Can this folder (TMPGEnc 3.0 XPress) be moved? I already have too many folders in My Documents and would like to put all the video related folders into one folder to clean up My Documents.

Wherever you want.
Put it in your granny's knitting tin if you want.

I'd love to, but I can't figure out how to make TMPGEnc see it in another location.

You've lost me now...See what in another location?
Just move the whole folder to wherever you want. I don't know how it ended up in My documents anyway unless you told it to install there. It should have installed in the Programs folder.

That is the folder where TMPGEnc is keeping the preferences for the local user. You should not move that folder and leave it as it is.

Do I turn this on to increase performance? If it is off, what does it do with the first pass analysis results? How big does the cache need to be?

I have downloaded and run the the tmpegbatchlist.exe from the video generation website http://www.videogeneration.com.au/batchlist.htm and found it very easy to use. however, it seems to only want to compress to mpeg2 and i want my output format to be mpeg-1. I have literally thousands of videos compressed to mpeg-1 (i have been compressing them in this way since '98) and i have been using this fine program the entire time. But doing them one at a time is a chore to say the least. Is there any way to get the batchlist program to allow me to use the settings I have for mpeg-1 video?

You're obviously not creating an MPEG1 template. You must create the template first in the format you wish to use and then create a batch list.

ashy... you are absolute right. But I could not find any information on how to create an mpeg-1 template. You wouldnt happen to have a link that I could visit that can tell me how to make a template that will work for me do you?
spaz

Just make all the settings you wish to have first in TMPG and then simply click the 'Save' button and then save your template somewhere. Then proceed as normal by opening this template with the batch list creator.

A very good source of info for TMPG is http://www.videohelp.com

ashy, Thank You very much for both the link and the simple instructions. I will give that a try later today since i process about 50videos/clips a day this should speed me right along :)

When the heck is the TMPGEnc MPEG encoder BBS going to back to normal?
It is still 'Read only' after all this time.

I have been a member of it for many years and it contains a lot of vital information, much of which I have posted myself.

There ARE still people who use this encoder and shouldn't be neglected in favour of a newer product.

Never mind I've just realised. They've moved the damn BBS to another server and my shortcut links to the old one.

Thanks admin for mentioning that on the old site by the way!

Sometimes, when I try to convert a wmv-file to an mpg-file,
I got an error message: "illegal Audio Stream"
This messages occures by several files at different times,
at the start of converting, at the middle or nearly at end.
What may be wrong?

wmv is such a poor compression format (generally speaking) that converting it to an mpg (which will compress it even further) is an iffy prospect at best. I can understand compressing down from mpeg-1 to wmv but even that is something i try to avoid. if you have access to raw footage i find its always best to start with an AVI and compress to watever formats from there..
I do not know for sure but i don't think that tmpgenc was create to be compatible with wmv

having same problem as hlaurens. the sound is jaggered. tried winavi but then there's no sound at all.

converted it with winavi in the first place from WMV to AVI. All files play the same. maybe problem stems from winavi? suggestions anyone?

You CANNOT mux a wav file with an MPEG using TMPG. How did you create this wav file?

I'm stuck. I have seperated the video and sound from my AVI file successfully, and the WAV i made with virtual dub plays fine on the computer. However when I use TMPGE to put them together the sound is jerky and kinda stops and starts.

Any ideas? I'm lost.

What do you mean you use TMPG to put them together, how?

TMPG won't mux a wav with an MPEG.
Also how did you make the wav with Virtualdub, what settings did you use. My guess is that you don't actually have a wav at all.

When trying to register downloaded TMPGENC editor, I get a message that says I need to download tmpgenc.vfp file from site. I can't find the file on their site.

I find that I can't open avs files ... tried setting DS to a high priority, and even disable every thing else only to find DS is the one to blame... I can't even open Xvid avi files with only DS enabled... this is so weird, I've been using TMPG for a long time and it's the first time i came into this problem....

I have XviD-1.0.1-05062004, FFDShow-20050803, avisynth 2.55 installed

Are you sure you've got AVIsynth installed properly.
Forget about using DS to open AVIsynth. It works better with VFW. Make the VFW plugin top priority in TMPG then enable VFW decoding for all MPEG4 codecs in FFDSHOW.

I have an urgent problem! Someone PLEASE HELP. I am making new MPEGs for my new customer. My clips are the same duration but the file size is almost twice as big. I've tried EVERYTHING to reduce them. What am I doing wrong? Here is the stats of the old and new clips.
http://www.toddprod.com/videoclipproblem/MPEG-settings-(old-and-new).jpg
PLEASE someone help!

MORE INFO:
http://www.toddprod.com/videoclipproblem/MPEG-settings-(old-and-new).jpg
(copy and paste the link since the brackets aren't being accepted in the link)

This JPEG shows the old clip on top, my new one on the bottom.
CBR or VRB doesn't make a difference. Changing the bitrate doesn't make a difference.
The old clip is: 421KB, the new clip is: 865KB

WHAT THE HECK AM I DOING WRONG?? Please someone help!

Change the stream setting under the 'system' tab to 'MPEG1 system (automatic)'
You are attempting to create a standard VCD. TMPG will not allow the bitrate to fall below standard VCD bitrate and thus will 'pad' the video.

I have an urgent problem! Someone PLEASE HELP. I am making new MPEGs for my new customer. My clips are the same duration but the file size is almost twice as big. I've tried EVERYTHING to reduce them. What am I doing wrong? Here is the stats of the old and new clips.
http:\\www.toddprod.com/videoclipproblem/MPEG-settings-(old-and-new).jpg
PLEASE someone help!

According to NVIDIA their chips support MPEG ENCODING in hardware.

http://www.nvidia.com/object/geforce6_techspecs.html


Since the GFX-Chips are much more powerfull compared to the CPU it would be
quite benefitial to take advantage of the encoding capabilities.

I read an article somewhere that there is some kind of development kit to incoporate this into own programs.

Any thoughts on this?

Why in the heck would TMPG want to incorporate hardware encoding into it's software???

The whole point of TMPG is that is uses it's own software encoding algorithms to obtain the quality it does.

Using TMPG to link to a hardware encoder would negate the whole point of TMPG. TMPG would simply become a front end NOT an encoder.

The quality of encoding that TMPG produces is it's bread and butter, it wouldn't make sense for it to use another encoders algorithms to create MPEGs.

TBH that's one of the daftest things I've ever heard.

Basically using an analogy to what you have said, it's like saying instead of using the perfectly good engine that's already in the car, put another one in the boot and use that one instead...pointless.

Well, the latest NVIDIA Chips have programmable pixle and vertex shaders.
These pack some serious computing power and might be good to speed up the encoding process.

See here: http://developer.nvidia.com/object/cg_toolkit.html

>Well, the latest NVIDIA Chips have programmable pixle and vertex shaders.

And what the dickens does that have to do with the encoding process?

My english isnt good enough to explain and honestly I dont care much if something like that goes into tmpgenc.
In short: The Shaders in an modern Graphics GPU are specialized in matrix operations the same thing tmpgenc and all other encoders need to do their job.

>>Well, the latest NVIDIA Chips have programmable pixle and vertex shaders.
>
>And what the dickens does that have to do with the encoding process?

@Ashy->
Sadly it seems you have no idea of what we are talking about.
It seems you tend to yell the more you don't get.
So before you call somebody daft, get educated on the issue.


Using the capabilities of Nvidia's chips would greatly shorten the encoding process. Since there are many Nividia chips out there, it would be beneficial
to a great number of users.
It's not about boats, cars, or motors!

TMPGenc would still use it's algorithms but outsource computing to the
Nvidia chip.

The whole disussion is fruitless anyway since the product is not really developed further.

@Torque->
You've made an excellent point and I think certain people just don't get it maybe because they're simply too dumb. ;)

It's funny you should say that I have no idea what I'm talking about. Seems strange I have been a member of this board for years and made thousands (yes thousabds) of posts. Many of which have helped the less experienced person with TMPG.

Just do a search clever cloggs with my name and you'll find a hell of a lot of posts thanking me for the 'Expert' help and advice I have given.

I was, and hope I still am, a respected member of this board, especially when it was a lot busier than it is now.
I don't get to visit this board as often as I used to however I do pop back to lend a little advice when I can.

So there is no need for your shirty attitude and your insulting attitude. You've made your point just don't get cocky when trying to make it.

I probably know more about the workings of TMPG and how it encodes than you could ever know.
Maybe I should have done a little more research before posting my remark, however that doesn't give you the right to assume someone is an idiot and become abusive.

Oh and by the way. If I'd have known what an abusive prat you were I wouldn't have replied to your other post.