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My TMPGenc Plus suddenly crashed and now when I am trying to open AVI files I do NOT see Preview (because its black) and output is also black (contains no video) but only audio.
Never had this problem before
1.I reinstalled TMPGenc Plus
2.I installed FFDSHOW
3.My AVIs playing normally in Windows Media Player and VirtualDub
4.I raised priority to the top for DirectShow Multimedia File Reader
I've noticed that m2v files encoded by TMPG are always shorter in duration than the source avis. For example, I recently encoded an avi that was 1:18:53 in length. The resulting m2v (and mpg when I didn't go to elementary streams) was 1:18:48. The corresponding ac3 file was 1:18:53, as expected.
So the question is, what accounts for the 5 second discrepancy? This isn't a one-time event, and the time difference seems to vary linearly with the length of the clip.
I am getting an error code when I try to encode an .avi into elementary streams--the code is 29 809119792--does anyone know what this means? It is only doing it on one file-the file does not appear to be corrupt in any way!
I am new to encoding. Actually I am trying to capture personal home movies. I used Vdub to capture to HufYUV codec YUY2 for a 1.5hour movie, and it came out to 40gb. No problems at all, it plays fine. I want the final format to be xvid. I was going to use Avisynth to correct color and other stuff, but I found that it was much to cumbersome, one of my friends suggested TMPGENC along with VFAPI to output to xvid.
He told me to select all my settings and save the project as a .tpr file or something like that, then use VFAPI to output to AVI. I ran VFAPI exe and set the input as the tpr and the output as blah.avi, but when I did this, the output file ended up being 1gb and took only like 3minutes to encode, but the video was messed up - it skipped about every 15 frames or so. So when I tried to figure what the problem was, I went to TMPGENC and noticed that I can save the output to AVI without using VFAPI - when i tried this, it said that the encode time would be 80hours. it is still running. is this normal???
First off I would not use TMPG for what you are trying to acheive.
I would stick with Virtualdub. It is far better at it, faster and the quality will be better.
What is the problem you are having using Virtualdub. It is fairly easy to grasp?
I didn't have this problem when converting from avi to mpeg with 2 or 3 other files. But now, whenever I try to convert them, the file size seems to always be larger than 1gb. What am I doing wrong? I didn't change any settings. They're all the same as before. Even the format is the same (NTSC under Video CD). Please help. The file sizes should only be around 400-something mb, not OVER 1gb.
I'm not trying to create a vcd, I'm just simply trying to convert an avi file to mpeg/mpeg1. I did not reduce the standard VCD bitrate. I have not changed any settings at all. I always use the "non standard" setting.
I have no idea why you wish to create an ordinary MPEG as you will not reduce the size, but the quality will be reduced.
The output size depends on 2 things, the length of the source and the output bitrate.
What is the length of the AVI?
To change the bitrate you must 'Unlock' the settings first by loading the 'Unlock.mcf' in the template folder.
Then which is the problem? 10' VCD movie = 100 MB. It's a simply rule. Therefore 1 CD-R = 80' VCD and you'll use 1 CDs for an average movie.
What's the problem? Just use Settings___Advanced___Select Range [CD1: 0--F frames; CD2: F+1-->end (-1 frames)] or File___MPEG Tools___Merge & Cut (type: MPEG-1 Video-CD).
"I have no idea why you wish to create an ordinary MPEG as you will not reduce the size, but the quality will be reduced.
The output size depends on 2 things, the length of the source and the output bitrate.
What is the length of the AVI?
To change the bitrate you must 'Unlock' the settings first by loading the 'Unlock.mcf' in the template folder."
This didn't help. I still can't change the bitrate settings. Do you want pictures of what's going on?
I'm trying to convert avi files to mpeg format so that the files can be played on a dvd player for a friend. And I'm still getting the same result. The file size is still going way over 1gb.
>I'm trying to convert avi files to mpeg format so that the files can be played on a dvd player for a friend. And I'm still getting the same result. >The file size is still going way over 1gb.
In your earlier post you said you weren't trying to create a VCD.
If you wish to play an MPEG on a DVD player it has to be either DVD/SVCD or VCD. VCD is MPEG1.
To solve your length problem try raising the priority of the 'Directshow file reader' to top of the list in the VFAPI plugins.
>>I'm trying to convert avi files to mpeg format so that the files can be played on a dvd player for a friend. And I'm still getting the same result. >The file size is still going way over 1gb.
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>In your earlier post you said you weren't trying to create a VCD.
>If you wish to play an MPEG on a DVD player it has to be either DVD/SVCD or VCD. VCD is MPEG1.
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>To solve your length problem try raising the priority of the 'Directshow file reader' to top of the list in the VFAPI plugins.
Sorry, I forgot it is a VCD I'm creating. Anyways, making the Directshow file reader a higher priority seems to work. :) Thanks so much for yer help. :)
I am unable to import any AVI files into TMPGEnc. I get an "File C:Documents and SettingsAdministratorDesktop"movie title.avi"can not open, or unsupported. They play great in wmp! What am I doing wrong. I want to encode the avi to mpeg2 and burn a DVD using Nero 6, but Nero doesn't work either!
Regards...wellvideo
When I tried to make a dvd, I encourntered a problem about how to add subtitles do the final dvd files. I searched a lot of articles, but failed to find a satisfying answer that dvds I made can show up with captions.
Any one can help me out please?
Thanks in advance.
TDA isn't able to produce DVDs including subtitles.
You need other Programs like IFOEdit (free, but no menus), DVDLab Pro (200 $ but one of the best authoring tools) or DVD Author + GUI (Free, but with a little complicated handling).
I tried to convert some anime I have in AVI to mpg2 to read them on my restroom DVD player. When I convert it with Tmpgenc plus 2.5 and burn it on a DVD it seems to be in xxxx/525. Some part are missing and I can see the subtitles, which are on the video stream. I am wondering what could be the problem since I used the MENU DVD-NTSC and specified 720/480 manually in the choices.
>Hello,
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>I tried to convert some <B style="color:black;background-color:#ffff66">anime</B> I have in AVI to mpg2 to read them on my restroom DVD player. When I convert it with <B style="color:black;background-color:#A0FFFF">Tmpgenc</B> plus 2.5 and burn it on a DVD it seems to be in xxxx/525. Some part are missing and I can see the subtitles, which are on the video stream. I am wondering what could be the problem since I used the MENU DVD-NTSC and specified 720/480 manually in the choices.
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>help plz.
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>Seldsz
Use the same aspect ratio as you normally would, but click the "settings" button, then the advanced tab, then clip frame. Then in "arrange settings change the options to "Center (custom size)" and then input the size as 660x430. This way you will keep the correct ration but still be able to see the subs as well.
>Use the same aspect ratio as you normally would, but click the "settings" button, then the advanced tab, then clip frame. Then in "arrange settings change the options to "Center (custom size)" and then input the size as 660x430. This way you will keep the correct ration but still be able to see the subs as well.
How in the heck can you give that advice if you don't even know the resolution nor the aspect ratio of the source AVI?
I've been playing around with tmpgenc express 3.0 to create a background image with audio to use as a menu in TDA. The audio is too loud as compared with the audio in my program.I am combing a bitmap image with pcm audio. How can I lower the audio level, nothing I have done so far seems to work. The audio in my program (vobs) is a little on the low side.
Hi
I am experiencing a very irritating problem at the moment - whenever I try to convert a video file to vcd format it freezes up the whole pc so that it has to be re-booted this happens aproxm. 5-60% into the converting process.
the strange thing is that I have been using TMPGEnc for more than 2 years (last 5 days ago) and this has never happened before, now it happens everytime - I have tried changing the WFAPI plug in settings, cleaning up the hard drive, running all sorts off registry cleaning tools, remowed spyware and virus checks all to no effect. It doesn't matter either if I change the file I am working on it happens with all of the 20 files I have on the pc and the strangest thing is that i downloaded X-video converter and it that crashes too.
I have 2,4Ghz pentium processor and there is more than 20 Gb harddisc space left to work on.
can anybody come with asuggestion to what I should do next or what is wrong
thanks Jens