I was able to convert the file from avi to mpg with picture, but when i burn it to a cd i used nero to make a video cd. It played on my PC's dvd player but wont play in my regular dvd player. Does anyone know what i need to do to fix this? TIA

Sup,
yeah i've noticed this problem too and tryin to correct it. i think it has something to do with if you disable the normal vcd compliance option before you burn the disc. that's the problem in my case cause i gotta edit audio some how. here's a temp solution: buy a new DVD player, go for an APEX or that new sony that kinda looks like a silver playstation 2. i'd give you the model number but....so lazy...

hope this helps...prob didnt but hell it's my first posting



"Trying is the first step to failing"
-Homer Jay. Simpson

first you have to make sure that your dvd player not only plays vcd"s but it has to play "cd-r" or "cd-rw"..a lot of poeple buy there dvd player so they can play there home made vcd"s on them then come to realize that there dvd player only plays "store bought" vcd"s, so make sure it plays "cd-r", and some players wont play vcd"s unless they are totally compliant, or a little out of compliance ...

If you want to know if your DVD player can read CD-Rs or CD-RWs then go to www.vcdhelp.com and click on the dvd players option on the right side of the screen. Then just search for your player.

How do I make a real VCD then?? the player I have says it plays a few cdr & cdrw...

A standard compliant vcd can be made useing the regular "vcd template", but if you have allready done that then something else is wrong you could tell us how you encoded your vcd and the firmat and specs of your source file.....

I did everything from the vcdhelp page."http://www.vcdhelp.com/divxtovcd.htm" if I have an AVI itÃÔ kinda the same as Divx right?? I just used Nero to burn it. I think itÃÔ my DVD player cuz from that page it says my player only plays certain cdr/cdrw. So I take that if it works in my DVD player on my PC using Power DVD that means I made it correctly??

well...not really
i've noticed that computer DVD players and DVD software on computers play just damn near everything. u could really really really screw up on a vcd and it'll be all good on your computer. i've made vcds that only play on my system and apex

I'd say there is a 99% chance that you have just burned the movie as a data file using Nero.
You have to choose the VCD option when you burn in Nero and as far as playing on your PC goes, PC's will play practically anything so you can't use this as indicator that you have done it right. DVD players aren't as forgiving as PC's.

I did it in both ways burning it as an Image as what is says from the vcdhelp.com and also using the wizard and picking video cd. I think i'm just gonna go try it on a differnt dvd player to see if it works. When you put a VCD in your PC what's the file name for it?? .vcd???

I play my VCD's encoded with TMPGEnc on the DVD player and the film starts with audio in sync, but by the end of the CD is about 2 or 3 secs out of sync. This is very annoying and makes the film unbearable to watch. I have tried encoding using separate audio wav and video avi files but this doesn't help. Any ideas how to stop this occuring. I am using TMPGEnc V2.54.

It would be good if I could fix this - Many Thanks......

i've had the same problem and sent an email to one of the forum gods. when i try out his advice i'll forward the e-mail to ya. just hold tight. and i know how u feel...one of my rips came out 10 SECONDS OUTTA SYNC!!!


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If your audio starts in sync but goes out of sync as the movie progresses then you got a bigger problem than simple sync problem.. It means that your audio file is either longer or shorter than your video file, (this shouldn"t happen with a ripped dvd), so what you have to do is get a good audio editing program like "cool edit" and either shrink or stretch your audio file to match your video, you first find out exactly how long the video portion of your file is then use cool edit to make the audio the same length, it can do this without increasing the pitch of the audio,........good luck

hey minion about your solution here. dont you have to locate the exact moment the audio goes outta sync and then strech it from there?

Thanks

OK - I have Cool Edit but does anyone know how to perform this operation or perhaps know of a site with a tutorial. Can you do the same with Virtual Dub?

Minion,
What is your opinion on the quality of scenarist as opposed to tmpgenc. Given the cost of the first software, I would expect the quality to be superb. Let me know what you think.

Thanks for any info

I actually have a copy of "scenerest" but it isn"t compatible with my system..I have never seen a movie done by "scenerest" so I couldn"t tell you what I think of it, from what I hear it is supposed to be the best, the big studios use it like "Universal" and "MGM" but it costs a fortune i hear.. but I don"t know enough about it to make an informed opinion....

As far as I am aware Scenarist is NOT an encoder, but is a DVD authoring program and TMPG is not an authoring program, so how can you compare when they are two different types of software?

Downloaded tmpg enc 2.54a but can't open it it says file doesn't begin with %pdf what does that mean?

I don"t know what it means but go and download it again, sometimes there are errors in the zip file while downloading, so just download it again till it works.

The audio and video are not correctly synchronised after multiplexing.
What can I do?

Try untill you get it right, or you can try the "multiplex" option in "bbmpeg" it is a good multiplexor(better than "tmpgenc) and you can set the output file size so you can use it as a splitter, and you can off set the audio or video to get the file in sync.....it is a freeware program but it takes a bit to figure out.....

hi TMPGenc user,

i use TMPGenc for more then one year, have read lots of articles about creating VCD-SVCD moving, have tested several tools, utilities. My favorite combine is:

iuVCR - virtualdub - TMPEGenc

If the AVI is in perfect quality (looking at a 19'' monitor) i encode it with TMPGenc in SVCD quality (448*432 (480*576), PAL, 25Hz none interlaced for my DVD standalone player (CyberHome ADW-528).

problem:
i select the videobitrate between 1850 ... 2376 b/s, Q=30, but the quality could be a lit better. On my 16:9 100Hz TV (Phillips) i see that the quality is not perfect, like the example of TMPGenc. I experimented with several filters in virtualdub, but it's not 100% perfect. Sometimes there are some small deinterlace stripes, checked all TMPGenc deinterlace possibilities, sometimes i see less noise on unique coloured areas (e.g. in comic movies. My opinion is quality not speed.

questions:
1. do anywhere know how i shut use 'motion precision", quality factor near bitrate, contents of quantice matrix's, and so on when i encode a fast action or a slow motion movie.

2. do i have to encode in PAL interlaced mode or not interlaced mode when i play the SVCD over the standalone DVD, which outputs PAL to to TV ?

3. Is there a manual or help file of TMPGenc where i can read all possibilities in TMPGenc in details and theory ?




chiao Juergen

You can"t see interlace lines in a "pal" movie because "pal" is progressive not interlaced so you are probably seeing lines made by the "de-interlace"..the easiest way to get better quality is to raise the bitrate a little and use a "VBR" encodeing mode..and there is a manual that comes with the "plus" version....

Huh?
Im a bit lost here. PAL is defintitely not allways progressive!

Juergen: If time is not an issue try 2Pass VBR 900/2000/2520. This will fit a bit over 50 mins per 80 mins CD-R and quality is fine for me.

hey in the enviromental setting its says the m2v.vfp cannot be loaded

how do i fix that?

That is your "mpeg2 plugin" you have to re-install the plugin till it works...

I am using TMPGEnc Plus 2.5. It works to make MPEG-2 output for DVD, but there is a problem with motion. Motion is not completely smooth, especially on medium or fast camera pans, no matter what motion search precision setting I use. I am using CQ mode with the maximum MPEG2 bitrate for DVD (8000 Mbps). Still, the output looks somewhat jerky. Slow camera pans and locked-off shots are ok.

I have tried several MPEG-2 encoders: TMPGEnc Plus 2.5 and
also Ligos LSX-MPEG 1.5 (Premiere plug-in) and also bbMPEG (AVI2MPG2_VFW v1.24 beta 13). LSX-MPEG also showed the jerky motion, and bbMPEG did also with default settings. But bbMPEG did show very smooth output with "Advanced Video Settings"-"Variable motion estimation maximum search value" set to the highest setting (506). So, I know it can be done!

Is anyone else seeing this problem? I am hoping to see a variable maximum motion vector search value feature added to TMPGEnc Plus (like bbMPEG already has) so that it can also encode smooth output when there is fast panning or fast motion. (I also submitted this note as feedback at the Pegasys site, since I am a registered TMPGEnc plus user).

I'd rather recommend VBR than CQ. As far as I know, VBR shows better result in my case which is similar to your bitrate setting etc..

Do you have any specific reason why you use CQ?
or
Do you think CQ is better than VBR because of specific reason?

I am just curious about your opinion.

I have allways had better results with "CQ" rather than "auto -vbr"or "manual-vbr" but CQ" is a "vbr" setting but it seems to alocate more bits to the complex areas of the frame...as for the "jerky" look in fast action scenes make sure the frame rate of the avi you put in is the same as the "mpeg" you put out and the 2-pass setting seems to help a bit..but I get this problem with "tmpgenc" and with "LSX" and "xing" so I use a different encoder for mpeg2 that seems to work great for this problem.....

Hello. I'm trying to convert a PAL SVCD to NTSC, but when I try to open the .mpg, I receive the following error message:

File can not open or unsupported. I have the latest version of TMPGenc.

The .mpg is working because I made a SVCD from it.

Any ideas on how to do convert this? TIA

you need the "m2v plugin" to open "mpeg2" files in "tmpgenc" plus you will have to "de-multiplex" your file and load in your files seperately.......

Does TMPGEnc support .dat file on vcd?
How do I extract audio part from a .dat file?

hmm.....
if you wanna rip a vcd just copy that .dat file to your hard drive...
wanna extract the audio....well if you rename the .dat to .mpg it'll still work and to extract the audio run a demultiplex.

hope this helps



...hope i'm right...


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when i stop a vcd when its playing in my dvd player im able to resume where i left off, but if i play a svcd and stop half way through i cant resume playback where i stoped it. any thoughts on how i can make my svcd compatable with the resume function? or is it just my dvd player?

I"m not totally sure but I think if you set chapters in your "mpeg2/svcd" file then it should stop at the chapter points when you press stop and resume from the closest chapter point..but I"m not sure I just use the pause button.....

I had a question about deinterlacing just recently and had trouble understanding the advance tab.The problem was that the advance tab's instructions to double click to open each filters menu was out of site below the main settings window. If anyone has the same problem just double click each filter and remember to check the box after you have selected the setting.Must admit I ended up with an excellent result for SVCD after a bit of experimenting.Good sofware even if the learning curve is a bit like climbing Mt. Everest for a novice.Without the forum, very difficult.