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I begin in data processing, in particular for encoder of films. I succeeded in passing from the DIVIX to the MPEG, but the problem, it is that I do not manage to obtain from sound.
Thank you for your assistance because I have really difficulties in find the solution.
The problem is that your Divx file have a unsupported audio format, you will need to extract the audio from your divx file to a wav file with "virtual dub" and use the wav for your audio source, but if the audio is AC3 then you will need an AC3 decoder to extract the audio to wav........
If the movie is whit ac3 sound you just go to
Option / Environmental setting / vfapi plug-in
Locate the DirectShow Multimedia File Reader
Right click on it and add a higher priority like 1 or 2
Can someone point me to documentation about the Deinterlace options?
The filter selection tool works fairly well but slight flaws in motion still seem to show up in the final product even with nothing visible in the TMPGenc viewer screen.
Deinterlace filter options include Even Field, Odd Field, Adaptation, Double, and the children of all these options.
VirtualDub + selected plugins has much better deinterlace options. Use built-in (blended) deinterlace for low motion footage or Smart Deinterlacer (interpolated) followed by Hi Quality Smoother if non-blurry still frames are required.
The latter method is slow but produces unbelieveable results on clean video (set motion threshold low in the deinterlace options). You essentially end up with 30fps progressive video at a high shutter speed.
This is probably because you have the "Angel Potion Codec" installed on your machine, the "Angel Potion" Codec has a wierd reaction with Tmpgenc and causes pink and purple discoloration, so to fix this you need to Delete the Codec then re-encode your file to VCD....
how can i make an avi file to an mpeg1 file, because i want to burn my movie on a video cd to play it on the dvd player in 16:9 format, the avi file is ind 16:9
i tried it with tmpgenc but it doesen`t work there is only 4:3 format
i hope somebody can help me how i make a avi into 16:9 mpeg1
If you want 16:9 when you se VCD on a DVD you must go in to
sittings and set size to 352*340 aspect ration to 4:3 NTSC/PAL then
you clik the tab advansced and set Field order to Top Field first (Field A)
Then you set Source aspect ration to 1:1 (VGA)
Video arrange method you set to Full Screen (Keep aspect ration)
and all this is only if you have a 16:9 format AVI file
You will get a MPG file with Black bars and the 16:) movi in the midle
the most new 16:9 tv's have zoom so you can se 16:9 movies
The DVD have it to I think
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If TMPGEnc freezes or crashes when converting or you receive errors such as Unexpected decimal point calculation Illegal floating decimal point calculation order Try first to change the codec reader settings in TMPGEnc under Option->Environmental settings->VFAPI plug-in and right click on the DirectShow Multimedia File Reader and increase the priority to 1 or 2 and try open the video.
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how can i make an avi file to an mpeg1 file, because i want to burn my movie on a video cd to play it on the dvd player in 16:9 format, the avi file is ind 16:9
i tried it with tmpgenc but it doesen`t work there is only 4:3 format
i hope somebody can help me how i make a avi into 16:9 mpeg1
You just Change the aspect ratio to "16:9" but you might need to load the "unlock.mcf" template to unlock the settings so you can change them after locking them in with the vcd template.....
Here a comparison of MP and non-MP performance on an Dual 750 Pentium III WinXP System:
TMPGenc 2.58 pro ,352x576 mpeg1(input stream resized to 320x320), CQ 65 700-2300 Kbit, Motion Search precision: normal, no Sound. Source was an DVD vob file.
Time to encode 1 minute
with 1 Prozessor: 3m37s
with 2 Prozessors: 2m41s
Out of curiostiy I tested 2 instances of TMPGEnc rendering in parallel.
4m07s for both tasks.
1 MP instance encoding 2 minutes of vob file: 5m22s
2 non-SMP instances encoding 2 minutes of vob file: 4m07s
So 2 non-MP instances of TMPGEnc running on an MP box outperforms an single MP instance of TMPGEnc running on the same Machine by a huge margin!
With motion search precicion: high the gap is closing a little bit. Sorry dont have exact measures on hand right now.
Since running 2 instances of TMPGEnc in parallel seems not 100% stable it would be great if the multiprocessor Code would get an update in one of the next releases :-)
Have you also tried these tests while saving the output to AVI using the DivX codec? I am just wondering because I have noticed a couple of odd things with multi-thread support in TMPGEnc and DivX 5.02 regarding the remaining time counter. I posted it on this forum earlier this week. Have you had any experiences with this?
No, sorry. Cant help you there. Until recently I didnt even know this is possible ;-)
I cant even test it right now cause one HD of this Box died yesterday and it takes at least a week for the warranty exchange.
Just a thought, but this was a common problem on NT4 systems, they could be notably slower on MP systems as it basically spent more time trying to figure out which CPU to use.
I would not expect this to reappear in XP after it was fixed in the NT4 service packs, but it may simply be easier for XP when 2 heavy tasks need to run on 2 CPUs.
I would try tweeking the XP registry settings to improve performance.
This might be a Problem but the same behavior is observed when I run TMPGEnc under Linux emulated with wine(Btw. which isnt an exactly an emulator like Vmware).
If I start it with MP enabled I see 2-4 TMPGEnc tasks in my task list so I dont think its an Windows SMP problem. As a matter of fact I waited with my report till I got an SMP machine with WIndows on hands so I could verify that its not an wine/Linux problem.
The speed under Linux is acceptable but not all addons(like avisynth)work propperly. As soon as I get my HD back und have some time on hand I will install Linux on the same Machine and get some hard data.
Does BeOS has an good Windows emulation? Anyway, TMPGEnc only soupports 2 Processors right now.
how can i make an avi file to an mpeg1 file, because i want to burn my movie on a video cd to play it on the dvd player in 16:9 format, the avi file is ind 16:9
i tried it with tmpgenc but it doesen`t work there is only 4:3 format
i hope somebody can help me how i make a avi into 16:9 mpeg1
Basically you have to unlock yout template(load extras/unlock.tmpl) and set the aspect ratio for input(Advanced->Source aspect ratio and aditionally Video arrange method to Full screen(keep aspect ratio)) and output(Video->Aspect Ratio) to 16:9. Beware that most standalone DVD players refuse to recognize the 16:9 flag on (S)VCDs.
Btw. Setting the Video arrange method to Full screen(keep aspect ratio) isnt exactly advisable for making (S)VCDs since an TV set dont show the outmost 32 pixels. Resize manually or use Fitcd/avisynth for that.
I think yor problem is you are not choosing the correct source aspect ratio or the correct arrange method.
Assuming your TV is 4:3 then you should choose 16:9 as the source and 4:3 as the output. Then choose 'full screen(keep aspect ratio)' as the arrange method.
And if you have a 16:9 tv, "then you should choose 16:9 as the source and 4:3 as the output. Then choose 'full screen (and DON'T keep aspect ratio)' as the arrange method."
Just copied and pasted ASHY's comment - why type it again?
This will give you a squashed on-screen 4:3 image, till you hit widescreen on your remote, and then it'll be 16:9 anamophoric.
I have captured a 45min SvhS tape to a 18GB avi.
Sound is in Sync thoughout the avi. After i encode it to mpg2 sound at the beginning is in sync but the more i get towards the end of the encoded movie the sound becomes more out of sync.
I have tried separating the audio to wav with virtual dub, but that has the same effect. There was no frame-loss when capturing.
The problem is probably dropped frames or you might have captured to 30fps and you are encodeing to 29.9fps or simular such thing..Whatever the cause the effect is odvious the audio track is a different length than your video track so what you can try to fix it is to find out the "Exact" length of the video file then use a audio editing program like "Cool Edit" or "Sound Forge" to stretch or shrink the audio to the exact same length as the video then you can encode the audio to mp2 and mux it with the video, goood luck....
Thanks for your product ( tmpgenc ) its wonder and helpfull, i want to know if it is possible to edit and to increase the bitrate of vcd from 1150kbps to other rate as 1900 or 2200kbps.
Please send me your answer to my e-mail adress:
bouhraoui@wanadoo.ma
What you are talking about is producing an XVCD - a non standard VCD.
You can use higher bitrates (see www.vcdhelp.com and go to DVD Players List link to find your player, read the reviews to see what works for others and try it out) in TMPGenc.
To do this
- Load the Unlock template in the extra folder
- Change your bitrate
- In the System tab change the stream type to MPEG-1 Video-CD (non standard)
ok this has never happened to me, but when i encode a avi file into mpg (either vcd or svcd) as soon as it begins to encode, it freezes then locks up, thus that blue screen comes, how can i fix this fast???