Hi,
i am quite new to TMPGEnc and other VirtualDub etc.. software so i think my question will seem quite silly to you, but after searching and searching again i didnt see anything about this. Here is the problem:
I've made a little animation with Flash and want to put on VCD. I've encoded it qith TMPGEnc in MPEG1 PAL standard. Viewing the compressed file on PC shows that compression is good. Viewing (with powerdvd) the VCD on PC too (VCD is made with VCDEasy). But viewing the VCD on stand alone DVD/VCD player shows 2 things: first: sometimes the motion is stopped few seconds (but music go ahead), and second: there are sometimes some macroblocks.

After searching in this forum, i've seen that the solution should be increase bitrate (my current bitrate is 1150 kB/s, PAL standard). OK, but is this compatible with lot of DVD players? because the main goal of this VCD is to be given to lot of people so it is very important that the VCD is as compatible as possible.
The observed problems comes when animation is very slow (for example picture disappearing with transparency effects). If bitrate is not a good solution, may be there is another.

Thanks a lot for help,
Gol

Hi! I had TMPG 3 on my computer before, then it XP died and i had to reinstall everything again, stupid windows.

Now when i try to encode to XVID or DIVx, or anything for that matter, i am unable to use MP3 compression because it wont let me choose anything but 56 kb (i could choose lower but 56 is bad enough)

But before windows XP crashed i was able to encode full rate MP3 into Avis, and now i cant can anyone tell me why, because im really confused :(

You need to install the lame codec
goto rarewares.org and get the codec (.inf)

I try to encode an XVID-file (avi) into an MPEG2 (for SVCD), but TMPGenc says "invalid pointer operation" when I try to set the "Source Range".

Anyone out there who knows what is the matter? Thanks in advance!

my head is spinning a little after searching on all the aspect ratio threads here. Hopefully this is an easy one for the group. Sounds like Ashy is the expert here so hope he has a chance to reply. I have an AVI I'm going to burn to DVDR. I want to keep the same aspect ratio as the source. I plan to watch on a widescreen TV. Here are the relevent details form my AVI file:

23.976 fps (NTSC)
560x240 (2.21:1)

1) Do I select NTSC or NTSC 16:9 when the wizard starts?

2) select 1:1 source aspect ratio? or 16:9 display? something else?

3) For video arrange method do I select Full screen(keep aspect ratio) or something else? Should I try Center (custom size) 720x308?

What else am I missing?

-NJJ

anyone?

for some reason everytime i start encoding a video, tmpgenc disconnects me from the internet? how do i stop it from doing that?

the problem started when i installed the FFDSHOW codec pack. so i uninstalled it and installed an all in one codec pack but the problem is still there. tmpgenc was working perfectly prior to the installation of the codec pack. the problem was i just had XVID 1.02 installed (amongst other individual codecs) and for some reason everytime i clicked on an avi/xvid video my windows would crash (but once i unistalled XVID 1.02 the problem stopped). but tmpgenc would still work. i installed the new codec pack because i was tired of my windows crashing when i would click on the video file. but now i have this new problem. so does anyone know why tmpgenc disconnects me from the internet?

any help is greatly appreciated. thanks.

As far as I know, TMPGEnc does not use the internet so it might be another factor that is blocking your access to the internet. I highly suggest that you avoid those codec packs because they tend to screw up your computer. You should uninstall all codec packs and then install a version of ffdshow because they work great.

You can see if you can access the internet after you uninstall the codec packs and before you install ffdshow. I highly doubt ffdshow or TMGPEnc would block the internet since they're not affiliated with the internet in any way.

hello guys, do any one out there no of a program to convert mpeg to jpeg?

any help on this would be great!

Thanks Guys

Duh. Another silly question from me. I cannot get TMPGEnc fo convert MPEG-2 video files to MPEG-1. I can work with the whole original MPEG-2 file, or I can demux the file down into it's M2V and MP2 components. Either way, I cannot get a conversion between MPEG-2 video and MPEG-1. What am I doing wrong? How does this simple task get accomplished?

THANKS.

I guess this cannot be done?

Yes you can convert. select the MPG2 and define the output to VCD format (MPG1 by default if you use the wizard).

I have done this, the only issue is I cant get the sound to convert as well.

WILL TMPGEnc SOFTWARE CONVERT QUICKTIME VIDEO TO JPEG MOTION OR MPEG. IF SO HOW DO I GET STARTED? WHAT SHOULD I DOWNLOAD?

i want convert *.mov files to *.avi/*.mpeg/*.anything, but when i started, i get a error message:

file can not open or unsupoted

BUT i have installed the quicktime reader plugin!!
what make i wrong??

I'm a newbie trying to make some home movies from VHS into DVDs that ANYONE can play in their home DVD players. I'm fairly computer literate, so I don't foresee any big issues. I have an ATI TV Wonder VE card that I'll be using to put the VHS movie on the PC, updated software package (ATI XP), Windows XP Home, Dell Desktop 256MB RAM, 200GB Hard Drive, 1.7Ghz processor. What I'm looking to find out is a recommendation for a good DVD Burner, and any other software/hardware I might need to accomplish this task.
Thanks in advance!!

Im trying to encode Xvid to mpg but when opening the xvid TMPGEnc says "Invalid pointer operation." How to fix this issue? (sorry about my english)

I have the same problem with an XVID-avi file. TMPGenc says "Invalid Pointer Operation" when I use the "Source range"-filter.

Can anyone help?

The problem with Xvid, is that it is MPEG4. TMPGEnc MPEG Editor does not support MPEG4 files. It only supports standard MPEG-1 and MPEG-2, DVD-Video files or DVD-VR (.VRO) files recorded with standalone DVD recorder.

See feature list here:
http://www.pegasys-inc.com/en/product/tme_feature.html

While the file format may not be supported, an "Invalid pointer operation" is caused by poor programming practices, and should never happen in a well written application. A well written application would announce "xyz file format is not supported".

Basically, this condition it is caused by a "wild pointer". Pointers point to memory addresses to be written to or read from. When you try to read or write to an invalid address, you may very get a "Invalid pointer operation" (or an access violation).

Somewhere in TMGEnc, either the pointer that is used is getting stomped on (overwritten with a bad address), or the pointer is incremented to point somewhere that it should not read or write from.

A good programming technique would be for TMPGEnc to provide a message such as "Invalid pointer operation in module xyz : line xxxx", so it could be accuratly reported to the programmer, and he would immediatly know where the invalid pointer operation happened, and could easily fix it. This assumes that the "support" people would actually listen to a bug report, and forward it to the programmer.

Joe

hello.

I am using DVD Author and it works great. However, I've run into a problem with some new DVD+R 4x media that I am using. The media is very high grade, but the TMPGEnc burner software is only recognizing the media as 2x. I've used other 4x media with no problem, so I'm not sure what to make of it.

Any help would be appreciated.

Faceman

hello.

I am using the trial version of DVD Author and it works great. However, I've run into a problem with some new DVD+R 4x media that I am using. The media is very high grade, but the TMPGEnc burner software is only recognizing the media as 2x. I've used other 4x media with no problem, so I'm not sure what to make of it.

Any help would be appreciated.

Faceman

Are you certain it is 4x, which burner do you have?
Have you tried any other software such as NERO for buning?

you should try to get a dual format dvd burner. that way you can burn both + and - dvdr's. also, i have found out that -r's have a better tendency to run in dvd players. and as far as making vhs to dvds, roxio software seems to work ok, i haven't really used it for that, but i have used to make slideshows with background music. and you can also build a semi-decent menu.

the best software i can recommend requires a mac. final cut pro works great if you need to edit anything from the vhs after its in the computer. and dvd studio pro is awesome for menus and making a dvd.