I have an AVI video file with a non-standard aspect ratio (576x320 frame size).
I'd like to convert it to VCD format using TMPGENC. I tried all combinations
of source aspect ratio and whether to keep aspect ratio in advanced settings.
But the output video kept being a little bit stretched or squeezed. Has anyone
been able to convert a non-standard aspect ratio (other than 5:3, 16:9...) to
VCD format? Is there a way to custom specified the source aspect ratio in
TMPGENC?

Thanks.

Wiley

All you should need to do is select "Full Screen (keep aspect ratio)" on the advanced tab in the MPEG Settings.
The prog. should just stretch/compress the frame until 2 sides are on the edge and then it will fill the top & bottom with a border.
You might get a little stretch due to the standards of VCD.
Maybe try SVCD as it has slightly different aspects ratios, but i dont know how big your file is.

G A I Y
-R V T ..........

576x320 is a PAL 16:9 aspect ratio.
Simply select '16:9 (PAL)' as the source aspect ratio under advanced settings then 'Full screen(keep aspect ratio)' as the 'Video arrange method'

For future reference if you encounter a non standard aspect ratio that TMPG doesn't support then you can use the 'Clip frame' filter to adjust the aspect ratio to your satisfaction.
You will find this setting under 'Advanced>Clip frame>Arrange setting' then select 'Center(custom size)' from the drop down menu.

tnx

I've been using the 'Plus' version for two years now. Recently, I can no longer encode in batches; the program closes after one file has been encoded (it is not removed from the batch list either). Any suggestions?

I have now got the same problem you have!

Did you find a solution? If so, can you mail it to me?

Thanks

Dave

I have not found a solution. A workaround is to run more than 1 instance of the program each compiling a different file. Oh well....

tnx

Well as you all must know, life can be really busy sometimes. The only time I can find for converting movies is at night, when I sleep. I was wondering will running two TMPGENCs at once cause quality degradation or worse, skipping? Furthermore, as the number of TMPGENCs increases will the overall quality of the all the converted movies decrease?

I run a P4 2.6G HT, 512M DDR400, with a 7200RPM HDD with 22G of free space left and hardware set page file.

Please reply as soon as you can.

I have tried it, and have no problem running multiple instances, however the overall speed will decrease.

Instead, add the project to the batch list (batch encode). It will encode several movies in a row.

Also, I set the CPU priorty for both tasks to idle, and have actually noticed a small increase in encoding speed, and it makes it easier to do other tasks. I think that giving it idle priorty may give the codec I am using a little more CPU time.

Joe

Thanks. I'll try that batch encoding thing.

>Also, I set the CPU priorty for both tasks to idle, and have actually noticed a small increase in encoding speed, and it makes it easier to do other tasks.

Of course it will allow you to do other tasks because you have given prority to other applications. However I very much doubt you would see an increase in speed doing this.
Infact it would must likely decrease the speed as you have taken priority from the encoding and given it to other tasks on your system.
Doing this will afford less CPU time slices to the encoding and thus slow down the process.

Well, as far as low priorty speedups, I am speaking of when the encoder is the only task running (aside from services etc), and it only seems to work when using against the MainConcept DV codec.

Joe

hello, i was just wondering how i can take an avi file i downloaded, use TMPGE to convert it and burn it onto a dvd so i can watch it in my living room. plz help, thnx a lot

DVDRhelp.com

I'm using trial version.
I tried to convert AVI file in DV2 format. File is 18GB large.
When I try to open it in TMPGENC program claims "File .... can not open, or unsupported". If I cut from this file new file <4GB everything is OK.
Is there any limit in TMPGEN?

Go to File>options>enviromental settings>VFAPI plugins.
Raise the priority of the 'OpenDML file reader' to 2 and make sure it's top of the list.

Thanks.

no problem

I am using the free version at the moment and trying to re-encode a 7.5Gb mpeg-2 file. I get the same error that Mariusz was getting. Is there a similar easy fix?

I don't think your problems are the same.
There is no barrier for MPEG files.
More likely you have codec problem.
Install the codec below.
http://www.marumo.ne.jp/mpeg2/m2v_vfp-0.6.48.lzh

>Go to File>options>enviromental settings>VFAPI plugins.
>Raise the priority of the 'OpenDML file reader' to 2 and make sure it's top of the list.
This weekend I tested. It works.
Great thanks.

Oh, finally somebody who actually replies to my answers.
Does that mean I can stop talking to myself now?

Does anyone know why TMPGEnc suddenly stops working without any message? Here is what I do:

1. I use Virtual VCR and the huffyuv codec to capture.
2. I load the captured file into VirtualDub 1.5.10 to edit the video
3. I start the framserver in VirtualDub
4. I then use TMPGenc 2.5 to create a PAL DVD mpeg using the edited video

The Direct Show priority is at +2. I have done this over and over again, with different captured files. Once only a message showed up: Read error occurred at address 000922F4 of module TMPGEnc.exe with 0DDD8230. Any idea what that means? And what do I do wrong?

Incomplete and shutdown.

Hi everytime I encode with tmpgenc avi to vcd after 10 min, the computer shutsdown and I only get 5 min of encoding on average. THis is not a problem with corrupt avi files and the progamm was working fine before a couple weeks ago.

Any help would be great.

Ravi

I go to mpeg tools, merge and cut tab, and add my 8 mpeg-2 files i need to merge together. I order them all correctly etc, choose mpeg-2(program vbr), set the output, and click run. It all semms to merge together OK. The resulting file, when I play it back, the bits where its merged, it cuts off say the last 3 seconds of each clip. Which is really bad... I cant have these random chunks missing in the final mpeg file. Can anyone please tell me what the problem is or give me an alternative tool to use that would work for me? TIA

I go to mpeg tools, merge and cut tab, and add my 8 mpeg-2 files i need to merge together. I order them all correctly etc, choose mpeg-2(program vbr), set the output, and click run. It all semms to merge together OK. The resulting file, when I play it back, the bits where its merged, it cuts off say the last 3 seconds of each clip. Which is really bad... I cant have these random chunks missing in the final mpeg file. Can anyone please tell me what the problem is or give me an alternative tool to use that would work for me? TIA

Mpeg2vcr

Mpeg2vcr

thanks, worked perfectly once i finally worked out how to use it.

When I merge two MPG files there will be large sections of the merged file that have no sound. Both files being merged do not have this problem.

using "File~MPEG tools..." and creating an "MPEG-1 video-CD".

Each time I try the file has audio missing in different parts.

What's wrong?

tx,
Paul

When I merge two MPG files there will be large sections of the merged file that have no sound. Both files being merged do not have this problem.

using "File~MPEG tools..." and creating an "MPEG-1 video-CD".

Each time I try the file has audio missing in different parts.

What's wrong?