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Hi! I had TMPG 3 on my computer before, then it XP died and i had to reinstall everything again, stupid windows.
Now when i try to encode to XVID or DIVx, or anything for that matter, i am unable to use MP3 compression because it wont let me choose anything but 56 kb (i could choose lower but 56 is bad enough)
But before windows XP crashed i was able to encode full rate MP3 into Avis, and now i cant can anyone tell me why, because im really confused :(
my head is spinning a little after searching on all the aspect ratio threads here. Hopefully this is an easy one for the group. Sounds like Ashy is the expert here so hope he has a chance to reply. I have an AVI I'm going to burn to DVDR. I want to keep the same aspect ratio as the source. I plan to watch on a widescreen TV. Here are the relevent details form my AVI file:
23.976 fps (NTSC)
560x240 (2.21:1)
1) Do I select NTSC or NTSC 16:9 when the wizard starts?
for some reason everytime i start encoding a video, tmpgenc disconnects me from the internet? how do i stop it from doing that?
the problem started when i installed the FFDSHOW codec pack. so i uninstalled it and installed an all in one codec pack but the problem is still there. tmpgenc was working perfectly prior to the installation of the codec pack. the problem was i just had XVID 1.02 installed (amongst other individual codecs) and for some reason everytime i clicked on an avi/xvid video my windows would crash (but once i unistalled XVID 1.02 the problem stopped). but tmpgenc would still work. i installed the new codec pack because i was tired of my windows crashing when i would click on the video file. but now i have this new problem. so does anyone know why tmpgenc disconnects me from the internet?
As far as I know, TMPGEnc does not use the internet so it might be another factor that is blocking your access to the internet. I highly suggest that you avoid those codec packs because they tend to screw up your computer. You should uninstall all codec packs and then install a version of ffdshow because they work great.
You can see if you can access the internet after you uninstall the codec packs and before you install ffdshow. I highly doubt ffdshow or TMGPEnc would block the internet since they're not affiliated with the internet in any way.
Duh. Another silly question from me. I cannot get TMPGEnc fo convert MPEG-2 video files to MPEG-1. I can work with the whole original MPEG-2 file, or I can demux the file down into it's M2V and MP2 components. Either way, I cannot get a conversion between MPEG-2 video and MPEG-1. What am I doing wrong? How does this simple task get accomplished?
I'm a newbie trying to make some home movies from VHS into DVDs that ANYONE can play in their home DVD players. I'm fairly computer literate, so I don't foresee any big issues. I have an ATI TV Wonder VE card that I'll be using to put the VHS movie on the PC, updated software package (ATI XP), Windows XP Home, Dell Desktop 256MB RAM, 200GB Hard Drive, 1.7Ghz processor. What I'm looking to find out is a recommendation for a good DVD Burner, and any other software/hardware I might need to accomplish this task.
Thanks in advance!!
The problem with Xvid, is that it is MPEG4. TMPGEnc MPEG Editor does not support MPEG4 files. It only supports standard MPEG-1 and MPEG-2, DVD-Video files or DVD-VR (.VRO) files recorded with standalone DVD recorder.
While the file format may not be supported, an "Invalid pointer operation" is caused by poor programming practices, and should never happen in a well written application. A well written application would announce "xyz file format is not supported".
Basically, this condition it is caused by a "wild pointer". Pointers point to memory addresses to be written to or read from. When you try to read or write to an invalid address, you may very get a "Invalid pointer operation" (or an access violation).
Somewhere in TMGEnc, either the pointer that is used is getting stomped on (overwritten with a bad address), or the pointer is incremented to point somewhere that it should not read or write from.
A good programming technique would be for TMPGEnc to provide a message such as "Invalid pointer operation in module xyz : line xxxx", so it could be accuratly reported to the programmer, and he would immediatly know where the invalid pointer operation happened, and could easily fix it. This assumes that the "support" people would actually listen to a bug report, and forward it to the programmer.
I am using DVD Author and it works great. However, I've run into a problem with some new DVD+R 4x media that I am using. The media is very high grade, but the TMPGEnc burner software is only recognizing the media as 2x. I've used other 4x media with no problem, so I'm not sure what to make of it.
I am using the trial version of DVD Author and it works great. However, I've run into a problem with some new DVD+R 4x media that I am using. The media is very high grade, but the TMPGEnc burner software is only recognizing the media as 2x. I've used other 4x media with no problem, so I'm not sure what to make of it.
you should try to get a dual format dvd burner. that way you can burn both + and - dvdr's. also, i have found out that -r's have a better tendency to run in dvd players. and as far as making vhs to dvds, roxio software seems to work ok, i haven't really used it for that, but i have used to make slideshows with background music. and you can also build a semi-decent menu.
the best software i can recommend requires a mac. final cut pro works great if you need to edit anything from the vhs after its in the computer. and dvd studio pro is awesome for menus and making a dvd.