I have Tmpgenc DVD author and wish to add MPG files of different standards to the same compilation i.e. 16.9 format and 4.3 format

Presently I get an error message.....Many other programs allow this, but I find Tmpgenc dvd author the easiest to use.

Does anyone know how I can get this to work

Thanks

Calibra

I'm having no luck at all in figuring out how to adjust the audio of a captured mpeg file. The audio of my DVDs is twice as loud as a regular DVD. The Audio Filter volume function seems to have no affect on the final volume. I've set that value to 50%, tried using the normalize function. Nothing seems to work.

Any idea?

Darbre

when atempting to convert avi file in tmgenc it comes up with, cant load "p3package" help i dont know what it meant i have a free version. any ideas(anyone)

Yes we do have an idea. Please use the search function.

sorry about that i set it very late in the evening so had no time to do the serch. thankyou for the helpfull comment :-)

I am trying to encode an avi to an mpeg for a vcd. I keep getting:
"System Error: 6
The handle is invalid."

Please help.

Update your codecs. Try installing FFDSHOW.
If that doesn't work then your source may be corrupt.

I'm going to describe this as best as possible to help folks see if they can help me figure out what is wrong.

I have the following: Pinnacle StudioBox DV for ripping 8mm and VHS tapes to raw .AVI format. An hour of video results in a single 32Gb file (yeah, 32 Gb). From there I use Pinnacle Studio to cut the AVI file into smaller portions that are topic by topic. These are family videos so you get the idea, this kid, that kid, this event, that event, etc. Anyway, The resulting .AVI files look just fine in the PC running at DVD resolution and rates at 4.3 NTSC.

Now Pinnacle Studio is a bit of a pain in the neck to actually make the DVD, so I decided to get DVDlab and TMPGEnc. I am taking the .AVI files and running them through TMPGEnc to encode them into separate audio and video streams. I then collect these together with DVDlab and build a DVD. All of this works without flaw, a very happy camper in this respect.

HOWEVER. When I view the resulting video on the television the video itself is horrible. Let me describe what I see as I don't know what's happening. First, the picture is very "bright", much brighter than when played on the PC. It also won't display "solids". So if someone is wearing a blue shirt, on the TV the shirt is stripped, horizontally, blue, red, blue, red... though not a definite blue/red but hues of color stripes. The picture also apears "jumpy" and grainy. Not resolution grainy where someone took a 300x200 and enhanced it to 720x480, but still "grainy".

What am I doing wrong? I've tried many different settings to get the AVI to convert properly, none have worked. I'm thankfull that i'm using DVD-RW disks and not DVD-R.. lol

Any help would be apprecieated.

- .dave.

Seems like a decoding problem.
However it's unusual to get one like this with raw AVI, but a raw AVI at full resolution can take a fair bit of PC power if it uses RGB rather than YUY2.
FFDSHOW has the ability to decode raw AVI and does a better job of it using less system resources, however you will need to enable it in the options first.

Also try raising the priority of the 'Open DML' file reader to top of the list in the VFAPI plugins.
If you decide to try FFDSHOW the 'directshow file reader' must be top of the list.

I am using the tmpgend free version to convert avi files. However, these avi files have subtitles burned into them and it seems that when they're converted and viewed, the lower 2/3 of the screen is gone. I am not sure if this is a conversion or overscan issue so I wanted to resize the files to add "padding" along the top and bottom. But I can't seem to get it right. Any suggestions?

Using TMPGenc 1.6 to convert vcd .dat file to DVD , the "Divide by Zero" error message comes up after some minutes and the conversion stops. Can you explain what can be the problem?
Thanks.

I got this problem some time when I grouped VCD files into one DVD. Can anyone tell me how to solve it?

Yes, what the hell is that?

I have made a free, proof-of-concept program in Visual Basic that shows how it would be possible to enable mixing frame-rates in progressive video using TMPGEnc. If anybody uses/tests it, wants to help develop it, etc, I'd love to know.

It uses no blending of frames or interlaced 3:2 pulldown. Instead, it uses the "REPEAT_FIRST_FIELD" and "TOP_FIELD_FIRST" MPEG-2 flags to instruct the player software or device on how long to display each frame. By applying these differently throughout the file, a mixed frame rate can be achieved in a progressive MPEG2 video (these flags are unfortunately not available in MPEG-1).

Here's my post on the doom9 forum that tells more about the program: http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=93691

Here's the link to my page with the program file and a tutorial on how to use it: http://davidbloom.home.mchsi.com

Thanks!
David Bloom
tmpgbbs@3lesson.org

I have an avi movie which plays fine on windows media player (with srt subtitles showing). When I open it in TMPGEnc to convert to VCD the subtitles show up just fine, but the picture is upside down. The resulting VCD is upside down except for the subtitles which are fine.

The DirectShow Multimedia File Reader VFAPI plug-in is the highest priority. If I lower the priority the avi will be right-side-up and encode to VCD perfectly... except without subtitles.

So I encoded the movie right-side-up without subtitles thinking I could then raise the priority of DirectShow Multimedia File Reader back to the highest spot and then re-encode a second time with subtitles. No luck, the subtitles will not show up on preview when I try to re-encode the VCD to VCD with subtitles.

Any suggestions? Thanks.

You have several options depending on what codecs and software you are using.
If you are using VOBSUB to overlay the subs then you can check the option to either flip the picture or the subs or both.

If you are using FFDSHOW to decode the AVI you can check the 'flip picture' option. Anothjer option is to frame serve the AVI through AVIsynth and use the 'Flip vertical' command.

You can also try making the VFW reader or AVI2 reader in the VFAPI plugins top priority however you may lose the subs.

The mpeg files are converted through TMPGEnc Plus with AVI file and wav file which is made through VirtualDub-1.6.4 and HeadAC3he_024a12.
The mpeg file is played correctly with sound if the convert templet is "Video-CD NTSC (MPEG-1 352x240 29.97fps CBR 1150kbps, Layer-2 44100Hz 224kbps)"
But other mpeg file is played with NO SOUND if the convert templet is "Super Video-CD NTSC (MPEG-2 480x480 29.97fps CBR 2520kbps, Layer-2 44100Hz 224kbps)"
The audio source are same at both.

I wish MPEG-2 file with sound.
What is matter?
Please help...

I wouldn't bother with the wav extraction etc. Just load the avi into tmpgenc and set to ES video + audio. This works well in my experience (for a PAL DVD)

Hi, I read some old messages talking about templates for encoding VCD at best quality. I've got some Divx movies that I'd like to convert to either VCD, XVCD, SVCD, or XSVCD. Whatever it takes to give me the same quality of the original source. I don't care the size of the files and I don't mind if I have to use 3 CDs to save a 1 hour movie.
I prefer VCDs (non-standard) so if anyone could send me a template to give me the most cristal clear quality I'd be thankful.
Either send the template or send the whole settings I should use... whatever.
Thanks in advance

I've got an avi file that won't convert properly to mpeg in tmpgenc. The picture is a wash of colors when I look at it in 'filter settings' under 'source range' or in the preview window. All my other avi files convert perfectly. I did a check on the avi file using avicodec and it tells me this:

Video : 642 MB, 1049 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 608*336 (16:9), DIV3 = DivX v3 ;-) MPEG-4 (Low-Motion), Supported


I also ran gspot on this non working avi file and it tells me it's a div3 codec and that I have two supporting codecs installed that can play it. I also did a render check and it says my direct show can play it as well. All my media players (vlc, wmp) can play this avi file. So why does tmpgenc show me nothing but a mess of colors when I try to convert it to mpeg?