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Hello,
I am having problems with audio sync.
I have posted question here couple of times to get some answer, but
nothing fixed my problem.
I am coverting ntsc-avi to pal-vcd-mpg.
I was trying different things and I did a demultiplex of the encoded
mpg and then did multiplex. the mpg file i got after multiplex was
30kb less in size than the original mpg. any idea why?
regards,
-Sajid.
That happens because when you are encodeing tmpgenc apply"s padding to the video and audio stream in an attempt to align the data packets then when you de-mux and re-mux the padding gets removed, don"t worry about it it isn"t bad thing it is a good thing......
I am using TMPGE 2.54 within dvd2svcd. I can never get tmpge to complete the encoding without freezing up my computer. I will take several restarts / reboots in order to finish the and create the .bin file. I do eventually get there. I get a freeze and not a blue screen. I have tried CCE and like TMPGE better. This happens when I run tmpge by itself outside of dvd2svcd.
I have a 1.8 amd with 512 ram and 40 gig hd.
What can I look for that would give me a clue on why this is freezing? I am not seeing anything in the event manager.
Hi
I am having probs with a mpeg file.
I created the file by using isobuster on a VCD.
Unfortunately when I came round to using it I get the error that the file can not open or is unsupported. I doesn't load into any version of Tmpgenc and media player wont play it (XP).
I managed by more luck than judgement to get an split aud and vid file by using multiplex tool. However the viedo file still wont load in Tmpgenc although it now plays on media player?
I tried to get the mpeg info from a mpeg properties prog but neither files would load in.
One error message I got was something to do with the first bytes not representing a mpeg file (not exact words but you get the drift)
Hi ..I'm new so bare with me
I want to sharpen up a VCD..its a little out of focus and is in .DAT format and tmpeg says the format is unsupported can/will it work or am i wasting my time?
It should do, I never have any problems opening DAT files.
Try running the file through the simple multiplexer in the MPEGtools and then load it into TMPG.
An XVCD is simply a VCD which doesn't conform to VCD standards. Most DVD players will have no problem with these disks and this allows you to create better VCD's by raising the bitrate and/or increasing the resolution of the MPEG.
To do this you first need to unlock the settings in TMPG. Look in your template folder and find a file called 'unlock.mcf' and double click it.
This will unlock the settings allowing you to choose whichever setting you require.
Stepping around this problem can be done easily in a variety of ways: 1) Split SmartRipper's chapters (VOBs) into two pieces and treat them as separate DVDs. 2) Reduce the bitrate of TmpGenc to force a smaller MPG-2 size. 3) Use TmpGenc's Advanced|Source Range and create two MPG-2 files from batch (this one is twitchy because it can knock the audio out of sync).
My question was only to fill in a knowledge gap: What is the limitation that TMPGenc is warning me about and which Nero demonstrates so fully?
It is NOT a disk space problem. I have 30 GB left over after the complete processing. I've seen low disk space errors and they are not the same.
Whatever the problem, TMPGenc is set to raise an error message whenever the expeced MPG-2 file exceeds 4 GB. Why is it so?
this dvd and some others i have come across when ripped with smartripper and then used in dvd2avi it is only in full screen..... but the dvd has the option when played to choose either widescreen or fullscreen.. i want to use the widescreen. is there someway to chooose only the wide format when going to make a project in dvd2avi or is there someway in smartripper to rip the wide format
I'm not sure what you mean. All DVD's are ripped to wide screen with DVD2AVI assuming the movie is widescreen in the first place. Unless you have resized the movie using the resize filter in DVD2AVI.
It is your settings in TMPG that are causing the problem. You must select '16:9 display' as the source aspect ratio in TMPG and 4:3 as the output ratio. This should give you a widescreen movie.
> I'm not sure what you mean. All DVD's are ripped to wide screen with DVD2AVI > assuming the movie is widescreen in the first place
Sorry Ashy, but this is a smartripper issue. Since the dvd's got the option to choose between wide and fullscreen, it contains two main movie streeams: one 4:3 and the other 16:9. You chose "movie" mode in Smartripper, which then ripped out the first movie stream it came to, the 4:3 stream.
There are several ways to get around this, but I'd personally choose "backup" mode in smartripper to dump the entire DVD on your hard disk. Id then use IFOEdit to rip out the 4:3 stream; this would result in the VOBs being rebuilt by IFOEdit, and DVD2AVI would then lock onto the 16:9 stream.
If you need any info on how to use IFOEdit got to doom9's excellent website http://www.doom9.net It's not easy to use but will solve the problem.
Hmm, I have never come across a DVD with two main movie streams before. I wasn't aware there were DVD's like this. Thing is I don't see the point seeing as most DVD players have a zoom option. It just seems like a pointless thing to do unless it has been specifically created using a Pan and Scan editing machine to show the most important parts of the movie.
Thanks for the info Griff you learn something new everyday.
SmartRipper is aptly named:
If the first Program Chain is 4:3 then look for another Chain of the same length and select it....Why go to all the bother of ripping the complete DVD and then running it through an editor! What a waste of time!
A few minutes reading Help Files can cure most problems, in any software. But there again, who bothers to read help files anyway?
> unless it has been specifically created using a Pan and Scan editing machine to show the most important parts of the movie.
Correct. The 16:9 widescreen is an optional extra, it's smaller in size than the 4:3, because of those horizontal black bars which compress very well temporally (P and B frames bon't need any info on the) and spatially (jpeg like compression of the I frames).
> SmartRipper is aptly named
Unfortunately Smartripper's not THAT smart, when presented with multiple movie streams it'll give you the first. You can try looking for another chain of a similar size, and you may quite easily succeed. However, what you end up with may prove interesting viewing.
If you would like to work on an example, get a copy of "Futurama Vol 1"; there's only one way to rip this DVD...
I don't know if this will be relevant to this case, but whenever I have problems with Smartripper, I have always managed to solve it by using VSTRIP.
I'm sure VSTRIP would allow easy identification of both streams and then allow the choice for either one to be ripped without any problems as it also allows the IFO to be examined and used for ripping.
I have captured an MPEG2 file with ATI all in Wonder and am converting it to VCD but TMPGEnc processes the MPEG2 in a matter of seconds does not come up with an error and has not actually converted the file !!!
You probably have to extract the audio to a wav file with "virtual dub" or if the audio is AC3 then you can use an "AC3 decoder" to convert the audio.Tmpgenc only supports certain audio formats and some of the ones it does support it has problems with like any compressed audio source...........
Hi, I'm sorry I'm a Noob. I have a .AVI file that requires divx to run on my computer. When I convert it with TMPGenc and then play it on my DVD player, or try to open the mpg on my computer, I only get sound. What am I doing wrong?
You probably just need the priority of your "direct show file reader" to be raised, go to "options" to "enviromental settings" to "vfapi plugins" and raise the "direct show" to "2".Usually if you can see the movie in the screen of tmpgenc while encodeing then the file should have video....
when i try to burn a mpeg says taht i need to put a gop header sequence but i know that is with the tmpg encoder but what numbers i need to put in the gop structure.
Number of I picture in GOP: ¿?
Number of P picture in GOP: ¿?
Number of B picture in GOP: ¿?
Output interval of sequence headers: ¿?
MAX number of frames in a GOP: ¿?
Hi all!
I just downloaded the 146.free version of tmpgenc and am having problems since it seems to think that time has run out for it to use the MPEG-2 conversion. Did I miss something here? Has anyone else experienced this?
It does that when you have had other versions of tmpgenc installed on your system before and the information is still in your registry.I guess they do that because they only want you to use one demo version then have to buy it..
Im sorry if this sounds like a stupid question, but I'm a real novice. Is there a way to convert divx files to some format that I may burn to disc and play in a dvd player at home to watch with my TV?
Well that is what "tmpgenc" is for....I"ll give you the total basic instructions.First open the program, then go to "options" to "enviromental settings" to "vfapi plugins" and raise the priority of the "Direct Show File Reader" to "2" by right clicking on it..We do this cuz you sometime will get an error saying "can not open or unsupported" when you load your file..OK, now click "browze" in the video slot and choose your avi file, the audio should load with the video, now click "load" in the bottom right corner and choose the template for the format you want to encode to eg:vcd/svcd/dvd pal(europe)or ntsc(north america)ect..now you choose the output directory by clicking the "browse" in "output" then click "Start" in the top left, now tmpgenc will start chugging awway for anywere from a few hours to a few days depending on the speed of your computer and if you see your movie in the tmpgenc program window while it is encodeing then it usually means it is working , but these are very basic instructions you should go to "www.vcdhelp.com" and print a step by step manual from there cut there are lots of things that can go wrong so it is good to experiment a bunch..........good luck
I have a PAL AVI which I want to convert to NTSC MPG2 for authoring with DVDit PE. When trying to build the project I get the following error: Each GOP header must be preceded by a sequence header. Is this something I can alter in TMPGEnc?
Yes you need to have a sequence header in from of each Gop for a mpeg file to be dvd compliant, you do this by going into the settings to "gop" and where it says sequence header put that number to "1" and make sure the number of frames per gop does not excede "18" frames...But if you just loaded a "pal" avi into tmpgenc and encoded it to a "ntsc" mpeg you will have a choppy or jerky playback on your dvd player cuz tmpgenc does not do perfect frame rate conversions......
OK I have to live with the loss of quality. But even if I load the default settings for DVD it keeps generating the same error. I have tried both the DVD (PAL) and the DVD (NTSC) standard settings. Strange.. I have also made sure to make new testfiles so it won't be mixed up in the DVDit project by accident.
Did you put a sequence header for every gop?and make sure you close all gop"s,I used to use "dvdit PE 2.5" but I was haveing the same problem as you ,it would not accept hardly any of the files I tried to author with it, but "Spruce Up" is a better program cuz it isn"t so picky, and "ulead dvd movie factory" doesn"t give thise types of errors either cuz it re-writes the header before it burns it to disk so any problems with the header It ignores.So would sugest trying a different authoring program..
EXACT SAME problem with DVDit! PE for me to. I simply would accept NONE of my AVI files--not to mention the fact that Sonic's other program, MyDVD, burned the video upside down. I have since removed those worthless programs from my system. I'm with Minion, SpruceUp or Ulead is the only way to go. Spruceup is "free." It's no longer supported by the publisher but you can still get the trial version online. Ulead MovieFActory is a meager $44 online.
This is strange, I'm currently using MyDVD - which uses the DVDit authoring engine. I got the same error, but when I added the sequence header in TMPGEnc, I had no problems.
Which version of TMPGenc are you using? As I write, a new version has been released. Maybe you should try this.