Every time I try to convert an AVI to MPEG I get the message "can not open, or unsupported".
I have converted AVI files before.
Can anyone tell me what's wrong?

Frans

Usually it happens whan you don't have a proper codec installed on your system (or if the file is a mpeg-2 and you don't own TMPgenc Plus). Usually Xvid and DivX open 99% of the movies. Sometimes havinf the all-working decoder FFDShow is enough...but Xvid is free and the DECoder part of the DivX coDEC is free, too, so...

thank you may be able to answar my similar question. I captured a avi using VirtualDub with DivX5 (divX5.2.1 free version) compressed, it will play in Windows media Player (probably 9) and divX player---so the encoder/decoder shall be somewhere in the PC. but TmpegEnc (and VirtualDub) can't open this file. How to solve this?

I have a big problem here making the program totally unusable.
I've re-installed it and it still does it.

I also see other people have "short" DVD files

Is this program any good or should I go out and buy one that works or at least offers SOME support ?

Did you try emailing support ? They always answer my requests.

-Ken

The problem starts at the very beginning of encoding a simple avi file.
I get an error message right after I hit START???

Error message: "write error occured at adress 7783AED of module 'ntdll.dll' with 00000000"

The adress changes frim time to time but the module is always 'ntdll.dll'.

Does anybody know what I should do???

Strange you have a write error.. does the output name is = than the input file name is so, change it. This happens if the input file is a .MPG)? Or do you have forbidden access to that directory (disk full or admin directory and you don't have admin rights)?

This usually turns out to be a dodgy memorystick problem or incompatible sticks.

First try installing FFDSHOW if that doesn't work try swapping memory.

I d/led the TMPGEnc in the page Download, but i found that i can't register it. On the otherwords, I'm forced to not to use it within 30 days. Where can i register it? What can i do?

By selecting 'Help____About' does a new window opens for you?

You need TMPGenc plus to register.
It will ask you for the key every time you open it. You have 14 days trial use before you need to enter the key.

I have a set of VOB files. They are originally in 16:9 NTSC Video format.
But when i create DVDs, i convert them into 4:3 NTSC format by adding
two blank frame on top and bottom.

How can i crop them back to 16:9 format?

Thanks in advance.

You are doing ... what? Sounds a bit crazy.
TMPGEnc only is able to do a PAL-Speedup (23.976->25 by speeding up the Video). On any other kind of Framerateconversion you will get jerky playback. And you have to do a correct resizing (10/11 -> 54/59)

I've just started using TMPGEnc DVD author and I'm trying to create a DVD with multiple tracks that would be also divided by chapters. Just for testing, I've been able to create a DVD that had two tracks (each containig 4 chapters). The first track works fine when I play it on my DVD player but there is a problem with the second track. Even though the second track is also divided in 4 chapters, I'm only able to play the first one (even if the 4 chapters for this track appear in the menu. When I try to play this track, it only plays the first chapter and goes back to the main menu.
I've read many tutorials and I'm following every step but everytime I try, I have the same problem. Could you help me?

I cant make a DVD bigger than 9GB - this is a big problem for me
I run DVD format demonstrations on my hard drive and need the larger size to
maintain quality settings and dont want to keep using DVD shrink.

DVD author also doesnt let me make a bigger DVD so I can cut and paste chapters
to re-design my output.

This seems to be an artificial limit imposed for no reason I can see.

thank you

DVD ist limited to 8.7 GByte (DVD9).
Even professional Authoring-Programs aren't able to produce bigger DVDs.

its sort of odd as about 3 months ago when I was authoring dvds everyday tmpg was letting me author dvds as large as 15gb and i stopped authoring for a while and now I started back up again and it wont let me go any larger then 9 anymore.

professional programs do indeed create larger dvds I do it all the time
for presentation purposes I have some over 70Gbytes in size

the newer DVD writers currently being prepared for release later this
year will either use 35 or 50Gbyte sizes

this program and any other that limits rather than just warns users
of sizes is doing so deliberately to generate extra sales as has been noted elsewhere

there is no natural break nor a reason to put one in for any technical purpose whatsoever

it is just marketing deceipt

I just found this problem myself yesterday
I make DVD format files and store them on my hard drives for
archiving and it refuses to make a 9.3Gbyte file.

this is stupid and I'm angry

When I create a DVD using 1.6 I frequently (about 1 in 2) end up with a
DVD thats about 1GB short.

I use the same applications all the time so its not a source file issue I dont think. (hauppauge WinTV PVR350) I've tried varying the settings but it still happens.

I'm using win-98SE and Fat files cut to 2Gb in size by PVR and combining and editing in DVD Author. Everything looks good except the created directory/DVD ends up short.

Dunno if how big this dvd was, but if user is using older fat16 or 32 filesystem
remember one file (iso, bin, or nrg) can be no larger then 4gb. ntfs supports one file being larger than 4gb, but fat does not.

I own a media company, and we have a need to have NTSC MPEG2 Clips converted to PAL. I need someone with some good expertise because the final product will be for mobile phones. Will be able to pay per clip converstion. Please send me an e-mail if you think you can perform these tasks. Best regards, Jason

On Mobile Phones, there is no thing like PAL or NTSC...

I am having problems with the batch tool in TMPGenc 3.0 Xpress just like everyone else has described. I have read the answer provided in the FAQ on this issue but regret that I am not sure I know exactly what it means and so I do not know how to correct my use of the tool. If I add a number of files but do not register them in the batch tool they all convert properly. It is only when they are registed in the batch tool that every other file ends up all black. This is a great product which I will continue to use except for the batch tool as it is unreliable. Perhaps the development team should reconsider the answer that has been provided in the FAQ to assist us in achieving functionality for the batch tool.

Yes, I have this problem too. I can save the project, and convert the file and it works fine. Take that same project and register it in the batch tool, and I will only get audio, no video. You can tell right away too, since the file size is way too small.

It does not seem to be easily reproducible for me tho, if we could get it reproducible, we could give it to support to fix.

With the latest revision to TMPGenc 3.0 Xpress the batch encoder tool is now working properly. I have used it successfuly for several projects. Thank you for listening Tech Support.

I'm making a widescreen DVD. However there are hardcoded subtitles are runs off the sides of the TV screen. What should I do to keep them in and preserve the widescreen?

Send your complains to the creator of the Video ...
You have to make the Video smaler in Picturesize.

I'm trying to use tmpgenc to convert some avis to mpg2, but everytime i do it, the program stops responding and wont do anything. This happens at the very start of encoding (the new file appears, but nothing works).

I tried encoding other avis from a different source and they work fine, but all of these new files I'm trying to do wont work...

any advice?

thx

Careful, your PC could lack the possibility to see a MPEG-2 file due to a failure in MPEG-2 decoding..this doesn't mean you encoded it badly (for instance: can your PC watch DVDs?).
Just for test, try making, with VCDGear, a SVCD into a CD-RW and watch it on a DVD player...

Just for being sure this is that AVIs problem, try to make a mpeg-1. It should fail, too...

Likely a decoding problem.
First try raising the priority of the 'Directshow file reader' in the VFAPI plugins to top of the list.

If that doesn't work install FFDSHOW.

What is the format of the AVI...XVID, DIVX, etc?