little advice.. I think you've already determined this but when a file is bad, if you can, try to cut more than 5 frames. In my case, I often have to go back pretty deep into a movie. Sometimes 5 seconds deep into the start/end to cut the mpg2 clip.. Before the file will finally work. So 30 frames per second, that means I end up cutting like 150 frames off the start and 150 off the end? 300 total frames lost. The # of frames you had to cut sounds just about right to me.

The only difference between your problem, and mine.. Is that all of my files will import into my software. I have not had any importing errors, only exporting. After I do some menu's or whatever, then go to EXPORT. The export process will error out and quit before any DVD title set is exported. Usually it crashes at the very end of an MPEG file, so like 50% or 99% into an export process after I've wasted all that time.. I can tell by opening the very last vob file it created, and that shows me where the process failed. It helps to look there and see which movie is the problem movie.

The error isn't with Ulead, IMHO.. Cuz I've also used SpruceUp on the same file, and the same exact file will crash with that as it will in Ulead DVD MovieFactory. Sometime soon I am going to download a fully functional trial version of another DVD authoring package, and load the movie.. Just to make triple sure that it's the TMPGEnc error, and not these 2 DVD tools.

I just have one question for you: Do you use any tool to frameserve AVI segments to TMPGEnc? Avisynth? Virtual Dub? Or do you load the segments one at a time and encode one at a time? I'm curious to see if this has anything to do with the problem or not.

Really quick plz answer a few questions? I want to see how similar your system is to mine!

What is your video hardware? I have Xtasy Everything, 256MB Ram, Athlon 1700+, DX 8.1b, WDM 1.08, Nvidia 14.62 drivers.

What do you capture with? I use Virtual Dub, iuVCR and WinDVR.

Do you frameserve to TMPGEnc to open any AVI segments before encode? I use VirtualDub, Avisynth, and now TMPGEnc itself.

Do you use multiple versions of TMPGEnc open at the same time to encode multiple movie files?

You Can load seperate Audio and video files into "Ulead DVD Workshop 1.3" But it has to be a Full version..Well you Can"t get version 1.3 without Haveing a full version..Version 1.3 also supports AC3 audio files for DVD...I think Opening up More than One Instance of Tmpgenc and trying to encode more than one file at a time is asking for Trouble, I think it will end up being slower than doing it one file at a time and can cause errors in the mpeg files...If you are looking for a Way to encode really fast then use a Really fast encoder...Tmpgenc is one of the slower encoders out there..If you want Fast use CCE or MainConcept encoder....

Man, this is driving me nutz.. I had maybe ONE error per 100 back with 2.58 and now in 2.59 every single mp2 I've put out is corrupt in this way. What's up?

One thing a lot of people are missing is the following settings:

VIDEO
Frame Rate: 23.976 (internally 29.97 fps)
Encode Mode: 3:2 pulldown when playback

GOP STRUCTURE
Output interval sequence header = 1 (by default this is 0)
MAX number of frames in a GOP = 36 (by default this is 0)

REASONS:
1.) If the source was created correctly, it should be in 23.976 fps for progressive scan DVD players. If the DVD player is not a progressive scan player, the flags that are created in the MPEG2 video file will not be used and it will play the movie back at 29.97 fps. If you do use 29.97 fps, you need to then also set the mode as interlaced (otherwise your picture quality will be horrible)
2.) Encode mode 3:2 pulldown creates the 29.97 fps for the non-progressive scan DVD players
3.) Scenarist (the defacto standard for DVD authoring) requires that the maximum number of fields in a GOP are 36. It also requires the sequence_header_code to be repeated after these 36 fields. If this requirement is not met, you do not have an NTSC standard DVD.

Off of those facts, SpruceUp or ULead may be scanning the file and finding one of those problems. I'm not certain (since I do not use either of those programs) that this is the cause of your problems, but I have noticed the majority of problems in the conversion of DVD --> DVDR are related to these settings.

As for multiplexing streams...usually I always encode video seperate from audio, and then multiplex them with programs such as Scenarist.

Hope that helps a little.