When I convert using tmp I get wrong language in the final mpeg. I select english. Just getting started using templates as set up. I get good picture quality, but then again I have not yet been able to complete the process of merging and writing to cd yet.

Try extracting track #2 in the audio and see if that is english but in most cases english is track #1 unless it is a forign film, or you can extract all the audio tracks and go through them till you find the english track..Just last week I ripped a dvd that said that the #1 track was english and it turned out there were no english tracks on the movie cuz it was a french film, just a wierd story.......

hey thanks for the response, the movie is black hawk down, i have the entire vob files on hd around 6.63 gig with all the commercials etc looks great with power dvd, was planning to put it on cd. ok this is stupid but i think i have downloaded just about every program possible, from the other areas on the net saying which the best way to put movie on vcd, i was going this route using tmpeng to mpeg1, then nero to burn, but it looks like i have to merge possibly, there will be 6 mpeg files, now getting back to the point do i have to use another program to find the tracks like dvd2avi because i tried it i cant tell what is the audio files any help on that just wander why it put french instead of english when i picked english in tmpeng

Well If you use dvd2avi you won"t have to merge the mpeg files, and you can use "dvd2avi" to extract all the audio tracks in your vob files, and if you used "smartripper" to rip the dvd then there will be a text file which tells you what stream is what language, if it is a north american dvd then track #1 is allmost allways the english track, I have ripped literally hundreds of dvd"s and rarely have I had a problem with finding the right audio track actually only once and that was because there wasn"t a english track, but if you didn"t use smart ripper you can do this , extract track #1 then #2 ect till you find the english audio track, I did black hawk down about 3 weeks ago just after it came out and I"m pretty sure on the copy I used the english track was #1 and french was #2 and from what I remember that was all the audio tracks there were the rest were subtitles,and encodeing "vob" files takes a lot longer (on my system) to encode than "d2v" files from dvd2avi...but if you are still haveing problems useing dvd2avi you can e-mail me and I will try to help out...

After merge multiple MPEG2 files at some points there is a beep.

Because I haven't got the AVI file anymore I want to delete this beep.

De multiplexed the sound into MP2, but now I don't have an edditor for this file.

When you join the files make sure you click the correct button first.

ASHY

Thanks!

Hello,

I try to encode an AVI (divx) file with NTSC format (23.97 fps and 48kHz audio)
to PAL VCD styandard (25fps; 44100Hz audio). TMpeg accept to create such a file BUT There are small cuts to the resulting file. In deed, the film seems to stop
for a while each second before continuing.
PLEASE HELP ME !!!
I tried to select NTSC source and PAL destination file without success.
Does anybody know HOW TO CONVERT NTSC 24fps to PAL 25 fps ???

Thanks in advance.

Bill.

I guess you have to speed up frame rate to 25 fps and audio by 4%. I also have the problem to convert an NTSC film (non-interlaced source)from DVD to PAL SVCD since my DVD player does not accept USA region code.

I will try to sort out the problem and then reply to this thread.

I have posted this question myself not so long ago. Ashy gave a very comprehensive answer,which I can guarentee is spot on. Go to posting #8363 or enter "adey" in the search engine and you will find everything you need to know.

I really do not think one has to go thru' this much trouble to get NTSC<->PAL conversion. As far as I know, TMPGEnc is buggy in doing any such framerate conversion (jerkiness, interlacing artifacts). I used Canopus DV Format Converter for this and it is very smooth.

FWIW, Canopus ProCoder is the way to go, NTSC<->PAL, stitching, etc, all in one step. The quality of the ProCoder's MPEG2 output (not even at the highest quality) is far better than the best TMPGEnc can offer. TMPGEnc tends to have motion artifacts on interlaced video contents, it is especially apparent on objects with a vertical edge.

I suppose everybody has $699 just lying around to purchase this software or maybe you would like to email us all a copy?

ASHY

I'm not saying TMPGEnc is bad software. It's good for its price. However, I think ProCoder may justisfy and can pay back itself quickly.

The problem with TMPGEnc is that the author himself probably does not use it for producing DVDs movies. He doesn't understand all the steps involved. Things can be done in TMPGEnc to cut down a lot of production time especially when the input AVI is 20GB in size.

IMHO, TMPGEnc should have an option to output the MPEG2 file into elementary data streams. In fact, the audio file should be 48KHz .WAV file. This saves time not needing to compress the audio portion into MP2. Authoring programs like DVDIt! can save even more time not needing to convert MP2 back into WAV before it encodes the audio portion into Dobly digital. ProCoder understands this and outputs the audio in WAV to save lots and lots of user's time. Because of this, the quality of the audio is maintained as well (no lossy compression into MP2 then back into WAV then into Dolby digital).

Besides, I don't know why he provides frame rate conversion if the converted video is clearly jerky.

Who say's that TMPG can't encode to elementry streams. Ok it can't do both the video and audio at the same time, bit it can encode to a video elementry stream. It can also encode to wav or any other format for that matter as long as the corret codec is installed. It can also encode to bitmaps,jpegs and AVI's and also encode from these formats.

How many other programs do you know which can do this for the money and as far as your comment about the author not understanding the DVD process. I think you would be wrong about that one. TMPG is *NOT* a DVD authoring program. It is simply an MPEG encoder. It is designed to create great quality MPEGs which can then be used with other programs.
As far as Iam concerned TMPG has many many options that most other programs just do not have. I know for one that I would be lost without it and as far as programs go for paying for themselves, well I can tell you TMPG has done that a 1000 times already.

ASHY

I know TMPGEnc is not DVD authoring program, but what it outputs can help cut down a lot of authoring time if it provides the option to do so.

I'd like to see it outputting both elementary streams at once, not just one at a time. Also, when outputting audio stream, there is no WAV option, only MPEG Layer I and II. I don't want it wasting time compressing the audio which I clearly don't need when authoring the DVD. I can probably save an hour of processing time if TMPGEnc can produce a 48KHz WAV file (this is done on a P4 2.2GHz BTW).

Also, 2-3 hours are added for every hour of video when I need an external tool to perform high quality PAL<->NTSC conversion. For me, starting with an edited AVI from mini-DV (16 to 20GB) to the final DVD output can go down from 12 to 8 hrs if TMPGEnc fixes the 2 issues above. That's a big saving if you ask me.

NTSC Film to PAL: the Trick is NOT to do any Framerate-Conversion!
Do a correct PAL-Speedup, that's the same, DVD-Producers do.

Separate Audio and Video
Encode the Video only as PAL. Use Setting -> Advanced -> Do not frame rate conversion
Use a good(!) WAV-Editor to speedup the Audio-Part to get it to a matching length.
Encode the Audio-Part, mux Audio and Video, be happy.

I love TMPGEnc - I paid the fee, well worth it. Now I want to take the MPEG2's rendered in TMPGEnc and use them to burn a DVD with proper chapters. I have Pinnacle express but it doesn't do chapters, only index points and I've tried the Ulead products but they won't let me get to the burner part without doing their own rendering.

I have rendered each of my chapters separately in TMPGENc, now I just want to burn the DVD.

Is there any Burner product that will allow the creation of menu's from MPEG2's and let you select a frame from MPG to use as the button image (Like Pinnacle Express does)?

Thanks

Rick

try nero burning rom

Or VCDEASY from www.vcdhelp.com, it has more features in burning SVCDs than NERO and it's FREE.

Uleads DVD Moviefactory works great for me... when you have the mpeg file it lets you make the menus, see how the setup will look on the screen, then it will even burn it for you if it can see your burner. Might want to give it a try.

Hi there,

I have recorded a VCD (352x240 PAL) compatible MPEG-1 stream from my TV-Card.
The file is over 1 hour. Now I want to cut it in little pieces. No problem I thought with MPEG-Tools from Version 2.54. After marking start and end I get a little VCD file. But the file starts with frames before the startpoint the sound is on correct place.

Does anybody has a little hint for me.

Sidestep

You should try a different mpeg editor, the "mpeg tools" are notorius for not working properly, if you are doing mpeg1/vcd there are a few freeware mpeg1 editors out there like "vcd cutter" which I believe you can find in the tools section of "vcdhelp.com".....

I hope vcd cutter is faster than Virtual Dub. Using Virtual Dub to cut out unwanted parts and Sync time adds another hour or more of processing time. :(

TMPGenc does it fast just the sound is offset.

Creaper

I have some good RM movies, but I want to transfer them into mpg.
Can Tmpg transfer Realplayer files into mpg? If it can't, does anyone have any solution? Thanks!

I think someone asked this same question a little while ago, and the answer is "no" you can not encode "RM" files to mpeg with "tmpgenc" you have to encode them to avi then you can use tmpgenc ,I think a program called "trina" will encode "RM" files to "avi".......

You need Tinra for this.
http://www.divx-digest.com/software/tinra.html

ASHY

The better way is to use the tool eo-video (Shareware).
It converts RM to AVI or MPEG1/2 directly.

I will purchase this program in a second if I could stop burning DVDs with the aspect ratio all wrong. Every DVD that is supposed to be in 16:9, veiwing on my 4:3 TV, has tall skinny people. SmartRip, DVD2AVI VFP, TMPG. Then Sonic with my HP200 and everything works perfectly except that. I did read in this bbs about the unlock template, I haven't tried that. But what setting should I use. I have tried them all with the same results everytime.

Please someone help, I think I need glasses now!!!???

You have to adjust the "Video arrange method" this sets the way the frame fits in the screen, and this can sometimes happen if you for example have a source file that is say 352 by 240 and you encode it to say 720 by 480 and it gets stretched to fit the bigger frame size, but this can be overcome by adjusting the "video arange method" to the apropiate setting..

Assuming you are ripping a 16:9 DVD choose these settings:

Source aspect ratio - 16:9 Display
Video arrange method - Full screen(keep aspect ratio)
Output aspect ratio - 4:3 Display for MPEG2 or 4:3 525 line(NTSC) or 4:3 625 line (PAL) for MPEG1

ASHY

can someone help me convert an svcd to vcd without an audio gap...everytime i do it, there is a huge audio gap, almost 8 sec...and i dunno how to change that...Please help!!!

Is there an audio gap in the original vcd file?One thing I will mention before I tell you a possible way to fix your problem, firstly if you play your encoded mpeg1/2 files in "media player" and there is a bad audio gap the problem might not be with your file, media player has a bad habbit of playing mpeg files out of sync so if you do use media player to view your mpeg files try a dvd playing software like "power dvd" but if you mpeg file does have a bad audio sync problem you can use a program called "mpeg2vcr" to correct the audio gap in it"s multiplexor , and "bbmpeg " has a simular feature in it"s multiplexor,another good thing to do is to de-multiplex the source mpeg2/svcd file and encode the audio to wav and use that as your audio source cuz I have had simular but not nearly as extreme results when encodeing compressed audio as my audio source.......

I'm just now trying to get into this and was wondering about how long it would take to encode a 550mb .avi file to svcd format. Sounds like it could take a long time??? FYI..running 1.2ghz 233mhz front end....thanks

You cant calculate how long it will take to encode a movie by the avi file size but you might be able to by how long the movie is but it depends on your settings ,if you use a lot of filters or use the highest quality setting it will make it take much longer but the best way to figure it out is just to try it..

Just load it up into TMPG and choose the appropiate template then click encode and TMPG will give you an estimated time of completion.

ASHY

hi...i have finished ecoding about 15 movies from divx to svcd and most of them have come out very good. However, in about 2 movies i can see sort of square blocks in some parts of the movie usually just about 10 seconds or so. This only happens if the background of the movie is in black in certain scenes. Does anybody know why this happen.....Thanks for your help

Sounds like macroblocks to me. The only way to get rid of these terrors is to increase the bitrate until they dissappear.

ASHY

when I open a file, the error message was shown. But the error doesn't affect following work. But I like to know what is the error? Anybody can help me on this? Thanks,

Hi everybody,

I used the "search" function here, but am still unclear about the calculation of file-size with 2pass VBR and/or CQ. Is there any way of telling TMPGEnc, that I want e.g. a 750 MB MPEG-2 file and that TMPGEnc shall utilize this space with the best possible bitrate? Or can I manually configure any (VBR) rates, that will result in a filesize as close as possible to e.g. 750 MB?

I cannot find it anymore here, but there was once an announcement of a "server" version, which would do multi-pass and supposedly be able to utilize a given filesize.

TIA Frederick

There is no way to accurately predict the size of a file in vbr mode, cuz it depends on your source file and your settings, but for CQ the way I do it is use a bitrate calculator add 200kbs and put the Quality level to 100, and I get pretty close to the file size i"m shooting for.......

Uhm, isnt it the other way round?
You can calculate the filesize from the average bitrate in 2Pass VBR mode and you have to make some 1 minute samples through the movie in CQ mode to get an rough estimate. CQ allocates the bitrate on the fly unlike 2Pass VBR mode which scans the whole movie first and then allocates the bitrate in the allowed min/max range where needed. BUT allways in the limits of the average bitrate.
Eg. a setting of 1000/1120/1750(min/avg/max)would make not much sense since the minimum bitrate is far to near at the average so not allowing TMPGEnc to allocate max bitrate very often or at all.

Setting the quality level to 100 is imho not really the way for effectively using the CQ mode ... you can find more on that topic in the forum at www.kvcd.net.

Cq calculates the bitrate on a frame by frame basis and it is the only method I use after encodeing over 700 movies and experimenting with the cq method and viewing them in a bitrate viewer I have come to the conclution the 100 quality means 100 quality with I believe is better than say 70 or 99, but when I on ocation use the 2 pass method I seem to get the best results from setting the max at around 8000kbs average 2500kbs minimum at 500kbs and through a bitrate viewer the bitrate does go close to 8000kbs when it is needed fast moveing scenes ect, but if you set the quality level to low in cq mode your file will never get to the max bitrate, but every one has there own opinion of what they like and what works for them, the best Idea is to form your own opinion through trial and error and see what works for you...