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I use the Edit Menu to cut out commercials. I would like to save my project as I go just in case I make a mistake, or something goes wrong. I have to leave the Edit Menu and go to the OPTIONS button to save my project. Adding a SAVE PROJECT button to the Edit Menu would be helpful.
I use the Edit Menu to cut out commercials. Sometimes, I would like to UNDO the last cut and change the start / stop position. A UNDO LAST CUT button would be helpful.
I will answer my own request, the UNDO is in the EDIT MENU under the EDIT CUT screen. I never looked there before today. It will undo the last cut and return the clip as it was before the cut. There is also an UNDO all cuts under the EDIT MENU button (Reset cut editing, but I have not used that yet).
Need to know how you're saving the avi from your editor and how you're importing it into TMPGEnc. Give a step by step, then someone can fill in any possible causes of trouble.
i drag n drop avi movie into video source and audio source and hit start , then i sit n pick my nose , the movie turns out ok (into mpg2)but no sound :(
also i was wondering if the avi file being so large would have anything to do with the sound
Have you played the original avi to see if audio is there?
Make sure System stream is checked. It's the last setting towards the bottom right of the main window's screen. Has ES (Video Only), ES (Audio Only), etc... System is on the bottom, it has (Audio+ Video) or something like that. I believe. I don't have it in front of me right now. BUt I believe any settings that say (audio and video) in paranthesis indicate that you wish to include audio with the final mpeg2.
i drag n drop avi movie into video source and audio source and hit start , then i sit n pick my nose , the movie turns out ok (into mpg2)but no sound :(
also i was wondering if the avi file being so large would have anything to do with the sound
ive read on the forum that i might need to convert the avi sound into a wav file , how do i find out what sound file is already on avi and how do i go about converting , if anyone got a link to a sound converter (freeware)to wav , please give me link please , seeing its nearly xmas ; )
ive read on the forum that i might need to convert the avi sound into a wav file , how do i find out what sound file is already on avi and how do i go about converting , if anyone got a link to a sound converter (freeware)to wav , please give me link please , seeing its nearly xmas ; )
Im sure you Found that you will need something like "Virtual Dub" to extract the audio to WAV....It is freeware and if you look for it you will find it...
I had the very same problem (no sound) when converting avi. I know I am still a newbie kind even I've spent more than fifty hours trying to figure this out in the past week:-(( My solution is giving up TMPGEnc and swtiching to DVD2SVCD (which uses TMPGEnc as its internal rountine). DVD2SVCD basically checks your avi file and does all the configuration for you (no matter what kind of avi you have, I mean video and audio codec). TMPGEnc is a wonderful tool, but it can easily scare off many many newbies like me. You can download DVD2SVCD on www.doom9.org.
ok, i managed to solve the probelm,
1.download goldwave v5.06 http://www.goldwave.com/
2 open goldwave then click file at top left hand side,then click batch processing , make sure convert files to this formatt is checked (ticked)
save as type should read :Wave (*.wav)
attibutes: PCM signed 16 bit,stereo . if thats ok ,then click add files (top right hand side)
add the avi file (movie), once you have added the avi file then click begin at the bottom
it will then create a wav file ,roughly taking about 5mins ,deciding on the size of avi file.
now u should have a wav file and your avi file,open up tmpgenc and drag n drop the avi file into :video file , then drag n drop the wav file into: audio file, then the rest is history .
goldwave v5.06 is free demo for one month
All you do is Load your AVI into Virtual Dub then go to "Audio" and set it to "Full proscessing Mode" then go to "File" to "Save Wav" and give it a Name and save it and that is it you will have a Wav audio file that you can use as the audio source in tmpgenc..With the AC3 ACM Decompressor installed you should be able to encode AVI Files with AC3 audio to Mpeg in tmpgenc without haveing to extract the audio first...Cheers
It would be nice if the BBS were split into DVD, SVCD and VCD sections, so you don't have to weed through so many posts that are unrelated to the problem you are currently experiencing.
Apparently TMPGEmc reacts differently to field order mismatches than other mpeg encoders I have dealt with. In Ulead, for example, I get banded choppy playback but it's sort of obvious that the bands are the fields. In TMPGEnc I believe it times directly on the field you set it to, so if it isn't there where you tell it it is, then you get a blank space or something that Settop DVDs skip or hang on. Really weird...
Heh! Maybe...
I found it set to B but I think my trouble came from me failing to save templates after changing them. Or it could very well have been that because I was used to seeing field trouble manifest as horizontal banding instead of actual jerky playback. I thought that maybe we were just using different words to describe the same thing but TMPGEnc just treats the encoding process differentlly in this case. I'm so glad it wasn't bitrate spikes, as some had been suggesting.
Trouble still there. Made only one succesful burn using CBR 8000kbps.
It's not that my settop DVD player can't handle VBR, LSX encoder set for vbr works fine on it.
I've been following NTSC standards. 29.97, interlaced, (DV Type-1, Field Order A). Applying no filters. Tried CQ, CBR (worked once???) and 2-pass VBR. Never went over 8000kbps for video and avoid audio until final DVD creation via TMPGEnc DVD Author (which rocks). Audio is always stereo PCM @ 16-bit 48kHz (around 1500kbps) and works fine in conjunction with LSX encoded mpeg2, authored and burned through DVD Author, as well.
So it's not DVD Author. It's not Mediastudio (where LSX encoder resides). It's not my audio. It's all trouble with TMPGEnc Plus. Everybody that I seem to get hints and templates from is a PAL-head. Not that they're apathetic to "my cause" but you don't ask a roofer to fix your refrigerator.
Are "standards" really that hard to come by? Every DVD I've ever bought or rented plays just fine on my settop. What does the industry use, not some DVD pirate?
I have a 121MB divx avi file i want to convert to vcd but it's gonna be bigger than the 700MB cd i use. A) Is there any way to shrink the size of the output file to fit onto one disk or B) Can i break the file up into two and put it on two cd's?
I am using Smart Ripper, DVD2AVI and TMPGEnc for DVD Ripping. The rippeed movie plays fine in PC. When played in Standalone players a Small amount of jerky movement is seen. playback is not that much smooth. I have tried various programs Like Win On CD, VCD Easy, Nero, Easy CD Creator. I have tried with various movies also.
Well Forced Film Should be enabled or you will get Interlace Artifacts which with Manifest it"s self as Jumpy/Choppy Playback in Motion scenes...When Forced Film is used it Frameserves the File in It"s Native Progressive film 23.976fps format with Not Interlaceing But you will need to use the "NTSC Film" template...You should allways use the Forced Film option when useing DVD2AVI with NTSC DVD"s that were shot in film which is Most NTSC DVD"s....Cheers
I will try this option and give the feedback. But I have a basic doubt. I am living in INDIA where PAL is the standard. So if I want to create a PAL VCD what should I do. Because earlier I tried to create PAL VCD using VideoCD PAL template of TMPGEnc and hence I decided to goto NTSC thinking that there will not be any problem ( Source and destination both are 29.97 Hz ). Need advice.
Your problem is happening because you are trying to play a an NTSC VCD on a PAL system.
All DVD players will play either NTSC or PAL, but there is a potential problem.
If you try to play an NTSC VCD on a PAL System you will encounter either jerky playback or a black and white picture.
I will explain why:
Because you are living in a country which uses the PAL system your TV will expect a PAL signal from your DVD player unless you have a multiformat TV.
Now, your problem is because your DVD player is automatically converting the NTSC VCD to a PAL output so your TV can display the signal correctly.
Unfortunately not many players do this conversion too well and the symptoms will be jerky playback, exactly the same as if you were to do a format conversion from NTSC to PAL in TMPG. This happens because of the differing frame rates.
If you want the playback to be smooth then you will have to set your player to output an NTSC signal instead of PAL, but the problem here is that if your TV is not multi-standard then you will get a black and white picture, but playback will be smooth.
If you do have a multi-standard TV then there will be a setting in your DVD players setup which will allow it to output an NTSC signal, sometimes this setting is labeled as 'Auto' which means it will automatically output whichever format the VCD is in.
If you don't have a Multiformat TV then you will have to do an NTSC to PAL conversion, but NOT with TMPG. There are various ways of doing this properly and you can find them by searching on this BBS.
The reason why it plays smooth on your PC is because the VCD will play in it's native format as your PC IS a multiformat system.
I hope now you have understood my problem clearly.
Can you tell me, What should I do To convert a NTSC DVD to PAL VCD Step by Step. Please don't redirect to Guides in DOOM9.org, DVDRHELP.COM. Because I have already tried them.
First of all cut the language or sod off. Secondly a bit more of a description of your problem wouldn't go amiss.
Then we will be able to sort you out.
So if you can't help, i'll be entitled to use the langauge of choice for a free man?
What the subject line says. Ligos3.5, installt, tmpgenc ignores it and say mpeg2 files can't be opened. As everybody else here says: Its hardcoded to ignore most filters (why the hell do they do that)
I bought a copy and still haven't figured out why it is making jerky burns. The LSX encoder with Mediastudio works everytime. I should ask for my money back. Every helpful hint I get is completely different from the last. And any NTSC templates out there seem to be built by someone who's never laid eyes on anything but a SECAM broadcast.
Right Ok, first of all TMPG does not block any filters, but is designed to work with only certain ones for compatibility and if you would do your homework and check the features out in the TMPG download site you would have noticed the list of MPEG2 filters you can use, there are several.
Also if you want MPEG2 encoding ability aswell as MPEG2 decoding capability then if you purchase the TMPG plus version you will find it comes with it's own MPEG2 decoder.
However if you can't be assed to do either then try this codec which seems to be the best one to use with TMPG, now stop your bleeting: http://www.marumo.ne.jp/mpeg2/
>Right Ok, first of all TMPG does not block any filters,
Yes it does. In old versions the directshow reader support what directshow can do - the new versions do not. Ie, they are blacklisting certain filters (perhaps you have to pay the programmers extra, eh?)
> but is designed to work with only certain ones for compatibility
ie, it blacklists filters.
> and if you would do your homework and check the features out in the TMPG
>download site you would have noticed the list of MPEG2 filters you can use, >there are several.
Hidden in some obscure part of the 'revision history' it claims that the only filters it doesn't block are sony, ligos and cyberlink - however this is not true since i have a ligos codecs installed and it is ignored by the program.
>Also if you want MPEG2 encoding ability aswell as MPEG2 decoding capability
I have MPEG2 decoding capability, just not in Tmpgenc.
>then if you purchase the TMPG plus version you will find it comes with it's >own MPEG2 decoder.
I don't want its crappy decoder. But i guess that explains why they sabotage other codecs (to tray and sell their own).
>However if you can't be assed to do either then try this codec which seems to be the best one to use with TMPG, now stop your bleeting:
>http://www.marumo.ne.jp/mpeg2/
I don't see why i should be forced to use some amateur stuff (*) simply because tmpgenc blacklists mpeg2 directshow filters. (* if its not some amateur stuff, sorry - but since the page is filled with unreadable characters its hard to tell, and hardly up to the ligos quality)
I say, stop blacklisting codecs and bring back the original functionality of the Directshow Multimedia filereader!
Amatuer it certainly isn't.
This is one of the best MPEG2 decoders for TMPG there is. The quality is very high, the speed is high and easily on par with the ligos codec if not better.
Anyway I'm tired of your critism so I'll leave you to it.
No solution, but I get the same problem with certain files. Sometimes if I close down TMPGEnc and reopen again, it works. Or sometimes I use the Beta versions of TMPGEnc.
The original file is a WMV. I renmaed to ASF and started the encode process. it works fine until it hits 8%, then it really slows down. Time remaining goes way up. Says it needs 6 more hours. That's a lot for a 15 min file. Help!!!