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I'm having trouble converting an AVI to an MPG file that consists of MPEG-2 video and Layer 2 audio.
I used a program called DIKO to create an SVCD and when I checked it with AVIcodec, it was shown as MPEG-2 (SVCD/DVD) video but MPEG-1 Layer 1 audio.
I'm trying to create a disc that will play on a friend's standalone DVD player, and I was a bit dubious as to whether this would be compatible, so I set about trying to create a file containing Layer 2 audio with TMPGenc.
I tried multiplexing the files DIKO created (TA.m2v and TA.mp2) with TMPGenc, but the mpg still shows in AVIcodec as Layer 1 audio, even though the mp2 shows in Winamp as being Layer 2.
I tried extracting the audio from the original AVI, using Stream type: ES(Audio only) to make an mp2 but when I played it back with Winamp, it was silent!
I then tried doing some tests with TMPGenc and a small clip of the AVI file, and I found that if I use the SVCD template, the MPG will show in AVIcodec as containing Layer 2 audio whatever bitrate is used (well, without me fiddling
with it anyway), but if I use the DVD template, 44khz 224Kbps or 44/48khz 128Kbps creates an mpg that AVIcodec shows as containing Layer 2 audio, but 48khz 384Kbps (which is what TMPGenc defaults to and I assume is the DVD standard) produces an mpg that AVIcodec shows as containing Layer 1 audio.
Also, if I de-multiplex an mpg that AVIcodec shows as containing Layer 2 audio, the resulting mp2 shows in AVIcodec as Layer 1 audio. If I then multiplex the files back again, AVIcodec shows the resulting mpg as containing Layer 2 audio again!
Just done further tests and AVIcodec won't even show an audio source if it's Mp2 at 384 Kb/s.
No problem at 320 Kb/s. Looks like a bug in AVI codec cuz my other programs report it as correct.
As you say, it looks like a bug in AVIcodec. I've e-mailed the author, but haven't had a reply yet.
I think I've only installed ffdshow's codecs, so it could be a bug in that as well, but if you're not using ffdshow it's probably AVIcodec. I'm not that thrilled with ffdshow anyway, because if I'm playing an avi or mpg that uses it, I can't minimise the player (Media Player Classic or PowerDVD), because the picture on my TV freezes, which doesn't happen when playing a file that doesn't use ffdshow.
I tried TMPGenc's DVD template at 320kbps and AVIcodec reports the bitrate correctly, but still shows it's size as 0.0B like this:
The file is only 60MB, so maybe AVIcodec has problems with files this small, but it could be the codecs. Do you know of any other program that I can use to check the details of mpg's. I tried Gspot, but that doesn't work with MPEG's.
Do you know if 320kbps audio is within DVD specs? If so, I'll just use this for now and give it to my friend, as well as the SVCD that DIKO created and ask him to check whether they both work OK.
There isn't really a limit to the bitrate you can use for the audio, minimum or maximum.
In fact 320 Kb/s is overkill for MP2 as it's only 2 channel audio. However I always tend to use the maximum a program will let me if I have the space on the disk.
As long as the total max bitrate for the video and audio combined doesn't exceed 9800 Kb/s then there will be no problem.
The other programs I use for MPEGs are 'Virtualdubmod' a very handy free program called 'Bitrate viewer' however it only relates to the video side of an MPEG, but tells you everything you could possibly need to know about it and Media info http://mediainfo.sourceforge.net/
As for your problem with resizing your player windows I don't really think this is an FFDSHOW problem. I think you have an issue with your graphics card drivers.
When resizing your players window the codec that it is currently using would not be concerned about it.
The codec simply decodes the data in the source file and passes that info to your graphics card. Any resizing is therefore taken care of by your graphics card overlay. The codec wouldn't even be involved with resizing.
I would try and update your drivers and DirectX.
You could try an alternative method of decoding the AVI with FFDSHOW by disabling ALL Directshow decoding in it and enabling VFW instead to the decoding. This may make it easier on your system and prevent the error.
I always use VFW when I can as I have found it to produce better results albeit maybe slightly slower.
Hello Everybody,
my problem is the following: I converted an .avi (608*320, 23fps, XVID) with TMPGEnc to .mpeg (DVD/PAL(4:3)). Then I made the DVD-directory with TMPGEnc DVD Author and burnt on DVD-r. The problem is, that if I play it on my DVDplayer (Nexus or something noname), the picture is black-white. There is a button on the television RGB auto/manual. If i click it to manual, all the white becomes red.. Do you have some ideas?
Hello all there
im new here but honestly need help! :(
to be short in words...
when im convert movie to mpg or avi
its have no sound dunno why...
im tryed videocharge its works great for sound but quality of video very ugly...
im checked stream.txt file after dvd ripped, below info ima found there :
Hello Sir,
my problem is the following: I converted an .avi (608*320, 23fps, XVID) with TMPGEnc to .mpeg (DVD/PAL(4:3)). Then I made the DVD-directory with TMPGEnc DVD Author and burnt on DVD-r. The problem is, that if I play it on my DVDplayer (Nexus or something noname), the picture is black-white. There is a button on the television RGB auto/manual. If i click it to manual, all the white becomes red.. Do you have some ideas?
As far as I remember I found the answer to my question once here, but I can not find it in the archives anymore.
I had to reinstall the Divx avi codec on my computer. It is installed properly as it is found by other programs. However, when I try to output an avi file from Tmpgenc the codec is not shown as an option anymore while it used to be. As said I had this problem before but found some solution for it, which I have forgotten.
Does someone know the trick to solve this?
Sorry, but what is means 'when I try to output an avi file from Tmpgenc ... codec as option'? If TMPGenc simply encodes to mpeg, there should be no codec to use as video compressor, like it happens for AVI creating.
That would be to simple. I have reinstalled the codec and Tmpgenc several times in different orders with the same result.
Aldaco12
If you use the <Start> button you get a mpg. But if you go to >File, >Output to File you can also choose to output an avi file. To do this you have to choose one of the codecs available in the list from >Video settings >Compression. My problem is that the installed codec is not shown.
I have found a solution for now, but not a very nice one, by fooling the system. From the codecs shown I have located one that I have never used in the system32 directory. I have replaced the .dll file with a renamed copy of the required divx-codec. Now Tmpgenc shows the divx-codec and it can be used normally. As a result other programs show the divx-codec twice as the original is still on the system as well. Of course a problem might occur if I ever try to play a file which would need the codec that is overwritten.
So, if anybody knows a more elegant solution I would be interested.
Sorry it took me a while to answer. I use the latest one available, 5.2.1. I also tried to install the older versions, 3.11, to see if they would show up. Also nada.
Noob question here. I posted a question on another website and they told me to check out TMPG Enc.
I have a bunch of t.v. episodes that are in an AVI format. I'd like to burn them onto a DVD. I'm not sure where to start.
I started TMPG Enc with the wizard. I "guessed" that I should pick DVD|NTSC (low resolution) with MPEG-1 in the drop down box. That says I should be able to get 495 minutes onto a DVD. I figure that's about 10 episodes or so.
The next page I select an AVI file and leave the 2 drop-down boxes at default. It only lets me select one AVI file so I assume I do them each one at a time.
On the filter page I select "Clip frame" and "Noise Reduction" because that sounds like a good thing quality-wise. It automatically takes me to the settings screen that I leave at default and don't change anything. Does clicking those two option become useless because I don't change anything?
The next page is the Bit rate setting. Here's where I start to wonder. There's a box that says "Make file size 99.99% of disk capacity". Well that means my one episode will fill up the whole disk then, correct? Do I want to change this to 10% and have it automatically change the bitrate parameters then?
If you want to maximize the number of episodes on a dvd you can encode each as a vcd, then use a dvd authoring program such as tmpgenc dvd author which will also burn the dvd.
I've done this & have been able to encode 4 movies on one dvd, with some room to spare. The quality is surprisingly good. There may be other ways to do what you want to do, but this has worked well for me.
Don't bother checking any of those settings. It's unecessary and will slow down the encoding.
You have 2 options, rename each AVI you wish to be encoded in sequence and then check the option for TMPG to open files in sequence or you can alter the percentage to accomdate all of your AVI's.
For example if you have 5 AVI's to encode then set the percentage to 20%. then in the next screen select 'Create another project for batch encoding' until you have done all of them then reselect 'start encoding immediately'
Thanks to both of you. kuczynski - I've done them individually to a VCD, but thought that maybe I could up the quality a bit. I may have to stick with the VCD format.
ashy - thanks for the info about those 2 settings. I tried manually setting the percentage, but I notice after the 5th one that as I clicked 'Next', a different number than 10% would appear briefly. It took all night and part of the morning to do the 10 files, but some were a Gig, so it was actually changing the percentage.
I'll give the 'Open files sequentially' a shot - but do you know then if I'll be able to have chapters or whatever so I can view each episode or will it run all 10 together?
If you open the files sequentially you will need to mark the points that each film begins manually in your authoring program to create seperate chapters.
Not very hard to do if you use TMPG DVD author.
I can watch the avi in Divx player but the converted version (mpeg 1) only plays halfway then the screen goes black and there's also no audio for the rest of the elapsed time (half hour). Why?
possibly, the encodr hit a bad frame in the source and encoded black for the rest, playback of the divx might not whow it cuz of encoding methods, but decoding fram by frame will yild the flaw and do what you described
Hi I have my AVI video and encoded with TMPGEnc 2.5 with subtitles
then I burned my mpeg file to create a VCD with VCDEasy 2.0.
When I put the VCD in my DVD Player image looks great but with subtitles
I only see the first row of subtitles second one is down and can't see it
any way to fix this or what I did worng?.
There is a configuration setup in FFDShow, if you used it...you can choose the font size, its colour and, I think, the distance from the bottom border.
How do you compress the filesize of your mpeg? I'm converting some avi's to mpeg1's, but the filesize for one 345mb avi is turning out to be over a gig as an mpeg. Is there a way to make this filesize smaller? Thanks in advance!
rember , mpeg1 came about in 1992 while i am assuming you avi is using a mpeg-4 variant came about in ~1999 so expect a 2-4x jump in size for comprable quality
Hey, I'm not exactly an expert in this but I'm doing media at college so hopefully one day I will be. Basicly, I recorded a few films onto DV tape with a camcorder and using the RGB sockets on my PC media card I got the film onto my pc logging and capturing.
Now in AVI format and whey to big to put on the net I'm trying to encode them to MPEG using TMPGEnc. So I basicly select the PAL (yep I'm in England) Video-CD option, I select my AVI file using the selector and it default sets the options as, "Interlace, Bottom Field First (field B), 4:3 625line (pal 704x576)". I select none of the extra Filter Settings and then keep hitting next untill it begins encoding.
So I let it encode then when I try to view the mpeg video file I'm only seeing black with the audio. Is there somthing I've done wrong??
hi, im using xpress to encode my sharks tale when it its the black part of movie
(when oscar gets put in the trunk at the race track , its stays black.
when you movie the slider past this point (in the the cut section) you can see the movie still, if you play (in the cut section) when its hits the black point it still stays black.
I am encoding from unencrypted dvd on HD, It plays ok on pc software, even created new ifos for it. no luck I also had bRatz encode in black from the start.
others are fine.
changed bitrate,resolution, templates etc no luck
encodes with flaskmpg fine.
I've been trying to use this TMPGenc but i'm finding it very buggy and it doesnt have any reasonable support. It cant even burn DVDs on win-98 so I have to use the appaling Nero bloatware just to burn a disk
I need something that can make DVDs of any size and not miss out great big chunks of them without telling me
I need support without having to log in or register or bugger about or wait days for emails everytime I have a simple elementary question
and ideally I'd like a nice interface such as this one has (its only selling point IMHO)
is there anything that comes close (the cost doesnt matter - I NEED these things)
TDA isn't buggy. I'm using it by myself - even for semi prof. DVDs
There's only one thing: No burning under Win98, but's that OK to me.
And: If you need support for TDA, you will be lost with any other DVD Authoring Program - they are much more complicated compared to TDA (which is the easiest to use authoring tool).
But OK, you asked for it: The second program i use is DVDLab Pro.
It is indeed buggy you only have to look at how many people here have complained about the same bugs - just take a look at how many people have found it misses out great chunks of their DVD's without even raising an error message to say its done it and thats not new - the complaints go back ages and yet are never responded to. And given the low take up of this very obscure BBS thats all the more a cause for concern
then theres the failure to burn at all under Win98
Then theres the fact it generates output thats not compliant to DVD standards
and will usually be rejected by most legitimate burning houses
no it doesnt crash every five minutes but yes it is buggy
And that 9Gb file limit i've seen people complain about must have been programmed in deliberately because it wouldnt arise as a natural limit during
the programs design - obviously theyre planning on forcing everyone to buy
another product when the larger drives start coming out next year - and doing it deliberately
I needed support to help solve the problems not because I'm stupid or
dont know what I'm doing but the impression I get is this company can't be upfront about either its problems or the lack of support so I think they just cant be trusted
This may sound a bit rude, but in fact: Half of the people here in the BBS aren't able even to press a single button correctly...
I'm producing DVDs, some of them for burning houses, there where never problems. Also my compliance check programs never do show my some errors or problems. So, if your produced DVD isn't compliant, your MPEG-Source wasn't compliant.
The 9 GByte-Limit ... that's a DVD-Limit! Even the professional Tools (Maestro or Scenarist, which are used for the DVDs you can buy) aren't able to produce bigger sized images or title sets. It does not make any sense to produce bigger discs, because a DVD9 only can store 8.7 GByte - that's a fact.
The program produces output incompatible with DVD standards - thats not a suggestion its a fact DVD authoring houses state if you try to use your output with them. And it has nothing to do with the source mpeg but the output of the program which is non compliant.
its useless for professional work
Some of the time it even says its own output is illegal itself when you try to read it back.
it seems to me some of the people here can ONLY press a single button and know nothing else
OK then, I have only just got started with making mpegs etc and the last
thing I want is a program which is buggy.
Can anybody suggest an alternative program that is similar to TMPGEnc
but which you consider reliable/better. If I have to pay something for it
then so be it.
Wasted time costs money so it may work out cheaper in the end.
What I was trying to say is that I am totally new to making Mpegs and
joining them and burning to a DVD. There is enough to learn already without
a "buggy" program to add to the difficulties.
I downloaded the trial version of TMPGEnc but the trial period will run
out in about 3 weeks. I have also downloaded a number of articles from the
net about TMPEnc which have helped me get started.
I have followed instructions to the letter, and rechecked everything, but
even then not all works out every time. Maybe its me doing things wrongly
but I have checked all instructions thoroughly. Buggs ?????
I will have to decide shortly whether to buy the program or ditch it for
something else. I would appreciate any advice you can give.
My needs are pretty simple I think. I need to
1. make DVDs from .AVI files
2. make DVDs from Mpegs
No frills, I would be happy with basic DVDs.
Can anybody suggest a program that will do about the same as TMPGEnc
but is more reliable/stable in their opinion, or is TMPGEnc about the
best for the price.
I dont know what THE DOCTOR" -colin baker is going on about .
Ive been using Tmpgdvd author for 99 % of my work.
No problems
Its great it has great potential , you can do some nice menus if you use your head.
You will still need a compliant mpg (or trick the program to except an out of standard mpg) using dvdpatcher
It doesnt except avis, use tmpgenc xpress or so to convert.
Use pgcedit to change some of the button function and stuff to make your DVD
do more stuff.
Its great for your basic and medium-high level of authoring.
other wise use DVDlabpro next but you have to do everything there ie link all buttons, but it does transistions ,insert firstplay clips etc.
I agree with b-racer half the people trying to use it have no idea about DVD standards. Of course it output to standard otherwise whats the point.
Anyway if it says biterate is not standard author anyway your dvd player should still play it if not your dvd player is not that relaxed on playing authored dvd's
It took me a long time to understand DVD specs etc I looked , read threads and practiced on RW's without sending stupid messages to forums..LEARN..
Missing chunks of video.. check the original encode and the ifo files.
""low take up of this BBS"" thats because people know how to use their programs properly...LEARN... people winge and winge ..It dont go right..must be crap..LEARN...
get xp with service pak2 update ..98 , what do you expect..
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