strangely when i encode anything its always blockily weird .. and no matter how i boost up the bitrate or any other settings its always the same result .. is something wrong with my cpu maybe ?

Hi,

I have an .AVI file that is definitely interlaced (comb effect on high motion screens). I want to create a VCD from this AVI file.
I'm not sure on what to set in TMPGEnc's options. I'm confused because it looks to me like more than one option seems to control the same thing (It's probably because I don't have a clue):

- Encode Mode (Video Tab) - does this only affect the MPEG header or does it
do something to the video stream itself?
- Video source type/field order - if I select my video is interlaced, what
does TMPGEnc do with this information? Is it used if I don't select the
Deinterlace filter as well?

Thanks,
Tal

The encode mode and video type are settings that Tmpgenc sets so in most cases you don"t touch them unless you were planning on doing a "3:2 pulldown", as to the correct field order if you load your file into the "Wizard" then Tmpgenc will analize the file and adjust it to the correct field order, if you are doing mpeg1/vcd you don"t have to worry about de-interlaceing because mpeg1 is a non-interlaced progressive format........

Hello.

When I make a *.d2v file, TMPGEnc open the file without problem, but if I record this file in a CD-ROM and open in other PC, TMPGEnc said "File *.d2v can not open or unsupported". I like make a database of *.d2v for make VCD or SVCD in anytime.

Sorry for my bad english an thanks -Javier-

The .d2v is only an index into the video file. Saving only the .d2v would be like keeping the Table of Contents of a book, and throwing-out the rest.

ArtShips is totally correct, the D2V file does not have any video or audio on it it is a frameserver file, it acts as a middle man between the encoder and the vob files transfering information to the encoder from the vob files .You will notice that the D2V file is a very small file not enough to store enough information to to contain video or audio......

Why doesn't TMPG use the full VBR that is specified, for example, i specified a VBR min2000 average4500 and max9000 he never goes to the limit of 2000 or 9000, the 2-Pass-VBR that TMPG uses is just a little bit better "constante" bitrate and 2-Pass Encoding is not enough in my opinion. The 9-Pass Encoding of CCE is very good, but i could never afford CCE (1995,00 $) ... by the way TMPG has a lot more features then CCE, so TMPG is the better Program in my eyes, but i can be a bit faster, and should have a Mutiple-Pass Encoding (i think 9-Pass should be enough) and a better VBR code.

That's all, i hope you can include/improve these things in the following versions. Bye Peacemaker2000

I was looking at the Features of Tmpgenc Pro and it said that it will support 24 pass encodeing,But if you are useing good quality source files there isn"t that much noticeable differance in quality between CQ vs 2-pass vbr in tmpgenc or One Pass VBR in CCE and 9-pass VBR,but every one has there own opinion of what looks good and what works for them.......

im encoding different .d2v files and every so often the pc will lock up during encoding, either VCD or SVCD encoding locks up. Ive tried defragging the hdd, scanning with nortons ect, but still no luck, ive been all over the net for days looking for a solution, think this place is my last hope!!
thanks for any help provided!

Do you have Windows XP ? Perhaps that's the reason...try the latest patches !

>Do you have Windows XP ? Perhaps that's the reason...try the latest patches !

Where are the latest patches for Win XP

VJ is referring to Windows Update via the Start Menu.

Thanks for replys, im running windows 98. version of tmpgenc is ...2.56.39.143
1,1 duron, 256 mb ram, 40 gig hdd. ect
just tried again on a different .d2v got 3 hours into it and crashed. Not very impressed seeing as i paid for the licence, ive tried emailing the company, but that was 3 weeks ago and no reply. :(

One possible reason for TMPG freezing up is that you may have some hacked versions of the DivX code on your hard drive. ... I used Virtual Dub a few days ago for the first time and the very first message I got was a warning about some specific files on my hard drive that could cause system freeze-ups.

A second reason for a freeze up could be a problem with the avi code and the audio and video streams (if that is the correct word). I was trying very hard (for 3 weeks) to make a VCD of Vamoire Hunter D "Bloodlust". One AVI file went thru TMPG nicely enough, but the mpg it produced had no audio. When I posted the problem here "Minion" jumped up and down and shouted "VIRTUAL DUB"!!! So I downloaded that program, installed it, and printed out the manual. At The same time I found another copy of "Bloodlust" on KaZaa that was dubbed in english. I downloaded that AVI file and deleted the former one. When I used TMPG to make an mpg from the avi it stopped at 32% done. Some sort of write error. I then went to Virtual Dub and watched the entire program... thinking that somehow just running it thru the Virtual Dub program would fix any kinks in it. It did NOT. The second run thru with TMPG also stopped at 32%.
Now I was pissed off... 3 weeks on and off trying to make a simple amine VCD was getting on my nerves! I tried something that Minion had suggested before, regarding the first (and now deleted) avi Bloodlust file... I went to Virtual Dub, and after making Bloodlust the active file, I clicked on "make a .wav file"
Then when I had a .99 gig .wav file I went back to TMPG and tried again... using the original Bloodlust avi for my video and the new Bloodlust .wav for my audio.... Son of a Bitch, but it worked! I just got thru watching my newest VCD. I don't know why it worked, but then again, I don't understand the inner workings of my car either... so I guess that's OK.

Thanx for the reply! I thought it was just me going mad! lol
Ill give that a try with virtual dub, and ive also got an older version of tmpgenc to try out.....

Can you please tell me how to convert an avi file to an mpeg1. I have tried using the wizard and this requirs an audio and video file. When going thro the main prog I cant sem to find the way to do it. I want to encode the avi to mpeg and burn to CD. Any ideas please??

Check out the guides at www.vcdhelp.com

They cover all you need to know but heres a couple more tips

- Always decompress the audio before converting. You can do this with various tools like VirtualDub, but I use the decompress utility that comes with the avi2vcd application (use google to find it)

- TMPGEnc will allow you to specify different audio and video sources but generally unless you are doing framerate conversion outside of TMPGEnc your audio and video source will be the same avi

Olli

why does it say it cant load cant load p3package.dll when i am trying to finally rip a dvd? i have gone through all of the steps up until where you fill the video and audio directory, and i hit start and it doesnt work, it gives me the previously stated message

Use the search function at the top of this page .... this question has been asked and answered many times

olli this is my first post asshole so kiss my ass, cock sucker

Language like that isn"t going to get you question answered but might get you ignored or banned...What my learned Colegue was trying to say is that if you use the search function at the top of this page you will get your question answered more quickly cuz this question has been answered many times.......

Why the verbal abuse to Olli.
He was simply trying to put you in the right direction for your answer and then give you a reason why he did so.

It would either be that or your question would very likely have been ignored, so I think it would be fair to apologise to Olli don't you think.

ASHY

I think that it would be good idea to add bitrate/GOP/etc. analisys tool. Until now found only one program that can do that, and I think it costs too much for what it does. In theory it should be easy, after all, alot of info is already saved into the log files, all needed to be done is to present it graphically with statystical info...

ABS

VIRTUAL DUB does analyze the bit rate of avi files that you run thru it. And the price is most definately right... FREE

BitRateViever is also a good tool and the price is ok, too. But why have thousands of tools, when you can have it all in one tool together. By the way, i think TMPG is allready a good combination of good tools, look at all the MPEG-Tools TMPG has (Multiplex / Demultiplex / Merge / Cut). But i think this can be extended, i would like to have a "Bitrate Viewer" included in TMPG too, and also a Multi-Pass Encoding feature, as i wrote above. There were not many NEW features in the last version, most of all was bugfixes. I would like to see more new ideas (even from this board) put into action.

I really did reffer to BitrateViewer... I would like something similar that would give me a graph with info on bitrate and similars, but if TMPGenc costs 48, then spending 25 for some graph program is a bit stupid I think...

Maybe I'll just try to make myself (using very primitive tools) a program that will read TMPGenc log files and display the info in graphs... Though wouldn't be much help for anything else if no log is present...

ABS

Hello
I have this problem with tmpg when i try to encode to mpg2 from any source it pops up a message after a few minutes that says. (Read error ocurred at address 00481837 of module `tmpgEnc.exe` with 6E1C14E1.) what can i do?
it could be the hard drive?

when you load a template some settings cant be changed. I guess so you dont accidentaly mess it up. I want to keep mpeg 1 video but i want a higher bitrate (so nero lets me burn the disk). Is there a way that i can change the settings while a template is loaded.

Load the unlock template from the extra folder first

I have a 732MB .dat file of a movie which is like 1h18m in length. Whenever i use the simple demultiplex in the mpeg tools option the resulting m1v and mp2 files are both 39m54s in length. Why is the de-multiplex option cutting the film just before 40mins? This is happening on all the .dat files I demultiplex. What could be the reason?

I just used tmpgenc 2.56 to convert the Spiderman avi file that I have to mpg. My problem is that after the first few seconds, the audio disappears. How do I prevent that from happening? Will 2.57 fix that problem?

This could be because the audio is "VBR MP3" and tmpgenc does not support that format, what you need to do is use "Virtual Dub"to extract the audio to a wav file and use that as you audio source......