iv been trying 2 convert an avi that was made using the AngelPotion codec when i watch the film on the pc it is perfect but when i try 2 make it mpg it keep turnin red then normal then red etc is this codec supported or am i not setting it up right ??? plz help

The reason you are getting the color changes is because the codec reacts bad with tmpgenc and causes discoloration, what you have to do is encode your angel potion avi to another format then delete the codec then encode to mpeg1/2.There is a app that lets you convert angel potion avi"s to microsoft mpeg4 without haveing to re-encode them but I don"t know what it is called but if I find out i will post back.....

Hi, I am newbie to cdrw sw, presently I have DVD drive and cdrw installed beside nero software what other softwares that I need to complete my whole setup.Thanks.

I guess you want to copy dvd"s?? the software to need is "smartripper"dvd2avi"tmpgenc"nero burning rom" these are the very basic software that you will need but there are lots of other recomended software to get cuz more often than not you will run into a problem and you will need something to fix it,first off you should get something to watch your mpeg files with,your probably thinking "I got media player to watch my files"WRONG!!, media player SUCKS when it comes to mpeg playback for a number of reasons most commonly playing files out of sync or with no audio, so you will need something like "power dvd".and you will need an mpeg editor cuz the one in "tmpgenc" freezes all the time and has other big problems, there are a few good ones like "m2 edit pro" of there is a good editor in "power vcr", it would be a good idea to get an audio encoder that can encode to "mp2" cuz "tmpgenc" does not support all audio formats and is known to cause problems at times, a good free one is "db power amp".It is good to have a different muxer and de-muxer just in case you have problems with the one in "tmpgenc" but it is fairly reliable compared to some of the other features..hope this helps, makeing vcd"s and svcd"s is harder than it looks....

WoW! , Thanks a lot for the prompt reply and thanks again.

I recently upgraded to WinXP and when I try to use TMPGEnc 2.54 with the merge and cut it crashes. Here's how it goes. I captrue using an ATI AIW Radeon from the TV as an MPEG 1 3Mbit/sec 352x240 - no problems. I then will goto merge and cut to cut out the commercials. I add the file, click edit, and set the time code for the 1st segment. Click ok, then run, so far no problems. TMPGEnc creats the new file. When I click on edit again, it crashes with the the error that TMPGEnc.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. I then have to relaunch the application, go back to merge and cut, add the file again, then edit, and cut the next segment, create the file, then edit, and it crashes again. As you can see, it gets annoying to have to relaunch the application after every cut. Did some seaching but haven't found anyone else with this problem. This has happened with 2.53, 2.54 and 2.54a. Anyone have any idea's?

This also happens with 2.55. Also, I didn't have the problem on Win98 or Win2000, and I've installed all the updates for WinXp.

These are all common problems with the "mpeg tools" and there is no fix accept use a different program to edit your files,but if you are just cutting out comercials there is a function in the cource range that will allow you to edit the comercials out before encodeing so when you encode tmpgenc just encodes the parts you want and leaves out the parts you edited out.....

Is it possible to cut different parts in same video file and merge to one files like vcd cutter?
At present, I cut the different parts and save with different name, then merge it again. Is there any other way?
Is it possible to add function like clips list so that it can marks various in/out points in same video and then output to one file?

I don"t know if this is what you are looking for but there is a new feature in the source range that say if you had a file that had comercials in it you could cut out the comercials in the settings and when it encodes it would encode the file but leave out the comercials and if you set it right you shouldn"t be able to see where you cut it..I havent really used this feature so i don"t know much about it but it sounds pretty usefull if you need something like that....

I recently installed DirectX8.1 on my machine and since then TMPGEnc is unable to read the length of the media and I am unable to edit any of my mpg files. Does any one have simillar problems or does anyone how to solve this.

Following is the error message I get
Could not obtain the length of the movie with DirectShow (0x80004001)

Thanks

Srikanth

I also have problems with DX8.1, but mine is on playback. If I see an MPEG file and then move the slide bar to a different point the decoder goes crazy and play the movie, sometimes, up to 56fps and the audio goes crazy too with all kind of strange clicks... (like tring to adapt to the new play speed without altering the pitch)

On my next windows (2000) install I'll make, I'll try DX8 and hope maybe it won't have these things.

ABS

I have not been able to find much documentation on the VFAPI plug-in. Can anyone please tell me what it for and what is the best way to make the settings to encode from the Premier timeline through AVISynth for DVD production?

Thanks,

John

The vfapi plugins give priority to different file types, so if you are useing "dvd2avi" you would tupn up the "dvd2avi plugin" if your avi"s codec is "open DML" format, you would turn up the "open DML file reader" if your file is of a "direct show" format then you turn up the "direct show" plugin, if your input file is "mpeg2" then you turn up the "mpeg2 plugin" if your files codec it "video for windows" format then you turn up the "vfw file reader" and so on ect ect ect.Turning the pririty to high isn"t good either so don"t turn any of the plugins past "2"..I have no idea what format "avisynth" runs under but I would think it would be direct show,but the plugins have no bearing on quality they just sort of make tmpgenc compatible to decode there format...

Hi Minion,

Thanks for your answer. Are the plug-ins all loaded when loading the VFAPI download from the TMPGEnc site or do they need to be loaded separately and, if so, where does one get them? The files I am using are avi in DV format encoded on capture by Matrox RT2000 and combined into a full video project in Premiere. I'm not sure what plug-in applies to that. Any advice?

Thanks,

John

Have you been able to encode those "DV" files at all?probably not cuz you are useing aviSYNTH?I don"t really know what to say kuz I don"t know anything about "Matrox" or what format it is under but if you have a specific problem that I can help you with you can e-mail me and i will be more than happy to help if I can........see ya

I just want to say this software saved my life and I love it!!! Saved my job too... hehe

Thanks,
Zorella

Well if it saved your job maybe you might purchase it if you didnt already to show the maker your gratitude.

I am trying to use TMPG on a file, but I keep getting "the error when ACM was initialized" when I start the encoding. I can see the movie in the Source Range, so I know it is reading it. I have been told the file needs the "Ogg Vorbis" codec, which I downloaded and ran, but that doesn't seem to help. Any suggestions on what to do?

The "ACM" error is an audio decodeing error of some sort,What you should do is extract the audio from your avi file and convert it to wav useing virtua dub, then use the wav file as your audio input in tmpgenc..wav is the easiest format for tmpgenc to decode and encode so you might not have a problem if you do it like this........

While converting some avi files, the program will freeze and stop responding. Any ideas ?

If it happens with certain avi files then it probably means that your avi files have corrupted sectors in it..If the program just freezes up on you then there isn"t much you can do but if you are getting an error then there are certain things you can do for certain errors..you can try to frame serve the avi file from virtua dub but if the file is badly corrupted then that might not work either.These are common problems with files that are downloaded off the net...

How can help me??

If I want as video input load a SVCD-Movie always comes the error message:

"Can not open or unsupported".

Which codec must I have to can loading SVCD-Movies??

Please help me!!

Thanks for all answers.

You need the "mpeg2 vfapi plugin" to load mpeg2 files into "tmpgenc" and you might have to de-multiplex your file to load it in to.You can find the mpeg2 plugin at vcdhelp.com in the tools section.....

thanks

What has the best results,
Captured AVI in Pinnacle Studio SE and "make movie" MPEG2 (SVCD)
or AVI convert with MPGenc to MPEG2.

Who has experience with that

I know that the "pinnacle dv codec" is NOT compatible with "tmpgenc" so if you are captureing with "pinnacle" you will have to use a supported codec, tmpgenc supports "video for windows" codecs and "open DML Direct Show Codecs", but for the best quality you should capture to uncompressed avi.The encoder in "pinnacle" isn"t nearly as good as "tmpgenc" so I wouldn"t use pinnacle to encode to mpeg...

Thank you for your reply,


I know that the "pinnacle dv codec" is NOT compatible with "tmpgenc" ?

I can open captured AVI file and convert to MPEG2 (SVCD) without any problem so I don't know what you mean by that.

But what I realy want to know if there are some quality difference between AVI to MPEG2 Studio SE or AVI to MPEG2 with TMPGenc.

I said that "tmpgenc" will give you better quality than the pinnacle mpeg encoder,I don"t think I said anything about not being able to load captured files and encodeing to mpeg2, I just said that the pinnacle codec is not supported. You are probably the best person to tell what quality is best for you, my persomal opinion is that the mpeg encoder in pinnacle studio isn"t as good as Tmpgenc but you could have a different version than I...

Hi,

I am having problems with audio cutting out after exactly 2:03 minutes. This only happens once I have encoded to PAL VCD with tmpgenc 2.54.

Here is what I am doing :

1. I use iuVCR and the huffyuv codec to capture.
2. I load the huffyuv capture file into VirtualDUB 1.4.10 to edit the video
3. I save out the edited video using direct stream copy
4. I then use TMPGenc 2.54 to create a PAL VCD mpeg using the edited video

When I play back the mpeg the audio cuts out everytime at exactly 2 minutes 3 seconds. (This happens for other captures too).

Also the audio plays back fine before I encode with tmpgenc.

Am I doing something wrong here? Any ideas?

Cheers,
Richard.

First off what are you playing you mpeg files through? If it is "Media Player" then that could be your problem, never play mpeg files in "media player" cuz it has a problem playing mpeg files really badly with audio cut outs and such.Try useing a dvd playing software to play your mpeg file ,like "power dvd".But if this isn"t your problem then encode the audio seperately, encode the video first then encode the audio ,listen to it when it has finnished encodeing so you know it is there, then multiplex it to your video, but if after encodeing the audio the audio cuts out then use a audio encodeing program like "db power amp" to encode the wav audio file to a mp2 file that you can multiplex with your video file.....One of these things should work....

I,ve got exactly the same problem; after 2.03 minutes the audio stops... and goes on after approx. 25 minutes exactly where it stopped (a 'lag of 23 minutes).
But I noticed also that Tmpgenc does not recognise the audio in the source-AVI file before encoding while it is certainly there (other progs have no problems reading the audio). You can see this before encoding in the advanced/source range setting.
So, it has nothing to do with the encoding process, it has something to do with loading/reading the source avi file!
Sometimes it does recognise the disappeared audio, but most of the time it won't.
Weird problem. Maybe Windows XP or other programs?
Best regards,
Marco

PS all Tmpgenc versions (also 12) have this problem on my PC