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when I download an mpeg the picture is so bright and clean (vhs quality), and when I download a avi...it of couse looks nothing like the mpeg files. Can someone tell me how to turn these horrible files into the best picture I can with this program. Please step by step this for me so I can in way shape or form screw this up
First, I assume that you're using the wizard template, but it doesn't matter.
In the main window, you can access more settings with the "Setting" button.
In the wizard, it's when you get to the source range/clip frame/noise reduction window and is called "Other Settings".
When you open either one, a window called "MPEG Setting" with a bunch of tabs will appear. Under the "advanced" tab there is a check box called "simple color correction" Check it and double-click it to change the settings. play with the contrast and brightness to get what you want
This will not help if the corrupted, a poor quality rip or low resolution, though.
It is true if the File is of Bad Quality there is nothing you can do to Make it look better...But if it is just a case of Being to dark or haveing the color off this can be fixed but with Mpeg encodeing Garbage in is Garbage out...
Please help, I am very new to encoding, but have managed to create a mpeg1 file from an AVI source file. Please can you tell me how to convert AVI to MPEG2, using TMPGEnc, so I can create a SVCD? many thanks Mac
thank you for the reply. I have created an MPEG2 file, but it is 1.5Gb! I noticed in another question it was suggested to download a bitrate calculator, to make the file size smaller. I am in the process of doing that.
A couple of questions please..
how do i encode MPEG2 without the wizard? (so i can change the bitrate)
how do i change the bitrate?
Thank you for your patience, and for being an invaluable source of information in my learning curve.
How to encode without the WiZard??? Well run Tmpgenc Turn off the WiZarD, then load your file in on the main screen, click the "Load" tab and look for the "Unlock.mfc" Template and Choose it(this will let you change the bitrate) now go into "Settings" and set them to what you want...
Thanks again - I now have an Mpeg2 file at 1.3Gb, the only problem I have now is that when I try to cut the file, TMPGEnc delivers the message "Cannot open file with direct show". Any ideas of where I went wrong?
It depends on the bitrate you use. AVI's usually have a better compression ratios, so you can use the same bitrates as MPEG, but with higher quality.
For instance a 1500 kb/s AVi will be the same size as a 1500 kb/s MPEG, but the AVI will be of higher quality due to it's better compression ratio.
To acheive the same quality in the MPEG as the AVI the bitrate would have to be almost double thus giving 3000 kb/s.
So to answer your question when regarding AVI's, if you want almost the same quality out as you put in then you are going to get bigger file sizes.
>When an Mpeg2 file is encoded to SVCD, does the file size change? i.e. if i encode a 650mb Mpeg2 file, will it become larger?
If your input is MPEG2 and you encode to the same bitrate then the file size will stay the same, but depending on the parameters you set such as resolution, the file could be worse quality than the original.
Why would you want to re-encode the MPEG2 anyway? It is already in the correct format.
Just wondering if there is any reason why when loading a TMPGTEMPLATE,TXT file that was generated by IfoEdit, it would freeze? Is this function operational yet?
By "Freeze" I mean 99% CPU usage and no disk usage. It stays like that for at least 20 minutes.
I don't know about 20 mins but I know from other people who use it that it takes quite a long time to load the template. I haven't actually used one my self yet, but It does work apparantly.
I was wondering if some1 could help me please! I have been encoding for a while but all of a sudden I can not conevert my avi files! It encodes for a few seconds then comes up with an error box annd a whole load of digits! Once I press ok it comes up after a few secons again. I have a stack of files to encode so could some1 tell me what the problem is! Thanks in advance!
Tried to cut a MPEG file into pieces. Added the file into "Merge&Cut" and wanted to edit it. Did set start and end point and clicked "RUN". Then following message displayed:
At address 73EF1DO4, Read error occured against address 73EF1DO4.
The problems lie in the Mysteries of the universe, the Mpeg tools are Just Very Buggy and when they don"t want to work for a Particular file there is nothing you can do to make them work, so the best solution is to use a different Mpeg editor....
most avi or divx files have 48000 hz audio.Use virtual dub to covert audio to 44000 uncompressed wave file. Also check vcdhelp.com there are many tools there that you can use. For instance some divx movies have ac3 audio that can be tricky to convert. Good Luck!
You say you know about Audio, so I was wondering, what MP2 encoder are you using? I'm using toolame, but the problem is that it doesn't let me use Phychoacoustic mode #2, which should give better quality... Whenever I try using it the program simply crashes... Any ideas?
My audio is garbeled after converting my raw AVI to MPEG-2. My AVI is from my DV Camcorder. I've used the Dazzle DVD Complete encoder without any audio problems ?
ok...bare w/me.
Here's the scenario:
I have an avi (23.976 fps) which I need to convert to VCD compliant (29.97 fps). This is what I have done:
#1- decompress source file with "avi audio decompressor"
#2- extract audio with "VirtuaDub"
#3- encode with tmpgenc 2.5 to mpeg2 with 3:2 pulldown
:unlock ntsc film (under "video", encode mode: 3-2 pulldown when playback & framerate, 23.976 fps(internally 29.97fps)
#4- I then take the mpeg2 and de-mux it.
#5- I then go to encode the vid file to Mpeg1 and the video gets blocks in it, now it doesn't have blocks until I get to this point....what is the problem OR what am I doing wrong?
#6- (If this succeded...I would have muxed the audio back into the video file.
-after I wrote the last message I decided to make an svcd out of it and try it that way....well, it worked great except for the fact that the audio is a pubic hair off...barely, but it is noticable.
The Standard VCD Bitrate is Just to low to Get the best Possible Quality but raiseing it to over 1500KBS usually gets rid of most of the blocks but 2000 is better depending on the source file...