I bought both TMPGEnc and the DVD Author package a couple of days ago and am having a problem that I can't seem to shake.

Video plays fine on my computer (WINDVD 4) but stutters on my set top DVD player (SAMSUNG N501 w/nuon enhancements). It's not field arrangement, though because the video and audio actually stop and then resume at the next frame. I first was experiencing this just using the WIZARD for TMPGEnc but it was sort of sporadic and seemd to be happening the most around direct cuts from one camera to another (not on crossfades).

I went to a site that someone here advised that had Optimized settings for MPEG 2 creation in TMPEGEnc and setup a template accordingly. Now I am getting more stuttering than before, this time more uniform every 2 secaonds with 1 second pause in between.

The only really significant change that I noticed between TMPGEnc's WIZARD settings and the one's I had been instructed to set it for was the GOP size and order. Currently I've got a smaller GOP compared to what TMPG came set with. It is something like IBPBPBPBP. Might have typed too many but what I'm getting at is that it went from being what appeared to be a random sequence with random stuttering to a smaller ordered sequence with smaller times between stutters. I've also got Scene Detection enabled, which adds I-frames to areas where scene transitions occur. My GOP MAX size limit for NTSC is set for 18 per the instructions on the Optimization page.

VERY important that I get this to work, as the project I am currently working on is for my favorite band in the whole world. Imagine getting to do a video for something you set as an unrealistic life goal. That's how important fixing this problem is for me.

Please ask for any other specifics. I can get extremely technical, if needed. Just have a problem with writing out entire novels... :)

Oh and the site that I got the Optimization info from was:

http://dvd-hq.info/Compression.html

The first time I burned my DVD using WIZARD settings, I used 2 pass vbr.
The second time, after applying optimizations, I used CBR @ 6000kbps.

I get the same thing... Except at places where my cheap Apex would stutter, the ATI software on my PC crashes. The same file encoded at the same bitrate and GOP settings in LSX plays flawlessly on both the Apex and PC. What a shame. TMPG produces nicer looking video than LSX, but you got to go with what works.

there is a free directshow filter [RealMediaSplitter.ax]
with enable tmegenc to convert rmvb to mpeg using directshow,
unfortunaly there seem to be a bug in tmpgenc.

tmpgenc can't decode and convert the audio stream to
the output mpg.

only the video stream is converted in tmpgenc. !!!

You will have to convert the audio to a wav first.

First of all, I'm a newbie at this stuff. I have an avi. file I wanted to convert to mpeg, so I could put it on dvd. So I down loaded the free tmpgenc and tried coverting the file. I used the wizard, but set it at ntcs. I followed all the steps, but when I started the process, it told me that the file that it would create would be 3 hours plus. Which exceeded it's limitations. The original video is only 90 minutes. I also tried a different process, that would create separate video/audio files in mpeg1. I got an error message saying it couldn't load P3(something).dll.

If you are making a DVD, you should convert the AVI file to MPEG-2. The free version of TMPGEnc has a limited number of free MPEG-2 that you can convert. After you exceed that limit, you can only make MPEG-1 which is for VCD.

Try closing the wizard and then opening your AVI file. Then set your settings via the "Settings" button to see how it would turn out. Again, if you are making a DVD, you can click "Load" and then select your DVD template.

>If you are making a DVD, you should convert the AVI file to MPEG-2. The free version of TMPGEnc has a limited number of free MPEG-2 that you can convert. After you exceed that limit, you can only make MPEG-1 which is for VCD.
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>Try closing the wizard and then opening your AVI file. Then set your settings via the "Settings" button to see how it would turn out. Again, if you are making a DVD, you can click "Load" and then select your DVD template.

I did everything you mentioned, (thanks), but I get the error message, " unable to load p3package.dll". This pops up when I click on start.

I'm not sure about that either. I get it sometimes too but after several tries, the error disappears.

i have an avi file which consists of cantonese+mandarin. i want only cantonese or mandarin. how do i do that?

Extract the track you require with Virtualdub to a wav.

Thanx ashy!

HI,

everytime I try to convert an avi to mpeg for VCD my video picture freezes after 10 seconds and the sound goes on! Any ideas how to fix this or what the problem is? I even tried some other software but everytime the same problem. Please help me.

Thanks

maybe divx antifreeze and thats a big maybe
or divfix if its a problem with the source (divfix will cut corrupted frames)
but u havent given much info so i dunno
=<>

first, can u watch the whole file without a prob???

could someone help please, i have just bought a cyberlink dvd burner with sonic my dvd software first of all, is this an ok burner that i have been sold or should i change it for a nec burner with nero software.

if the equiptment that i have got is ok can someone tell me how to burn a xvid dvd ripp file from my hardrive to a dvd-r disc and be able to play it on a standalone player, i have been told that i have to have tmpgenc to convert it to a mpeg2 file to do this but the tmpgenc has no instructions on how to do it, and i have honestlry been trying, but am now pulling my hair out, i need a step by step instruction on how to do this, can someone help me do my first dvd burn in any way please, thank you, mark

http://www.dvdrhelp.com/

I've read nearly every related post in an attempt to fix this so please don't blast me for posting this. When i open a .vdr in TMPGEnc as a video or audio source, the program just dissapears immediately. No error messages. Can anyone figure this out?

sorry about my bad english, i`m learning it! ;)

I recorded a musicvideo with my Hauppauge Nexus-s.
its an mpeg2 file with 4:3 aspect ratio, a resolution
of 720 x 576 and a vbr of 3 mbit.
But if i import the video into temgenc 2.51, tempgenc
says "bad, or unsuported format" (i think).
so i tried to convert it on my notebook. but tempgenc
shuts down if i import the video.
My question:
is my video in a strange format, which temgenc cannot read,
or do i make some mistakes?

cu NeMsY

Tmpgenc needs Mpeg2 decoders installed so it can read Mpeg2 files and the Free version doesn"t come with one so try installing this:
http://www.marumo.ne.jp/mpeg2/m2v_vfp-0.6.47.lzh
Then Tmpgenc should Load the Mpeg2 files....

i recently purchased a mpeg2 capture device and have been checking out software for editing the files. i have tried this program, but everytime i merge/cut the mpeg2, i lose all audio. any ideas on what i am doing wrong...or know of any other programs out there worth trying. i tried womble, which is cool, but i can't edit exactly where i want to (i tell it the exact frames to edit out, it decides to cut somewhere close) oh yeah, archsoft showbiz sucks for editing too. thank you for any help/advice

Hi,

I'm converting some avis for use on an SVCD. The avis have been produced with after effects, and are either divx or lossless avis. Some of the mpegs produced have bright coloured bands at specific luminances, creating a kind of solorizing/posterising effect. You can see a file I've mocked up (not in front of my pc right now) to illustrate the problem at http://www.personal.leeds.ac.uk/~isslrs/bands.jpg

they seem to only effect gradual colour fades. anyone come across this before? codec problem?

TIA,

Luke

I am capturing Dishnetwork with a Canopus ADVC-100. I am then compressing with TMPGEnc to a 250 GB hard drive, not to DVD. I want the smallest file size with no quality loss.

I am using a resolution of 704 x 480. I am using the Constant Quality (CQ) mode with Quality set at 65.

I was using a max bitrate of 3400 but this seems to result in quality loss in terms of resolution/sharpness. I increased this to 5000 and it seems better.

How does one tell the Max bitrate to use without losing quality and keeping the file size as small as possible? It is hard to do subjectively.

Thanks much!

Well there is No such thing as encodeing to Mpeg without Quality Loss..Mpeg is a Lossy format so there will allways Be some Quality Loss...And at that Resolution 5000kbs is a fairly low Max Bitrate ,You should Try setting to say 7500KBS with 3000kbs as the Absolute lowest Bitrate if you want Quality..It is a Trade off you either Get very High Quality with Large File sizes or Low Quality with small File sizes the Trick is to Find the Perfect Medium between the Two and it will be different for every file depending on the Video Complexity of each file so the settings that work for one File will not nescessarilly work with the next file...But if you are Not Encodeing to Mpeg for DVD then why are you useing Mpeg at all?? If you are Just storeing them on your PC to be watch on your PC then there are Better compression methods that will produce the same or better Quality with Much Lower File sizes Like Mpeg-4/Divx...Cheers

>But if you are Not Encodeing to Mpeg for DVD then why are you useing Mpeg at all?? If you are Just storeing them on your PC to be watch on your PC then there are Better compression methods that will produce the same or better Quality with Much Lower File sizes Like Mpeg-4/Divx...Cheers


I tried DivX for months but could never obtain high quality even at very high bitrates. There were a lot of motion artifacts like skipped frames. I am not aware of an MPEG-4 program that compresses better than TMPGEnc. I tried one but it was worse. I have other MPEG-2 encoders that do not compress as well as TMPGEnc. They are much faster but the quality/file size is much lower. TMPGEnc is the best encoder that I have found. I will do some testing at higher max bitrates to see if this helps. I have found that leaving the min bitrate at 0 results in much smaller files because CQ will drop the BR very low when it does not need it. It seems to have a much higher dynamic range than 2 pass and has a higher quality/file size from visual inspection and studying the log files.

mpeg4/Xvid encoding gives you almost dvd quality with half the filesize mpeg-2 would give. There must've been something wrong with your settings or codec.

I agree MPEG4 DIVX/XVID can obtain much higher quality at lower file sizes than MPEG2 could ever dream of. In the future I'm pretty sure MPEG4 will become the new DVD standard.
As for motion artifacts such as skipped frames, it is very unlikely unless you are capturing to MPEG4 with a computer that can't cope with the settings you are using.

>mpeg4/Xvid encoding gives you almost dvd quality with half the filesize mpeg-2 would give. There must've been something wrong with your settings or codec.

I agree, if done correctly MPEG4 will give much higher quality results than MPEG2 when using the same bitrates.

Hi

Posted this on the DVDA list but it seems pretty quiet there. Just in case any of u good folks have experience with DVDAuthor, help appreciated.

So far TMPG DVD Auth has been v easy to use and effective. However I have something that I cant seem to do. Most authoring programmes use the filename of the mpeg as the defaul chapter name, but in TMPG the titles are Chapter 1, Chapter 2 etc (as far as I can remember) and I have to rename each track. How do i just get it to use the filenames? After all, the filenames are already in the Chapter window.

Cheerio!