Hi !!

I try to encode an avi-file and there is an error - Failed to create device context.What does that mean??

THX

How can I split an mpeg into 2 parts? Thanks

By editing it...."File" to "Mpeg Tools" to "Merge & Cut"...

i need help,
see i try to open my avi file and an error messege tells me that "the file can not open or unsupported"
but it's an- avi file so whats the proublem?!

Go to "Options" To "Enviromental Settings" Then To "Vfapi Plugins" and Raise the "Direct Show Multimedia File Reader" to "2"...

I have the same problem - change the value to 2 for direct show but the problem persists

i did what u told me 2 do (and thanx 4 that)
but it still doesnt work,
the same error message

Hi I am using the merge/cut option but it only shows the "time" sequence of where to cut a movie, is there a way to set it to show actual frames, since I am trying to get all the frames that pertain to a particular sequence ??? thanks..

Not That I know of ...Tmpgenc doesn"t support frame accurate editing..But you Can use the "Source range" to do frame accurate encodeing...But I don"t know how good it is...

Im new to the process of creating VCDs. Please help me with the following problme:

I used DVD2AVI to extract the audio as a .wav file. This plays perfectly. Then I used TMPGEnc to create the MPEG file. The MPEG works-the video plays, but there is no audio. I tried it twice and it does not work. Any suggestions?

Encode the D2V file from DVD2AVI like normal and take the Wav audio file and encode it to Mpeg audio with something elce like "Headac3he" or "Db Power Amp" the use the Mpeg Tools to Multiplex the audio to the video and soo if that works...And try useing DVD Playing software as Opposed to media player cuz Media Player can in some cases with certain Codec combinations plays Mpeg files without the audio or it cutting in or out...Try Power DVD it"s a good one...

It shows a freeze frame at the beginning but only render the audio. Help!

Well if Tmpgenc won"t accept it then you probably don"t have the correct Mpeg2 decoder installed...If you install Nemo codec pack or Power dvd then you should have the proper Mpeg2 decoder installed ..If you still can"t get it loaded then try useing DVD2AVI to make a D2V project file and then encode that.....

Or it could be the fact that it is a I frame file...

Hi
Maybe it is stupid question but I am still new on this.
I am trying to convert AVI to MPEG with TEMPGEnc I am not getting any error but for some reason the Audio cuts off in certain point during the movie and it does not come back again till the end.
The AVI file seems to run fine. I have not made any modification or editing the AVI file. It is all strait forward.

Any ideas? Please help

KindDude

>Hi
>Maybe it is stupid question but I am still new on this.
>I am trying to convert AVI to MPEG with TEMPGEnc I am not getting any error but for some reason the Audio cuts off in certain point during the movie and it does not come back again till the end.
>The AVI file seems to run fine. I have not made any modification or editing the AVI file. It is all strait forward.
I created the AVI file with Ulead.
I downloaded Virtual Dub but unfortunately it cannot read the AVI file the error is "Could not locate decompresor (DVSD)unknown. VirtualDub requires a video for Windows (VFW) compatible codec to decompress video. DirectShow codecs, such as those used by Windows Media Players, are not suitable"
>
>Any ideas? Please help
>
>KindDude

Virtual Dub Runs on the same decodeing engine as Tmpgenc and media player..So if you can load it into Virtual Dub then you either don"t have the proper codec installed, there is a Major error in the Source file or the file isn"t an avi file...Find out what codec the avi? file was encoded with then look for that codec and download it and see if that helps...

Thanks
But the thing is that I capured the AVI file with Ulead 3.0 software and ran it through TMPGEnc I got no error's but the problem is that when U run the MPEG result the Audio cut off in the middle. It happen twice with different capures and different length.
How can I know which Codec was used?

Did you capture it with an analog capture card??Cuz I think that Ulead will only capture to Uncompressed avi when useing a Analog card and with a DV capture the the format would be DV...Tmpgenc only supports one type of DV But I don"t know if it is Type 1 or 2...If you want to check the codec then right click on the file and Go to "Properties"...If it is Just a Problem with the audio cutting out in the encoded Mpeg file then try something like "Sound Forge" to Extraxt the audio then use it to encode the audio to Mpeg or use something elce like Headac3he or even DB Power amp to encode the wav file to Mpeg audio...

Hi,

you must select under Audio-->Tracks the right Tracknumber.

>>Hi
>>Maybe it is stupid question but I am still new on this.
>>I am trying to convert AVI to MPEG with TEMPGEnc I am not getting any error but for some reason the Audio cuts off in certain point during the movie and it does not come back again till the end.
>>The AVI file seems to run fine. I have not made any modification or editing the AVI file. It is all strait forward.
>I created the AVI file with Ulead.
>I downloaded Virtual Dub but unfortunately it cannot read the AVI file the error is "Could not locate decompresor (DVSD)unknown. VirtualDub requires a video for Windows (VFW) compatible codec to decompress video. DirectShow codecs, such as those used by Windows Media Players, are not suitable"
>>
>>Any ideas? Please help
>>
>>KindDude

Audio sync problem after remuxing. Here's what I'm doing:

Use IfoEdit to strip steams and create new ifo's of the main movie vob's to another folder.

DVD2AVI the new vobs to get a .d2v file for Tmpegenc (I've tried using the .d2v file directly into Tmpgenc and frame serving it as well).

In Tmpgenc I use the DVD wizard and all I change is the bitrate and the quality setting.

Then I use the .m2v file when remuxing useing IfoEdit again to rip the steams and create new ifo's of the main movie vob's to yet another folder.

My audio is out of sync by about 2 seconds.

Any help on what I'm doing wrong.

If it is out that much for the whole movie then you can fix it by useing Mpeg2Vcr to re-mux the file..It has a Function that allows you to Set the audio skew to fix sync problems...

I want to add permanent subs into SVCD so I used VirtualDub frameserving into TMPG but I cannot load as a video source .vdr file (as guide in VCDHELP says). Any help?
Thanx
Lubo

Well Make sure that the VDR file works properly..Open up another instance of Virtual dub and see if you can load in the VDR file..If you can then try Dis-ableing the Direct show File reader in the Vfapi Plugins, sometimes this works...

Make sure you double click the Proxyon.reg file in the Virtual Dub plugins folder BEFORE you try to import the file with TMPGEnc.

I could not get the preview screen to open in tmpgenc so I was told to try to open it up in virtual dub so I down loaded it went to file clicked on open video opened the video then I went to save as avi clicked on that another window popped up and said you are about to save a uncompressed avi file it may be very large if this is not a temp.avi file consider using video compression to save space the video must be set to full processing mode in order to work. And it is so i clicked yes continue and my imput and out put screen popped up and they were black also.I've downloaded every codec that has been suggested to me such as nimo code pack v5.0 build 8 and up my direct show in vfapi under enviro settings in tmpgenc and now I get avi can not open or unsupported please help me

Can you play the File???When you load the File into Virtual Dub there is a Little slider right under the screen..Move that and you will scan through the movie, if you don"t see a picture and you have the right Codec then there is Probably something wrong with the AVI file...But if scanning the File produces a Picture then Frame serve the file and don"t save it as an avi , especially Uncompressed Unless you have 150gb of spare space on a very big drive ..To frame serve you double click the "Auxsetup.exe" file in the V-Dub folder then choose "Install handler" then in Virtual dub you just go to "File" to "Start Frameserver" then name the file and give it a .VDR extention the load it into Tmpgenc but leave the frame server running.You problem happens quite often with downloaded files...90% of the problems that are posted are with files that are downloaded..Get a DVD Rom and Rip DVD if you want problem free VCD/SVCD/DVD"s.......

I down loaded a movie off the web and have been trying to fix it .When I Try to Multiplex it gets about 3/4 then I get an illegal audio error box.

Thanx for the detailed explanation...So from what I can discern from your post is that you downloaded a Mpeg file from the net??And it doesn"t work for some Reason? Is the audio the problem you are haveing with it...Can you play the audio But just cant Mux it?Try re-encodeing the audio then use that as the audio in your mpeg file,,or you can uncompress it to Wav/Pcm and encode it to mpeg audio then mux it...

The movie was broken and wouldn't play. I'm new to mpgs and am trying to learn how to fix the problems as I come across them.Vcdhelp said to try fixing using tmpg.... so I tryed multiplexing when I ran into that error.The file it created does open and played but froze up when it was advanced.
Can you tell me what to use and how to re-encode the audio ?

If the video froze then fixing the audio won"t help...Try VCDGear...It is supposed to Fix broken Mpeg files...Mpeg files aren"t really meant to be repaired though but it might work if it isn"t that bad...But if you want to try encodeing the audio you just use the "De-Multiplex" to seperate the audio from the video then load the audio into the audio spot in Tmpgenc then click Start...

I am having problems with the final dvd product from a compressed mpeg (audio and video) from a vhs capture. I finally though I had all the settings right...the filesize was perfect for a dvd burn and the playback was fine on my computer...then I used Sonic My DVD to make the dvd...the end product finished out without errors. But when playback was done on my home dvd players slight jerkiness was showing then about half way through the movie the sound went out. I am setting my bitrates exactly as the original for this 91 minute film capture...I am clueless and frustrated at this point since I already killed 2 dvds....its frustrating to see that the end product seems to come out fine on the computer then after the dvd is developed it shows nothing but problems. I have not tried using tmpgs dvd template...how good are all the default preset settings and which ones should I be concerned about that are not greyed out or the ones that are for changes. Any help would be great...I just wish someone with great knowledge could be here JUST once during a project which would probably cut this head banging to a mere century! HELP! Please! Thankyou!

If The mpeg Played Fine On Your Computer Before You Authored It with Sonic The The problem is with Sonic My DVD Not Tmpgenc...I bet You Got It with your DVD Burner??Sonic Usually Makes Good Products But My DVD Is not a very good Program..That Is Why It Comes with DVD Burners, cuz They know That you Will Buy Something Better And Spend More money....

The most likely cause of your problem is probably due to the quality of the blank DVD-R used and is a common issue. Keep in mind that DVD-R technology is evolving on a weekly basis, and that different batches of the same brand are not necessarily the same quality.

A browse through the threads on http://www.mediaforums.net will provide information that will enlighten you.

Actually...let me correct that...it plays fine on the computer until I burn it to dvd with Sonic My DVD...if either of you guys are 100% positive that it is Sonic My DVD then what is a reasonably priced program that works well?

If you want to author and burn with the same program try the Trial version of UleadÃÔ MovieFactory. Simplicity itself at a reasonable price.

Personally, I would try a different DVD-R first. You would be surprised at the number of people who have experienced the same problem as you have. Myself included.

Well...that's 4 dvds Ive wasted...its not the dvds it sonic...what would sonic be doing to it to screw it up...all it has to do is take the original frickin image that PLAYS FINE and burn it on a dvd...its that simple...Ive used their program before with dvd originals to backups and used rempeg2 to compress it and it worked great...now the audio and video are done individually without compressing the audio..Im thinking that has something to do with it...I cant understand why WINDVR doesnt have a setting that can capture the video and simply separate the video and audio into 2 folders...why is it SO damn hard for these programmers to make DECENT software with better settings instead of generic crapo settings...This is kindof nerve wracking ...especially when NEVER having dvd backup problems with Sonic...WINDVR has a setting for 100 and 120 minute dvd capture but it splits it into 2 folders...now what on earth makes the idiots think people want to put an hour and a half movie on 2 dvds????!!! Especially when there will only be 10 minutes on the second dvd (the end of the movie)...what if I just want to burn it to dvd without authoring or menus...nero sucks for dvd burning it wants to see a video_ts folder at least...how the heck do you just burn a mpeg2 image onto a dvd!!!??? I really would like to try that program you are talking about ...where is the link for it?

Ulead's MovieFactory can be found at:

http://www.ulead.com/dmf/runme.htm

With WinDVR 2.0 you can set the file size so you can split it at say 4GB or at 40GB that is if you have NTFS, But WinDVR has a Big problem with Sync issues Cuz It doesn"t report Dropped frames and it doesn"t seem to compensate for dropped frames or the time difference between the Capture card and the sound card...You would probably get much better results if you captured to AVI with something like Virtual Dub which is exelent at prezerving Audio sync and then encodeing the AVI to mpeg..You will get Better Quality that way also But you will need a Big Hard drive and a Very fast Hard drive...I use a 120GB ata/133 which works great...A good authoring Program is "Ulead DVD workshop 1.3" you can download a Fully working 30 day Trial from there web site, and If you get creative you can probably get it for free...

I am trying to download the program from ulead and it wont let me..there seems to be a problem on there end...it wont even start...my connection is excellent but it still wont let me.....Now as far as WINDVR ...I know about the setting of the filesize...I was just venting on the fact that they would have such a senseless setting. I have done captures MANY times...and they all turned out great using Sonic My DVD...but they were no more than 1 hour long so I didnt have to worry about compressing them...like I said THEY TURNED OUT GREAT!! But now with a 1 and a half hour video I have to compress it...it looks great before and after it is compressed..the audio and video are in perfect sync ...then when I burn it to a dvd using Sonic My DVD it creates crap....Im not understanding what Sonic is doing to it during the processing and burning...but I do hope that ulead movie factory doesnt do this to me. As far as the "creatively getting it for free" I already can take care of that...I just need to download it...let me know if you guys have a problem downloading the trial version...if not maybe you could send it to me somehow...Ive never had problems being able to access a download before...Im assuming it is them

Go to Products. Select MovieFactory. Enter your e-mail address. Submit and download. Just worked ok for me.

great..then what the heck is goin on my side...its not working for me

Ive tried a million times and it keeps rejecting me...would it be possible for you to send it to me via email or msn messanger or something?

Your e-mail address would help.

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Ignore above.
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ASHY