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wHEN I SEEM TO ENCODE IN tepG ENC THEN i USE NERO TO CONVERT TO VCD I ENCOUTER 1 SMALL PROBLEM. THE SCREEN ON MY TV SHOWS THE VCD UP SIDE DOWN. THIS I GUESS IS A NERO PROBLEM
Firstly why are you First encodeing with Tmpgenc and then Re-encodeing with Nero?? this will totally Ruin the Quality of the Video cuz Nero is the Worst encoder there is..If you would have first encoded the File properly in Tmpgenc then Nero would not have to re-encode the File..If you used one of the Standard VCD/SVCD templates in Tmpgenc then the File should be Fully Compliant and Nero would not have to re-encode it, and the Upside down image is a Nero Problem as I have heard of this Before with Nero...Tmpgenc encodes to VCD and Nero Just burns the File to Disk , this should only take a Few Minutes to Burn with Nero, if nero starts to encode your File again then you should stop it cuz you did something wrong in Tmpgenc....
Try uninstalling tMPGEnc and then reinstall it, -BUT- when it asks you what type of installation do you want, select custom, select all the filters except "Bicubic Resizer", that's the one turning your image upside down.
....and please stop using CAPS it breaks the rules of this BBS.
I am using the tmpgenc 2.5+ to convert mpeg1 file (has different left and right track audio) from ntsc to pal using the standard template but the resulting file has the same left and right track audio. How can I fix that?
Also similar audio problem (missing audio track) when I change the bitrate of mpeg1 file from 1150 to 1050kbps (ntsc to ntsc using the unlock mcf). Any suggestions?
UMm, You can not Convert NTSC to Pal Properly with Tmpgenc in the First place, you will get Jumpy Playback when watching on your DVD Player, it is Extremely anoying to watch, you would have to Use something like AVISynth to to the Conversion or a Seperate Program Like Procoder or Vegas Video 4 to Convert it to Pal..As for your Audio you Should First try the "Dual Chanell" setting but if that doesn"t work you might have to Use an audio editor to Seperate the audio tracks and re mix them..
Thanks for the suggestion. I'll try some other tool for the ntsc2pal conversion. I did try using the toolame as the audio engine and separately chose dual channel but neither one worked for me. It just seems strange that it will not give me dual tracks after the conversion.
>I am using the tmpgenc 2.5+ to convert mpeg1 file (has different left and right track audio) from ntsc to pal using the standard template but the resulting file has the same left and right track audio. How can I fix that?
Are you saying that after encoding with TMPG the tracks are no longer as seperate left and right but both tracks have been mixed into both channels?
If you have used dual channel I think this is unlikely and is probably more of a problem of how you are selecting the right track when playing back.
Is this happening on your DVD player or your PC?
Yes after encoding I used window media player and all three tracks (1-both channels, 2-left channel & 3-right channel) are the same. It must be something that I have done wrong in my set-up??? The two temporary files generated by toolame are identical (assuming those files XXX.mpa). Any suggestions?
Make sure that it's not a playback problem first and ensure any kind of sound effect such as surround sound or something similar is disabled in media player otherwise this will give the effect of mixing the channels.
If it's not a playback problem then either your original tracks are already mixed or you are making an error in your seletion.
I have encoded seperate tracks myself and it works perfectly.
First make sure the tracks you are encoding from are in wav format. Then choose dual channel. Don't use toolame, use TMPG's encoder.
If the tracks really are in seperate left and right channels in the wav then the resulting Mpeg should be exactly the same.
After you create a project, select your videos and look at the menus, you finish and save to work on it later. You go back and decide to change the video source in the tracks but when you go to the track select menu and try to select the displayed frame, it still shows the original video selection and you cannot update it and keep all of the other menu editing you have done.
When i try to load an AVI file at the "Video Source" tab, i get an error that says: "File 'C:...' can not open, or unsupported." I know it has something to do with the VFAPI Plug-ins, how can I get a plug-in for this video codec: "Microsoft MPEG-4 Video decompressor"?
You don"t need a Vfapi Plugin you probably just need to raise the Priority of the "Direct show File reader" in the "Vfapi Plugins" usually to 1 or 2 is good enough..But I have heard there is a Version of Microsoft Mpeg-4 that was made so it could not be Encoded, I don"t know if it was V1 or V3...
You don't need to change the header on anything. The original V3 MPEG4 codec from microsoft was only locked from using it to encode not to decode so there should be no problem using it in TMPG. Changing the FourCC to "DIVX" is not the answer.
The hacked version of the MS V1, MS V2, MS V3 codec is available all over the net and will allow encoding as well as decoding in ANY program.
Either way you don't need to do either. Just do as Minion suggests if that doesn't work then download FFDSHOW. This will decode ALL MPEG4 codecs.
No there is No File size limitation in Tmpgenc, What is the error you are getting??? and What type of AVI file is it meaning the Compression used for the File?
I actually created the avi in Final Cut Pro3. It says the compression is DV/DVCPro. I made six files with this one being the largest at about 4.6 Gigs. I have a network between the Mac and PC and just send them to the PC and then use TMPGEnc to encode with. I have used TMPGEnc on four of the six files without having any problems. Just this one so far. I just created another AVI of the same file and after it gets done encoding a file I will retry the new file.
The file is a Microsoft Video file, the same as all of the other files. There is another avi file that is 3.4 megs and it encoded without any problems. I checked the properties of the problem file and compared it to the others and it is the same. It seems to be the size or something.
So it is Just a Plain DV AVI file, Probably Type 1 DV, You still didn"t tell me the error you are getting, Is it something like "The File is Unsupported" if so you can try raiseing the Priority of the "Direct show File reader" in the VFAPI Plugin and if that doesn"t help you can try Raiseing the "OpenDML File reader" as all DV files over 2 GB are supposed to comply with OpenDML standards...
> I have a network between the Mac and PC and just send them to the PC and then use TMPGEnc to encode with.
If you mean that the files are stored on your MAC but you are networked to a PC where TMPG is located then your problem is the size of your file.
What sort of operating sytsem are you using on your PC? If it's a FAT32 partition then you cannot encode any file over 4GB due to file size limits of the operating system.
Either split the file or convert your file system to NTFS this will remove any file size limitations.
There is one other thing you can do. You can frame serve this AVI through AVIsynth but AVIsynth only works on PC systems (as far as I know) so you would need to use a PC emulator on your Mac to install it.
It may be a NTFS problem so I will have to check. I thought I had converted all of the drives but now I am not sure. I finally found the QTReader plug-in and installed it and have been trying to use the QT files. Had a problem with them in TMPGEnc. The previous error was the "unsupported file" error but I don't get it any more.
If I convert the drives to NTFS from FAT32 will I loose the data on the drive? The drives I am using are three firewire drives I haven't used in a while so they are probably FAT32.
It is taking way way too long to encode the 22 minute QT file to a mpg file. It said it was going to take 13 hours. In FCP3 I exported using the Sorenson3 codec but maybe I should have used just a QT video codec instead. I tried the FCP movie export but it wasn't recognized by TMPGEnc. It also didn't have an extension on it. Any idea which QT codec I should use?
I get the same messages, i 1st installed nemo/mino ???? and git the error then i installed fddshow and it still happens.... it also gets half way through some xvids and displays a blank screen with the films sound behind it????
First of all remove those useless goddamn codec packs from your PC which cause more problems than anything else.
Uninstall any other MPEG4 codec you have installed. Install FFDSHOW and the raise the priority of the directshow reader to 2 and ALL others to 0 in the VFAPI plugins.
If you still get the error then download and re-install TMPG. If you still continue to get arrors then the file is dodgy. You could try frame serving from Virtualdub or AVIsynth.
Can any1 please quickly breif me the Process of converting Xvid and DIVx avi's etc to VCD format in TMPGEnc. ? I use to use it all the time but have forgotten as I havn't used it for so long.
I would appreciate if someone could adivise me on how to set everything up corectly... please.
Currently I have installed the Xvid codec and Power DVD. When I bowse the file and click start on Xvid files it says Invalid Pointer Oerpartion.
There seems to Be a problem with Many programs and the XviD codec, I would advise you to Install the "FFDShow Decoder" instead of Useing the XviD codec to decode the File, and raiseing the "Direct show File Reader" in the "Vfapi Plugins" Might help also...Downloaded files aren"t the best Files to use to make VCD"s......
I used my licensed TMPGEnc Plus 2.58 to create one Video file and one Audio file that contained 2 Audio Streams. Thereafter, I imported into TMPG DVD Authoring to create a finalized DVD.
When played, the DVD has played just only one Audio Stream. (Unable to switch between VOCAL MODE and KARAOKE MODE)
Did I do something incorrectly? If I did, please tell me how to correct it.
Is TMPG DVD Authoring capable of finalizing Multiple Audio?
Can you use a Quicktime movie as a source file to encode? I was told that there was a file named QTReader.vfp that allows this but I can't find it. Anyone know where I can get it?
Well I just clicked on it and It downloaded without a problem, But I use a Download Manager called Flashget...Just go to "http://www.digital-digest.net" and Look for it there in the Tmpgenc section..If all else fails e-mail me and I"ll send it to you...
I went to the website and did a search. Found it and it was the same link as you gave but for some unknown reason it downloaded. I am presently trying it with a short QT file. What has been the problems with it in the past?
Most of the Problem with the Plugin is that it will not encode the audio from mov files made with Quicktime 6 , so if you experience this Problem you might have to use a seperate tool to extract the audio from the Mov file to wav format then use the Wav file as the audio source, Sound Forge 6 can do it....
I checked the encoding and when it was encoding an avi file I could see the progress on the screen but with the Quicktime file all I see is a black screen. Is this the problem you were talking about?
No it isn"t, Are you sure you installed the Plugin Properly?? You should know if it is installed right By going to "Options" to "Enviromental settings" to "Vfapi Plugins" and see if the QT Plugin is listed, and Make sure that you raise the Priority of the Plugin to about "1" and Try disableing the Direct show Plugin, you will have to re-encble it when encodeing AVI files.You install the Plugin By putting the File that you downloaded inside the Tmpgenc install folder.If the Plugin ends up Not working you can Allways Useing AVISynth to Frameserve the Mov file to Tmpgenc But if you have never used AVISynth it would take a while to explain how it works and even longer to explain how to use it..If you are encodeing to Mpeg2 then there is an encoder that Natively supports Mov files, It is called Cinema Craft Encoder(CCE) it is extremely Fast and Most poeple say it is a better Mpeg2 encoder that Tmpgenc, i actually think it is the Best encoder and it"s Price shows it at about $2000 for it But it can be gotten for less if you get creative..You can also use a seperate Program to encode the Mov file to AVI then encode the AVI to Mpeg..If you keep haveing Problems you can e-mail me if you want...Good Luck...