I'm 58% into a TMPGEnc Plus VBR encode to MPEG-2 and my PC (2.4 GHz Dell/656 MB memory) has almost crawled to a stop. The program is a 97 min self-contained file from Media 100. I aborted a previous attempt thinking the drive I was writing to was too full, but that is not the case now. When I bailed on the first go-around, the PC remained slow as molasses with nothing running until I rebooted. I'm not very PC savvy, so I'm hoping someone here can help. I've successfully encoded even longer programs with TMPGEnc, but at the current rate it could be weeks before this baby is born. I'm suspecting a memory management issue but I really don't have a clue.

I'm 58% into a TMPGEnc Plus VBR encode to MPEG-2 and my PC (2.4 GHz Dell/656 MB memory) has almost crawled to a stop. The program is a 97 min self-contained file from Media 100. I aborted a previous attempt thinking the drive I was writing to was too full, but that is not the case now. When I bailed on the first go-around, the PC remained slow as molasses with nothing running until I rebooted. I'm not very PC savvy, so I'm hoping someone here can help. I've successfully encoded even longer programs with TMPGEnc, but at the current rate it could be weeks before this baby is born. I'm suspecting a memory management issue but I really don't have a clue.

What is it an AVI?
Raise the priority of the 'directshow file reader' in the 'VFAPI plugins' to 2, see if that helps.

I am not sure what exactly is screwed up, but I am having the common problem of trying to convert an .avi and the audio is read improperly. I have used an audio splitting program to make it into a separate file, but now I cant figure out how to synch the audio with the video. There IS a button to adjust the synch in TMPGEnc, but it doesnt actually play the video. So I cant be sure I'm matching up properly.
I've tried once and the movie came out looking like a Kung Fu movie.
How is this normally handled?

>How is this normally handled?

have you tried converting the audio to wav?? tmpge doesnt like compressed audio

and also, is the original video in sync?

Constantly hearing about the audio sync problems and most of the "answers" only complicate the matter. Most audio sync problems are caused by VBR audio or an error in the video stream.

I NEVER have audio sync problems with my outputted files and here's why:

Just open the AVI in virtualdub ESPECIALLY if it has variable bitrate audio.
scan the video stream for errors. DELETE the error parts of the video and save the AVI with NO sound.

Then, extract the audio to an uncompressed WAV and use that wav as your audio input in tmpgenc.

Use the silent, error-free avi as your video input.

There ya go. no audio sync problems due to video stream errors or due to variable bitrate.

>Constantly hearing about the audio sync problems and most of the "answers" >only complicate the matter. Most audio sync problems are caused by VBR audio >or an error in the video stream.

>I NEVER have audio sync problems with my outputted files and here's why:

>Just open the AVI in virtualdub ESPECIALLY if it has variable bitrate audio.
>scan the video stream for errors. DELETE the error parts of the video and >save the AVI with NO sound.

>Then, extract the audio to an uncompressed WAV and use that wav as your audio >input in tmpgenc.

>Use the silent, error-free avi as your video input.

>There ya go. no audio sync problems due to video stream errors or due to >variable bitrate.

lol, other ppl complicate matters......ok

>Just open the AVI in virtualdub ESPECIALLY if it has variable bitrate audio.
>scan the video stream for errors. DELETE the error parts of the video and save the AVI with NO sound.

What button(s) on Virtual Dub do you use for this?

I think he means mask the bad frames not actually delete them.
However this may work in some cases, but not all.
Not all Sync problems are because of corrupt or dropped frames.

Some difficult A/V sync problems like drifting sync are a little more complicated, but can usually be corrected by matching the length of the Video with the audio.

Video sync-ing is NOT a simple matter and IS sometimes quite complicated and can be difficult to do especially if you haven't done it before, so while it may be OK for you to say it's not complicated this does depend on the person doing it.

if urve downloaded the movie you most probably have corrupted frames if the sync is drifting out half way through the movie or whatever, you CANNOT (ive never been able to) mask these frames they must be cut out 'divfix' is prefect for this (google search for it)

and also 9 times outta 10 vbr audio must be converted to wav for tmpge to recognise it properly

if ur looking for a simple yet efective program to convert your audio to wav, download avi2vcd-google search it (dont use it to create vcds cause it sux) but it has a very useful audio decompressor included in the package you download (i swear by avi2vcd's audio decompressor, simple yet very very effective, easy to use)

>if urve downloaded the movie you most probably have corrupted frames if the sync is drifting out half way through the movie or whatever, you CANNOT (ive never been able to) mask these frames they must be cut out 'divfix' is prefect for this (google search for it)

What do you mean 'you CANNOT'?

Virtualdub will automatically mask any bad frames it finds when the file is scanned.
If it finds a corrupt frame it will simply replace that frame with a duplicate of the last good one then all you need to do is resave the AVI using the direct stream copy options.
I have done this on several occasions with AVI's including DIVX and never had a problem with it not working.

>What do you mean 'you CANNOT'?

i mean, whenever ive tried to mask because the file went outta sync, it wouldnt work, out of sync problem remained or drifted even more.(maybe i have a shit release of vdub)

ive only had luck with re-syncing by cutting bad frames out, which works a treat with 'divfix', seeing theres usually only a few frames corupted most of the time its not even that noticable when their cut.

Sync issues are usually related to frames missing because they have some how become corrupted during the encoding process maybe because of a read error from the source such as dirt on a DVD.
The audio usually drifts after a glitch is encountered in the file. The easiest way is to just cut after the glitch and then resync the second part with Virtualdub and then join the 2 pieces back together.

Masking corrupt frames won't usually make any difference to the sync. It will still be out of sync.
As for DIVXfix I don't think it actually cuts any frames out as this WOULD desync the file. It simply unfreezes corrupt frames so the don't become async with the audio however this won't work where frames are missing or have been dropped.

I've been using tmpgenc for a couple of days now, and I've been really happy with the program. Basically what I've been doing is separating AVI files into AVI and WAV with Virtualdub, encoding them into M2V and MP2, and then authoring in DVD-lab. Even though I'm a complete newbie to video editing and conversion, I've been doing fine, until now. Suddenly TMPGenc is giving me almost nothing but trouble. The avi+wav I'm trying to encode right now I've tried literally more than forty times. If I was getting the same error message, or error messages at the same places I'd assume there was something wrong with the video, but I get different errors every time (invalid pointer operations, disk write errors, sometimes no error message at all) and at different points in the encoding process. And, what's almost most infuriating of all, sometimes the encoding actually completes! So I know that it's possible to actually get the movies encoded, but I have to keep trying and trying and trying. The files I'm working on right now are small - the original AVIs are about 90 MB - but what should've taken about 20 minutes per file is actually taking several hours, and I have to be present all the time to restart the process. What has gone wrong? TMPGenc used to be such a reliable program, but now nothing is helping. I restart the program, I reboot the computer, I uninstall and reinstall - nothing helps! Please help me get back the reliable tmpgenc I used to know!

I take these are AVI's. Maybe using the XVID codec which is pretty unpredictable at the best of times with TMPG.

My advice is to download the latest FFDSHOW.
Enable it to decode all AVI's and MPEGs then raise the priority of the 'Directshow file reader' to 2 in the VFAPI plugins. Make sure all others are at a lower priority.

Sorry correction, the line above should have read:
>I take it these AVI's are maybe using the XVID codec which is pretty unpredictable at the best of times with TMPG.

I recently tried to convert a DivX encoded AVI to Mpeg2 and got a read error message. Now, when I try to encode ANYTHING I get a read error message (even when trying to re-encode mpegs). I've tried uninstalling and re-installing. I've tried updating. Nothing seems to work. The only way I can get any MPEG2 encoding done is by downloading the freeware trial version, which oddly enough, seems to work.

i have a 700mb avi file. i encoded video & audio separately. i encoded video to m2v(svcd) & ac-3 audio to dolby surround. then i multiplex them to mpg. the final size would be 1.3gb. when i try to cut them into half so can fit into 2 cd-r using merge & cut it won't let me. i can only cut it on encoded m2v file. anyone got any idea?

TMPG will not cut MPEGs with Ac3 audio. You will need to use a program called MME.exe which comes contained in folder which is a TMPG MPEG2 codec.
http://www.marumo.ne.jp/mpeg2/

It would be great if whoever has that website would do an english version...

thanks ashy. i'm using head3ache to convert the audio (ac3) to dolby surround but not with tmpgenc.

I used Tmpgenc and Tsunami Author to create a DVD+R master and sent it for professional replication by Denon Digital (Georgia, USA). Denon rejected the DVD master for replication and sent the following error info:


"Video Manager IFO and BUP files in the same ECC block"

"The DVD-Video specifications require that Video Manager Information file (VIDEO_TS.IFO) and its backup (VIDEO_TS.BUP) NOT be recorded in the same ECC block."

"...If the two files overlap within the same ECC Block, it is possible that if the ECC fails, it will cause both files to be unreadable".

"This problem is caused by the authoring system that created the image. It is the responsibility of the authoring system to ensure that these files do not overlap within the same ECC Block."

"With normal use, a disc may develop scratches and other physical defects over time. If an error should occur in the ECC Block where both of these files are recorded, then in may render both files unreadable. It is for this reason that this rule is set to Warning SEVERITY."


Hence the DVD was rejected for professional replication by Denon.

I offered to reauthor the DVD in Sonic, and Denon said yes to try that - they hadn't had any problems with professional replication of DVDs authored with Sonic. I reauthored in Sonic and this solved the problem. No red flags or even yellow flags.

Fortunately I had encoded the video using my default parameters in tmpgenc set up to exactly match the parameters required by Sonic authoring to prevent re-encoding by Sonic (those parameters are 8000kbps max, VBV=224, and more).

I prefer the versatility of TMPGEnc Author over Sonic, and home duplication of TMPGEnc Author DVDs has worked fine. But TMPGEnc Author apparently doesn't pass the test for PROFESSIONAL REPLICATION. The Denon plant is huge, cranking out hundreds of thousands of DVDs like "Lord of the Rings", Britney Spears, etc. - so I'm not talking about a local dupe house, but a facility the replicates DVDs for worldwide use.

Does anyone know the scoop here or have a solution? I want to use "Author" for my professional replication jobs, not Sonic. But for now, Author is out for that.

Thanks for any help, Jay

This happens only if you use the Burning Engine of TMPGEnc DVD Author. The use of an other Burnin' Application will prevent this.

I do it this way:
Authoring with TMPGEnc DVD Author
Maybe some Color-Corrections with IFOEdit and/or VOBEdit <- That's only for my Ego ;)
Burning a DVD with Nero 5.10.xxxx

I only use Verbatim DVD-R, Sony accepts those Discs for Replication.

Is anyone successfully using TMPGEnc with Adobe Encore? So far we've been unable to get a TMPGEnc MPEG-2 to be in sync with its audio track in Encore.

Sorenson Squeeze is perfectly in sync.

Thanks.

I have done it successfully after encoding using the settings found here:

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

Make sure you follow them exactly and you will end up with some pretty nice MPEG-2 files. I haven't noticed any audio sync problems.

Greg

One more thing:

Be sure to encode only your video with TMPEG (select stream type as ES (video-only)). Export your audio as an AIF or WAV file from your editor and lay the video and audio as seperate tracks in the timeline. Let Encore encode the audio for you.

Greg

I tried the free version of TMPGENC and wish to delete it from my system.

I do not find any referece to it in the control panel delet programs or in the TMPGence file folder.

Does one just delete the files since there were no registry entries?

Thanks-
Ted--

>Does one just delete the files since there were no registry entries?

yes just delete all files, there are registry entries left over from free version concerning the 30 days free m-peg2 encoding, these entries cannot be deleted

Hello could someone tell me please what I have to do or what I did wrong ?
Am I missing a driver?

THanx
Mel

I found the problem Thanx anyway :)

Well I downloaded many TV SHOW episodes (star trek, for example).
They are MPG NTSC.
With TMPGEnc DVD Author I can add those files to any track and author a DVD.

The problem is that AUDIO is synced at the beginning bet gets more and more desynced during the playback... at the end of the episode audio is BADLY desynced.

CAn ANYONE HELP ME ?!

Please semd me a shor e-mail !

Is the original source material in sync or not?

Load the source file into "Vitualdub mpeg2" and view a later part of the file where you can see the sync clearly. If it is out of sync you need to re-encode the file before using DVD Author

Hi everybody,

I'm using the trial version of DVD Author and I've got a question regarding menu settings: Is it possible to create a 16:9 format main menu? Because creating a standard menu in TDA causes the menu on a 16:9 tv to shrink.

Thanks.

That's possible, but only if the movie is 16:9 too.

On 4:3 Movies, you can only create 4:3-Menus (or you have to be a Wiz on IFOEdit).

And how can I realise this? What resolution is necessary for the background pic?