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I've had problems with versions later than 2.510 of the free encoder hanging. There's been posts from others having the same problem. Can a plus version of 2.510 still be purchased?
I don"t think so, But if you look hard enough in the Right places you should be able to Find some of the Older versions...Why won"t you post the Problem you are Haveing and Maybe we can help??? as the New version are Definately better....Cheers
Problem is that the program will hang during an encode of an AVI file, approx 15-20 min source position. I read of others having the same problem on this forum, and that it started happening after ver 2.510. Symptoms are: Program stops counting and becomes not responding, HDD light stays lit, and the task manager shows a change from 2 CPUs at 100% to one CPU at 50% and the other at 0% (HT P4B @3.06Ghz). I received an email from another user having the same symptoms that his HDD partition was trashed after this happened. Turning off some of the SSE and multithread options helped, but still not 100% reliable, and alot slower. 2.510 exhibits none of these problems. As I've said, others have posted similiar problems, but it doesn't seem to be a universal issue. In fact, I know someone who uses 2.512 without problem, but he's using a 1.8Ghz non HT CPU. I would be more than willing to pay for an older version, but not a newer one that appears incompatible with this system. BTW, this is the only software that has this problem, and the system passes stress tests apps just fine. Thanks.
Well I would sugest turning off the Hyper Threading..As it Probably isn"t dooing that much of an improvement in encodeing speed especially with the New Type"s of HT CPU"s, The cpu can run simular to a Dual 1.5ghz or as a single 3.0ghz and when just running one Program the Hper threading Probably really isn"t giveing you that Much of a speed improvement especially since Tmpgenc"s hyper Threading Optimizations don"t seem very Efficient..Before Version 2.510 they used an older Hyper Threading Code which worked best for real Dual CPU Systems But after that they implemented a New code that was supposed to support the new HT CPU"s and it seems that they haven"t worked out the Bugs in this Code yet..So that is what I would sugest, Disable HyperThreading and use the CPU as a Single 3ghz CPU ..I think I have an Old version 2.53 Floating around if you want to e-mail me I"ll send it to you...Cheers
Actually having HT enabled speeds up encoding nearly 25%! The task manager shows both (virtual) CPUs running at 100%- so far TMPGenc is the only program that I've seen do that. In the lowest (fastest) motion estimate mode it runs faster than real time, and the next step up runs just around real time. 2.510 made a HT believer out of me. I haven't tried 2.520 yet, so I'll see if that has any better results. BTW, this is all MPEG 2 encoding for DVD @ 8000kb.
Well I can encode to DVD at 85% real time useing the Average Quality with Just a 2.53ghz P-4 and at Twice real time useing CCE encodeing to SVCD and at 1.5 times Real time encodeing to DVD..Right Now it takes Longer to Author and Burn the DVD than it takes to Encodeing it..I"m sure with CCE and a HT CPU you would be able to encode to dvd at 3 times real time(With better Quality in My oppinion)..At work I use a a Dual 3.06 GHZ HT PC(so Like 4 Virtual CPU"s) and a Tyan MoBo, I don"t Do Much encodeing with it But It is a Extremely Fast Video Editor(It is a Turn-key editing System)..And HT seems Really fast But I have nothing to compare it to as The Software I use a Work Is totally different than the Stuff we Folks use at Home, and Most of the encodeing we do is done with a Hardware Rack Mount encoder..But I"ll Eventuall Get a 800mhz FSB HT CPU once they get a Bit Cheaper...Cheers
Sory But You have gotten it wrong ,Tmpgenc does NOT Come with a Mpeg2 decoder, It never has and Probably never will, You Probably have a Mpeg2 decoder installed on your System that you didn"t know about..Tmpgenc Still only supports Ligo, Sony, Cyberlink and the VFAPI Mpeg2 Plugin and all of these have to be installed seperately from Tmpgenc...DVD2AVI is still the best Way to encode Mpeg2 files ,Tmpgenc will not decode the Audio from DVD"s(AC3 or DTS)and it can"t seperate the seperate Audio Streams, Pluss DVD2AVI Is Faster at decodeing that Any of the other decoders....Cheers
It says in the history revison that the new version has minor corrections.
I wouldn't call adding MPEG2 decoding capability a minor correction and wonder why it hasn't been listed as a new feature.
Checking the revisions at www.pegasys-inc.com/e_main.html
Here is the text:
TMPGEnc Plus Version 2.520 (2.520.54.163) July 17 2003:
Includes the MPEG decoder CRI Sofdec. Now, input of MPEG-2 files is a standard feature. Plus, the picture quality (brightness, color) shown on your pc display will be close to the one on your TV. So the editing will be easier.
*when using CRI sofdec:
remove the check on [ Output YUV data as Basic YCbCr not CCIR601 ]
[ Setting ] [ Quantize matrix ] [Output YUV data as...]
*when using CRI sofdec, you can open a maximum of 8 sequence files as a movie.
I thought you were Talking about 2.513 as I didn"t know that 2.520 was released Yet as This site has not posted it yet...Have you Tried it yet?? Is it Faster than DVD2AVI??Or even Better that the VFAPI Plugin??(I"ll Probably still use DVD2AVI as I like to Demux My Audio and add AVISynth Filters to Video)..Do you Know if you can use this Decode to Frame serve from Tmpgenc Through Vfapi??I can"t see there Being that much of an improvement as they still haven"t worked out the YUY2/RGB Thing yet...Cheers
TMPGEnc Plus (English), Ver. 2.520 (2.520.54.163) has been available at:
www.pegasys-inc.com/e_main.html for more than 24 hours.
It seems to work well, although I am in the camp that uses DVD2AVI for most of my work. Sometimes, it is nice to be able to load up a MPEG2 file on those machines that TMPGEnc cant read. They finally made good on being able to read thier own files.
I have not done much testing, but it seemed very fast on the one file I did encode.
Sorry I didn't even bother checking the Plus version history revision which is why I didn't see the text you quoted. I simply looked at the free version history which must not include this feature.
>Well as of Now the new version Has not Been released for Download...I guess we will have to Wait fot this Upcomeing Decoder..
The decoder also opens MPEG1 streams, so it sort of makes the 'Microsoft MPEG1 decoder' defunct.
I would therefore advise unchecking it in the VFAPI plugins so as not to cause any conflicts.
Yeah, that's right. OK, i'm using DVD2AVI or AVISynth to decode MPEG2 and i still prefer this way. But the new Decoder is working fine on my machine at home. My other PC in the Office crashes when using it. My suggestion still is to use the mme VFAPI-Plugin (http://www.marumo.ne.jp/mpeg2/m2v_vfp-0.6.38.lzh), i you want to decode MPEG2 directly with TMPGEnc. This thing is much more flexible.
Well can you Post were you Found it Cuz I can"t Find it were I usually would, I go to the Pegassus Site and Click on "Downloads" and then all the Page has listed there is DVD Author and still the Old version 2.513, No new version 2.520..They have it listed in the Revision History But I do not see it in the Download section...I can get a Japanese Version But that won"t do me any Good...Anyone want to Post a Link for Me??? Cheers
Well I finally found a Link to a Place to download The 2.520-Plus version as I could not find it on the Pegassus Web site, But they did have the 2.513 version Listed Twice..Well I did a Little Test of the Decodeing speed of this new Mpeg2 decoder, I had a 704+480 Mpv Video file(No audio)it is 3240 frames long so I took this File and Made a d2v file out of it then encoded it at the same resolution useing the "High Quality" setting, The D2V file encoded in 3 minutes and 3 seconds, then I took the same File I made the D2V out of and used the same settings and Loaded it into Tmpgenc and encoded it and it took 3 minutes and 18 seconds, So it seems that the Decoder still isn"t as Fast as DVD2AVI but it is still Fairly fast, the Mpv file loaded into tmpgenc very quickly also instead of waiting 5 or 10 seconds for the file to load it loaded allmost instantly..So It seems that the decoder is Pretty Good But I"ll Probably still use DVD2AVI as over a Long file the Speed differance will add up....Cheers
phew got past the p3p prob. encoded a divx avi to mpeg, recorded it, put it on my dvd player. the sound is perfect but the picture shows up in B&W and it scrolls non stop from top to bottom and diag. sorta like a vcr tape when the tracking is way off. how do i go about fixing this? or what do i do a search on?
Sounds Like the Problem you get when you Play a Pal Movie in a NTSC Player or Visa versa, Check to see if you encoded the file in the Right format(NTSC-North America/Pal-Europe)...
Well What I use is "Power DVD" or "WinDVD" buth are good Mpeg2 decoders, But Probably PowerDVD would be best as it is also a Decoder that can be used by Tmpgenc...
Personally I much prefer WinDVD because of it's great easy to use interface. Power DVD's interface is far to busy and cluttered. There are also various plugins you can get for free which will add MPEG2 decoding functionality to Media player.
I'm trying to encode the animatrix to vcd.I'ts currently in xvid compression but plays fine in win media player so i guess i have the right codec. However when i go to source range i get an error which reads "Wright error occured at address 77F51D24 of module 'ntdll.dll' with 00000000". Can anyone tell me what this means please ?
This is supposed to be a Problem with the XviD codec, What has worked in the Past is to delete the XviD codec, then Install the "FFDShow Decoder" and configure it to decode XviD files....
Hello!
I've this problem: in order to reduce the size of the encoded MPEG1 file to create only one standard VCD (Video arrange method: Center), I've tried to crop the AVI file source, cutting off even sensible parts of frame (from 320x240 to 256x176): the AVI file has become smaller but the size of the MPEG1 file has not changed at all! It is remained the same as for 320x240! Someone knows why?
Thanks for the help
Yes setting to MPEG1 VCD(non standard) should do it, but also be aware that it won't make a difference what you crop off the AVI if you don't change the bitrate. It is the bitrate that determines the final size not just what you crop off.
You can crop as much as you like off, but if the bitrate remains the same then so will the file size.
Hello!
I have a AVI-file (5,5 GB) on my hard disk.
I start TMPGENC, choose what I like to do
(I like to have a VCD later in PAL)
Encoding starts and finishes half an hour or so later.
When I view this MP2-file the pictures are fine, just the sound
plays back too slow.
I tried this and that but the results are the same..
Can anyone help?
Thanks in advance,
sorry that i didnt clarify my question. Sometimes after you have changed a avi file to mpeg it is too big to fit on l cd-r. How do you adjust it so it will fit. Also when you download a whole movie(example divx) how do you divide it in two so you can put half on 1 cd-r and the other half on another cd-r. Thanx for replying, hope this makes my question more understood
I'm shopping for a home theater and I was testing out some of the ones they had in the store... The sound volume of the SVCDs I've tested (I tried three different cds) is really low - even on Max it's hard to hear. I only have a DVD player at home right now (with just TV sound) and when I play SVCDs on it sound is fine at mid-volumes. I tried three different systems in the store...
Yeh, what's the problem?
The sound level on SVCD's is no different to any other source such as VHS video, DVD's or even CD's for that matter unless they have been created wrongly which sounds like what your problems is.
Don't worry a correctly encoded SVCD will sound just as good (if not better) as having NICAM stereo through your HI FI.
I've noticed that there are only a handful of questions and comments being amde in this forum but there are also a handful that just aren;t even being acknowledged, including mine. Being as we, the potential customer, have taken the time to let our thoughts be heard, I think it is only fair that we get some type of response back. Thank you.
May be it has to do with holiday time !
I would have expected more coaching by the software makers. For myself, I really like this TDA. It has a great potential.
You have a greater chance of winning the national Lotto three times in succession than you do of receiving any form of reply from Pegasys on this forum - the objective being that users with experience help others who are having problems.
The lack of participation on this forum is an indication of the worldwide usage of TDA.
As a registered user you could send a request for support via Email but, don't hold your breath.
I just started used TMPGEnc for encoding my avi files to mpeg so i can burn to a vcd. When i used smaller files of approximately 150,00KB my vcd was distorted in regards to voice matching video. However if i encoded a larger file of approximately 325,000 KB it seemed to work better. Can someone tell me what im doing wrong. Also what do you do if your file is too big(approximately 700,000)like the whole movie. It says that you cant fit it on a cd-r. How do you make it smaller or can you split it in two so it will go on 2 cd-r thanx for your help Binnie
The Size of the AVI file has absolutly nothing to do with the Size it will be if you encode it to Mpeg, What Matters is the Bitrate used to encode the AVI file and the Length of the AVI file..Your Problem is probably not to do with the size of the Files But of Something else, Knot knowing what type of AVI files they are I couldn"t really tell you what the Problem is..