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My source .avi has 25 fps. However the frame rate in the "Source range" window shows 30 fps if the "DirectShow File Multimedia Reader" priority is set to 1 in the "Enviromental settings" (VFAPI plug-in).
It is only a bug if when you start encodeing it encodes it at 30fps instead of 25fps...After you have done your settings and you go back to the main screen, what does it say the frame rate is set to at the bottom of the Tmpgenc screen??
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That file is a DVD2AVI project file.
Ensure u do not move,rename or delete either the .d2v file or its folders or the vob files used to create it. In fact don't change anything until u have completely finished with the file.
If this isn't the case then simply copy this file DVD2AVI.vfp from your DVD2AVI folder into your TMPGenc folder where the TMPGenc.exe is located and it should work.
>That file is a DVD2AVI project file.
>Ensure u do not move,rename or delete either the .d2v file or its folders or the vob files used to create it. In fact don't change anything until u have completely finished with the file.
>If this isn't the case then simply copy this file DVD2AVI.vfp from your DVD2AVI folder into your TMPGenc folder where the TMPGenc.exe is located and it should work.
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>ASHY
It is a dvd that I copied to my hard drive with cladDVDXP.
>That file is a DVD2AVI project file.
>Ensure u do not move,rename or delete either the .d2v file or its folders or the vob files used to create it. In fact don't change anything until u have completely finished with the file.
>If this isn't the case then simply copy this file DVD2AVI.vfp from your DVD2AVI folder into your TMPGenc folder where the TMPGenc.exe is located and it should work.
>
>ASHY
It is a dvd that I copied to my hard drive with cladDVDXP.
Is it possible with TMPGenc to get the file information of a
MPEG1/2 video file (type, framerate, screensize, etc.)? Virtual
Dub mostly will not load MPEG file. Often you'll find (music)
video files on the web which you can play with your Windows
media player but this one won't give you information at all.
In Audio only, you get an elementary Stream.
The other Option creats a system Stream. But there are not much Ideas how (and for what) to use them, if they are Video or Audio only.
Elementary Streams are very usefull if you plan to use an other Multiplex-Tool or to create a DVD.
It can go out of sync for a bunch of reasons, If you are encodeing to a different frame rate than the original file you can have sync problems, if the audio was off set in the avi by who ever created the file that would cause de-sync...Sometimes a AVI file will say that it is 25fps say but it is actually 24.97fps or something and when you encode it it goes out of sync cuz it isn"t actually the frame rate it says it is...These are a few reasons why it happens and there are more but seing as how we have no information about your avi file all we can do is Guess.....
I am just wondering if Tmpgenc is a 100% vcd compliant. I have a portable vcd player (napa dav-311) and it is apparently very picky about which encoder have been used when encoding the mpeg files. For some reason it doesn't like tmpgenc at all, and the playback gets all jerky when playing the vcds. So far the only encoder i have managed to find that make smooth playing mpegs are the "video impression" program that ships with roxio easy cd creator. That program sucks because it is too slow and doesn't produce nearly as good images as tmpgenc does. Does anyone know what to do???
No TMPG does not produce 100% VCD compliant MPEG files. This is why you are having problems.
The reason is due to the way TMPG multiplexes the streams together. The solution is to download Phillips Video cd 2.0 toolkit and use the multiplexer to re-mux the MPEG.
De-multiplex the MPEG to seperate video and audio streams with TMPG then use the VCD toolkit multiplexer to re-multiplex them together. This should create a 100% vcd 2.0 compliant MPEG which your player should be able to play fine.
I suppose you can encode Mpeg1 to Divx, but Virtual Dub would be better for that cuz that is what it is made for..To turn a Mpeg1 file into an avi file you just load the Mpeg1 file into Tmpgenc and then go to "file" to "Output to" then to "AVI" then a window will pop up with and dialog on were to save the file and there you can choose the Codec to encode with and the codec settings.the when you click "Save it should start makeing a AVI file with which ever codec you chose that is installed on your system..
I have 2.57 and was wondering about some of these settings.
- What does changing the bitrate do?
It is at 1150 - if I go to 2200 will that make the output better?
If I change the min value to a higher value would that make output better?
- Is 2 pass VBR better than VBR auto?
If I choose 100% on the quality of auto would that give me better output?
I have an avi file that I want to view on the computer at 640x480 and there just seems to be a lot of noise when it is playing. What I mean is that when a door is opening it is almost like it is slightly breaking apart.
Viewing the origingal file on a NTSC monitor show a very sharp, high res out put but after going thru compression it seem crappy.
The Quality of the encoded mpeg is directly related to the Bitrate used to encode it and the quality of the source file..The best encodeing method is the "CQ" or "Constant Quality" method, it is better than the 2-pass method with half the encodeing time..And the higher the resolution of the mpeg the higher the bitrate should be..For regular VCD resolution usually about 1650kbs should give you fairly good results but even higher is better, when useing the "CQ" method putting the Minimum at 1000kbs and max at 5000kbs with the quality at about 85 you should get very good results...But the quality of the Output can only be as good as the quality of the input...
Hi
I've never been clear on the different versions, other than the MPEG 2 capability of PLUS... Shoud I upgrade to TMPG 2.58? Will it do anything for me that I can't do now?
If you Bought "Tmpgenc Plus 2.57" you are intitled to a free upgrade to 2.58, you are only intitled to an upgrade to the version that comes out right after the one you bought so if you don"t upgrade to it you won"t be able to upgrade to anything, so you might as well do it ,you can run both versions at the same time and if you like one more than the other you can delete one of them...
i was looking for an answer to the same question. i must say though, thats a bunch of crap. when a new version comes out every couple of months it annoys me to not get the new feature and mpg2 options. every other internet based program, (musicmatch,realplayer,ect.) allow upgrades once you've bought the product. i love this encoder and have used it for a long time now. i couldn't wait for a full version to keep the mpg2 option open, but that aspect of the marketing definetly needs rethinking to keep the customer happy.
What the hell are you talking about? Once you have purchased TMPG plus ALL future versions so far have been free upgrades including the continuation of the MPEG2 encoding ability.
Either you are using an illegal serial which has been blacklisted and this is why you are moaning that future upgrades aren't working or you aren't using the Plus version at all and haven't purchased it in the first place.
I've learned enough of the basics to understand that the process essentially involves
1- video capture onto PC
2- encoding (in my case VCD's)
3- VCD burning
I have a JVC MiniDV camcoder, a fast Athlon PC with firewire, and I'm playing with these apps: Ulead VideoStudio, Nero 5.5, and of course TMPGEnc 2.5. I've successfully burned two VCD's that work on my DVD player (yeah!!). But it's a long process, and I'm looking for some optimizations.
My basic question in there must be a way to combine steps 1 & 2 above. When I connect my DVCamcoder, it's a visible device (I'm running WinXP Pro). However, when I browse to the DV device from within TMPGEnc, I can go to the DV camera but it doesn't recognize the DV file (on tape) in the camcoder so I can't directly encode it to my harddrive. Can anybody show me the way (if it's even possible)?
You can not encode directly off your Cam-Corder with Tmpgenc..You can use Mpeg capture programs like "Power VCR" to capture directly to "Mpeg1/2" so you don"t have to encode the movie to mpeg, there are programs like "Ulead DVD Workshop" that will let you capture to mpeg and do menu"s and chapters and burn all in the same program..But this way will not give you the best Quality as doing it the long way that you are allready doing..If you were to use "Adobe Premier 6.5" you could do the editing and add transitions and titles then you can frame serve the File to Tmpgenc without haveing to render it to avi..So these are basicly the choises you have, and it is allways going to be a very time consumeing proscess if you want the best quality....
minion - thanks for the reply. From what I've read so far, others concur with the few one steps sacrifice some quality.
OK, so, I need to capture first. I have 2 apps that can do it - Ulead VideoStudio and WinXP's Movie Maker. Both have different options/file formats to encode the captured DV file. It's not clear to me if I should select the highest quality format (Ulead uses a 720x480 @ 30fps .avi format for DV sources), or select one of the MPEG1 formats closest to VCD's, like 352x240? There is a big difference in size - the highest leaves a 10G .avi file which quickly leads to hard drive exhaust. WinXP's is the easiest user interface.
Nero5.5 then lets me do their VCD encoding followed by burning - and that works. However, I have obviously heard good things about TMPGEnc, including XVCD which appears to work with my Panasonic RP82 DVD player, which would give me higher resolution I think. However, I want to give TMPGEnc the required encoded DV movie file in order to create the best looking VCD.
I'm not knowledgeable enough at this time to feel confident in the correct approach/options/process yet to make these VCD's.
If you are just going to make VCD"s you don"t need to capture to 720 by 480, just capture to 352 by 480, but if you want to do xvcd with higher resolutions try to capture to 704 by 480, then you can encode that with tmpgenc to a XVCD, but useing a high resolution like that means you have to use a Lot higher bitrate so you will only get a max of 45 minutes on a CD-R..And I wouldn"t use Nero for encodeing cuz it is terrorable for quality..But if you just want to start out makeing Standard VCD"s then Tmpgenc is easy to use..you just load in your avi file then click the "Load" button in the bottom Right, then look for the "NTSC VCD" template in the Templates folder and load it then ,click the "start" button and it will encode a standard VCD for you, if you want to make a XVCD you will have to load the "Unlock.mcf" template so you can manually adjust the settings, then you just change the resolution to one that your player will play, usually either "352 by 480/480 by 480/704 by 480" then change the Bitrate, you will need to at least Double the standatd bitrate to obtain the desired Quality...it is a lot of trial and error to get everything right.....