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For some reason, when converting dvd to wmv, i sometimes have problems with the audio.
With some 2 hour dvd's, the sound is out of sync with the video in the wmv.
With 4 hour dvd's, i end up with no sound at all in the wmv, although i succesfully extract a working 2.5 gigabyte wav file from the dvd.
I suspect that the problem lies in my use of tmpgenc somewhere?
Any thoughts?
Heres the process im using:
1) with DVD Decrypter 3.1.4.0, rip the dvd to workstation. mode--> file. this produces several vob files and and an ifo file
2) with DVD2AVI 1.77.3, extract the audio. open the vob files. audio--> output method--> decode to wav. save project. this will leave you with a d2v and a wav file
3) with TMPGenc 2.5, create an avi wrapper file. open the .d2v and .wav files, save project as a .tpr file.
4) with VFAPI Reader Codec 1.05, create an avi file. add the tpr file as a job and run it.
When I need to convert Vob/Mpeg2/AVI ECT to WMV, I use a simple Program called "Stoik Media Converter" it is freeware...What I do is use "Smartripper" to extract the Vob files to One Big M2V file instead of a Bunch of 1gb Vob files and I use It to De-Mux the AC3 audio...Then I Make a D2V file with DVD2AVI and Then use AVISynth to Write an AVS Script and Frameserve the D2V file and the AC3 audio to Stoik Media Converter and Convert to WMV...You will Need the Correct AVISynth Plugins Like the Mpeg2dec.dll and AC3source.dll...AVISynth is a Much better Frameserver than VFAPI because AVISynth works in Many colorspaces and Vfapi Only works In RGB and you can Loose Quality when doing to many colorspace conversions, and AVISynth can add filters and convert Framerates which Tmpgenc Cant do(Convert Framerates Properly)...I have only done this a couple times cuz WMV is such a Crappy Format but it worked flawlessly...I think if you installed the AC3ACM Decompressor you Might be able to load the VOB file directly into Stoik Media Converter cuz the AC3 ACM decompressor lets VFW and maybe even Direct Show Programs decode AC3 audio.....good luck
Why are you using TMPG at all in this process, it's not necessary?
Just load the d2v directly into the VFAPI converter and create the dummy AVI without audio then just load that and your wav into Windows media encoder or Moviemaker or whatever and encode.
If you use AVISynth the Audio and Video will be together, and if you use Stiok Video converter to encode to WMV/ASF then it will accept AVISynth files and will encode to WMV faster than allmost any other Program....And if you install the AC3 ACM Decompressor you will probably be able to Load the Vob files Directly into Stoik and encode to WMV/ASF...You are doing things the hard way...
ive shrinked 2 dvds 2one with dvd-shrink,
and theres is subtitle on both of them.
but why does TMPGEnc DVD Author removes them when i make a menu to the movies.i open the .ifo - file and the subtitles where gone
plz tell me why
I am trying to convert an MPEG4 xvid avi file to svcd using TMPGENC (latest version). I have two separate files, the first has worked fine, the second file crashes when encoding the first half. It is approximately 130,000 frames and I have split the encoding process into two separate files (first 66,000 frames and the remainder). The remainder encodes fine, the first 66,000 frames crashes at various points during encoding. I have tried using VBR, VBR-CQ,manual VBR and CBR and all have crashed at differing points during the encoding process (sometimes as low as 2% encoded, sometimes 84% or 85%). GSpot tells me I have all the required codecs on my system and windows media player can play the avi without problem.
I don't understand why this is happening given the other file (and a half are fine).
Well I know that Tmpgenc doesn"t like the XviD codec at all so maybe you should try downloading and Installing the "FFDShow Decoder" and configure it to decode Xvid files...But if this doesn"t work for some reason then there could be something wrong with your AVI file Like maybe some corrupted frames,You might consider useing Virtual Dub to scan for errors and then Frame serve the file to tmpgenc, This will probably work....Cheers
What do you mean a normal AVI?
If this is a compressed AVI then it WILL likely be XVID or DIVX or at least some sort of MPEG4 codec.
Either way you can do 2 things. The first is to navigate to the VFAPI plugins in TMPG and raise the 'Directshow reader' to 2 if that doesn't sort it then doenload and install FFDSHOW.
I read some postings about overscan but I must apologise, I don't quite understand how to compensate for it. Can someone help give me clearer instructions to correct the problem.
Basically I have an AVI that I want to convert to MPEG before burning to VCD. The problem is when I play the VCD on the TV(PAL standard), the edges get cut off (both horizontal and vertical) so in cases if I have subtitles, it gets cut off.
I used Adobe Premiere to edit and TMPGEnc Ver 2.520.54.163 for the AVI to MPG conversion. I am using the wizard to convert to VCD-PAL standard that uses 352x288 and aspect ratio 4:3 625 line (PAL 704x576) - (can someone explain what these mean?) How should I tweak these to make sure the edges don't get cut off on the TV screen?
I read somewhere about resizing the picture and putting black borders. How is that done?
Any CRT-Based TV has an Overscan-Area. So the visible size of the Video is smaler than the Video itself.
On CCIR-Based Video (PAL / NTSC, 704x576 / 704x480) the visible Area is around 672x544 / 672 x 448.
On ITU-Based Videos (720x576 / 720x480) the visible Area is around 688x544 /688x448.
So you can use a Tool like VirtualDub or AVISynth, to resize to this size and letterbox the Video to the "true" Resolution.
If you are producing VCDs divide the Messurements by 2.
In your case, use VirtualDub to resize to 336x272 and use the Letterbox-Function of VirtualDubs Resizer to put in the black Bars to 352x288.
Hello again. I saw this AVI that was 352x240. That's perfect. Is it possible for video to go off the TV screen? Should I just encode it to 352x240 in normal VCD format? What settings would achieve the best possible settings? Or should I do my normal XSVCD settings:
Output Size: 480x480
Video Arrange Method: Custom Center (352x240)
I'm using Virtualdub frame server with TMPEG because I really like the VHS plug-in cleanup filter that's available from flaXen. But when I frameserve, I can't select System (video+audio) in TMPEG, because it's grayed out. So I get separate video and audio files. Is there a way to frameserve and create a combined MPEG2 video and audio file?
You need to unlock the settings first.
Click the 'load' button and navigate to the 'Extra' folder in the templates folder then double click the unlock.mcf or just stop using the wizard altogether and load the file directly into the main window.
request for the software it self, well the mpgtools, merge & cut, can we add the frames into it aswell as the time so it can be cut according to frames and not time cheers
Make sure you have a compatible Mp3 codec installed such as the Radium mp3 codec. If that doesn't work extract the audio to a wav with Virtualdub or something similar and use that as the audio.
I'm using TMPGEnc 2.521. I've tried older versions with the same result. I'm using the DivX 5.1 codec. I've tried 5.05 and 4.12 with the same result (uninstalling all codecs but the one being tested).
Initially TMPGEnc reported my 85 min movie was 235 minutes, but after promoting Directshow to priority 1 under Environmental Settings this problem went away.
Problem: I am starting with the base VCD encoding settings and then altering the video and audio bitrates to make an 85 minute movie fit on one VCD. No matter what I change the bitrates to, the MPG1 file created is nearly 900 MB versus the 700 MB that the calculator determines. The original movie is a DivX AVI.
You need to make sure the stream setting is set to 'MPEG1 VCD(non standard)' when using a non standard VCD bitrate or padding will be added to the file.
If you have already encoded the movie then run it through the 'simple multiplexer'. This will remove the padding and reduce the file size.
That was it - although I had been setting the bit rates manually, still needed to go one more tab and set the system stream to non-standard as well. Thanks for the help.
Mod - please set this to a "Question". Apologies for bad posting, I have flagellated myself accordingly.
Ok don't get sarcy and cut out the language 'A$$'. You may need more help in the future and you won't get it with that attitude.
It just gets a tad annoying when people who don't know how to use TMPG properly post their problems as bugs and makes it harder for the author to correct real problems not just user errors.
Hi, I'm editing my home video's, using Pinnacle Studio 8. For Quality reasons I make an AVI file from Pinnacle, which I then want to encode to SVCD format, using TMPEGenc, after which I burn the SVCD using Nero. After doing this the picture (that is fine as a AVI file) is horizontally streched. Any tips on how to avoid this or otherwise on other ways of improving the result in SVCD format after editing my video's using Pinnacle?