A choppy playback is indeed what's happening. I use a DVDplayer to play de VCD's I make. I'm using the template which gives 'Video-CD PAL (MPEG-1 352x288 25fps CBR 1150kbps, Layer-2 44100Hz 224kbps)' which fits the Dutch television standard.
Maybe it is caused by the template? I'm using the right template. So all the VCD I'm using have this problem.

Ashy wrote:
Now there is a way to acheive the correct framerate for your T.V. system without the choppy playback and have perfect A/V sync, but I'm not going to post the instructions on how to do this unless you repost and request them as I don't want to waste my time posting incase you do not read this post.

My answer:
I'm very interested in your post. I've read it and I hope you wil post the instructions. So do others? Thanks in advance...............

By example, a Star Trek avi file:
Source: MPEG-1 640x480 23,976fps CBR 1500kbps, Layer-2 44100Hz 192kbps
Destination: Video-CD PAL (MPEG-1 352x288 25fps CBR 1150kbps, Layer-2 44100Hz 224kbps)

txn!

When going to pick a video source I get an error saying that the file cannot open or unsupported. I have audio source and output file name picked.

what file is it? avi or MPEG1 or MPEG2?

Techno

My Project Wizard show up empty

cant find way to open

try re-installing the program,cuz there obviously is a problen with the instalation........

and you dont need the wizard to encode I haven"t used it once......

What's all this re-install. TMPG doesn't install. It runs from the executable.
First have you actually unzipped the files in the TMPG zip. It won't work correctly if you just run it from inside a zip file.
Next if that doesn't sort it then delete this file CurrentCfg.tpr from your TMPG folder and if non of the above works, you've got a dodgy copy. Download it again.

ASHY

Hi, just wanted to ask about my problem:

Encoding Sex and the City Season 1 DVD

1. I ripped it using Smartripper 2.41, which automatically
creates a .d2v (DVD2AVI) project file.
2. Installed (ran) DVD2AVI 1.76
3. Installed (ran) TMPGENC 2.53.35.130
4. Ran VFAPI batch file
5. For the audio file, I used XMPEG 4.2a's extract to WAV file feature
6. Opened the D2V file in TMPGENC
7. Set the audio part to use the extracted WAV
8. Loaded the NTSC VCD template
9. Hit "start"

After an hour, the video was off synch with the audio.
I resampled the audio from 48 to 44.1 khz but the results
were the same.

Can anyone help? The audio is correct (26 mins) but the
video seems to be going too fast (20 mins instead of 26).
Where do I make the adjustment on the frame rate and what
value should I put in? 23? 29? It's driving me crazy.

u should originally encode the audio as 44100Hz

Techno

the frame rate should be the same as the source avi. file,and maybe try de-multiplex and multiplex.....I used to have sync problems but now I encode at 2000kbs for vcd,and for some reason the sync problems are gone and the quality is awesome.......

>Hi, just wanted to ask about my problem:
>
>Can anyone help? The audio is correct (26 mins) but the
>video seems to be going too fast (20 mins instead of 26).
>Where do I make the adjustment on the frame rate and what
>value should I put in? 23? 29? It's driving me crazy.

When using DVD2AVI you need to check the force film option.

No DONT use the force film option this will give you the wrong frame rate. Who the hell told you to do that.

The output frame rate should be the same as the source frame rate other wise the movie will be jerky. If the source is NTSC at 29.97 then the output should be the same.
If the movie is MPEG1 make sure the audio is 44100khz.

The audio should not de-sync, so check the length of your wav first. It may be that the Xing encoder is producing a different length wav than the original movie or what can happen is the movie has not encoded properly as has happended to me. If you are seeing a lot of strange blocks and glitches on your movie then this can sometimes shorten the movie as these errors are missing bits of information.

Ignore Ashy....Going by the information you have provided indicates that the REAL frame rate is probably 23.976. If you know the length should be 26 minutes and your audio is 26 minutes then the audio is also probably correct.

Now if we do some simple math: 26 mins x 60 secs =1,560 secs.
Lets assume the 23.976 theory. 1,560 secs x 23.976 = 37,402 frames
Now if we decoded 37,402 frames at the wrong frame rate (29.98)

37,402/29.98 = 1,247 secs or guess what...about 20.5 minutes

So give it try and let us know how it goes.

Take care,
Mike H.

Everytime I try to open an mpg the program crashes, this is a great program and i hate to lose it just because I've switched to XP, Please can someone help me!

Chazo

try using compatability mode.

The mpeg file may be corrupted.

The filters u have are not that great (MPEG2)

Try increasing the directshow filter.

Techno

How do you set "compatability mode"? I do not see this as an option under Environmental Settings. TMPGEnc crashes every time about 1/3 of the way into a MPEG2 to MPEG1 mux session. I have tried everything. I am running a PIII-850 with 768M RAM and using Win2000 Pro. TMPGEnc runs fine with my Athalon 750 under Win2000. Thanks.

Thanks for the reply Techno, Tried all you suggested but still no joy,
Mpeg1 is what I'm trying to open and it's any I try, I have a big problem some where, Or I have something missing, But I'm all outta clues!

Chazo

I have the same problem. I've used tmpgenc in XP before when i first got it. But now when i try to load an mpeg, it kill the program and want's to send an error report. I've tried compatability mode too and that didn't work. Please Help!!

Fixed it! kranky22 you need "Nimo Codec pack 5" I found and installed it and no more crashing, Something to do with "DirectShow Multimedia Files reader" which
TMPGEnc uses being over written, Either way it worked!

Chazo

If anyone is encoding from dv masters for dvd's, I'd love to hear what setting have proven the best results.

Thank you very much.

jack hudkins

jack.hudkins@verizon.net

I am encoding an avi that was captured from a miniDV camcorder using Microsofts capture program tah comes with WinXP. Vertical lines like the corner of a wall or cabinet look fine in the original avi. When I encode the avi using the DVD template in TMPGEnc at 8000kbps (all default settings) the vertical lines are wavy when the camera pans. Any help in correcting this would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Chris

try de-interlace to get rid of the interlace lines,even field works for me but each file is different....

I think that only using one field would reduce the resolution by 1/2, no? I am trying to find a way to eliminate the wavy verticals and keep the resolution.

Thanks,
Chris

I have never had a resolution problem,it seems to give better res......try even and odd or progressive what ever works......

I have tried all suggestions on this BBS short of formatting my Hard Drive (which is OUT OF THE QUESTION). If i tell TMPGEnc to "merge&cut", I CAN get it to create a playable output file (even though when I try to edit it I get a DirectShow error). The problem is when I burn the VCD I get no sound at all, just the video. I should state that this is an SVCD MPEG2 file that I want to convert to MPEG1 for VCD playback.

Any help is appreciated.

OK,

I used Nero to burn the VCD and when I added the mpg file Nero asked to reencode it due to improper format. My first reaction was to allow Nero to do this. This caused me to lose sound. If I tell Nero to "Turn of standard compliance" the VCD works with no problems.

So, if there is anyone else out there that is having these same problems, this may be a way to resolve the issue.

GrandiZer

When you use the merge/cut make sure the top drop down choice is set to MPEG-1 VCD and NOT the standard one that is displayed. If you do this then nero will not say that ii is non-standard. I had this problem and this completely corrected it!

I think that next version should include multiple encoding, meaning select a couple of movies to encode to mpeg. This feature will be great becuase i encode movies mostly at night when i'm a sleep and if i could incode a few movies over night and not just one it would be great!

This is already supported in TMPG and has been for ages.
I'll give you a clue it's called Batch encode.
If you can't work it out either I or someone else will tell u how.

hi, I downloaded vob to audio,but I can"t seem to get it to work,I choose the vob list then choose the target file,when I click on audio stream nothing happens and when I click start nothing happens,do you have the instructions for the program?it seems straight forward,but maybe im an idiot,I"ll try re-installing it,but if you know what i"m doing wrong please let me know.....thanx

Go here for some info: http://www.vcdhelp.com/pinoy2201sdvdrippinguide.htm
If you still have problems let me know.

thanx ashy,it turns out that on mt computer useing dvd2avi. is much quicker it takes about 10-12 min,and it takes allmost that long just to set up vob to audio.but your help is muchly appriciated I"ll try playing around with it ,it seems a little complicated at first but i"m sure i"ll get the hang of it.....
thanx ashy you rule.............sherlock

A choppy playback is indeed what's happening. I use a DVDplayer to play de VCD's I make. I'm using the template which gives 'Video-CD PAL (MPEG-1 352x288 25fps CBR 1150kbps, Layer-2 44100Hz 224kbps)' which fits the Dutch television standard.
Maybe it is caused by the template? I'm using the right template. So all the VCD I'm using have this problem.

Ashy wrote:
Now there is a way to acheive the correct framerate for your T.V. system without the choppy playback and have perfect A/V sync, but I'm not going to post the instructions on how to do this unless you repost and request them as I don't want to waste my time posting incase you do not read this post.

My answer:
I'm very interested in your post. I've read it and I hope you wil post the instructions. So do others? Thanks in advance...............

Post the specs of your original AVI. i.e. What is the framerate and resolution and what framerate do you wish to convert it to.

ASHY

An example: Start Trek 640x480 30 Frames/sec will be converted to VCD-format:
Video-CD PAL (MPEG-1 352x288 25fps CBR 1150kbps, Layer-2 44100Hz 224kbps)
Is this enough information? Tnx!

Does each new version of TMPGEnc upgrade the earlier version on my computer or do I need to un-install that first?

TMPG doesn't install it runs straight from the executable.

Thanks Ashy. I'll keep both versions then!