Hi,

I have created several svcd files with tmpgenc (PAL svcd template), and in one of my standalone players the audio is delayed about 500 ms. I have tested the file in another player and in the PC, and the sound is OK.

If I use nero svcd pluging to encode the files, then the audio is OK in all players and in the PC.

Does anybody know any solution, or at least the reason for this delay?
Is it a problem of Tmpgenc, or Nero? (apart from a problem of my player :-) )

Thanks in advance,

Ramon

Well Burning to a To High of a Speed Can cause Sync problems, I usually will not burn any faster than 8 speed..And Bitrate spikes can cause the DVD player to Play the Video a Bit slower than the Audio, but besides this I can"t help...

It could be a compatibility problem with your player and Nero.
Make sure you have the latest version. Don't burn at too high a speed.

Try another burning program. VCDeasy is a good one and free.
If you still have problems then try VOB Instant CD/DVD, which has been known to solve this problem.

ASHY

Hey audio experts, here's one for u...

I have successfully encoded an AVI file to MPEG in TMPGEnc with
excellent video quality. However, the resulting MPEG does not
contain the audio track, no sound at all.

I used VisualDub to extract the audio to .wav (as the source was a
mix of wav and mp3), encoded again with separate video and audio
input files, and got the same result. The wav file seems intact
and functions properly in any player.

Any ideas? Are there any settings in TMPGEnc for audio or multiplexing
that would be relevant? There are some environment parameters including
sound, but none seem to be obvious fixes.

Appreciate any help,
Dave

After reading the boards more carefully, i have also tried using
AVI-MUX to no avail (avi-mux could not handle this otherwise
playable wav file).

I tried getting a view into the file with the abcAVI editor
but this did not indicate whether or not the audio contained
AC3 format.

Does anyone know if a sound editor like Cool Edit would be able
to normalize the wav format to make it readable by tmpgenc? The
original file was a Flash animation file exported to AVI (which
seems to have standard audio). Then 4 of these AVIs were spliced
in a storyline using Videowave 4 into one large AVI file. This
is where i suspect the encoding problem arises for the audio only.

unfortunately, i cannot export all 4 files at once from flash. as
a backup idea (and i will take any ideas from above), does the
merge feature in tmpgenc work only for merging layers such as
audio/image, or can u put multiple AVI files back-to-back to
create one long MPEG?

thanks in advance,
dave

I have created/burned several VCDs with little or no problems but I am now having a problem trying to create a VCD from a mpg file that is 576x244. I know this is a odd size but I have done it once before.

No matter what settings I seem to apply the output on my DVD player appears blocky and very jerky.

Any ideas?? The usual symptons .. it plays on my PC fine. It is the same CDs I have used for other succesful VCD burns so I doubt it is that but I guess it is possible.

Thanks,
Frank

Jerky Playback is usually Caused By encodeing to the Wrong Frame rate..Make sure that you aren"t encodeing a Pal File to NTSC or a NTSC File to Pal, Tmpgenc does not convert frame rates Properly...

hi everyone.. how ya all doin?
i was just wonderin if anybody could help me with a new vcd i tried 2 make.
i encoded the avi file into mpeg and it works fine. Then i tried 2 burn it with nero.. but it comes up with an error saying i don't have the right settings like the size. but i the movie i have is in widescreen.. so i encoded it in widescreen.. 16:9 ratio.. can i just burn it still? previously i encoded my avi in nero and it worked on my dvd player but the ratio was 4:3 and it looked really crappy..

anywayz.. 2 the next part of my problem.. i burnt my 16:9 mpeg i had just created with nero and when i played my new vcd.. it works on gdivx player as a vcd.. but when i try 2 play it on my dvd player.. the vcd plays.. but there is no picture.. can anyone help me plz...

thanx..

Do you have 16:9 TV?
16:9 is an illegal aspect ratio for VCD, but if you do it correctly it may still play in your player, but it is pointless encoding to 16:9 if your TV is 4:3

ASHY

Do you have 16:9 TV?
16:9 is an illegal aspect ratio for VCD, but if you do it correctly it may still play in your player, but it is pointless encoding to 16:9 if your TV is 4:3

ASHY

Hi,

Just encode your 16:9 video as 4:3 and in the expert settings select "full screen (keep aspect ratio)"

-Jim

Since Ulead DWS no longer works without crashing, I had to come up a new way to handle anamorphic video.

The key was make the source Mpeg files be "4:3" so authoring programs like DVDit LE accept them and then use IfoEdit to change the aspect ratio setting in the final DVD database to 16:9.

Changing Mpeg files encoded as 16:9 to 4:3 can be done with several programs. The AVestensione tool at www.offeryn.com works. Or Demux and use:

PULLDOWN.EXE file_16x9.m2v file_4x3.m2v -nopulldown -aspect_ratio 4:3

After authoring to get a DVD-Video database, the VTS_*.IFO files (usually only one) associated with each group of VOB files need to be edited.

Start IfoEdit and open the IFO file. A few lines down will be the "Title Set (Movie) attributes:".

Double click the "Video:" line, select 16:9, hit OK, and then hit Save at the bottom. Answer "Yes" to save the BUP (backup) file as well.

That's it! Set top players will letterbox the video and software players will properly size the windows.

The only drawback is that you can't have 4:3 and 16:9 mixed in the same DVD since aspect ratio is set for an entire Title Set which typically includes all material.

There is an easier way of changeing the Flags from 4:3 to 16:9, download a Program called "DVD Patcher" it will let you patch the header of the file from 4:3 to 16:9 without makeing an extra file...

I'll have to give DVD patcher a try. The point of my post is really IfoEdit since that fixes the post authoring database when anamorphic source was intentionally ,or accidentally, set to 4:3.

There may be friendlier software than IfoEdit but the above exercise is a good way for people to cut their teeth on that powerful tool.

This all demonstrates how the DVD-Video software layer uses a single flag in the IFO file which has been derived from the settings of the Mpeg source files. That is where Ulead DWS is pretty cool because it creates two title sets when both aspect ratios are used in the same project.

HI,

i'm trying to convert .m2v (video & sound) files to .mpeg files fixing aspectratio. it says that this software is able to do that, but when i try opening .m2v file it says can't open.

what can you suggest?

If you are trying to do this. Try an earlier version such as 2.54 or any version before they restricted the decoders that can be used and made some other changes that cause some files that should be supported and that did work in 2.54 to not to work anymore. It also seemed that 2.54 and earlier versions actually checked the format of the file, not just the extension, before saying that it could not do anything with it. In working with all the decoders on your system it was a unique tool that had not blocks nor restrictions. If something didn't work ok it just doesn't work but sometimes you were able to do some surprising things such as asf -> mpeg2.

But I guess they gave into the pressure. But they should have at least given an unsupported option to enable promisciuos decoder mode!!!
The reason for this is they received to many support requests and etc.

I am purchased the Plus version and things went downhill big time since 2.5.4.
I almost wish that I had saved my money but I dream of the good ole days and hope they will bring it back and not just turn this into another piece of crap like DVDit (programmed to crash by people that do not know how to program correctly).
This is a tool. Just like a hammer you can use it for many purposes but they trust you not to wack someone in the head with it or hit your finger.

I just don't think that they trust the Plus or non plus users of the tool to be smart enough to realise they will have problems with some decoders. They could have just listed their supported decoders on paper as supported they did not have to cripple their software. If they want to coddle users release TMPGEnc Wizard mode only or something. I just think it was a stupid overhanded shortsighted descision.

Actually it was the 2.57 version were they changed the Mpeg2 decoder, and as of that version Tmpgenc Supports Even More Mpeg2 decoders, Tmpgenc Still supports the Old "M2V.vfp" Decoder...and You can encode Many Different Formats Like ASF and WMV and ASX with Tmpgenc as you could will every other version, Most causes for Tmpgenc not working correctly on some systems is Because of the Configuration of the system and not Tmpgenc even though Tmpgenc can be a little Touchy at times....anyways To your Question, if you Have M2V file then you have a Mpeg file Cuz M2V is Mpeg but if you have to encode it anyways the Best way is to load the M2V file into DVD2AVI and Make a D2V project File and then encode that with tmpgenc, DVD2AVI decodes Much faster and Better than Tmpgenc"s decoders....

See my other message for the details.

As far as DVD2AVI being better I do not know.

You could do this with 2.5.4 without it giving you that error.

I know that for a fact.

>See my other message for the details.

As far as DVD2AVI being better I do not know.

You could do this with 2.5.4 without it giving you that error.

I know that for a fact.


You seem to have missed the point entirely.
TMPG changed the way it handled decoders as of v2.57 not before.
The reason for this and a good reason too is to make TMPG more stable when working with third party codecs.
Some codecs are unpredictable in use and some are just downright crap, not all MPEG2 codecs are the same.

TMPG still works with MPEG2 codecs for decoding, the ones in question being Sony, Cyberlink and Ligos. That's a choice of three which have been fully tested with TMPG and are supported to work.

In the earlier versions of TMPG I used a version of the Ligos codecs which are now incompatible with the new versions of TMPG, so I now use the Cyberlink codec which can be downloaded from most codec sites.

As for DVD2AVI, lets just say there is no better MPEG2 decoder available. If you want best quality fast decoding then DVD2AVI is the best bet.


>HI,

i'm trying to convert .m2v (video & sound) files to .mpeg files fixing aspectratio. it says that this software is able to do that, but when i try opening .m2v file it says can't open.

what can you suggest?

To answer this original question. There is no need to re-encode the file to change the aspect ratio. The aspect ratio is simply a flag which can be changed quite easily with certain software.

ASHY

I use Elecard software to capture Audio & Video, it creates a .M2T file

I use TMPGEnc to encode the file to a .MPG for SVCD use.

I then use TMPGEnc, MPEG Tools, Merge & Cut to Edit the file.


The Question I have is WHY Can't I EDIT the .M2T file ??
I get an error message: "is not mpeg file"

Thanks for the Help,
Dishman TV

An M2T file is a MPEG2 Transport stream which TMPG does not handle.
TMPG only handles program and system streams.
You may convert the Transport stream to an MPEG2 program stream with MPEG2VCR.

ASHY

I have been using TMPG to encode AVI to MPG then burn VCD or SVCD on Nero. Everything has worked fine. Recently now TMPG freezes (stops responding according to Task Manager) while I am encoding. It hangs usually around 70 - 90% done. It only seems to happen when I use Source Range to split it into 2 SVCD's. The only thing I have done different is I loaded Godian's Knot (GKnot)and deinstalled it. I dont know if this screwed up TMPG. I uninstalled TMPG and reloaded it and still have the same issue.

Please help.

Thanx

LoGruvz

Well you can allways Use Virtual Dub to Cut the AVI file in Half and encode it in Parts..Or encode the whole file and Cut it later with the "Mpeg Tools" that is if you can get them to work....

I use Elecard software to capture Audio & Video, it creates a .M2T file

I use TMPGEnc to encode the file to a .MPG for SVCD use.

I then use TMPGEnc, MPEG Tools, Merge & Cut to Edit the file.


The Question I have is WHY Can't I EDIT the .M2T file ??
I get an error message: "is not mpeg file"

Thanks for the Help,
Dishman TV

Well Probably because the File is Not a Mpeg file like the Error says, it is a M2t file whatever that is..If the M2T file is some sort of Mpeg file why do you need to encode it to mpeg Cuz it is allready Mpeg, Just capture to SVCD Resolution and Burn it to disk as a SVCD,You might have to add a SVCD Header, if you can"t capture to SVCD Resolution and have to encode it to Mpeg/SVCD then Why are you loading the File into the Mpeg editor??? I thought you were encodeing the file?? Tmpgenc"s Mpeg editor only officialy supports Files that have been encoded By Tmpgenc..You can try renameing the File from M2T to Mpg and load it into the Editor But I suspect that the File is Not totally Mpeg compliant or not really a Mpeg file and that is why you can"t edit it...

Thanks for the reply,

When I capture the file, i cannot change the resolution,
so I use TMPGEN to encode it to SVCD Standards.
( Which works GREAT )

What I want to do is Edit out the Commericals before
I encode it to SVCD ( since this process take time )

I tried changing the extention to .MPG and now
it says "Illegal MPEG File".

An M2T file is a MPEG2 Transport stream which TMPG does not handle.
TMPG only handles program and system streams.
You may convert the Transport stream to an MPEG2 program stream with MPEG2VCR.

ASHY

Hello...
i got a 80 min movie/mpeg , i need to cut it to go on disc, but
when i do it thru TMPG, after 58 mins there is NO sound??

also i tryed it thru Virtual Dub but it will not even let me save as
avi....so PLEASE help me as i really want this film on disc!!

Happy New Year too

thanx alot...Dave

What about XivD Files..How to encode with TMPGenc.

Is this possible with TMPGenc or not.
Do you have codec for it !.

Yes you can encode Xvid Files But I heard something about haveing to change the 4cc code of the File..Maybe someone else has info on this...

Everytime I start TMPGenc to covert AVI files to MPEG, I will get an error message - "at address 0230DB4A, read error occured against address 0230DB4A" irregardless of which AVI files I use as the source.

Moreover, if I proceed with the encoding, the encoding will terminate at some point (point varies even when encoding the same file repeatedly) before the end of source file. The error message is the same as above, though the address may or may not be the same as above.

Thus my encoding is always a shot in the dark - hoping the application will not abort before the encoding is finished. My success rate is 10% so far.

I suspect it is a system issue, but I'm at a loss on how to eliminate this problem. Kindly advise. Thank you.

Try Frameserveing or Try a Different Mpeg encoder, There are others that will do the Job Just as good....