There are about 4; CB, 2-PASS VBR, CQ, CQ-VBR
Which one is the best?

If you trying to create the high quelity DVD I suggest you look at
http://dvd-hq.info/Compression.html This is bar far the best site explaining the various settings of the TMPGEnc and suggesting the correct setting. I do use them in my project and get excelent results.

Generally speaking if your Source Footage is of Good Quality you should use the "CQ(Constant Quality)" setting and adjust the Bitrate and Quality settings to your Needs, if your Source footage isn"t as good you might get better Quality useing the 2 Pass setting, The site Posted above has a Good explanation of the Different setting there are in Tmpgenc...

Thanks.
I'll try.

Last night I started a new project to convert my MPEG into dvd format so I could make a DVD out of it. It went through and encoded the video and it worked great. This morning I started a new project to do the same thing and tried it with the same video and now it says my MPEG isn't supported. I haven't changed any settings since last night. I don't get it.

Is it a Mpeg1 or Mpeg2 file?? For Mpeg1 files you should Raise the Priority of the "Direct Show File Reader" to "2", To load Mpeg2 files into Tmpgenc you have to have a Mpeg2 decoder installed, Either Ligos or Cyberlink Decoders, but it is Best to Use DVD2AVI to frameserve the Mpeg2 file to tmpgenc...

The same thing happened to me. I've re-encoded many MPEG2 videos using TMPGEnc, but now I can't even open an MPEG2 file.

Has anyone else had and fixed this problem? Please help! Thanks

The same thing happened to me. I've re-encoded many MPEG2 videos using TMPGEnc, but now I can't even open an MPEG2 file.

Has anyone else had and fixed this problem? Please help! Thanks

Same/Similar MPEG2 problem here. trying to open MPEG2 file but get error message instead of open. File opens in Windows Media player just fine.

If you have the Right Mpeg2 Decoders Installed then you shouldn"t have any Problems with Mpeg2 files, and they need to have there Priorities set high enough in the Vfapi Plugins..But like I said before I find it faster and I don"t get any Sync Problems If I use DVD2AVI and frameserve the Mpeg2 Video file to Tmpgenc....

I get the following error message when converting from xvid avi to vcd mpeg
"Write error occurred at address 77f83a91 of module ntdll.dll with 00000000"

Anyone got any ideas??

I am Using windows xp on a celeron 800 with 512 MB RAM.

Cheers

This error seems to be caused by the XviD codec, Try installing the "FFDShow Decoder" and configure it to decode XviD files....

Hello,
Does anybody know if it's possible to reduce the size of a .avi or .mpeg when it exceeds the size of a VCD by just a few minutes ? (without cutting part of the film)
It would be a pity to be obliged to create a second VCD each time there is just a few minutes more than accepted on a single VCD.
I tried with virtual dub to reduce first the source avi file, but it does not work (or I can't make it work), and I tried to reduce the bitrate in TmpgEnc, but it does not allow it to me (perhaps is it due to the fact it is a freeware ?)

Thanks in advance for any suggestion,

Bruno Lefebvre

Reduseing the Size of the AVI file wouldn"t work anyways Because the size of the AVI file has no effect on the Size of the Mpeg/VCD File, what matters is the Length of the AVI file..And yes you can Reduce the Bitrate which will also reduce the Quality of the Mpeg file which will allready be Low because VCD is a Pretty Crappy Format for Quality in the First Place..But if you want to lower the Bitrate all you have to do is click were it says "Bitrate" in the Video settings then set it to "Unlock", Or you can Load the "Unlock.mfc" Template from the "Extra Folder" this will Unlock All of the settings..You will also have to go to "Settings" to "System" and set the Drop Down Menu to "Video-CD Non-Standard" if you don"t do this the File will not get smaller even though the Bitrate is lower....

PS: you would be better off getting some "700mb 80 Minute" CD"s and useing the "OverBurn" option to get the extra Minute on the CD cuz you would have to lower the Bitrate quite a Bit to get 81 minutes on a 74 minute CD-R which would make the Movie allmost unwatchable....

When I encode avi to mpeg there is a pink/purple color that creeps onto the screen, disappears, then repeats.

I have looked for the Angle codec, and can't find it on my system.
I have raised "DirectShow Multimedia File Reader" to Priority 2 (top priority) in TMPGE.

In Control Panel/Sounds and Multimedia Properties... the following Video Compression Codecs are listed...

Cinepak Codec by Radius Inc
DivX 5.02 Codec
DivX Codec 4.12
Indeo codec by Intel
Indeo video 5.10
Microsoft RLE Codec
Microsoft Video 1
msh261.drv
msh263.drv
On2 VP3 Video Codec
Xvid MPEG-4 Video Codec

When I try to delete any of them using the 'remove' button, they just reapear.

When I use GSPOT to check out the avi movie (which by the way plays fine using DIVX player 2.0) it says the Video Codec is "DivX 5.0". Under DirectShow Render it says it used "AVI Decompressor 0001 --> AVI Decompressor 0002-->Color Space Converter".

That's all the information I can think to provide. Thanks.

Used TMPGEnc to encode captured VHS to MPEG2 to author a DVD. Used aggressive TMPGEnc settings to get highest quality possible (2-pass VBR / 8000 max bitrate/ 6000 average bitrate, P and B values of zero, 10 bit DC component, highest quality motion search, GOP-IPB: 1/2/2, interlaced for TV playback. Although the images are quite clean, motion is jerky and bothersome to the eye. What setting(s) could I change to correct this?

There are a Couple Reasons why you can get Jumpy Playback, One Reason is if you have the Wrong Field Order set you will Just a Jumpy effect when there is any Movement on the screen, another reason could be that you have encoded the File to whe wrong Frame rate ,If the Source file has to have the Same frame rate as the Mpeg file you are encodeing it to, Meaning if you are Makeing a NTSC DVD you have to Capture the Movie at 29.97fps and encode it to that Frame rate and For Pal capture at 25fps and encode to that Frame rate...The Last reason I can think of that would cause a Jumpy Choppy effect while Playing on your DVD Player is then file is suffereng from "Bitrate Spikes" this Happens when the Bitrate Spikes higher than your DVD Player can Handle ,Tmpgenc has a Problem with this because it has Extremely Bad Bitrate controll, If this is the Problem it will Seem like the Video sometimes Plays slower that the audio and the Video stutters then the Video will seem to speed back up and be in sync with the audio again but will go out again when the next Bitrate spike happens, these Files will all seem to play Fine on your Computer But not on your DVD Player...Well these are the Only reasons I can think of...

I found similar question but this is a bit different. I had a avi file with almost 2 hours long and when I added subtltle and encoded it, it became 1.5gb.
I tried to split it two burnable files. It showed "Divide zero error"(not sure). And solution for this?

Well there are No Magic settings in the editor that will make it work when it doesn"t want to, so then Only Solution is to Use something else to Edit the Files, There are Freeware Mpeg1 and Mpeg2 editors out there, Like for Mpeg2 there is "Chopper XP" and "Mpeg2Cut" and for Mpeg 1 I can"t think of one But I"m sure you can find one...

Thanks

I downladed the trial version and installed on my comp.
however the result of my tries is that there is only audio but no video in the outputfile.

The readme does not say anything about additional software. Still do i need to install another software? Or what did i wrong

Ben

First make sure that you have the Correct Codecs installed, and go to "Options" to "Enviromental Settings" to "Vfapi Plugins" and Raise the "direct Show" to "2"..This should get an image in the File, You will know if there is going to be a Picture if you can see a Picture in the Tmpgenc window while encodeing...

Please add *.wmv in "Compressed video source" file types.

This extension is used by the new Windows Media Video files.

Thanks!

Note: it is possible to use those input files, but right now I have to select "all files (*.*)" in order to be able to load them...

They Are Supported, If they were not Supported you would not be able to Encode them, I don"t think it is To much trouble to Change the File types to "All Files" to load the WMV files...Do you??

I tried to cut a small section of a mpg file (vcd and svcd). However the Audio only last 3.19 minutes and stopped. While the video goes fine.
If that section is under 3.19 minutes, it goes fine.
Please help.
Thanks

Use a different Editor As the One in Tmpgenc Doesn"t Seem to be the very Good,

Sorry! I forgot to mention I am using tempgenc 2.512.52.161 Free download version.
Again, please help!!
thanks

I tried to cut a small section of a mpg file (vcd and svcd). However the Audio only last 3.19 minutes and stopped. While the video goes fine.
If that section is under 3.19 minutes, it goes fine.
Please help.
Thanks

HI,

Is there a limit on the lenght of mpeg movie you want to cut??
I try to cut the first 5 minutes and the last 10 minutes of a 1 hour video to get a clean mpeg, but everytime i end up with 35 minutes.
Any1 knows a workaround or is this beacuse of the MPEG licensing stuff??

cheers,

rork

This is Just because the "Mpeg Tools" Just aren"t really the Best to use...There are Other Freeware Mpeg editors that can be used that will give you better results, Like "Chopper XP" and "Mpeg2Cut"...