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I am converting Pal AVI Type 1 captured from my Panasonic camcorder via IEEE to a canopus card.
It seems the files are standard PAL ratios 740 x 576 but each time I load the standard DVD template for PAL the aspect ratio in the Settings / Advanced / Video Setting / Source Aspect Ratio selection jumps automatically to 4:3 625 line (Pal 704 x 576)
I tried using this setting but the edges are chopped off in the TV, whereas when I use 740 I get the full picture.
THE REAL PROBLEM is this. When I load a template and save this setting as 625 (PAL), each time I load this template for use with my AVI files the setting above jumps back to the 704x576
I have to manually reset this field with each project, which sort of defeats the purpose of saving a template.
It is normal for TMPGEnc to select 704 aspect ratio with a 720 clip.
You seem to be confused between aspect ratios and resolution.
quote "the files are standard PAL ratios 740x576"
For instance a SVCD is encoded at 480x480.
This does not imply an aspect ratio of 1:1.
The player will adjust the aspect ratio to 4:3.
The encoder should be set for 720. The DVD template is set for 720 by default.
Make sure that you use the "Full Screen Keep Aspect Ratio" setting.
Firstly PAL DVD is NOT 740x576 it is 720x576 or 704x576, I hope this is just a mistake on your part.
>I have to manually reset this field with each project, which sort of defeats the purpose of saving a template.
When you load a template the source aspect ratio setting is NOT affected.
This setting is source dependent, so it would be pointless to have it set so it didn't change as it wouldn't relate to each different source you load.
It will change according to the movie you load however TMPG doesn't always get it right.
For your source you should be using the 16:9 Display or 4:3 display modes depending on your source (that is if it really is 720x576) however the 4:3 625 line (PAL 704,576) setting will give exacxtly the same results with a 720x576 source.
The output frame size will be 720x576 if you have chosen the DVD template regardless of the input ratio.
Try again with the 4:3 display aspect ratio setting, but this time make sure you have the arrange method set to Full screen (keep aspect ratio).
If you still are not happy with the results then use the 4:3 625 line (PAL)
setting and this should give you a slightly narrower picture with very small black borders left and right and thus minimize the 'Cut off', but in my opinion if your source is 720x576 then this will give your output a slight apspect ratio distortion as it will resize it to 704x576 inside a 720x576 frame.
Video Guy, you say that it's normal for TMPGenc to select 704 for a 720 clip (yes, I meant 720 not 740 sorry!)
I guess it keeps reading my clip as 702 (ie 4:3 625 line PAL 704X576) , but when I use this setting my resulting picture gets clipped on the left and right slightly (i guess by the difference of 18 pix)
WHen I force the source aspect ration to 4:3 625 line PAL I get the full width.
Perhaps something is wrong with how I capture the clip but I do that in default modes. I will try the unlock altho I am not sure if it will help, since I CAN change the setting, just that I cannot preserve it each time I load a new project.
By the way I tried using the dvdrhelp tool Batch Lister to try to overcome having to change the setting for each job in a batch, but it doesnt seem to work for me (the resulting batch file generates an error in TMPGenc)
Why are you trying to compare what you see on your monitor with what you see on a TV?
I wish people would understand what the term overscan is.
99% of all movies or programs you will see on a TV will have part of the sides cut off. This is inherent to ALL TV's.
It is simply a method to make sure that the image fills the screen from edge to edge and to account for slight blooming.
You will always have this on a TV set unless you mess with the controls inside the TV. A monitor does not have this problem because overscan is not needed.
Are the edges chopped off when you play the movie back on your monitor?
Most likely no, which means there is no problem with the encoding and the aspect ratio is right.
But seeing as you are not happy with the way it looks on your TV then I will repeat myself again.
>Use the 4:3 625 line (PAL)setting and this should give you a slightly narrower picture with very small black borders left and right and thus minimize the 'Cut off'.
Just realise that using this setting is slightly distorting your original source aspect ratio because it is being resized to 704x576 instead of 720x576 and adding an 8 pixel margin either side.
For crying out loud!
How many times does it have to be said that the source aspect ratio can *NOT* be permanently set using a template.
This setting is a per source setting. Which means it will change to accomodate each input source. All aspects of the template are related to output settings *NOT* input.
If you wish to have the same source aspect ratio for all files you will need to open the .tbe file in note pad and do a search and replace for the following:-
Find: Video.AspectRatio = 1
Replace with: Video.AspectRatio = (replace with number corresponding below)
You are right of course, but a correction in that I AM indeed referring to viewing the files on TV, not on monitor. I recognise that TMPG is reading my source aspect, which appears to be 704. Why this is so I don't know because I capture at standard PAL DV Type 1 presumably at 720 (I capture via Firewire from Panasonic camcorder to Canopus ADVC using Ulead or Winproducer).
Why I noticed the difference was that letting the programme default my source settings (ie 704) when viewing the results on TV, the edges are clipped off. Forcing the source setting to 720 (presumably using the 625line(PAL) as opposed to the default 625line (PAL 704 x 576) my TV shows the full width of the pic.
I think in the past postings there is some confusiona s to what I was saying or what my problem was, or perhaps I didnt communicate it clearer...(sorry, Eng not my first language)
When refering to the .tbe in my previous post I was actually refering to the .tbe that the batch list creator makes not TMPG. You are correct that the .tbe which TMPG makes is unreadable.
@Digger
>Why I noticed the difference was that letting the programme default my source settings (ie 704) when viewing the results on TV, the edges are clipped off. Forcing the source setting to 720 (presumably using the 625line(PAL) as opposed to the default 625line (PAL 704 x 576) my TV shows the full width of the pic.
I know this is confusing, but the 625line (PAL 704 x 576) is the correct setting for a 720x576 source. Your image will use the full 720 pixel width of frame.
Like I said, using the 625line(PAL) setting is merely treating your source as a true 704x576 source and is adjusting it's frame size to 704x576 to accomodate this.
What will result is a 720x576 output, but your image will be resized to 704x576 inside this frame thus squashing your original source by 16 pixels to give two black 8 pixel borders.
You can't see these borders on your TV because they are in the overscan area, but I'm pretty sure you will see them on your monitor.
Hi am getting an error as am converting. the reads avi" cannot open, or unsupported. I'm trying to conver chainsaw masacre dvix that I dlit from kazza.
>Hi am getting an error as am converting. the reads avi" cannot open, or unsupported. I'm trying to conver chainsaw masacre dvix that I dlit from kazza.
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>any ideas THANKS..
It doesn't work that way! I successfully converted a DivX (AVI) format movie to MPEG1 but you need another (or two) program to do it. Unfortunately, I forgot the names. Please refer to www.vcdhelp.com for some guides on doing it.
>It doesn't work that way! I successfully converted a DivX (AVI) format movie to MPEG1 but you need another (or two) program to do it. Unfortunately, I forgot the names. Please refer to www.vcdhelp.com for some guides on doing it.
What are you talking about, you don't need any other third party software to convert AVI to MPEG apart from TMPG.
If you really are downloading pirate movies then I shouldn't really give you this info, but who am I to judge what's right.
First of all hit google.com and search for FFDSHOW and install it.
If that doesn't cure your problem then open TMPG and go to options>enviromental settings>VFAPI plugins then right click the 'Directshow file reader' and raise it's priority to 2.
My goal is to fit 4 hours of video on a DVD-R. I've brought the video in through an Adaptec Videoh box with Sonic MyDVD 4. What it has given me are 3, 75min MPGs at about 3.5gig each(3 kids VHS movies). Even at the lowest setting they are about 3gig. TMPGEnc does not like the files so I used the mpeg tools to "Simple De-multiplex" the file into video and audio. TMPGEnc accepts the audio OK but I need to set the "mux:\" so it will accept the new video file. Now I take the two new files and lower the bitrate for a new "Output" file. If I set the video for MPEG2 the file size remains constant no matter what audio or video bitrate I choose. If I use MPEG1 and MPEG1 Vid-CD non-standard I get a very slightly smaller file but it remains unchanged as I alter the bitrate. I've tried CBR from 1000 to 3000, and 2pass VBR with many settings in all positions. Yes, I'm very new to this world. Any help out there for me? Thank You, Mark
Using the "mux://" command before your video file will simply Mux that file with your audio and NOT re-encode it and therefore TMPG does not need to decode it which is why it gets accepted this way.
If your source is AVI then download and install FFDSHOW. If that doesn't cure your problem then open TMPG and go to options>enviromental settings>VFAPI plugins then right click the 'Directshow file reader' and raise it's priority to 2.
I can't seem to get any sound after I clip my movie with TMPGEnc. Is there any reason why? Do I need to get the full version and pay for it? Or am I just setting something wrong. I get sound after I encode the AVI to MPG, but I don't get sound when I clip the MPG into a much smaller file. This is bugging me, and any help would be appreciated.
Im encoding to svcd and it plays widescreen on my windows player but fulscreen on my dvd player. Chould this be somethin with the settings of TMPG? If so.. what are the correct settings?
You can't use Mediaplayer as a guide for how your movies will look on a real TV.
Mediaplayer can not handle SVCD or DVD ratio's correctly and will likely distort the image. You will need a real DVD player software such as WinDVD(recommended) or PowerDVD.
If your source is 16:9 then the input settings should be.
Aspect ratio: 16:9 display
Arrange method: Fullscreen (keep aspect ratio)
The output will most likely already be set to 4:3, but just check incase.
This my also be an audio problem. Apparently this program is prone to audio problems when converting AVI. Some sort of bug so that it reports the video file as being 3 to 4 times its length.
First I want to say for the price this is a pretty good authoring program. Cheers to Pegasys! As a designer with a small budget I appreciate the flexibility TDA offers in menu creation and customization. There are a few problems but I expect these will be fixed over time...
Currently I am having trouble implementing what I assume is the "rollover" state for buttons created in photoshop.
the help file says:
"PSD file can be used for button images
When a "Highlight" layer is included in the PSD file, the highlight image will be generated in the opaque part of the layer.
If emboss or effects that make the image invisible are used for the highlight layer, they will be ignored.
Then the original transparency level used before processing will be chosen."
So am I supposed to name a layer "highlight" in photoshop?
If I do TDA will use this to create the yellow highlight?
When the instructions say "opaque" - what RGB value constititutes "opaque"
Exactly that ... create a top layer in Photoshop called "Highlight" and then fix it up so that when the highlight layer is active (i.e. not invisible) then this is how the button should look when selected ... basically, fill the highlight layer with a color and then make it 80% opaque or so.
When you save the PSD file make sure the highlight layer is not visible but all other layers are ... DVD Author will use the visible layers when the button is not selected, and add the highlight layer when it is selected ...
It took me some time to figure this out but it seems to work okay ... the instructions on the help file aren't that great, are they :-)
Couple of other points ... if you are making a button, I found that a size of about 138 x 33 pixels in 72 pixels per inch is about right for my needs ...
There's also another gotcha ... one of the buttons (I think its track select) seems to have a second image associated with it ... something to do with a movie file ... and sometimes this image blows right over the button image you selected for the thumbnail ... to fix this create a transparent, empty file the same size as the button in Photoshop and then load that first as the "movie file" (use the Edit menu option istead of the Image menu option)before you load the real button image ... I hope this makes sense, if you have come across the problem I did then you will probably know what I am talking about !!
After using tmpgenc I ended up with separate audio and video streams when I try to do it in the high quality version, but when I did it in the svcd it came out in mpg form but not great quality and it was stretched vertically. So my question is, is there any possible way to merge the 2 files I got when trying to make it dvd quality, the .m2v file with the .wav file, cause it won't allow me to.
Most DVD-Authoring-Programs do prefer separated Streams.
You can encodet your Video to a Program-Stream also, just change the Settings at the Bottom of TMPGEnc (if you not use the Wizard).
You can use the MPEG-Tools of TMPGEnc to multiplex (merge) Video and Audio:
File -> MPEG-Tools -> Simple Multiplex
I have a .d2v and .wav file as my input, and am converting it to an MPEG1 (VCD). I only want to encode a very small piece of the file, so is there any way that I can encode a specific portion of the file only instead of the whole lot?
I know that i can encode it all and then split up the resulting MPEG afterwards, but can i split up the input file in anyway or get TMPGEnc to only encode a specific part?
i would like to know if this programme can be used in batch file conversion i.e i would like to lanch it either from Dos or from another programme giving it the the complete path of a directory which contains asf file and another directory where the mpg files will be put after conversion.
OK ive got some 45 minute video in mpeg2 dvd quality, and im TRYING to encode it for dvd burning using SONIC. Now then, when i try encoding it to supervcd, the file shows as around 800 mb, about half as big as in dvd. but when i upload it into sonic for buring it shows as 1.7 gb which is the same as the dvd quality video.
i dont know what i could be doing wrong. I dont know if the 2 pass vbr, or the motion search precision is set too high because those are the only two settings i change from standard.
any suggestions? im looking to fit four 45 minute videos on ONE dvd.
You can"t use Sonic to Put SuperVCD on to DVD..What is happening is Sonic wants to re-encode your SVCD files to DVD Specs and that is why they are so big....If you want to Put SVCD Files on to DVD it is Possible without re-encodeing and you can get 2 or 3 Full movies on a DVD this Way but you have to use a DVD authoring Program that Supports Authoring SVCD to DVD Like "DVD-Lab", You can download a 30day working demo at http://www.mediachance.com/dvdlab/ But the audio has to be 48000hz for it to be on DVD and regular SVCD"s have 44100hz audio so you will probably need to re-encode the audio to 48000hz before authoring to DVD....Good Luck