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Does anyone knows how reliably TMPGenc handles 3:2 pulldown video streams?
May 3:2 pulldown be the source of my problems?
Still searching for a solution to author and burn clips onto DVD+R.
Thanks to anyone in this group who have helped to generate new ideas what else to try. :-)
Most of these clips didn't have any problems, but there is some amount what failed. TMPGENC multiplexing behaves oddly. As usually it starts muxing immidiately, this time it reads the HD sveral minutes like searching something from my m2v stream before muxing starts. Then the muxing process bar starts and goes normally. After the process end TMPGenc still doesn't stop but still writes something for several minutes. Finally There appears 200.000 buffer underflow warning for a 5 minute clip.
BBMUX is capable of multiplexing my m2v amd mp2 audio into viewable program steam with Windvd, but still my DVD authoring Ulead's DVDWS fails to accept these mpg streams. Checking m2v with Dr. M reveals that there is problem with duplicate frames.
The clip and stream is from commercial DVD and elswhere there isn't any known problems with this. And it isn't the only DVD title with the same problem.
Below is extract from Dr. M results:
* GOP (01:01:22:27) has 13 duplicate frames
* GOP (01:01:23:10) has 13 duplicate frames
* GOP (01:01:23:23) has 13 duplicate frames
* GOP (01:01:24:06) has 13 duplicate frames
* GOP (01:01:24:19) has 13 duplicate frames
* GOP (01:01:25:02) has 13 duplicate frames
* GOP (01:01:25:15) has 13 duplicate frames
* GOP (01:01:25:28) has 13 duplicate frames
* GOP (01:01:26:11) has 13 duplicate frames
Currently I install TMPGEnc Plus Version 2.59.47.155 Core Version 1.92.142 on my system running:
OS : Win XP Home Edition
CPU : Intel Pentium 4 1.7 Ghz
RAM : 240 Mb
Divx Codec : 3.11, 4, 5.0 & 5.02
My problem is when trying convert file Divx (5.02)to MPEG, TMPGEnc Plus quit without any error after a second.
Source file:
size : 707 502 Mb
Frame rate: 25 f/s
Data rate: 160kbps
Video Sample size: 24bit
Video Compression: DivX ver 5.02
Duration: 1:13:40
Bit rate: 96 kbps
After quit TmpGEnce create output MPEG file around 2 Mb (< 1 min duration) only but I can play that file with no problem. I mean audio and video play correctly.
It is more my guess than advice.
What I have noticed is that many programs "DO NOT LIKE" files compressed with DivX codec higher than 4.12 !!!!
For instance, VirtualDub is one of them. An excellent software to manipulate audio (multiplexing) along with its filters.
I use to have DivX codec 5.02 Pro installed on my computer. It resulted only with trouble when trying to work on compressed file. Quickly got rid of it and I reinstalled DivX codec 4.12. Still works best.
I recommend you the same :o)
Ok, I found what what causing this message (at least on my system).
It was the Xvid codec. I upgraded to the latest release and all is working well. It also resolved some color issues I was having with certain videos.
I am new to all this. I picked up a Divx avi and I used TMPG (for the first
time) to create an mpeg-2 file that I could burn to an svcd so I could view it on my dvd player. I chose the various options not knowing exactly what I should be specifying, but managed to create a high quality video mpg file (it took up 1.6 GB where the original avi took 160 MB!!) but there was no audio. I tried burning this to 2 cds and it was the same with my dvd player. I checked the audio codec and it shows mpeg-3 (Fraunhofer IIS) which TMPG apparently couldn't handle with its default setup. I obviously have this codec installed for playing because I can use the Divx player to play it with no problem. What do I need to do to get the audio in the final mpg? Also, even with a "state-of-the-art" system, it took 10 hours to render the mpg from the avi. Is this normal or should I have done something else? The quality is identical to the original as far as the video goes, but should it take this long? I did use 2 pass so that probably doubled my time, but even 5 hours seems excessive? Any help anybody can give me would be great. As you tell I have no clue about this stuff.
tmpgenc doesnt decode audio so well.....try using virtual dub to extract the audio from the avi as a uncompressed wav file and then add this to tmpgenc as the audio source.Also, if a movie isn;t playing right on your pc why burn it to cd? your're just wasting cd-rs
Thanks. I'll give this a try. The reason I tried burning the CDs was to see if maybe my external DVD player would play the audio when PowerDVD would not. The things only cost a few cents and long before my burner gives out it will be obsolete - actually it already is and still going strong :-). I regularly burn and toss CD-Rs when checking out bin/cue image svcd files rather than write to the hard drive first. They aren't really too good as coasters with that hole in the middle - better as frisbees. I find most DL'd flicks aren't even worth viewing once, much less keeping. Each to his own. Is it normal to have all those hours of time for converting? I was using an AMD XP 2400+/KT-400/512MB DDR400/Win2000 Pro SP-3 with nothing in the background that wasn't req'd.
WOW, It sure is Takeing a Long time to encode a Single Movie!!!I have a 1.7ghz and a 2 hour movie takes about 2.5 hours when useing Tmpgenc, when useing CCE a 2 hour movie is less than 1 hour.....
Alright, so does anyone just want to explain how to use this program at all? The more detail the better :). Converting from .avi to DVD Playable (MPEG 1). Just basically how to do it.
Hey ho,
It sounds funny, but after I ripped a DivX Movie successfully I have no sound. Although the quality and everything else workes fine I never get a sound.
Not on Power DVD, my DVD Player or somewhere else!
Please help me ;o))
Bye
This Is Probably because the Audio in your DivX file is Not supported in Tmpgenc, it is Probably AC3 audio..You need to extract the audio to a WAV audio file and use the Wav file as the audio source...You can use "AVI-Mux" to de-mux and uncompress the audio to a Wav file and use that as the audio source...Use Google to Search for AVI-Mux.....
1. install Dvix Pro 5.02
2. Install Tsunami Filter pack (Nimo will not work)
3. Install ffcshow and Xvid codecs (incase they are using Xvid codecs)
4. set the eviromental settings for VFAPI-plugin as follows
this has allowed me to encode all avi's even with AC3 with out any problems.
Be sure that you start a new project and after loading the video source check the lower bar to be sure you get the correct frame rate of the avi or else you will have a sync problem. So far all my avis have been 30fps and I use the 29.97 NTSC settings. Setting the plug-in variables took me a couple of tries so after setting them go back in and check that they have stayed.
Well I used to extract them using virtual dub I think but it's been a while. I've set up 3 systems this way and when downloading Dvix from the newsgroups we've yet to have any problems. Maybe I've been licky since doing it this way and haven't ran into any AC3 but I don't think so.
Installing an AC3 codec will no longer work with the new version of TMPG and thus will not decode the audio in any AC3 AVI's.
The easiest way is to extract the audio to a wav with AVImux.
Load the AVI into AVImux. Highlight the audio the right click it. Choose 'Select compression' from the menu and select PCM. In the next box choose the default which should be 44.100khz, 16bit, stereo.
Click 'Output AVI' and name your output with a wav extension then click 'Go'
If you have audio problems such as the sound breaking up in the extracted wav set the 'Pre-roll' and 'Interleave' settings to 100ms.
This means that you don"t have all the Tmpgenc files in the same folder...All the Tmpgenc Files have to be in the same folder and one of those files has to be the "P3P Package.dll"...
AVISynth has a Feature to do this..There are a Few programs that will turn NTSC to Pal and Visa Versa, like "Canopus ProCoder" or "Advanced NTSC/Pal Converter", Both of these Programs will take a NTSC or Pal AVI file and convert them to a Pal or NTSC AVI file...Avisynth will Do it while Frame serveing...
I convert edited DV footage to mpeg-2 with 2-pass VBR. Then burn it on CD-R and play on my Daewoo DVD player. DVD player shows each of my mpeg files as devided into several chapters, some of them just 3-4 sec long.
I am using 2.59. I had this problem with version 2.56 also but did not have this problem with version 2.52
I convert to DVD NTSC. It creates a mpg file. Then I just copy this file to a CD-R using Adaptec Direct CD. Some players like Daewoo 3000N can play an mpeg file from a CD-R.
I convert to DVD NTSC. It creates a mpg file. Then I just copy this file to a CD-R using Adaptec Direct CD. Some players like Daewoo 3000N can play an mpeg file from a CD-R.
Chapter information is not something that is saved within the MPEG files.... Maybe your DVD player recognizes closed GOPs as chapters or something... Can't think of something else...
Is there a way to find out wether GOP is closed or not in a mpeg file. I have some old files created by version 2.52 and these are treated as one single chapter in my DVD player.
>I convert to DVD NTSC. It creates a mpg file. Then I just copy this file to a CD-R using Adaptec Direct CD. Some players like Daewoo 3000N can play an mpeg file from a CD-R.
Why are you using the DVD template if you are writing to CDR? These settings are NOT correct for SVCD.
Secondly what do you mean you are using 'Direct CD'. You can't possibly be using 'direct cd' as this is packet writing program and is not using a file system compatible for SVCD or VCD burning.
Do you mean you are using EasyCD creator? If so your first job should be to dump this crap and use Nero or VCDeasy for burning your MPEGs.
It's not a good idea to burn raw MPEGs to CDR even if your player supports it.
The main reason is that the disk is incompatible with 99% of the worlds players. By simply using the VCD or SVCD burning option in any burning program your disk will become compatible for play in other players.
If your player develops a fault and you decide to purchase a new one. The new player may not support raw MPEGs leaving you with a stack of movies on disk you can't play.
I solved my chapter problem. I used HP MyCD instead Adaptec Direct CD, for writing the mpeg file. I have no idea why this makes any difference.
I know this makes my CD-R incompatible with most of the DVD players but I am creating mini DVD so that I have my movies stored in the best format until I am able get hold of a DVD writer.
Hi!
I've got a problem by opening an .avi-File. Everytime I try to, TMPEG shows me the message "*.avi can not open, or unsupported". All other avi-Files can be opened without any problems. I arleady changed the priority of the avi-Files, but it didn't help.
Now, the question: Is there a plugin or something like that, which could help?
If somebody's got an idea I would be very grateful.
the original mpeg play well but after encode video scrambles at certain frame.
i'm using the standard setting provided by tmpgenc. my os is winxp+sp1. i wonder what's the problem.