Hello,

I'm using TMPG ENC 2.5 plus for 3 years now. With the current version I use
I don't even have the "ac-3 sound problems" anymore (and this without ac3-plugin).

For two months now I've a new problem with the subtitles in TMPGEnc.
After encoding sometimes the subtitles don't show for a moment and later in the movie they are back. Every movie this can be different. Sometimes I encode a movie and I don't have a problem at all with the subtitles and with some movies the problem is back again. When I check the avi with subtitles in this particular part of the movie all the subtitles are shown with mediaplayer.
All the vafpi-conditions and vobsub-loading conditions are correct and never had this problem before. I was thinking that it might be the difference between the speed of biterate of the movie and the subtitles ....

Does anybody had the same problem and have solutions or suggestions ?

Please help

Greetings

Danny

I think your t.v. overscan. So if you have an avi with subtitles which are to close to the edges of the video you won't be able to see it. All you have do is to shrink the picture size of the video and fill it with black borders by using AVIsynth.

http://avisynth.org/

No, it's definitely not overscan. It happened to me just yesterday too. Are you making a DVD with selectable subs? If you are (like me), it might be because of your DVD authoring program. I have not come up with a solution though.

Here's my theory. It might be because your subtitle script might contain /N and your DVD authoring program might not support it. Try this! Change all the capital Ns to a small n. It might work, I have not tested it.

All subs show in your media player and probably Virtualdub probably because they support both /N and /n. In case you didn't know, those symbols stand for a line break.

I think danny is attempting to hard code the subs into the output not use selectable subs.
Try raising the priority of the 'Directshow file reader' in the VFAPI plugins to 2 or 3 and ensure it top of the list.
If that doesn't work then you have 2 other options.
You can either frame serve from Virtualdub with the subtitle filter installed or the better solution is to install FFDSHOW.
Just installing FFDSHOW alone may fix your problem, however if it doesn't then simply load the subs directly into FFDSHOW.

First, thank u for your reactions. I went on vacation so didn't have time 2 react earlier.

Sakuya, the problem already occur when I check the mpeg ather encoding in TMPG.
So, the avi shows the subtitles correctly in MP9. Then I encode the avi with tmpg and when this is finished, I check the mpeg and in this mpeg the subtitle
disappear at a random interval. My DVD Author program is not used in this first part of the proces.

Ashy, I'm going 2 check the priority if it's on 2 or 3. Don't know this for shure. What i do know that it's on top of the list.
Thank U for your advice. I'm coming back 2 U asap.

Thanks All,

Danny from Holland

Hello Ashy,

Direct Show priority was on 1 and I raised it to 3. Still i't dont work.
The big problem is that with some movies I have this problem and with others
I don't. This makes it difficult to test because even if I don't solve the problem, it occurs randomly only.

Any suggestions ?

Thanx anyway

Danny

my problem is this, the completed mpeg turns pink then normal then pink again then normal again........while playing, i think i've installed the right codec for the movie, btw i'm encoding an mped-4 avi.

Im getting this "Index of Scan Line is out of range(240) error, and accdg to ashy (previous posting) this happens when the video file is downloaded form the net. However, my source is my dv camera.

After editing the video using Premiere 6, i frameserve this using avisynth to tmpegenc and convert to vcd settings. I've done this so many times before and I never had any problems only now.

Pls help... its a wedding video...y'know a paid service....

Thanks

I didn't mean it was isolated to files downloaded from the net. My meaning was it is a common error with files downloaded as this error is usually some form of corruption in the file.

What sort of script are you using in AVIsynth and what is the original resolution of the source?
Also have you tried de-interlacing in Premier first before frame serving?

hello guys ... i need some help here please

I finally solved the stuttering problems (Leave movies for wHat they r ntsc encode ntsc pal encode to Pal..... )

But my real problem is When i encode a movie to ntsc en burn to dvd
suddenly there is to much red in the movie , how come..?

But if i encode to pal en the burnn, the movie has no color problems but then the stuttering problem aahhh.... .

On My pc there is no differnce

and i also used another dvd and there its the same

My home dvd player is a sony nd theother one was a provision i think

and my tv is a sony trinitron.



So can somebody please help me out with this....

Could the problem be your TV? Try setting the contrast, brightness, picture, etc. It might help, I'm not sure but it's worth a try. I don't see how changing NTSC to PAL or vice versa could affect the video quality in any way (unless you flipped on some settings in TMPGEnc without knowing).

Hello. I need some help with converting an AVI for a DVD. The AVI has a resolution of 576x448. GSpot says the aspect ratio is: (1.29:1)[~9:7]

I suspect that it's not correct. Should I be using a Video Arrange Method of Full Screen (keep AR) or Center (keep AR)? I know if I used the Full Screen method, it might take longer due to the resizing. I did test clips using Full Screen (KAR), Center (KAR), and Center but I still don't know the difference. :(

Actually, I forgot to mention that the ones where I used Center and Center (KAR) is too small for my TV screen. So the choice would be Full Screen (KAR). I just thought that since the aspect ratio is a little weird, that I shouldn't be using Full Screen (KAR).

Now my next question is, when I load my AVI file in TMPGEnc, it says the video source type is non-interlace and progressive. Should I be setting the Encode Mode at Interlaced or Non-Interlace?

Also, I used Videohelp.com's bitrate calculator and got the bitrate of 9406. However when I enter that as Constant Bitrate into TMPGEnc, it always reverts back to 8000. Why is that? Why can't it go any higher?

I have some real media files i need to convert to vcd, can i do this with tmpgenc 2.5? And how can i do this if so?

No, TMPGEnc does not support RM files. The only tool I know is EO Video. It takes a long time though. Since RM files are bad quality, you are not going to get any better quality than the source RM file you have.

I got TMPGEnc to format RM using AVIsynth. Or maybe it's just me.

It's very strange tho, it only accept certain config in order to format rm to mpg.

Hi

New to TMPGEnc here, but ive read a few huides etc and it seems pretty straight forward..

My problem is i have a divx i am trying to convert to DVD and im having probs setting dimensions.

The divx is NTSC 608*320 (doesnt seem normal to me) but basically i want to put it on DVD so it displays at the same dimensions on a 4*3 screen and fills the width of the screen...

Any help would be greatly apprechiated...


Thanks, Azazel

I want to record my vh tape to my hard drive and make it into a dvd movie. Is this a rigth program and if so can add couple steps how to Newby sorry . thanks 4 your time !!!!!

To convert from VHS to DVD you have to have a video capture card installed in your system in order to capture de VHS video to digital, once in the HD the video can be converted to any video format supported by TMPGEnc, I use the FLYVIDEO 2000 capture card and, as a suggestion you should capture the video in AVI format, the files will use a lot of HD space but the quality will be the best.

disculpen pero el software esta en ingles y no entiendo bien .. estoy tratando de generar un mpg de un archivo Avi... tengo que volver a hacer todo de nuevo cada vez que abro el proyecto... a pesar de haber generado mas de la mitad de archivo ???

Para convertir un avi a mpg lo que se hace es que se agrega el archivo a la lista y se le da el formato de salida, si por alguna razon el proceso se interrumpio durante la codificacion hay que inciar el proceso desde el inicio, si se creo una parte del archivo en formato mpg, se inicia el nuevamente el proyecto y se le indica al programa en la seccion CUT EDIT el rango del video que no se codifico en el proceso anterior y luego se unen los archivos resultantes con el TMPGEnc trial o el PLUS.

>Para convertir un avi a mpg lo que se hace es que se agrega el archivo a la lista y se le da el formato de salida, si por alguna razon el proceso se interrumpio durante la codificacion hay que inciar el proceso desde el inicio, si se creo una parte del archivo en formato mpg, se inicia el nuevamente el proyecto y se le indica al programa en la seccion CUT EDIT el rango del video que no se codifico en el proceso anterior y luego se unen los archivos resultantes con el TMPGEnc trial o el PLUS.

i was able to convert me OGM to a Xvid(DX50) format and did it a second time in DivX 5.1.1 format (both AVI)...both with sub using Texsub filter in VRDubMod. Once that was done i was able to watch both files in WMP9 and i they had sub...video...sound all in sync (was so happy at that moment).

Then I decided to use TMPGEnc Plus to change it into a SVCD. Now i dont know if its cuz of my settings or not, but when the conversion is done( and yes i can see everything during the conversion) and i play it back on my PC there is only sound and no image. I dont get any codec error before playback starts. Since TMPGEnc doesn't read the audio of the Xvid or DivX i made (unless you put DirectShow Multimedia File Reader as higher priority in VFAPI plug-in settings), i used the mp2 i created with OGM to SVCD easy Guide for the audio( i used it as well to create my avi in VRDubMod). I've done other Animes before this one( already in AVI from the start ) and I've been able to watch them after converting them to mpg to see how then turned out.


Here are my questions:

-What do you think the problem is?
-If possible, what are the settings used in TMPGEnc to watch the SVCD on my 32" TV so that sub is not cut off at the bottom or sides?( for previous anime, i've had to use Center(custom) and set it to 480X444 to get the sub in and even that sometimes cuts off the sub at either end and is at the limit of the bottom of my TV screen.


Oh and here's how i made my Xvid and DivX avi with VRDubMod if it can help:

1- Load OGM in VRDubMod

2- In Stream list, disabled everything inside and add jap Audio file created with OGM to SVCD easy Guide

3- Select Direct stream Copy and "Save AVI as"

4- Re-open new AVI and open filters

5- Add Textdub or Subtitle filter and choose "subtitle".srt created with OGM to SVCD easy Guide

6- Set video to full processing and go into Compression

7- DIVX: Selected Divx 5.1.1 codec>>click configure and set Kbps( using bitrate calculator in Gordian Knot)>>then Save AVI as

Xvid: Selected Xvid MPEG-4 codec>>click configure>>Advance options>>Under Debug tab>>FourCC used: DX50)>>then Save AVI as

8- Encode to MPG with TMPGEnc Plus


Hope this helps solving my prob...i really need a solution

Thanks in advance

P.S. why do i get in TMPGEnc Plus when im about to start encoding this msg:

Your are trying to create an MPEG-2 file

To play MPEG-2 files, DVD player software needs to be installed on your system.


Does that have to do with anything and it only appears if i dont use the wizard.

Also why when i put DirectShow as higher priority( first in the list) in VFAPI does TMPGEnc Plus crash? but if i leave it at default everything is fine...

Whoa that's a lotta questions for something so simple!

First let me ask why are you creating an AVI out of the OGM file?

Why not just encode the OGM to SVCD with TMPG?
If you want to add subs just use 'Direct VOBSUB'.

If you want to watch OGM files with media player and subs simply install the Ogg Vorbis DirectShow filter and 'Direct VOBSUB'.

how do you get the Mp3 for a Movie what's the software that you use?

Hy!
I have following questions:

Can TMPGEnc produce low bitrate Mpeg1
for Internet streaming? <= 400 Kbit

A problem with streaming + vbr:
You can't look to the end of a stream to calculate
the correct average bitrate and playtime.
Does any VBR - Header exist with such infos to solve this problem?
-(Like MP3 VBR)- Or is it possible, that TMPGEnc writes the average Bitrate
inside the first Sequence-header (instead the NON-average bitrate).
Then it would be possible to retrieve the correct playtime without looking to the end of the stream.

thanks!

It can, but why would you want to use MPEG as a format for streaming?
The quality would be totally unacceptable when you could use a better format with a better compression ratio such as WMV and achieve much better quality for the same bitrate.

Also I don't understand what you mean about a problem with VBR and streaming.
The timecode information is in the header of the MPEG, so why would you need to scan to the end of the file to read the play time?

If you want to calculate the correct average bitrate to use for the playtime and file size you wish to create then simply use 2 pass encoding.

Maybe I have got your issues confused, but I answered best I could with what I could decipher from what you posted.

Thank you for the answer!!!

Streaming Mpeg1/2 is important for me as long as my self developed
Java-applet supports only Mpeg1/2. Surely Mpeg4 is better....
But I want primarily test my own applet.

The timecode informations are in the Header?
Where? Can you give me more links to mor informations?

I have only found following timecode informations inside the gop header:
NOT the total playtime length or the total frames, instead
the current playtime of the current GOP Header.
That means: The STARTING GOP Header contains: 0 sec, 0 min, 0 h
The FOLLOWING GOP Headers contains something of e.g.
: 1 sec, 0 min, 0 h
etc.
: 2 sec, 0 min, 0 h
etc.
The LAST GOP Header contains the full playtime e.g.
32 sec, 45 min, 1h

So I must have a look to the last GOP-Header.

If you know of additional header infos, please tell me!

Thanks for the answer.